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Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

This large collection of tiny things revels in the art of fine machinery well made.

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

You don't want to get caught in this trap--or do you?

The mysterious, untimely death of a Canned Heat band member still haunts this unfinished home.

This trippy wonderland is the result of one man's obsessive, decades long passion project.

Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.

These former theme park figures have a new lease on life outside a water plant-turned-restaurant.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

The first mural ever dedicated to the women of the Black Panther Party.

An art collective teaching the more fiery, metal-y art forms.

This restaurant features Native American foods from across the country.

A unique piece of graffiti offers a little slice of local history and mystery.

A hardware store Buddha statue installed to deter vandalism wound up attracting Vietnamese immigrants who came to pray.

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

A creepy steel gremlin has protected the Bay Bridge since 1989.

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

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

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

The Flatiron Building's storied West Coast cousin is a lot more into religion.