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.

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

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

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

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

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

Once a menacing challenge for trailblazers, this trail is now the most scenic drive in Utah.

One of the world’s largest living advertisements is made out of pine trees.

The pioneering photographer's prints are immortalized inside her childhood home.

A graffiti Mecca welcoming artists from around the world.

A former seaside jewel built for the everyman is now simply a neglected art deco fortress.

A collaborative art project that transformed a neighborhood in NYC's Queens.

Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.

The factory that helped produce a dominant form of lighting before Thomas Edison.

The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

While it now takes more than a dime to open an account this historic Brooklyn bank still displays the opulence of the gilded age in which it was built.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.