This week I chose a slightly different kind of adventure — a 2005 episode of Huell’s show Visiting in which he pays a house call in Bell Gardens and meets a very warm and convivial Cuban family. As if Neal and his family weren’t colorful enough, wait until you see the collection of over 500 vibrant red canaries that he […]
This is one of those episodes that I was absolutely sure I had already shared; and I was reminded of it when I caught a glimpse of the tower in the first few minutes of the Road Trip episode I shared last week. I love checking out towers, although I’ve never visited this one. It’s yet another nearly forgotten roadside […]
Well, the 2019 Tour de France is now underway (and will continue until July 28), so at the moment my mind is a bit preoccupied with bicycles. The very first Tour de France was held in 1903, when cycling was still a fairly young but increasingly popular sport. In this episode of California’s Gold, Huell learns quite a lot about […]
Here’s an episode of California’s Golden Parks that I stumbled upon quite by accident; Huell pays a visit to the Paramount Ranch and learns that its rich history includes much more than just serving as a nature preserve or a film set. Sadly, the site was seriously damaged by a wildfire in November 2018, which makes this 2010 episode all […]
I’ve never visited Lake Arrowhead in Southern California, but this is still one of my favorite episodes of California’s Gold. Maybe it’s because of the complicated history of the lake’s construction; or because I’m fascinated by the old tunnels that lead under Lake Arrowhead itself. Or maybe it’s because Huell has so much fun riding in an 80-year-old elevator and […]
The other day I just happened to catch a few minutes of the Science Channel’s show Impossible Engineering: Extreme Railroads and saw the Goat Canyon Trestle — I instantly remembered that I’d seen it before, in this episode of California’s Gold which first aired in 1999. The trestle, located within Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, is fairly hard to get to but […]
When I was down in Riverside a couple of weeks ago, I saw jacaranda trees covered in purple blooms nearly everywhere I looked. I kept meaning to take at least one picture… but I never quite got around to it. I can’t recall ever seeing jacaranda trees back home in Northern California. But I did stumble across this episode of […]
Since I’m visiting Riverside this week, I thought it would be appropriate to highlight this fun episode, where Huell visits Corona — just a hop, skip, and a jump down the road from Riverside. I haven’t visited the Corona circle myself, but you can clearly see it on Google Maps. Pretty cool! In the early 1900s Corona was known for […]
This classic episode of California’s Gold starts off with the roar of speedboats taking part in the annual Catalina Ski Race. When the show initially aired, the race had been going on for more than 40 years — but the 2018 edition will be its 70th year! I was initially inspired to seek out this episode after learning for the […]