![]() ![]() Today it stands out front to greet children of all ages while parents try to figure out where to go first! We then passed the bright red, storybook Redwood Shoe House, originally built in 1946 as a float in Fort Bragg’s Fourth of July parade. While there are larger totem poles, they were laid down to carve and then raised back up. ![]() Scaffolding was erected around it and an artist spent three months carving it. This totem of stacked bears started as a more than 40 foot tall dead redwood. In the middle of the parking lot, the world’s tallest freestanding redwood chainsaw carving, featured in Ripley’s Believe It or Not, greeted us. There is also a seasonal Snack Bar, a playground, majestic Coastal Redwoods, hands-on optical illusions that play on magnetism and gravity, and even a mystical creature called the chipalope. When you think of roadside attractions and roadside oddities, Confusion Hill is exactly what you wish it would be - funky, strange, cheesy, kitschy, over-the-top, ridiculous, and jam-packed with weird stuff everywhere. Since 1949 Confusion Hill has been welcoming curious visitors to visit the World Famous Gravity House, ride the mountain train, and explore the funky, family-friendly, roadside attraction in the beautiful Northern California Redwoods. I discovered Confusion Hill during my pre-road trip research and it immediately went on my must-visit list (and Brian just rolled his eyes). I love that stuff and Brian humors me as much as he can while still getting us to our destination on time. When road tripping, the roadside attractions are where it’s at for me and the funkier and weirder, the better. ![]()
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