A luxury hotel constructed out of a former jail.

The first bridge observation tower in the U.S. offers one of the best views of Maine.

The Internet Age began with a transmission from this biker bar.

The headquarters of the semiconductor giant has a 10,000-square-foot museum.

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

It is locally loved and ridiculed for literally looking like poop.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

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

Elephant seals and sea lions have turned the abandoned buildings on this island into their endangered love shack.

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."

A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.

More than 700 species live within this murky marvel of a swamp on California's coast.

An ominous concrete cube cuts a dystopian silhouette atop this California mountain.

Subterranean house made out of a grain silo, located in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

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

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