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Hornitos, California
Photo: C N from San Francisco, CA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Hornitos grew in the 1850s Gold Rush around a plaza, supposedly named for the "little ovens" shape of its above-ground graves. A stone jail, the 1856 Masonic lodge, the ruins of Ghirardelli's store and the adobe St. Catherine's Church survive, and about fifty people live here, so the town is more quiet than abandoned.
Reached by a side road off Highway 140; respect private homes, and note the cemetery opens mainly for special events.
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