{"product_id":"eerie-california-strange-places-and-odd-phenomena-in-the-golden-state-9781579512514","title":"Eerie California: Strange Places and Odd","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEerie California\u003c\/i\u003e 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:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e •\tHaunted houses, hotels, highways, and parks\u003cbr\u003e •\tLairs of “Bigfoot” and other elusive creatures\u003cbr\u003e •\tAncient, unexplained ruins and earthworks\u003cbr\u003e •\tLegendary lost civilizations and underground cities\u003cbr\u003e •\tGhosts, phantoms, and apparitions\u003cbr\u003e •\tAccursed and “jinxed” places\u003cbr\u003e •\t“Phantom panthers” and other sinister animals\u003cbr\u003e •\tWeird cult centers\u003cbr\u003e •\tEarthquake lights, moving rocks, and more strange geology\u003cbr\u003e •\tLake and sea serpents\u003cbr\u003e •\tPrehistoric rock and cave art\u003cbr\u003e •\tAnd much more!\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Now regarded as a classic “Weird America” survey, \u003ci\u003eEerie California\u003c\/i\u003e includes over 100 photographs of actual sites and phenomena. Get ready to discover a side of the Golden State you never knew existed!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFinalist, Travel Books Category, IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award.  From the book:  “Deep beneath the heart of Los Angeles’ financial district, hundreds of feet below the huge edifices that house banks, corporate offices, and government agencies, lies another city remembered only in obscure Indian legends, an underground world built by a strange race that vanished five thousand years ago.  “At least that’s what mining engineer W. Warren Shufelt claimed in the January 29, 1934 Los Angeles Times. According to reporter Jean Bosquet, Shufelt was ready to dig up downtown L.A. in search of this ancient civilization. “Shufelt had first heard of the city in a Hopi legend about “the Lizard People.” They were a fabled lost race who had built 13 great underground cities on the Pacific Coast after a huge holocaust swept the Southwest back around 3,000 BC…. “A Hopi chief told Shufelt that the vanished race’s capital city was located under present-day downtown Los Angeles. After surveying the area, Shufelt showed up on the Banning property at North Hill Street and sank a 350-foot shaft straight down, digging for what he said was a ‘treasure room’ directly underneath. Shufelt said he had located gold in the catacombs below with the aid of his ‘radio x-ray’…. “He said that the subterranean city was shaped like a giant lizard, with the tail tapering out beneath the Central Library, and the head in the vicinity of Chavez Ravine (now Dodger Stadium). The ‘key room,’ the chamber that contained the map of the city and the directory to the gold tablets, lay several hundred feet under the present site of Times-Mirror Square….”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I.\tNorthern California\u003cbr\u003e •\tBerkeley: The University of California\u003cbr\u003e •\tMarkleeville\u003cbr\u003e •\tSutter Creek: The Sutter Creek Inn\u003cbr\u003e •\tChico\u003cbr\u003e •\tOroville: Cherokee Road\u003cbr\u003e •\tMokelumne Hill: The Leger Hotel\u003cbr\u003e •\tBlack Diamond Mines Regional Preserve\u003cbr\u003e •\tMount Diablo\u003cbr\u003e •\tOakland Hills\u003cbr\u003e •\tColoma: The Vineyard House\u003cbr\u003e •\tFolsom Lake\u003cbr\u003e •\tLake Tahoe\u003cbr\u003e •\tBluff Creek\u003cbr\u003e •\tWillow Creek\u003cbr\u003e •\tBlue Lake\u003cbr\u003e •\tMount Tamalpais\u003cbr\u003e •\tStinson Beach\u003cbr\u003e •\tCastle Air Force Base Museum\u003cbr\u003e •\tClear Lake\u003cbr\u003e •\tPetroglyph Point\u003cbr\u003e •\tBodie\u003cbr\u003e •\tAlcatraz\u003cbr\u003e •\tBush and Octavia Street\u003cbr\u003e •\tThe Golden Gate\u003cbr\u003e •\tNob Hill\u003cbr\u003e •\tSan Francisco Art Institute\u003cbr\u003e •\tPacheco Pass\u003cbr\u003e •\tSan Jose\u003cbr\u003e •\tSunnyvale\u003cbr\u003e •\tSanta Cruz\u003cbr\u003e •\tHappy Camp\u003cbr\u003e •\tLava Beds National Monument\u003cbr\u003e •\tMount Shasta\u003cbr\u003e •\tBodega\u003cbr\u003e •\tTrinity Alps Wilderness\u003cbr\u003e •\tJamestown: The Willow Hotel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e II.\tCentral California\u003cbr\u003e •\tFresno: St. John’s Cathedral\u003cbr\u003e •\tCoso Mountains\u003cbr\u003e •\tDeath Valley National Monument\u003cbr\u003e •\tLone Pine\u003cbr\u003e •\tFort Tejon State Historic Park\u003cbr\u003e •\tKelso Valley\u003cbr\u003e •\tMission San Antonio de Padua\u003cbr\u003e •\tMonterey\u003cbr\u003e •\tMonterey Bay\u003cbr\u003e •\tSanta Lucia Mountains\u003cbr\u003e •\tHollister\u003cbr\u003e •\tAdelaida Cemetery\u003cbr\u003e •\tMission San Miguel\u003cbr\u003e •\tChumash Painted Cave State Historic Park\u003cbr\u003e •\tLas Cruces Adobe\u003cbr\u003e •\tLompoc\u003cbr\u003e •\tMission La Purisima Concepcion\u003cbr\u003e •\tSan Miguel Island\u003cbr\u003e •\tLindcove\u003cbr\u003e •\tAliso Canyon\u003cbr\u003e •\tCamp Comfort County Park\u003cbr\u003e •\tConejo Valley\u003cbr\u003e •\tGrimes Canyon\u003cbr\u003e •\tVentura: The Olivas Adobe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e III.\tSouthern California\u003cbr\u003e •\tSalton Sea\u003cbr\u003e •\tBig Rock Canyon\u003cbr\u003e •\tCalabasas: The Leonis Adobe\u003cbr\u003e •\tDevil’s Gate Reservoir\u003cbr\u003e •\tElizabeth Lake\u003cbr\u003e •\tHollywood: Hollywood Forever Cemetery\u003cbr\u003e •\tLong Beach: The Queen Mary\u003cbr\u003e •\tLos Angeles\u003cbr\u003e •\tPalos Verdes Peninsula\u003cbr\u003e •\tBuena Park: Coyote Creek Flood Channel\u003cbr\u003e •\tCosta Mesa: Santa Ana River Jetty\u003cbr\u003e •\tO’Neill Regional Park: Trabuco Creek\u003cbr\u003e •\tSan Juan Capistrano\u003cbr\u003e •\tBlythe: The Blythe Intaglios\u003cbr\u003e •\tJoshua Tree National Monument\u003cbr\u003e •\tLake Elsinore\u003cbr\u003e •\tMaze Rock County Park\u003cbr\u003e •\tCalico Early Man Site\u003cbr\u003e •\tGiant Rock Airport\u003cbr\u003e •\tSanta Ana River Bridge\u003cbr\u003e •\tAnza-Borrego Desert State Park\u003cbr\u003e •\tDeadman’s Hole\u003cbr\u003e •\tSan Diego\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"Ronin Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359641207127,"sku":"9781579512514","price":13.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/eerie-california-strange-places-and-odd-phenomena-in-the-golden-state-9781579512514","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}