Enormous crabs, bioluminescent jellies, and other amazing creatures from the ocean’s depths—some of which are in an aquarium for the first time ever.

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.

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

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

Home to a forest of whimsical pygmy Coast live oak.

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

A hidden gem, named after a San Franciscan icon, offers spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

This sailor's boneyard was lost under a parking lot for decades before being rediscovered.

San Francisco’s condensed garden of incredible plant growth.

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

Under the shadow of its towering parent tree, a rare specimen of sequoia produces ghostly white leaves.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

A world of craftwork elegantly curated in a historic brick warehouse.

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

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

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.