Sightseeing
Shasta State Historic Park
Under $25Brick ruins and a restored courthouse from a gold-rush mining town, six miles west of Redding.
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Sightseeing
Weaverville Joss House State Historic Park
A 1874 Taoist temple in Weaverville that is still used for worship and is among the oldest Chinese temples in California.
South West corner of Highway 299 and Oregon Street, Weaverville, CA · Weaverville, CA
About Weaverville Joss House State Historic Park
This state historic park in the middle of Weaverville protects a Taoist temple built in 1874 to replace an earlier one that burned. The temple is described as the oldest continuously used Chinese temple in California and offers insight into Chinese immigrants in early California history. Visitors can see art objects, pictures, mining tools, and wrought iron weapons linked to the 1854 Tong War. The state took over the temple in 1956 to preserve this part of Chinese tradition, and many historic objects have since been restored. Guided tours of the temple run on set times on certain days of the week.
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