One can stand on a small perch nailed against a wall and lean forward at a terribly unnatural 17-degree angle. And it wasn’t just the slope of the cabin, which was pronounced. Luke ran us through a series of demonstrations involving people leaning in ways that just aren’t natural. ![]() Luke swore the tree it appears to lean against sprouted after the cabin halted its descent.īeing inside the cabin, dead-center in the middle of the spot, is like experiencing the wackiest forest fun house ever conceived. There’s a small cabin that apparently slid down the hill some decades ago and simply stopped. Luke ran us through a number of demonstrations that were obviously meant to beat down the cynics (and, I admit to being one going in - though Luke made me a true believer by the time I left). And even though it seems like a perfect way to augment a trip to Santa Cruz, there are enough hiking trails and gorgeous forests around the area to make it the destination of its own day trip. The 45-minute tour almost seems too short, even for such a small piece of land. Located on the Santa Cruz side of the mountains of the same name, the Mystery Spot is a perfectly round 150-foot-diameter piece of redwood forest that was discovered to have its mysterious qualities in 1939 by land surveyors - their equipment couldn’t get a grasp on why this particular piece of property didn’t want to obey the rules. ![]() Like they say, it’s called the Mystery Spot for a reason: Nobody knows why the laws of physics don’t seem to work there. Actually, everyone has a lot to think about. But after a trip to the Mystery Spot, kids have a lot to think about. The best way to get kids to quiet down on a road trip is to take them somewhere that blows their minds.
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