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

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

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

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

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

Nimrod Polar Expedition base, and home to hundred-year-old frozen whisky.

Naked scientists race around the pole in the frigid cold to try to join Antarctica's exclusive 300 Club.

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.