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

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

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

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

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."

A small, peaceful sculpture garden with a grim memorial to a disaster that took place a few blocks away.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.

This museum honors the first Spanish land grant in California which is still in the hands of the original owner's family.

The cinder cone volcano with a less than complimentary name.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.