Almaden Quicksilver Mining Museum

Parking was easy to find. Really cool museum! I love that it dives into the history of the people living there during the mining period, the science of how mining and extracting metals worked, as...

We arrived at Casa Grande, found easy free parking out front, and were greeted by the park ranger/staff who gave a quick and simple rundown of the place, then we were free to roam the premises at...

The Bay Area continues to surprise me with new finds and interesting things to do! This is a small but loaded and super interesting museum regarding Almaden's mining history. It was fascinating...

Such a fun bit of local history that I had been totally unaware of. The park ranger was really friendly and popped over a few times while we were browsing the museum to offer a few tidbits of...

Beautiful views, beautiful hike and nice little river since we had 10 days of rain. Fun for kids too. Saw a truck parked outside the gate with Felix the cat! Very cool!