Historical Marker · No. 1055
The Mystery Spot
Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County · California
No state plaque stands here. The long board at the start of the tour, headed A History of the Mystery Spot, is the attraction's own first-person tale of compasses going wrong, and a roadside sign carries the landmark number; neither is cast. The state registered the place in 2014 as California's first tilt-box roadside attraction. Its effects are perception: psychologists at Berkeley in 1999 and Santa Cruz in 2005 traced the visitors who seem to change height and the weight that seems hard to push to a cabin built at a tilt on a steep hillside.
Where it stands
37.01730, -122.00291 · Directions
More markers nearby
- Branciforte — 2.6 mi
- Site of Santa Cruz Mission — 3.1 mi
- Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk — 3.7 mi
- Camp Capitola Superintendent's Office — 4.2 mi