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

George Lucas donated this park to honor the birthplace of his two biggest movie franchises.

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

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

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

Elephant seals and sea lions have turned the abandoned buildings on this island into their endangered love shack.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

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

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

'Cause the fence start shaking, the earth was quaking.

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

This small monument to the great inventor contains a time capsule and a Wi-Fi hotspot.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

A life-sized mammoth sculpture marks the spot where the remains of a Columbian mammoth were discovered in 2005.