- From Wikipedia:
Hotel del Coronado (also known as The Del and Hotel Del) is a historic beachfront hotel in the city of Coronado, just across the San Diego Bay from San Diego, California. It is one of the few surviving examples of an American architectural genre: the wooden Victorian beach resort. It is the second largest wooden structure in the United States (after the Tillamook Air Museum in Tillamook, Oregon) and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1977 and a California Historical Landmark in 1970.
When it opened in 1888, it was the largest resort hotel in the world. It has hosted presidents, royalty, and celebrities through the years. The hotel has been featured in numerous movies and books.
First time ever in California.. First thing we did was look for virtual caches. I love that virtuals take us to places we would never have found otherwise. To mark the TBs we grabbed a cache near the hotel virtual, this beautiful Dragon Tree. Being from the midwest the plants wnad flowers we see when visiting the coast always amaze me. This building and its history are amazing. Even read it is haunted by a Katie Morgan, a young woman who died here under suspicious circumstances in 1892. As usual, the photos just dont do it justice! TFTC