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Go Back in Time at Columbia State Historic Park
With the help of its state park status, Columbia is arguably the best-preserved California Gold Rush town. They kept the dirt streets, wooden plank sidewalks, false-front buildings, and businesses true to the era (without the commercialized crap!) Start your morning with a ranger tour to learn what life was like in the 1850s and get special access to historic buildings like an original Wells Fargo Bank and a miner’s mercantile.
Don’t miss 19th-century inspired shops like the generations-old Nelson’s Candy Kitchen, Towle & Leavitt’s “fancy goods,” the candlepin bowling alley, and Kamice’s Photographic Studio. We made a special stop at Kamice’s to recreate a photo that I took in Colombia with my buddy when we were 8 years old. Between my game-for-anything husband and Kamice’s talented team of costume designers and graphic artists, we created a portrait that’s as creepy as it is comical.
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