Hidden in the back of a disused small town hotel is a dive bar shellacked with over a million pennies.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

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."

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

This remarkably simple jail went over a century without an escape.

A hidden world of exotic succulents and cacti.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

A sudden forest of traditional Papua New Guinean art works is hidden in a corner of Stanford University.

Successful artist residence program has filled this ranch with dozens of sculptures over the years.

Hidden among the multi-million dollar mansions in the Santa Cruz hills is a sanctuary for troubled birds.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

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

An ominous concrete cube cuts a dystopian silhouette atop this California mountain.

Subterranean house made out of a grain silo, located in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

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

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

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

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

Somewhere between an art studio and a print shop, this artists storefront is a house of worship devoted to type.

On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.

Giant scissors seemingly stabbed into the side of a hair salon leave no question about the vocation of the owners.