The Laureates here get something even more coveted than a Nobel Prize: free parking for life.

Worker-owned cooperative and resource for those looking to lighten their ecological footprint.

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

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

Where the alchemists dream of transmuting base metal into gold was actually achieved.

A celebration of once forgotten materials.

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

One of Vietnam's most iconic landmarks was built by Japanese traders and is now in danger of sinking.

The first high-tech company in the valley that actually worked with silicon devices.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

'Cause the fence start shaking, the earth was quaking.

This old-school café is famous for serving coffee, chilaquiles, and the Cuban Revolution.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

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

A 1975 bylaw prohibits the construction of any building that would block the view of this Gothic Revival church.

Nassau Hall has served as army barracks, a museum, and played a key role in the American Revolution.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

A Natural History and Science Emporium.

One of the last remaining covered bridges in the province of Ontario.

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