An off-grid art installation that encourages its visitors to imagine a world without waste.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."

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

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

This little valley along Highway 1 is engulfed by thousands of lilies during the spring season.

This lonesome Monterey cypress has survived centuries of wind, salt, and at least one attempt at arson.

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

Enormous crabs, bioluminescent jellies, and other amazing creatures from the ocean’s depths—some of which are in an aquarium for the first time ever.

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

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

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

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."

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

For nearly 50 years, this San Francisco nonprofit has been serving as a mix of recycling center and art school.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

A whimsical antique shop with a strong air of mystery, filled with items from ages, and what feels like worlds, past.

Wander down a side street dedicated to one of the members of the Beat Generation.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.