Full Description
Eerie California tells the story of the Golden State's strange and spooky sites. Describes over 100 locations in Northern, Central, and Southern California including these bizarre attractions:
• Haunted houses, hotels, highways, and parks
• Lairs of "Bigfoot" and other elusive creatures
• Ancient, unexplained ruins and earthworks
• Legendary lost civilizations and underground cities
• Ghosts, phantoms, and apparitions
• Accursed and "jinxed" places
• "Phantom panthers" and other sinister animals
• Weird cult centers
• Earthquake lights, moving rocks, and more strange geology
• Lake and sea serpents
• Prehistoric rock and cave art
• And much more!
Now regarded as a classic "Weird America" survey, Eerie California includes over 100 photographs of actual sites and phenomena. Get ready to discover a side of the Golden State you never knew existed!
Contents
Introduction
I. Northern California
• Berkeley: The University of California
• Markleeville
• Sutter Creek: The Sutter Creek Inn
• Chico
• Oroville: Cherokee Road
• Mokelumne Hill: The Leger Hotel
• Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve
• Mount Diablo
• Oakland Hills
• Coloma: The Vineyard House
• Folsom Lake
• Lake Tahoe
• Bluff Creek
• Willow Creek
• Blue Lake
• Mount Tamalpais
• Stinson Beach
• Castle Air Force Base Museum
• Clear Lake
• Petroglyph Point
• Bodie
• Alcatraz
• Bush and Octavia Street
• The Golden Gate
• Nob Hill
• San Francisco Art Institute
• Pacheco Pass
• San Jose
• Sunnyvale
• Santa Cruz
• Happy Camp
• Lava Beds National Monument
• Mount Shasta
• Bodega
• Trinity Alps Wilderness
• Jamestown: The Willow Hotel
II. Central California
• Fresno: St. John's Cathedral
• Coso Mountains
• Death Valley National Monument
• Lone Pine
• Fort Tejon State Historic Park
• Kelso Valley
• Mission San Antonio de Padua
• Monterey
• Monterey Bay
• Santa Lucia Mountains
• Hollister
• Adelaida Cemetery
• Mission San Miguel
• Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park
• Las Cruces Adobe
• Lompoc
• Mission La Purisima Concepcion
• San Miguel Island
• Lindcove
• Aliso Canyon
• Camp Comfort County Park
• Conejo Valley
• Grimes Canyon
• Ventura: The Olivas Adobe
III. Southern California
• Salton Sea
• Big Rock Canyon
• Calabasas: The Leonis Adobe
• Devil's Gate Reservoir
• Elizabeth Lake
• Hollywood: Hollywood Forever Cemetery
• Long Beach: The Queen Mary
• Los Angeles
• Palos Verdes Peninsula
• Buena Park: Coyote Creek Flood Channel
• Costa Mesa: Santa Ana River Jetty
• O'Neill Regional Park: Trabuco Creek
• San Juan Capistrano
• Blythe: The Blythe Intaglios
• Joshua Tree National Monument
• Lake Elsinore
• Maze Rock County Park
• Calico Early Man Site
• Giant Rock Airport
• Santa Ana River Bridge
• Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
• Deadman's Hole
• San Diego
Bibliography
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