A working model of a pressure-driven, high-speed rail whizzes around a private vineyard.

An ever-updating collection of retro Americana.

On the summer solstice each year, shadows align with a 14,000 square foot painting to reveal a secret message.

Outsider art or homage to aliens?

A huge collection of rocks, gems, and crystals.

A blend of sporting history mixed with childhood nostalgia await visitors to this museum.

This graffiti-covered bridge is the quintessential vision of a place for disillusioned youth to escape the complexities of burgeoning adulthood.

This corn maze so big you may want to pack a lunch, and possibly a flaregun.

An abandoned car and strange wooden debris are among the scattered remains of the old sand and gravel quarry.

Cows on a ranch are commonplace, scattered cow bones everywhere? Not so much.

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

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

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

A porcelain company's former dumping ground, completely covered in pieces of collectible ceramics.

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

Check out a shovel along with your Shakespeare.

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

From buttons to beads, flounces to fripperies, this textile museum and shop honors the history of needlework.

A celebration of once forgotten materials.

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

A unique market that brings together various goods and cultures.

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

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

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.