When we first moved into our apartment, our landlord told us of the haunted forest just up the road. She told us her scary story but then also told us its a pretty cool place to visit and hike.
It took us a while to get there but one afternoon we finally drove up there.
There was a great big driveway and gate but of course an opening so we could get in and hike. We found out that there was a house up here that had burned down. We weren't sure which path to take so we just followed the drive way.
The road came to a fork in the road and we decided to turn left. It took us way up to this small water reserve place, not super interesting but was uphill a lot so it gave us a good exercise. We didn't see the house though so when we came back to the fork we took the right way.
And then we found the stairs! We could kind of imagine where the house was but it looks like the fire took most of it.
I really wish that I could have seen it in its glory days. The driveway was already super cool and long so I can imagine the house was grand hidden in the trees and back in the mountains.
I looked up the house after and found out that the Marx Brothers owned the house at one point. There were a few other people who owned it as well but I didn't recognize their names. I tried to look up a picture of the home, but the home had burned down so long ago there wasn't a very decent picture.
I love finding historical places in California. There is always a story to tell.
July 26, 2015
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