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

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

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

Handmade treasures from around the world.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

A large instrument played by the wind.

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

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

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

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

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

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

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

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

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

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

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

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

International delicatessen has been owned and operated by the same family for more than 110 years.

The final resting place of the Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

One of the last remaining Carpenter Gothic churches is situated on a wildflower conservatory overlooking the bay.

An abandoned, unfinished mansion on grounds strewn with lava rocks.

Once the gateway to the utopian dream-village of a Civil War embalmer.