I grew up in Ferndale. My mother still lives there and I visit often. You said you noticed all the markers in the cemetery for the veterans. The local Boy Scouts put US Flags in all of the markers for Veterans Day. It’s really beautiful seeing all the flags knowing all those people served our country.

As a native of Southern California, I am often amazed at how diverse California’s scenery is - from beaches to deserts and mountains, cities to rural areas - all in one state! Ferndale is truly a town trapped in time. Thank you for showing us around, Jeff and Sarah!

A small town with a fascinating history. Also good to see Sarah back in the adventures.

Ferndale is a quaint small community that has the look of European communities. It looks alot like parts of Ireland. Thanks Jeff and Sarah for showing us Ferndale and all the nuances of the area. That old bank saw alot of gold come through; it would be nice to go back to gold coins again.

Your tours of small town California are among your best work. I really enjoy them. Thank you for all the time you spend researching, shooting and editing these.

Ferndale is an architecural treasure trove! And a backlot to boot! I love old towns like that.The only place I have been with a comparable number of Victorian homes still standing is Lynchburg, Virginia. Thanks for the tour!

In 2009 I was on a road trip from Willetts, (gateway to the redwoods) to Crater Lake, I heard about Ferndale and had to stop and spend a few hours there. So glad I did. Beautiful town and I appreciate how you always have those insightful stories to convey, Thank you, Mr. Jeff!

Hi Jeff and Sarah! I had no idea that Ferndale was such a cool little town. Thanks for taking us along. Sarah, don't sell yourself short. True, anybody can point a camera and take a video, but the ones who stand out are the ones that know what they like and capture it. 🙂 My best to you both and thank you for all the hard work!

Thanks for sharing. My daughter graduated from Humboldt State with a degree in geology. She fell in love with the area and has side jobs throughout the county with Ferndale being the home to some of her clients, not to mention a lot of earthquakes, as 3 tectonic plates meet near Ferndale. Black sand beach, the town, and the cemetery are awesome landmarks.

Hi Jeff... 63 years old , all of a sudden over here. Humboldt is the best. Behind Maui Waui !!!!! Ahhhhh...remember when.

When I lived in California I took trip up to those redwoods and even camped at Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park. I never went to Ferndale even though I heard so much about it. I've always wished that I had gone there. Well now I feel like I have gone there. Thanks so much for taking so many of us with you!

Neat little town, I remember touring that graveyard in the pouring rain once. It was a strange and depressing experience.

Been to Ferndale, my wife and I(today is our 40th wedding anniversary!) absolutely adore the architecture. In the 80s thru the 90s we were very passionate with Victorian architecture, still are today just a bit subdued. I did my best transforming our 1948 Lakewood Ca. track home into a Victorianesque home. And did a damn good job at it. Enough so that our home inspired neighbors a mile down the street to do the same with their home. Their rendering was beautiful, perhaps maybe a cut above ours? We also strolled through the Ferndale cemetery during our visit there(2009). Terrific episode guys, see you on the next one.

I could handle being trapped in time in that beautiful town. Amazing!

Another awesome video... Enjoyed watching. So much history in this town, even more from the cemetery. You and Sarah do a great job bringing us history of places I've never heard of or know anything about. Thank you both. Have a great day Jeff and Sarah. 🇺🇲

I love the attention to care and the value put on these beautiful historical buildings by the community! Just gorgeous!

Hi Jeff. Always better when Sarah is with you.

Very nicely done Jeff. I was raised in the area and have visited Ferndale forever. Great place and wonderful people. Had lunch with a priest at the Cemetery when i was a kid. Always loved it there, very peaceful.

I lived in Arcata in the 80s to attend the university there. Met my wife there. We have visited Ferndale, but not in the detail that you did in this video. I just didn’t know all this history. But now that I’m older, I have a deeper appreciation of historic towns and take time to learn about them. Thank you for taking me down memory lane and showing stuff I missed. 😉

I grew up in Humboldt county and lived in Fortuna for a few years. You should go back to Ferndale at Christmas time. The whole town is decorated like in one of those Christmas movies.

Very beautiful part of California’s coast. No mention of the many earthquakes over the years, but the community always survives.

Thank you for the tour. I spent a couple of nights there a few years ago. We had dinner in the Victorian Inn. We browsed downtown, and visited the Museum. It's every bit as charming as it appears in your video.

Love all the gingerbread on the houses and buildings. I've been through Fermdale a few times, but for some reason never stopped to look around. Thank you for the tour. So happy to see Sarah again too! As always spotting some wild life! 💗

I enjoyed this video a lot. I lived in the area in 1978-9 and worked at a small naval facility that used to be on the bluff above Centerville Beach. I well remember the excitement when they filmed Salem's Lot and had a house 'burn up' for the movie. It is still a beautiful area and I'm really glad to see it has retained its small town charm.

Nice to see you made it to Humboldt County. I live in Arcata so maybe we passed each other ion the road. I my last career I worked on several buildings in Ferndale. All of them are very interesting. Yu almost made it to the old Navy Base on Centerville road. Now de-comissioned it was a product of the cold war tracking submarines at sea. Lots of other interesting places in the county if you ever get back, Eureka, Arcata, Samoa, Ferndale and Garberville all have interesting old buildings. Thank you for sharing this part of California!

There is something so relaxing and peaceful about visiting a remote area. I love history and I enjoyed the Hobbit and Victorian house. I remember that Dr. Pepper commercial. TY for another great video. God bless. 😇👍💕♥️

What a cute little town. Loved the movie Outbreak. I'll have to watch it again after seeing this. Sarah is an old name. That's why there are so many in the cemetery. The old bank with the teller windows still in place was really cool.

Northern Cal has an unusual vibe! I loved it. Ferndale has a ton of quakes daily out in the ocean!

Another great video! Thanks you for taking us along for the ride, Jeff and Sarah. The siren going off in Ferndale reminded me of being a young kid in the small Oregon town where my grandparents lived and and my mom grew up. The fire department there was volunteer and seeing as it was the '80s, they didn't have the pagers they do now. The way they alerted the volunteer firefighters of a fire or other emergency, was by using the air raid siren, as it was so loud it could be easily heard outside of town. It brings back a lot of memories hearing that. If only I had a DeLorean I could use to go back in time, lol. God bless and Godspeed.

Jeff and Sarah, thank you for spotlighting this quaint town. ❤

I took my son to Ferndale last September in 2022. We went camping north of Eureka in Klamath, that's where we found the old WW2 radar station. We stayed at the cute hotel behind the red store. We were only there for two night and fell in love with the small town and the people. The owner of the store and hotel was so friendly and welcoming. If you were to go pass the cross on the beach, to the south a few miles, there used to be an old military installation. There's no buildings anymore but there's a trail with signage that talks about the history. There's also a beautiful overlook a mile or so up from there. I bought hotdogs and drinks from the red store and we had a picnic while enjoying the scenery. The mexican restaurant has amazing food, we ate there twice. We really enjoyed spending time in a few of the small towns up along the cost in the redwoods. I love the small town feel and everyone we met along our trip were so friendly. Ferndale had an earthquake about a month after our visit, glad to see them recover from it. Glad you got to visit. You did great as always finding more history. There's so much of it up there.

Significance of coins on Military grave. A penny means you visited. A nickel means you and the deceased veteran trained at boot camp together. A dime means you and the deceased veteran served together in some capacity. A quarter is very significant because it means that you were there when that veteran died

Jeff and Sarah, Thank you for the tour of Ferndale! I really enjoyed this.

Enjoyed the video! Good to see Sarah again! Thanks guys!

Great little coastal victorian town! Thanks for sharing your adventure!

Loved it all. Ferndale is now on my list of beautiful towns to visit. Again, thank you for sharing this with us all.

I think Sarah is very talented . She can push ‘Go’ on a camera . No one else in history has ever been able to even find the ‘Go’ button on their cameras. Congratulations Sarah!

Nice place, have to visit there sometime for sure, Hello Sarah 🙂

Ferndale! I loved visiting this charming town when I lived in Northern California. ❤❤❤❤❤ California

Wow ! Great job you 2. I was totally surprised of all the History this little town has. Loved this. ❤ Sarah and Jeff Thank you.

What a cool little town with so much history💯 I'm so jealous of Guy growing up in such a beautiful place. Thanx for sharing 💯

Hi Sarah and Jeff. What a beautiful town. I love to see towns that have not been "modernized". Michigan has a Ferndale too. It's a suburb of Detroit. It's too new to be this beautiful. I wonder how common that name is for towns. Keep finding these towns and I will "see" you next week.

Oh this brought back so many memories for me. My boyfriend in the late 1980’s took me there for a visit, we lived in Fort Bragg, CA. Got a beautiful pair of amethyst earrings for Christmas from there that I passed on to his daughter. It was a wonderful small town to visit and the history is wonderful. Thanks for the memories

This was very interesting from beginning to end. This town has so many fascinating substories. Thank you for taking us along on this excursion, Jeff and Sarah. I know there's a lot of research involved. 🛣 🌊 🪦 🏡👏🏻👏🏻

I was just there 2 1/2 weeks ago. Love Ferndale :))) The cemetery is beautiful in the spring time when its green and the rhododendrons are blooming.

What a beautiful area and it was also nice seeing Sarah. thank you!☕️

I live in Modesto,Ca and love the local history you present. I will add Ferndale to my list of places to visit.

Another wonderful episode! I used to travel through that area on my way to the Hoopa Indian Reservation where I was training tribal members in toxic waste handling. (They cleaned up the old paper mills). Never spent time in Ferndale. Now that I saw your video, I am definitely going back with my wife to see it. Thank you, Jeff and Sarah!!

Hi Jeff n Sarah.. great lil place. Every year at this time I’m up in humbly county. Couldn’t make it this year. Thanks sharing.

love love those older houses

With the exception of all the movies filmed there and near a the ocean, it reminds me so much like a small town that I spent many years as a child living in Michigan. Definitely a beautiful area. Thanks for sharing.

What a BEAUTIFUL little town !! Thank you for taking us there ! What a kick that Guy Fieri grew up there ! Never knew that !

We visit here often with family, that live here, and friends that come to visit. There are many occasions happening year long. We are very fortunate. thanks

Love learning history about old towns. Jeff you and Sarah do a wonderful job. It's amazing what movie crews will go through in order to make a movie. Anyway appreciate your effort and appreciate your channel.

Great to see n hear from Sarah again.

Awesome

I've wanted to go to Ferndale for many years, and one day I will. It's a long drive from Southern California. Until then, I'm glad I can enjoy wonderful videos like this one. Thanks for sharing, Jeff, and it was good to see Sarah again. P.S. I just ordered a shirt.

We love Ferndale! We stayed in the gingerbread mansion for our anniversary last year. And also visited that great cemetery.

And I was raised in Kneeland CA. First through eight in a one room school. Sadly had to leave the mountain in the summer of 79 😢

Great video, I really love that town!! 😍

Ferndale is a wonderful place to visit, i lived in little river California and traveled there often

What a beautiful town, Jeff and Sarah. Thank you so much for sharing. I live in Leavenworth, Kansas and we have a lot of the same type of style, buildings and homes. It always amazes me that a lot of the same buildings that you see from early decades from the previous century are still standing. Thank you so much for sharing. And maybe one of these days, I'll be able to go out and see that town.

Just beautiful. Thanx Sarah and Jeff. 😊

Our daughter went to HSU and everytime we see her going to Ferndale is a must.

Another great video Jeff and Sarah. Great to see Sarah back in the action. Keep up the great work, thank you!

I love seeing Sarah with you again.

What a beautiful place! Happy Sunday!

Jeff never fails in making quality videos...his lessons in history are so entertaining 👍😊🇬🇧

What a cool little town!

11:25 I used to think an anchor is linked to the person's work or love of the sea, but when I noticed it on various gravestones in Switzerland (far away from the sea, deep in the mountains) I learned that it is a classic symbol for stability, constancy and faithfulness. Enjoyed watching, as always :)

Jeff, again an interesting and nostalgic one. I especially loved the Dr. Pepper commercial. I always loved watching it and wished I could be a Pepper too. Once again, your choice of music adds so much more.

Took a trip to Avenue of the giants to see the trees 2 years ago, Stayed in Fortuna, stopped by Clendenen's Cider Works but they were closed. checked out Eureka for a bagel and coffee. Got gas at Costco and some local beer and local roasted coffee beans. Stopped by Ferndale on the way back home. Had some beignets at Fat Annes. Saw the rubber duck at the blacksmith shop Huell Howser saw so many years ago, checked out the cemetery and shops too. Lucky those homes were untouched for us to see and enjoy. Must visit Ferndale again, didnt see this Hadley garden. Thanks for sharing. Road Trip with Huell Howser episode 149 also came here many years ago.

Just found this channel this morning and subscribed. Love the CA history!

Quality! Thanks again for the great video!

That was a great visit. Learned some interesting tales from you. Have been there before, but decades ago! Glad it has been kept up! I love your cemetery walks, thank you!

This was another fantastic video, Jeff! What a charming town. I love it that Sarah loves animals as so do I. You can tell a lot about a person’s character if they love and appreciate our beautiful animals. That fountain with the birds spilling water was amazing. I also love that old Rexall sign and glad we saw the Rings’ graves. Thank you both so much! God bless you and anxiously awaiting the next one

Born and raised in CA, and traveled all over the state with my parents...but somehow, I've never been to Ferndale. Thanks for the tour!

Loved this look at Ferndale. It’s been many, many years since I was there

FYI for anyone visiting, if you have a car or a small truck you can drive up through the cemetery, when the gates are open. Steep climb to the top.

Great job Jeff. Loved looking at the old buildings.

Enjoyed again, Jeff, Sarah

I've wanted to go to Ferndale ever since I saw The Majestic. It looked like a great town with such fantastic energy. So glad you did a video on it!!

Love, Love, Love!!!!❤️ Love ❤️

Hello Jeff and Sarah thank you for the wonderful video.

That was a wonderful post thank you

Great job guys, loved it !

Great video and tour of Ferndale! My husband and I stayed at the Gingerbread Mansion several years ago and enjoyed our stay and visit through Ferndale, including the cemetery. 😊

Thanks for highlighting Ferndale, CA. It reminded us of how lovely a town it is! You've inspired us! Maybe we'll head up that way. It was great to see Sarah out with you again!

What a beautiful town! Thank you Jeff and Sarah! I love that part of the country, the redwoods and ferns would be my ideal place to live and finish out my days. I'm disappointed that my travels never took me through Ferndale.

I love old towns!!! What a wonderful trip you and Sara had!!!! The good ole days!!!

Thanks for this video Jeff. I love old towns like that one. There aren't enough small towns like that one anymore. I enjoyed the video tour.

Great show thank you for exploring the fabulous TOWN OF FERNDALE .

Love this video sir. Appreciate seeing well preserved old towns and cemeteries. TY. Cheers y’all.

Loved this episode! Such a gem of a town!

thanks to you both for providing us with knowledge about our beautiful state. You are much appreciated!!nJim&Angie

As usual you hit a home run with this one. Great work. I love your channel.

Fascinating ❤

Nice video! thanks for takeing us along

It's no wonder why i absolutely Love your channel. History should always be remembered because, in a way, it is the foundation of our present, which will in time not only be our future, but also will be "history". Hope that made sense. Good to see you and Sarah both out and about. Hope you're all doing well. Looking forward to your next episode. God Bless you all.

A town that embraces and keeps its roots and architecture alive. I love it. The area is stunning and the stories are great.