Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

Thousands of crosses and markers for soldiers who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan blanket a California hillside.

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

Worker-owned cooperative and resource for those looking to lighten their ecological footprint.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

The 10-foot-wide Long Beach home was built on a dare.

This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.

These four islands right offshore have waterfalls, colorful lights, fancy buildings, and a secret purpose.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.