An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

The beautiful behemoth is one of the largest trees of its kind in the United States.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

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

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

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."

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

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

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

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

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

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

Massive prehistoric mammals used these stones as oversized scratching posts.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

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

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.