This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.

This remarkably simple jail went over a century without an escape.

The oldest U.S. Government building in California, and it's State Historic Landmark #1.

The first safe in this California town had to hold all the gold.

An old whaling station now serves to give the public a look at the commercial whaling industry, no longer a part of Monterey's economy.

This eagle-topped spire remembers the military commander who snatched up California for the United States.

Fake rail crossings mark the site of an influential doctor's demise.

Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.

Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

One poet's handmade, anachronistic home.

This stone marker honors the man who released Canada goose goslings in Fort Collins, Colorado.

After being lost for nearly a century, this historic bell finally returned home after its mysterious theft.

The world's largest carnivore sanctuary is home to over 450 meat-eating rescues.

In the middle of a busy airport, a statue honoring the astronaut who told Houston that Apollo 13 had a problem.

When this 160-year-old church was being built, a stonemason included a hidden homage to his late daughter.

This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.

The clock that sets them all.

Antique automobiles, phonographs, organs, and farm equipment.