A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

More than 700 species live within this murky marvel of a swamp on California's coast.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

Home to a forest of whimsical pygmy Coast live oak.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

Seven ceramic sculptures are scattered around this California college campus.

The longest burning light bulb in the world.

The first integrated firehouse in Atlanta houses a museum on the history of desegregation in the city's fire department.

One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.

This bronze statue commemorates the strange and beloved mascot of UC Irvine—the only university to be represented by a giant anteater.

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

This sculpture forces visitors to confront their relationship with space.

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.