9 places worth visiting

Soak, steam, and reset in the middle of the city

A modernist rooftop that changed American landscape design forever

Books, cocktails, and the occasional chess match on Grand Avenue

180 miniature trees that'll make you rethink what a garden can be

Mexican cooking that honors ancestors and feeds the community

Oakland's rose garden where you can actually breathe for a minute

Oakland's oak-covered escape with serious hiking and actual views

Piedmont Avenue's California-American spot wrapped in Steven Anderson color

Oakland's 3-mile waterfront loop where herons outnumber humans and 150 years of urban ecology actually worked