Places cyanidesiren Wants to Go

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

A restored 1920s cascade stairway provides one of the best views of Oakland's Lake Merritt.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

A crumbling Beaux Arts monument to the Bay Area's age of rail.

An abandoned car and strange wooden debris are among the scattered remains of the old sand and gravel quarry.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

Radioactivity still cause for concern at this urban explorer's paradise.

Barely visible foundations remain where Stow Lake’s “observatory” once welcomed visitors.

A brooding mansion of clinker brick stands out among the Victorian houses of Pacific Heights.

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

Russian history in San Francisco.

A walk down memory lane in the heart of one of San Francisco's most notorious neighborhoods.

Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.