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

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

This bridge over the River Cuale leads to a neighborhood that was once an escape for Hollywood's elite.

An enchanting tunnel of cypress trees leads to an old morse code station still used today.

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

Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

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

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

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

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.