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

Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

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

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

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

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

Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.

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

Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

Site of one of World War I's most horrific scenes.

A swath of France so devastated by war it is still forbidden to go there.

This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.

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

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."

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

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.