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

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

The United States' first transcontinental automobile road came to its end at this spot in San Francisco's Lincoln Park.

An art collective teaching the more fiery, metal-y art forms.

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

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

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

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

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

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

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.

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

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

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

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

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

This subtle Berkeley paving stone actually marks off a lawless tube of air that extends into space.

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

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

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.