While riding the HHRT (Hermit Hut Reverse Traverse), Scott and I ran out of time to finish the complete loop. So we decided to see if we could find a quick route back out to Boole road.

While doing so, we stumbled across the old brick building. According to a plaque at the entrance to the property, we learned that this was part of the Esoteric Fraternity. See a picture of the plaque here: www.flickr.com/photos/ruralmysteries/8140895397/sizes/l/in/photostream/

On the last day of the first half of the first decade of the new millennium, Coyote Creek leaped from its banks and flooded the Crother Road Bridge between Applegate, Meadow Vista, Colfax, and Weimar.

Hawver Cave on Friday, July 13, 2007. A two mile bike ride from near the confluence of the North and Middle Forks of the American River.

As you can see there isn't a lot of water in the falls. As a matter of fact, there is no visible water in the creek bed where it's supposed to enter the American River. It's another Rural Mystery

Another cool winter christmas present: An original stereograph (circa 1870) of the mysterious Trackless Tunnel Number Zero in Clipper Gap, California .

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This might be the same deer that had a cable tangled in it's antlers in October 2010:

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This 1909 postcard photo shows the old Esoteric Society Publishing House (lower left, next to the windmill) in Applegate, CA.

Here's a more recent photo of the publishing house, which was still standing in 2009: www.flickr.com/photos/richard-o/3677694260/lightbox/

A nearby historic marker provides more information: www.flickr.com/photos/ruralmysteries/8140895397/sizes/l/i...

The 1887 Esoteric Publishing House best seller, Solar Biology, is available for the Kindle, or available to read for free here: www.sacred-texts.com/astro/sb/index.htm

In the middle of Tunnel Zero, we found a "home".

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These pictures simultaneously prove global warming and global cooling.

These pictures simultaneously provide evidence of global cooling and global warming.

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Aiden and I went in search of, and found, Abandoned Railroad Tunnel Zero.

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The Lover's Leap/Giant Gap Vortex is located about 13 miles upstream from Colfax.

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So far, no one has challenged our claim that this is the Tallest Wisteria in the World.

How Not to Relocate a Rattlesnake from your Front Yard to an Undisclosed Rural Wilderness Location

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