Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

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

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."

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

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.

The oldest U.S. Government building in California, and it's State Historic Landmark #1.

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.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

A 1920s speakeasy that had rum runners racing up and down the shores of California.

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

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

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

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

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

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

This quaint archive of the silent era preserves and pays homage to a seminal moment in film history.

From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.