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

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

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

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

Nose around a unique collection of more than 300 natural aromas used to craft fragrances.

The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.

One man's prolific, decade-long quest to turn trash into artistic treasure.

Masterful ceramic fountain and map of the Pacific Basin.

A temple devoted to inner esoteric mysteries located in a California commercial strip.

A hardware store Buddha statue installed to deter vandalism wound up attracting Vietnamese immigrants who came to pray.

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

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

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

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

With statues of Nelson Mandela and Harvey Milk this monument has been called the Mount Rushmore of California.

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

A restored 1920s cascade stairway provides one of the best views of Oakland's Lake Merritt.

An abandoned convention space that has been left to the homeless and the radical.