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Yahoo says:

“Bohemian Grove is a 2,700-acre redwood forest in Sonoma County, California. Owned by the Bohemian Club, it’s apparently set up for camping, but that’s where things start to get a little fuzzy.

“The Bohemian Club is an exclusive, all-male club founded in the late 1800s. The story goes that writers like Jack London, Mark Twain, and Bret Harte were looking for an excuse to drink together, and they invited a few local businessmen to foot the bill for the boozing. The club grew, and gentrified, from there.

“Every July, the club holds a two-week-long private event at the grove, rumored to be a summer camp of sorts for up to 2,500 rich and powerful men, including CEOs and U.S. presidents. But, is it a creepy concentration of world powers holding bizarre rituals and setting agendas, or just an innocuous bunch of guys getting soused and exercising their right to relieve themselves on the redwoods? Depends on who you talk to.

“We sure are curious about the alleged Lakeside Talks, where government, business, and entertainment big shots meet for some intellectual stimulation. But the annual gathering is famously difficult to get into, and reliable documentation is hard to find. And since we haven’t been invited (we’re sure it’s merely due to a clerical error), we can only speculate.”

{Sigh, the impermanence of internet links. HERE is why everyone should visit! From http://www.scifi.com/eureka/}

With the help of Albert Einstein and other trusted advisors, President Harry S. Truman commissioned a top-secret residential development in a remote area of the Pacific Northwest, one that would serve to protect and nurture America’s most valuable intellectual resources. There our nation’s greatest thinkers, the über-geniuses working on the next era of scientific achievement, would be able to live and work in a supportive environment. The best architects and planners were commissioned to design a welcoming place for these superlative geniuses to reside, an area that would offer the best education for their children, the best healthcare, the best amenities and quality of life. A community was created to rival the most idyllic of America’s small towns — with one major difference: this town would never appear on any maps. At least, none that haven’t been classified “eyes only” by the Pentagon.

Thus, the town of Eureka was born.

This is an AWESOME place to go to buy stuff.

This place would be a lot like Heaven, only more marmots.

Good to visit once, to remind yourself how lucky you really are.

Be sure to check out the Sculpture Garden.

I always thought Niagara Falls would be a romantic place to visit. In reality, I went out on a boat wearing a supplied coverup that looked like a garbage bag, and got so drenched I could barely see the Falls.

This is a great place to watch the sun rise!

Worth seeing once, not twice.

So incredibly worth it.