Ferndale is an incredibly picturesque town on the Lost Coast Highway of California that was founded in the 1860s by a group of immigrant Danes. The town has a beautiful Victorian flair with many homes being over 100 years old. The town has a very famous and scenic cemetery which gives the town the eerie distinction of having more dead residents than alive ones.

The town though, is absolutely gorgeous and walking through its pristine streets is like being transported back in time. It is a wonderful high-trust community with no homeless drug addict zombies (a rarity in Humboldt County) wandering the trashless streets.

Ferndale is also lucky enough to be the hometown of Guy Fieri who grew up there and opened his Awesome Pretzel Cart on the town’s streets when he was… 10 years old. He actually owns quite a few old buildings in the town and on Main Street in his pursuit of keeping Ferndale’s history alive and safe. I salute him for that.

Ferndale is famous for its great milk which you’ll understand is from the many fuzzy cows that surround the town. Oh, and if you hear a whistle and its noon, don’t worry. The town’s all volunteer fire fighters blow the whistle every day at that time. That seems a lot better than the tornado siren that sounded every noon on Saturday in Oklahoma.

Ferndale is also home to the tallest and largest living lit up Christmas Tree in the world, which I would love to see one day.