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

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.

For almost 100 years, this site of peace and spirituality has existed on the California coast.

This little valley along Highway 1 is engulfed by thousands of lilies during the spring season.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

Machinery left over from California's once thriving mercury industry now attracts artists and explorers.

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.

This ramshackle ghost town is comprised of mining-era buildings collected from around the region.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.

This former big box store has been reimagined as a massive public art space.

This magnificent mausoleum is as much a work of art as it is a historic resting place.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.