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California's Gold with Huell Howser
Central Coast
Visit the world's first motel, the Motel Inn in San Luis Obispo; a stop at Pozo's Saloon, a stagecoach stop, and chat with the last remaining citizen of Moy Mell, where a colony of people called Dunites lived in the sand dunes from the 1920s through the 1940s.
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![Santa Rosa Island](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/6834cc1/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1440x810!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2FPLPAeGw-asset-mezzanine-16x9-3WcYotG.jpg)
27:16
Huell visits Santa Rosa Island for the rich natural and human history.
![Mare Island](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/0267988/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1440x810!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2FLOxj6uN-asset-mezzanine-16x9-4IucYrB.jpg)
27:38
Join Huell as he takes us on one of the last tours of Mare Island before the base closes.
![Masonic Cave](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8f185b5/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1440x810!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2FS7kjrs3-asset-mezzanine-16x9-riZWfmE.jpg)
27:36
Huell’s off to Amador county and the town of Volcano.
![Scotty's Castle](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/42b1df1/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1440x810!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2F1YaUfQ4-asset-mezzanine-16x9-HQArECZ.jpg)
28:17
Huell travels to Death Valley to learn about Walter Scott and the castle named after him.
![Desert Tower](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9d92fb9/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1440x810!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2F9ET4qB2-asset-mezzanine-16x9-LUB4oFG.jpg)
27:50
Join Huell as he climbs to the top of The Desert View Tower in the Imperial Valley.
![San Luis Obispo Train](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/c7abdcc/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1440x810!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2F4QzaAIT-asset-mezzanine-16x9-SAK2U34.jpg)
27:42
Join Huell in the centennial celebration of the arrival of the first steam train to SLO.
![Wings Over California](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/974ee04/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1440x810!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2Fgx4z8Zn-asset-mezzanine-16x9-02K1QH2.jpg)
27:50
Huell soars above our state as we look at the Pigeon Courier Service.
![World War II](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/02862b7/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1440x810!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2FHXy8JiR-asset-mezzanine-16x9-wU7UrVT.jpg)
27:27
Huell learns two fascinating yet obscure California footnotes to World War II.
![Devil's Jaw](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4d7d2fd/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1440x810!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2FUvFmaek-asset-mezzanine-16x9-kavVlE9.jpg)
25:40
Watch Huell as he embarks on a journey to the most dangerous spot on the California coast
![John Muir Special](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5c6edd9/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1440x810!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2FuQgolAk-asset-mezzanine-16x9-qMnlbT7.jpg)
54:07
Huell meets and speaks to famed naturalist and Sierra Club founder "John Muir" reenacted.
![Delta Encounters](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/adc9a7f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1440x810!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2FMIDwyxt-asset-mezzanine-16x9-K9rGh1z.jpg)
53:31
Huell’s embarks on a Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta cruise aboard Tule Queen.