A public fountain that spouts "health water" from a nearby spring.

Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.

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

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

This cabin from the 1850s is one of the first structures built by Chinese immigrants in California.

This lonesome Monterey cypress has survived centuries of wind, salt, and at least one attempt at arson.

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

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

Enormous crabs, bioluminescent jellies, and other amazing creatures from the ocean’s depths—some of which are in an aquarium for the first time ever.

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

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

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

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.

The first safe in this California town had to hold all the gold.

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.

The stately birthplace of California's statehood.

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

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

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."

This old-world mansion with lush gardens is a gem in the heart of Silicon Valley.

Elephant seals and sea lions have turned the abandoned buildings on this island into their endangered love shack.