Hidden in the heart of the Santa Cruz Mountains, under the ancient redwoods and tucked into valleys untouched by time are the remains of those who came before.

Built at the very end of the 1800s by french emigrants, they were occupied for a century, and then abandoned, to be slowly reclaimed by nature and time.

Our search for one set of cabins we had heard rumors of led us past the symbol of a reclusive uranium tycoon who built a laboratory and bomb shelter somewhere in the area. Despite our best research, these promising sites prove to be heavily shrouded in mystery. The forest evidently was full of more mysteries than we had previously imagined, when our bearing led us directly to a strange altar in the woods.