Secret California: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure

Secret California: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure
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Publisher : Reedy Press LLC
Total Pages : 422
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ISBN-10 : 9781681063317
ISBN-13 : 168106331X
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Book Synopsis Secret California: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure by : Ruth Carlson

Download or read book Secret California: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure written by Ruth Carlson and published by Reedy Press LLC. This book was released on 2021-09-15 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you step into a live fairytale with aerial dancers, opera singers, and a huge rabbit? Where can you walk on a beach covered with broken pottery? What is the Institute for Abnormal Arts? Who will show you evidence Bigfoot is real? Find the answers to these questions and many more in Secret California: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure. This is a book for travelers who love to meet quirky characters, discover oddities, and experience littleknown aspects of the Golden State. Learn the fascinating tales behind all the points of interest and discover some new places to look for adventure. Learn where to spend a night in a museum, explore an underground city, and watch silent movies in the same theater where Charlie Chaplin premiered The Tramp. Find out about the country’s only perfume museum, how a wall became covered in frogs, and why a colorful garden will not grow. Whether it’s an ancient society’s crypt or the second city underneath the capital, this guide leaves no stone unturned. Author Ruth Carlson uses her years of experience as a Californian to fill you in on the hilarious, the bizarre, and the beautiful in this unusual guidebook so you can experience the hidden treasures locals would like to keep to themselves—if only they knew about them!


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