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Falafels Drive In: Awesome Middle Eastern Food in San Jose

Last Modified: July 8, 2020

As one of the most popular places for a meal in San Jose, Falafels Drive-In is always busy, but it is worth the wait. This walk up counter restaurant makes falafel sandwiches and other types of Middle Eastern food, all with their own unique sauces and side dishes like the pita chip fries. I finally […]

Filed Under: Food, Northern California Tagged With: San Jose, Santa Clara County

Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose

Last Modified: May 7, 2020

If you are in San Jose and looking for something unique to do, then look no further than the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum. This museum sits on a large property in downtown San Jose, and it has rooms full of unusual artifacts plus a few acres of stuff to explore outside as well. Here is all […]

Filed Under: Museums, Northern California Tagged With: San Jose, Santa Clara County

World’s Largest Monopoly in a Park in San Jose

Last Modified: May 6, 2020

In a small park in the middle of downtown San Jose, there is a giant Monopoly board that holds the Guinness World Record for largest in the world. While you can only play it by setting that up in advance with the city, it is still fun to see and photograph. Here is all the information. […]

Filed Under: Activities, Northern California Tagged With: San Jose, Santa Clara County

Mission San Jose: California’s 14th Mission

Last Modified: May 2, 2020

Mission San Jose was the fourteenth of the Spanish California Missions, and Father Lasuen founded it in 1797. This mission is one that had extended periods of decline over the last two centuries. Still, it has been reconstructed so that it is a prime example of the missions system in California. I visited it on […]

Filed Under: Missions, Northern California Tagged With: San Jose, Santa Clara County

Winchester Mystery House In San Jose, CA

Last Modified: November 18, 2019

By far, one of the strangest places I have written about on the blog is the Winchester Mystery House, built by the Winchester Rifle fortune. The house is full of mazes, corridors, doors, and windows that lead to full brick walls and even an entry in a second-story room that drops entirely to the ground outside of […]

Filed Under: Central California, Haunted, Museums, Places Tagged With: San Jose, Santa Clara County

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