Explore Victoria Beach’s Mysterious Pirate Tower - Atlas Obscura

Explore Victoria Beach’s Mysterious Pirate Tower

An enigmatic seaside tower on California’s Victoria Beach looks like something out of a storybook. Built in 1926, the 60-foot building, known as the “Pirate Tower,” is in reality a private staircase. So the story goes, its former owner, Harold Kendrick, had a deep passion for pirate culture and would hide coins in the rocks for local children to find. Today, the tower is locked to the public, but beach-goers may still explore its base and the surrounding waterfront. 

Learn more about life ruggedly reimagined with the Mitsubishi 2020 Outlander Sport by clicking here.

Latest

Explore Victoria Beach’s Mysterious Pirate Tower

2:10
Choose Your Avatar and Explore LA Through New Eyes

The Soul Surfer

2:48
Choose Your Avatar and Explore LA Through New Eyes

The Film Freak

2:25
Choose Your Avatar and Explore LA Through New Eyes

The Epicurean Explorer

2:06

Sea Critters of Charlotte Harbor

1:00
Show More Videos
Most Read Stories
Elsewhere on Atlas Obscura
Original Nintendo Building
Kyoto, Japan

Original Nintendo Building

The first location of the eventual video game giant.
New York, New York

Grand Brasserie

New York's transit system peddles terrible food in limited windows—this restaurant is a rare exception.
Bear 409, “Beadnose,” a sow that won Fat Bear Week in 2018. GIS specialist Joel Cusick is pioneering a new technique for calculating the bears’ weight that doesn’t disrupt their normal activity.
animals

Fat Bears and 5 Other Stories of Preparing for Winter

From big-bottomed ants to gorging on salmon, there are plenty of ways to be ready for the cold months ahead.
Roxanne Hoorn November 15, 2024
Trondheim, Norway

Dora I

At this concrete bunker on the Trondheim fjord, secrets lie above and below the water's surface.