The North Coast

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  • 1. Blue Ox Millworks

    Its lead artisan's star turn on the cable-TV series The Craftsman has brought welcome attention to this woodshop specializing in Victorian-era architecture. The craftspeople here use antique tools—printing presses and lathes among them—to create gingerbread trim, fence pickets, and other Victorian embellishments. Visitors on guided and self-guided tours can watch the workers in action.

    1 X St., Eureka, California, 95501, USA
    707-444–3437

    Sight Details

    Rate Includes: Guided tours $30, self-guided $15, Closed weekends (but check for Sat. openings), guided tours limited in winter
  • 2. Redwood Sky Walk at Sequoia Park Zoo

    Stroll 100 feet above the forest floor on California's oldest zoo's aerial walkway through old-growth and newer redwoods. Favorite wildlife viewing areas back on the ground include a walk-in aviary. A bear and coyote exhibit was set to open during 2023.

    3414 W St., Eureka, California, 95503, USA
    707-441–4263

    Sight Details

    Rate Includes: $25, Closed Mon.
  • 3. Clarke Historical Museum

    The Native American wing of this museum contains a beautiful collection of northwestern California basketry. Artifacts from Eureka's Victorian, logging, and maritime eras fill the rest of the space.

    240 E St., Eureka, California, 95501, USA
    707-443–1947

    Sight Details

    Rate Includes: $5, Closed Mon. yr-round, Tues. late fall–early spring
  • 4. Dick Taylor Craft Chocolate

    Dick Taylor specializes in small-batch dark chocolates made with beans from Africa and Central America. His factory store's on-site café serves dense European-style "drinking chocolates," along with hot chocolates, addictive fudge pops, and other delights. Book a tour (with tasting) through the company's website.

    333 1st St., Eureka, California, 95501, USA
    707-798–6010

    Sight Details

    Rate Includes: Samples free, café items from $3, tour $8
  • 5. Ferndale Victorians

    The town of Ferndale, best known for its colorful Victorian architecture, much of it Stick-Eastlake style, is worth the 20-mile drive south from Eureka or north from the Avenue of the Giants. Many Main Street shops carry a self-guided tour map highlighting the most interesting historic buildings. Gift shops and ice-cream stores comprise a fair share of the businesses here, but Ferndale remains a fully functioning small town, and descendants of the Portuguese and Scandinavian dairy farmers who settled here continue to raise dairy cows in the surrounding pastures. If it's open, pop into the two storefronts of the Blacksmith Shop ( 455 and 491 Main St.  707/786–4216  www.ferndaleblacksmith.com), which celebrates the survival of the traditional blacksmithing arts in the area.

    Ferndale, California, USA
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