This remarkably simple jail went over a century without an escape.

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.

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

The first safe in this California town had to hold all the gold.

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.

This eagle-topped spire remembers the military commander who snatched up California for the United States.

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

Fake rail crossings mark the site of an influential doctor's demise.

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

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

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

Mountain known by the Tillamook Tribe as "the place of the supreme deity."

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

The magic's in the hole!