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

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

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

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

A decommissioned Naval base now rents itself out for people who want to blow stuff up.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

9,000 square feet of vintage and modern mechanical toys, dioramas & sideshow curiosities.

An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

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

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

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Inside an old airplane hangar, friends and strangers alike play on a massive trampoline.

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

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.