Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.

A historic hotel in an old California railroad town with a rowdy reputation.

The remains of a deserted steamboat sit rusting beside an old ferry pier and an abandoned train platform.

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

A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.

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

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

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

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

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

Once the largest winery in the world, this castle-like building now sits abandoned on the San Pablo/San Francisco Bay shore.

Abandoned landscape once home to "the world's largest winery."

Where a staggering 747 ships were constructed during World War II.