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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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."

Austin’s local mountain isn’t really a mountain at all.

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

This Virginia town has been famous for its fried chicken since the 19th century.

At Brandy Station, Civil War soldiers left their mark on the battlefield and the walls of this small wooden house.

The only U.S. Senator to die on the field of battle is buried in San Francisco but memorialized at Balls Bluff Regional Park.

This cannon dating to 1755 has stood guard at this suburban intersection since 1915.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

Built in the 1850s, this church was of the first five churches constructed in Harper's Ferry.

Unannounced visitors are now welcome at the site of the largest Prohibition-era bootlegging operation in the region.

A pre-Industrial Age iron furnace and the site of a nearly-forgotten piece of Black history.

This shale formation along the Appalachian Trail once inspired the third president of the United States.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

A free, canine-friendly alternative watering hole near the more famous Barton Springs.

Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.