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Golden Gate Park was the site of many a Digger meal.
food

This 1960s Anarchist Group Believed Food Should Be Free

For the Diggers of San Francisco, stew was subversive.
Wren Awry October 3, 2023
The women of the Source Family pose on a Rolls-Royce for an ad for the release of a recording of the cult's band, Ya Ho Wha 13.
cults

The Cult Roots of Health Food in America

How the Source Family, a radical 1970s utopian commune, still impacts what we eat today.
Diana Hubbell April 19, 2023
The first German edition, published in 1920 (left), and a suspiciously similar volume published several years prior, <em>The Journey of Lukanga Mukara Into the Innermost of Germany</em>, by explorer Hans Paasche (right). 
hoaxes

The Hoax Book That Became an Anarchist and Hippie Bible

'The Papalagi'—supposedly written by a Samoan chief in 1920—offered a societal critique, but carried on a problematic racial trope.
Jordan Todorov September 8, 2020
A bulletin board at the Pudding Shop.
Istanbul, Turkey

Pudding Shop (Lale Restaurant)

This crucial gathering spot along the "hippie trail" still displays old notes between traveling beatniks and backpackers.
Spices at Anjuna Flea Market
Anjuna, India

Anjuna Flea Market

This weekly bazaar started in the 1960s as a way for hippie travelers to barter their goods.
The mural overlooks a basketball court and a public piano.
Vancouver, British Columbia

'Abbott & Cordova, 7 August 1971'

This enormous photomural pays homage to Vancouver's infamous history of public activism.
The Woodstock monument with the festival site beyond the fence.
Bethel, New York

Woodstock Site

The dairy farm in upstate New York where nearly half a million people gathered for three days of peace and music in 1969.
The wall is roped off to deter people from touching the chakra.
Krakow, Poland

Wawel Chakra

This grubby wall is said to be one of the Earth's esoteric energy centers.
August Engelhardt believed coconuts were divine.
cults

The Curious Case of August Engelhardt, Leader of a Coconut-Obsessed Cult

"The sun, God, and the coconut were like Father, Son, and Holy Ghost."
Zoë Bernard November 30, 2017
Hippie Tree
Traverse City, Michigan

The Hippie Tree

Though its branches are painted bright colors by generations of locals, the tree is said to be a haunted portal to hell.
One of the many messages etched into the cement tubs at Remington.
Bodfish, California

Remington Hot Springs

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.
Boutique below and legs above
San Francisco, California

Dangling Legs at the Piedmont Boutique

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.
festivals

How I Learned to Keep the Peace at a Hippie Festival With No Rules

When 10,000 people camp out together at the Rainbow Gathering, staying groovy can be a challenge.
Livia Gershon July 11, 2016
science

The Early, State-Sanctioned LSD Experiments in Communist Bulgaria

Bulgarians were turning on, tuning in, and dropping out long before hippies.
Jordan Todorov May 25, 2016
architecture

The Man Who Began America's Yurt Craze

A Harvard-educated visionary who chose to live in remote New England and spread the gospel of yurts via mail.
Peter Andrey Smith April 11, 2016