In 1906, the earth jolted beneath the feet of the 400,000 people of San Francisco, California. An entire cityscape of buildings, homes and parks were completely disrupted...
This giant barn served several different purposes through the years. Originally, it probably held some of the 30-plus oxen kept on the ranch as draft animals. In the 1950...
Today’s Red Restaurant, at 200 Locust Street, is in the old Santa Cruz Hotel building, built in 1877. The restaurant on the lower level was known throughout much of...
At the base of the University of California, Santa Cruz lies the Cowell Lime Works Historic District. Along High Street, right before the main campus entrance are the gra...
Can you guess how many different bridges have stood at this location? The Water Street Bridge was first built at this location in 1882. The first bridges were made from w...
Did you know the tiny little triangle intersection between Water Street, Soquel and Poplar Avenues in Santa Cruz has a literary past? When I think of this busy intersecti...
The San Lorenzo River mouth marks the end of a 29 mile long river as it enters the Monterey Bay. If you are there you can see birds diving underwater, people moving along...
At the end of Rincon Street in Santa Cruz, California, is a small park which today looks mostly like a landscaped median strip. But in the late 1880s, neighborhood proper...
What do Thomas the Tank Engine, the Industrial Revolution, and little picky eaters all have in common? They owe their success to trains. The Rise of the Railroad Clackety...
The two tree types you mostly see along West Cliff Drive are the Monterey cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa) and the Monterey pine (Pinus radiata). Both are often seen togeth...
