These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

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

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

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.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

With its peeling paint and faded sign, this theater-turned-recycling plant is a nostalgic relic of 1950s Americana.