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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Ukiah

4 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Ukiah, California

Updated May 16, 2023

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City of 10,000 Buddhas

Ukiah, California

City of 10,000 Buddhas

One of the largest Buddhist communities in the West sits on the site of an old hospital.
VECTORR in the Mendocino vineyard

Ukiah, California

Vectorr Train Prototype

A working model of a pressure-driven, high-speed rail whizzes around a private vineyard.
Ukiah Latitude Observatory in the early 1900s.

Ukiah, California

Ukiah Latitude Observatory

One of only five observatories in the world built to measure the Earth's wobble.

Ukiah, California

Vichy Springs

Naturally carbonated water fills the mineral baths at this 19th-century California resort.
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Boontling word of the week in the tap room of the Anderson Valley Brewing Company.

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Boontling Language of Boonville

A local dialect born in the late 19th century is only spoken in this isolated California valley.
12 miles from Ukiah
Cowboy Willy

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Cowboy Willy

A giant fiberglass Muffler Man found new life as a rodeo guardian.
19 miles from Ukiah
Clarkes Collectibles & Lunchbox Museum

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Clarkes Collectibles & Lunchbox Museum

An ever-updating collection of retro Americana.
19 miles from Ukiah
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