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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Grass Valley

9 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Grass Valley, California

Updated December 16, 2013

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Bourn's clubhouse and one of the fountains

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Empire Mine State Park

The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."

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Old St. Patrick's Cemetery

Established in 1853, this crumbling cemetery sits forgotten on the corner of Church and Chapel in Gold Country.
Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets...

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Home of Lola Montez

The modest home of the very immodest dancer who cost a king his crown.
table used for the signing of the United Nations Charter in San Francisco in 1945

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Grass Valley Museum

A rich history stashed behind an unassuming door in the heart of Gold Country.
The entrance to the former train depot

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Kidder Mansion Site

An abandoned lot littered with concrete debris was once the home of the world's first female railroad president.
Del Oro theatre's art deco spire.

Grass Valley, California

Del Oro Theatre

A fine mixture of the old and the new topped with an art deco neon spire.

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Swan Levine House

Built in 1895, this bed and breakfast was once a hospital that served an early 1900s Gold Rush boomtown.

Grass Valley, California

Mount Saint Mary's Academy

The oldest continuously operating Catholic school west of the Mississippi.
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