Category: California

Museums, historic locations, and other oddities in California.

Mt. San Jacinto State Park

In startling contrast to the balmy holiday destination of Palm Springs below, Mount San Jacinto State Park cools visitors at 8,516 feet.  From the Mountain Station, visitors can view Palm Springs and massive fields of windmills spread out as well.  To the south-east, visitors can see the Salton Sea on the horizon.  To the west, there are magnificent vistas of snow…

Slab City

In the cradle of democracy that is the United States of America, there is an anarchist community which has been living by its own rules for 50 years. Slab City is the mecca* for every extreme that just wants to be left alone and will give up the creature comforts of the modern home to escape expectations. RV owners, artists,…