Pacific Grove, California
Monarch Grove Sanctuary
Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.
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Pacific Grove, California
Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.
Solvang, California
Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.
Long Beach, California
The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.
Anaheim, California
The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.
San Simeon, California
The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.
Cabazon, California
The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.
Newport Beach, California
Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.
Los Angeles, California
A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.
San Francisco, California
Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.
Leggett, California
This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.
Calipatria, California
This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.
Big Sur, California
This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.
Carlsbad, California
Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.
San Francisco, California
The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
Orick, California
Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.
Humboldt County, California
One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.
Sequoia National Park, California
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
Mecca, California
The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.
Calipatria, California
A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.
San Diego, California
Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.
Los Angeles, California
These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.
San Francisco, California
Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.
San Francisco, California
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.