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

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.

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

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

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

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

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.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

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

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

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

The world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory continues to report on the stars.

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

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

9,000 square feet of vintage and modern mechanical toys, dioramas & sideshow curiosities.

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

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

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

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