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Message:: [QUOTE="Potteryplease, post: 4504519, member: 16407"]Near the coastal town of Klamath,  California, in the far northwest part of the state, close to the Yurok Nation, is the tourist attraction "Trees of Mystery." A 50' talking statue of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox greet the many tourists who stop in here, including me yesterday. Here you can walk in huge redwood trees (which are all around the area) and take a 'skywalk' higher in the trees' canopy. Fair enough. But in the back of the gift shop, past the coffee cups and the T-shirts, the house-made fudge and the stuffed animals, is a magnificent private collection of Native American artifacts and artworks. Chiefly collected by Marylee Thompson Smith, wife of one of the men who developed the tourist attraction, the museum is the most amazing collections of baskets I've ever seen. It's totally free, almost an afterthought compared to the other 'attractions.' There was only a couple people in it. The line for the Paul Bunyan burger, on the other hand, was long indeed... I post these eye-candy pics just to share. Truly, it's amazing. [ATTACH=full]394592[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]394593[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]394594[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]394595[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]394596[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]394597[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]394598[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]394599[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]394600[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]394601[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]