This little valley along Highway 1 is engulfed by thousands of lilies during the spring season.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

Each summer, the migratory bats living beneath the bypass form "batnadoes" at dusk.

Cows on a ranch are commonplace, scattered cow bones everywhere? Not so much.

This mountaintop beacon is only lit three times a year but shines like some kind of all-seeing eye.

The only standing town in the United States that early Chinese Americans built for themselves.

Check out a shovel along with your Shakespeare.

A unique market that brings together various goods and cultures.

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

International delicatessen has been owned and operated by the same family for more than 110 years.

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

The newsstand that never closes its doors—well, almost never.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

Antiques by the Bay.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

A massive ultra-modern church presents a science-fiction view of Catholicism's inclusive future.

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

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

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

Memorial to one of the most fatal fires in both circus and U.S. history.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.