A living time capsule of the 1960s Richardson Bay water-front.

Internationally-recognized arts center housed in a century-old former military barracks.

A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

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

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.

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

A whimsical antique shop with a strong air of mystery, filled with items from ages, and what feels like worlds, past.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.