The oldest continuously operating church in California.

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

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.

An abandoned boat that's been stranded mysteriously for decades.

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

This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

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

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

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

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

Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.

A poignant memorial to a young boy whose death spurred a dramatic increase in organ donations in Italy—dubbed the "Nicholas Effect."

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

A local dialect born in the late 19th century is only spoken in this isolated California valley.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.