num_pages: 144
description: A Gold Country house haunted by a phantom "flasher" …a weird ancient city buried beneath downtown Los Angeles…a lovely mountain lake that's home to a huge, terrifying monster…These are just a few of the strange and fascinating places you'll visit in this first guide to the Golden State's oddest and spookiest places. Over 100 locations in Northern, Central and Southern California are featured and described here, including these bizarre attractions:• Haunted houses, hotels, highways and parks• Lairs of "Bigfoot" and other elusive creatures• Ancient, unexplained ruins and earthworks• Legendary lost civilizations and underground cities• Ghosts, phantoms and apparitions• Accursed and "jinxed" places• "Phantom panthers" and other sinister animals• Weird cult centers• Earthquake lights, moving rocks and more strange geology• Lake and sea serpents• Primitive rock and cave art• And much more!Complete with directions and illustrated with over 35 photographs of actual sites and phenomena, Mysterious California will show you a side of the Golden State you never dreamed existed!
language: English
title: Mysterious California: Strange Places and Eerie Phenomena in the Golden State
titlecomplete: Mysterious California: Strange Places and Eerie Phenomena in the Golden State
genres: Reference, Nonfiction, History
ratings_count: 14
places: California
publisher: Panpipes Pr