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

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

A striking eight-story-high obelisk perched on a coastal California cliff.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

This world-class vineyard has a peculiar collection of contemporary sculptures scattered across the property.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

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

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

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

This collection of hand fans doubles as a history of femininity.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

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

Thousands of crosses and markers for soldiers who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan blanket a California hillside.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

Exquisite irises bloom every spring in this hillside garden.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.

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