Grass Valley, California
Old St. Patrick's Cemetery
Established in 1853, this crumbling cemetery sits forgotten on the corner of Church and Chapel in Gold Country.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Grass Valley, California
Mount Saint Mary's Academy
The oldest continuously operating Catholic school west of the Mississippi.
Grass Valley, California
Grass Valley Museum
A rich history stashed behind an unassuming door in the heart of Gold Country.
Grass Valley, California
Swan Levine House
Built in 1895, this bed and breakfast was once a hospital that served an early 1900s Gold Rush boomtown.
Grass Valley, California
Home of Lola Montez
The modest home of the very immodest dancer who cost a king his crown.
Grass Valley, California
Del Oro Theatre
A fine mixture of the old and the new topped with an art deco neon spire.
Grass Valley, California
Kidder Mansion Site
An abandoned lot littered with concrete debris was once the home of the world's first female railroad president.
Grass Valley, California
Empire Mine State Park
The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."
Oroville, California
Bidwell Bar Bridge
California's first suspension bridge.
Oroville, California
Oroville Train Tunnel
A train tunnel that was made obsolete by the dam it helped create.
Vina, California
Abbey of New Clairvaux
The long, arduous journey of the stones of the Abbey of New Clairvaux.
Little River, California
Pygmy Forest Trail
A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.
