Novelist John Steinbeck, left, and marine biologist Ed ... They had no nostalgia for old things.” On Cannery Row in Monterey, the street that Steinbeck immortalized in fiction, there stands ...

However, many recent visitors find the area overpriced and too touristy, noting that you have to squint in order to detect the charms that John Steinbeck details in his 1945 novel "Cannery Row." ...

Photo Credit: Pisoni Family Vineyards This past month, I’ve read Cannery Row, Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden, all penned by John Steinbeck. His exceptional descriptions of place and character ...

Once the center of California's sardine-packing industry, Monterey is more likely to be recognized as the setting in John Steinbeck's "Cannery Row," Pixar's "Finding Dory" or the HBO miniseries ...

For the ultimate off-the-beaten-path experience in Monterey, stop at Pacific Biological Laboratories (Doc's Lab), where the man who inspired John Steinbeck's Cannery Row protagonist — Doc ...