Antiques by the Bay.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

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

This contorting sculpture is the tallest in San Francisco.

Every Sunday, this Thai temple in Berkeley serves a backyard brunch.

A 1914 beaux arts auditorium that sat shuttered for 20 years, restored and reopened in 2026

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

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

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

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

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Once the fastest ship from San Francisco to Tahiti, the Galilee now lays in pieces in three different cities.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

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

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

You can crawl inside this atmospheric 5,000-year-old tomb.

An ancient engraving by the Cammeraygal people was uncovered in the transformation of a North Sydney industrial site.

A collaboration of art and ornithology mourns the calls of Sydney's lost birds.