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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Crescent City

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Crescent City, California

Updated June 23, 2020

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St. George Reef Lighthouse prior to being decommissioned

Crescent City, California

St. George Reef Lighthouse

A lighthouse built to save lives that took quite a few with its treacherous location.
Battery Point Light at high tide

Crescent City, California

Battery Point Light

This 19th-century museum inside of a lighthouse is only accessible during low tide.
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Pitcher Plants

Gasquet, California

Darlingtonia Trail

A carnivorous plant paradise in a serpentine bog.
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This coastal “farm” is no farm at all

Klamath, California

Klamath River Radar Station B71

These cinderblock farmhouses were actually World War II radar stations in disguise.
17 miles from Crescent City
Under the statues

Klamath, California

Trees of Mystery

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.
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Nobuo Fujita’s Sword

Brookings, Oregon

Nobuo Fujita's Sword

As a show of peace, a Japanese naval pilot gifted his 400-year-old Samurai sword to the Oregon town he bombed.
20 miles from Crescent City
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