Secret Hideaways









Out-of-the-way, off the beaten path, little-known places.

The Bridge To Nowhere - Azusa Canyon

Submitted by iedude on Mon, 09/13/2010 - 10:08am

The Bridge To Nowhere located approximately 5 miles north-east of the end of the East Fork road of Azusa Canyon (Highway 39) is not exactly in the "Inland Empire", but it's uniqueness and proximity to the Inland Empire makes it a great day-hike and and well worth the trip if you are up to it.

What is the Bridge To Nowhere?

Padua Hills lives on....

Submitted by Ghostpainter on Sun, 08/31/2008 - 10:32am

Despite brush fires, two earthquakes and numerous other calamities including heavy flooding during the 1969 floods, Padua Hill Theatre and Dinning still survives the decades.

The Padua Hills Theatre is located in the hills of Claremont, California at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains and the MT. Baldy Resort. It is in a very natural setting with a very tranquil feel with the surrounding natural beauty.

What happened to the small town of Midland?

Submitted by Ghostpainter on Fri, 07/18/2008 - 1:48pm

People traveling out on the 40 highway (route 66) passed by the sign for years. The signs read U.S. Gypsum Minning Company, but hardy any ever used the road back in the 50's.

Then one day the sign wasn't there any more. So a couple od Adventurous souls turned out onto the single lane dirt road and drove out to where the town was supposed to be located. What they found was amazing.

1865's gold rush in Juillian continues today with golden apples and the Oak Hills Bed and Breakfast Farm.

Submitted by Ghostpainter on Mon, 04/28/2008 - 9:57am

When traces of gold were discovered in Coleman Creek in 1869, it marked the beginning of a gold rush whose legacy we still are enjoying today. Julian remains almost unchanged as one of the most picturesque gold mining towns in California. Gold is still being mined today in the form of golden apples, but the real treasures are the town itself, along with its clean mountain air which give Julian a unique and quiet enchantment.

Julian was founded following the Civil War, when displaced Confederate Veterans from Georgia headed West to seek their fortunes in a new, mostly unsettled land. Among these were cousins Drue Bailey and Mike Julian, who found a lush meadow between Volcan Mountain and the Cuyamacas to their liking.

They were there in 1869 when cattleman Fred Coleman found the first flecks of gold in a creek. It was San Diego County's first and only gold rush. The town was named Julian, in honor of Mike, who later was elected San Diego County Assessor. The town was never big, at the most boasting a population of about 600---more than reside within the historic district today.

The Tahquitz Inn in Idyllwild. A night, weekend or week of personal pleaseure in the tall pines of the San Jacinto Mountians.

Submitted by Ghostpainter on Sat, 04/26/2008 - 4:36pm

Located on Hwy 243 above 5300 feet on the south side of Idyllwild, the tahquitz Inn has been serving guests since 1977. Tahquitz is the name of the Indian tribe that inhabited the region in the 1700 and 1800's.

The Inn offers one and two bedroom suites, with kitchens and available with fireplaces. In-suite phones, coffee, cable TV, and a heated pool and spa (May-October) are just a few of the amenities that set the Inn apart from other lodges in Idyllwild, all at affordable rates. And they even allow dogs that cant just be separated from their loving masters. You have to bring your own pooper scooper. they don't provide them and they do expect everything to be spotless when you leave.

The Naked Truth, and Nothing but the Naked truth.

Submitted by Ghostpainter on Mon, 09/24/2007 - 8:39am

The Naked truth of Paradise Health Resort in Ontario.

In the days before there was a synagogue in the Inland Valley, a very special place on south Euclid Avenue in Ontario was the focus of many Jewish activities including some that were rather scandalous if they were leaked to the outside world....Truth be known, it wasn't a Jewish Synagogue....It was merely owned by a Jewish family who, had absconded the day to day running of the Health resort to another group of people, who had a far more modern outlook on life.

The Paradise Health Resort, as the name implies, was no religious institution.....It attracted visitors who enjoyed the weather and rural experience and came to regain their health.....It also was where Jews were welcomed to visit if they wished in an era where many Jews were not as welcomed as was the case else where....Considering WWII, and the Jewish atrocities which ensued in the labor camps, it is a well known dark little dirty secret of many in the US, and especially the Inland Empire, that Jews were not welcomed in many areas of southern California, even after the war.

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