Places nejuum Wants to Go

Named for a self-taught botanist who cataloged hundreds of native plants, this garden continues her work of preserving California plant life.

This California museum is home to one of the largest collections related to the 'Treasure Island' author.

A blend of sporting history mixed with childhood nostalgia await visitors to this museum.

This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.

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

The stately birthplace of California's statehood.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

The only parking meter in the entire town, it is surrounded by 100 free spaces.

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

If you dial the number in this abandoned office window "Sam Spade’s" secretary will ask you to leave a message.

Frank Lloyd Wright died a year before construction on his largest public project even began.

Here, visitors can swing with the waves of the Pacific Ocean.

The oldest Naval cemetery on the West Coast.

Built from one couple’s vast personal collection, this free museum showcases a century’s worth of state-sponsored agitprop.

Internationally-recognized arts center housed in a century-old former military barracks.

One of the last remaining Carpenter Gothic churches is situated on a wildflower conservatory overlooking the bay.

This lighthouse has been guiding shipping into the Golden Gate since before the American Civil War.