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

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

The most isolated mailbox in America lets desert travelers record their passing.

This museum boasts the ninth-largest collection of insects in North America.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

Remains of a Greek freighter trapped off of Rocky Point in 1961.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

Lemon Grove, California is known for its giant lemon...and mummified bodies.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

One of the world's largest collections of rare and magnificent bird specimens.

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

Discover for yourself what Herb Caen referred to as "the best kept secret in the Bay Area."

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.