Journey to the Center of the World - Felicity, California

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3 жыл бұрын

Felicity, CA was founded in 1986 by Jacques-Andre Istel and is home to the "official" Center of the World and Museum of History in Granite. The site became the center of the world after Mr. Istel wrote a children's book, then Imperial County and later France recognized the location as the official center of the world. The most impressive thing there however is the Museum of History in Granite.
The Museum of History in Granite has 18 granite monuments with detailed history of things such as California, the United States, the world, art, the oceans, the French Foreign Legion, and more.New sections are still being added.The site also includes a Maze of Honor, the church on the hill, and even original stairs from the Eiffel Tower.
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@guymcclead4153 Жыл бұрын

Is anyone else here because the joe rogan podcast?

@TremendoT Жыл бұрын

Yes.

@sc9576 Жыл бұрын

@kingjioo6361 Жыл бұрын

Lmfaooo

@jacktaylor7690 Жыл бұрын

No comment 😂

@dannyacosta9365 Жыл бұрын

Me😂

@evanabrammcginnis 3 жыл бұрын

I was practically forced to watch the cartoon on how this place became the "center of the world". Interesting place! Met Felicity in the gift shop!

@donaldmao6817 Жыл бұрын

Who forced you? Lol

@anthonydoto571 10 ай бұрын

Was it a cult

@Dankadoodledoo Жыл бұрын

unless the world is flat, there is no center of the world. On a spherical surface, every point is the center.

@jamesshelton7858 Жыл бұрын

uh well guess it flat then

@jo-eu3nr Жыл бұрын

Tell me you're dumb without telling me you're dumb

@harshareddy770 Жыл бұрын

Go back to high school to study about earth and come here to discuss

@sheepdog2941 Жыл бұрын

The earth isn’t completely spherical it’s slightly elliptical

@skywayradio787 10 ай бұрын

@@sheepdog2941it’s an oblate spheroid so it’s pear shaped

@slightlynuts 3 жыл бұрын

This was amazing. Absolutely amazing!

@mrmsmcgill 3 жыл бұрын

I've driven by dozens of times on my trek across the desert from San Diego to Tucson and back. Always wondered. Next time I'll stop. Thanks for sharing!

@jeffb.4800 Жыл бұрын

This is in Imperial County

@zeroeffortmemes 3 жыл бұрын

Your videos deserve more views - keep at it man!

@katieorourke2899 3 жыл бұрын

I’m so happy I found your channel. Such chill and interesting stuff

@SidetrackAdventures 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Glad you enjoy it.

@ChiefExecutiveOrbiter 2 жыл бұрын

@@SidetrackAdventures I'd like to plan a trip out here but they don't answer their phone or respond to emails, glad you got to go. I'm just trying to find out what days it's open, do you need to make reservations, is there a fee, etc. Planned a trip out there, but they never responded, so that's their loss.

@avfc1985 Жыл бұрын

Anyone here from Rogan?

@rachelreneer56 10 ай бұрын

Joe is so great to listen to and watch.

@anthonydoto571 10 ай бұрын

Yup seen that one with the girls and came straight here

@bluekey9105 9 ай бұрын

@@anthonydoto571same

@lordbarristertimsh8050 6 ай бұрын

No, I have only ever watched one tiny snippet of his podcast, and I only did it to see why he was being brought up in this comment section, and I deeply regret it.

@ferociousgustafson4040 Жыл бұрын

Archeologists are going to uncover this and be absolutely mystified.

@MarcusMoans Жыл бұрын

@FelixTheCat please share the information you know🙏

@jacobmcandles1745 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve been by there quite a few times on my way to the Quechon casino a mile or two away. I stay there while I cross the border for dental work. Definitely going to stop by and check it out. Thanks for posting this.

@henryhillebrecht9589 3 жыл бұрын

I have driven by this so many times. Next time we are stopping. This looks very interesting 👍🏻👍🏻

@Bodytribechip 3 жыл бұрын

As a fellow explorer, I appreciate your videos. This one was sort of mind-blowing.

@SidetrackAdventures 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@knytrydr73 3 жыл бұрын

Jacques-Andre Istel, Mayor for Life! That's awesome! LMAO

@lynnkay4783 Жыл бұрын

What an interesting video! I want to go there. Thanks so much for educating us!

@thetemp9355 Жыл бұрын

Bro Joe Rogan brought me here

@aj9849 11 ай бұрын

Same here

@r3m1n970n 4 ай бұрын

Me too

@brownsamurai3070 3 жыл бұрын

Oohrah. Added to my bucket list. Thanks!

@randysmith2740 3 жыл бұрын

Great video dude thanks for the info👍

@SidetrackAdventures 3 жыл бұрын

No problem 👍Thank you for watching.

@DennisCaffey 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely, one of the more interesting journeys/places you've shared. Thank you.

@mattdrives4757 8 ай бұрын

Wow! Definitely on my bucket list now.

@mikefitchNYC1971 3 жыл бұрын

Your videos are outstanding. Great content. Love this video!

@SidetrackAdventures 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

@googlesucks2449 3 жыл бұрын

I've lived in Yuma for 40 years and never knew Felicity was anything more than a church on a hill. I go camping all the time in the desert to the north.

@GariFFUSA Жыл бұрын

Nice nickname 😉

@NoraCuantica7 Жыл бұрын

Esta ciudad no es de personas humanas,la verdadera ciudad esta bajo tierra.

@Kosher19 11 ай бұрын

Lol if you think it's a church... It's a synagogue for Sabbattean Frankists. They literally worship the Devil and rape/murder/sacrifice little children the Ashkenazis traffic in there

@joshmanwaring3848 11 ай бұрын

@@NoraCuantica7 how do you know this??

@skys6655 10 ай бұрын

@@joshmanwaring3848trust me bro

@chrisket2981 Жыл бұрын

I enjoy learning about the history in all your videos. It’s interesting that someone would claim this place as the center of the world. Isn’t every point on the surface of a sphere its center 😃

@johnnyfreedom3437 4 ай бұрын

This definitely was one of your best! It took me at least a half an hour to get through it as I stopped multiple times to read a few of the different plaques. I would love to get there myself, but I hope my kids make it there someday! So much information!!

@favsa5015 3 жыл бұрын

nice I need to stop by next time I head that way. always see it from the freeway but never stopped.

@Chris-tm9zk Жыл бұрын

isn’t everywhere the center of the earth..

@RandomnessTube. 10 ай бұрын

Strange place full of symbolism.

@blazingstar9638 Жыл бұрын

This is so dope, thank you

@marycompogno5665 3 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed the video. What an amazing place! The guy that built this has to be be a genius. 😎

@kloudzz-gaming Жыл бұрын

are you apart of the cult

@bradpitbull4450 10 ай бұрын

You really made this entire video without using the word 'cult' 👏

@djcorvette8375 10 ай бұрын

study symbolism and youll understand

@jrbird1983 Жыл бұрын

That's a completely different story of the tour than what I heard about. Two well know comics say that there is a very sinister experience but maybe that's because they are very Hollywood and take everything as to be versed around security and not ever to be taken as is. That plaque wall looked absolutely brilliant and too bad the maze wasn't completed. I can only imagine what's next to be put on the wall. They should be a section for math if you plan on making that area a maze. It kind of reminds me of the Georgia Guild stones tho in a way.

@seansean7653 Жыл бұрын

Yeah those 2 bozo on Rogan were completely out of control.

@joeboatright6657 Жыл бұрын

The only part that made it mysterious was that a Rothschild founded it. Turns out those 2 girls are some straight liars 😂

@casualcausalityy Жыл бұрын

The Georgia stones similarity is enough to be suspicious. Why did the feds act as a rapid response clean up team after the mysterious bombing? They had no interest in investigating who, why and how; or what happened to the time capsule.

@sheridan7475 Жыл бұрын

I don’t trust the Rothschilds.

@Jasondurgen Жыл бұрын

@Alexander Juarez such as?

@wadeenyart9676 Жыл бұрын

Hello and greatings from RT 66 in NE Oklahoma..great vid..1st time i ever heard of this..its now on my bucket list.

@pedroquintanilla3470 3 жыл бұрын

I driven soo many times through here and wonder what this place was , now I know . and lived in El Centro Ca in the 80's what a wonderful place and within drivong distance

@frankbaiamonte6329 3 жыл бұрын

Nicely done video. We visited there a few years ago, it was great. It was cool to meet the Mayor and his wife. Nice people.

@SidetrackAdventures 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, we met the wife on our visit and she was extremely nice.

@daenas 3 жыл бұрын

Back in the 80's I worked in a popular Mexican restaurant in Yuma where he and his wife frequented quite often. Nicest people in the world!

@joesmith9216 Жыл бұрын

well in public....but what do you think he did behind closed doors????

@familytv9585 11 ай бұрын

Which restaurant?

@tyhogue8316 Жыл бұрын

Why is it I’ve never heard of this?🤔 another great video.👍

@Wanna.Wander 3 жыл бұрын

That’s pretty cool💜never knew these were there &

@guysevedz3581 3 жыл бұрын

Lived in California my whole life, this is the first I heard of this place. Very interesting, great video.

@addicted2baseballrgd21 3 жыл бұрын

I came across it a couple of years ago, on another KZfaq channel. Wasn't sure if it was open during pandemic.

@SidetrackAdventures 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it

@SidetrackAdventures 3 жыл бұрын

Yep, it's open. Very easy to social distance there as well.

@addicted2baseballrgd21 3 жыл бұрын

@@SidetrackAdventures cool going on a motorcycle trip to the Yuma territorial prison, than on the way back, I'll hit Felicity.

@kitdaberserker555 3 жыл бұрын

Never been to yuma before?. I've passed this place hundreds of times. I always get an uneasy feeling about that pyramid. Lots of symbolism i don't understand yet.

@redmesatv8277 Жыл бұрын

Don’t forget to tell people they make you sign a contract after making the wish!

@markhindle4472 3 жыл бұрын

There are many sites nearby you may want to explore.

@Junk65 Жыл бұрын

Interesting. I drive by there many many times.

@alyssachey8417 3 жыл бұрын

I have been enjoying many videos from this channel. I am learning so much. I just want to say how awesome this video is! Just seeing all the carved granite was amazing. Well done! I don't know if I would ever get to visit this part of the world, but thank you for sharing all these really neat places! Because of COVID, I won't be going to Arizona this summer, but if I haven't all ready travelled to Simi area, I absolutely want to find some way to get here from Phoenix to Simi. If you know of some bus tours that are off the usual tourist track, what would you recommend. California is a place I want to go after COVID. I have friends in LA, San-Fran, Simi and San Diego, so I think there is a very very large area to potentially explore. I think the friends in San Fran might be more apt to be the explorers, and my hope is to spend a few days chilling with my Simi friends :)

@cowboygeologist7772 3 жыл бұрын

Very fascinating. I was looking at the odd markings north of there on Google Earth. Seems that area was a military base at one point called Camp Pilot Knob.

@markhindle4472 3 жыл бұрын

Patton had a training base there in WW11.One of 11 bases in the southwest to train for desert warfare.

@casualcausalityy Жыл бұрын

@@markhindle4472 was nuclear testing only held in Nevada?

@diamonds3958 10 ай бұрын

@markhindle4472 I hear alot of them are used for housing. Now

@globe2grove 3 жыл бұрын

Super interesting.!!! 😳👍

@stevesloan7132 3 жыл бұрын

It's beautiful.

@Juddly05 Жыл бұрын

JRE sent me here.

@Jaztec35 3 жыл бұрын

I went to this place years ago and while it felt like a pretty nice place, it also had a weird vibe to it? Love the video!

@terarosen7909 Жыл бұрын

It should have a weird vibe. From other videos I’ve seen

@igi2751 10 ай бұрын

What is under the church?

@ab0ve8cl0uds2 Жыл бұрын

amazing place

@infinitycosmos4723 2 жыл бұрын

😃I really need to go here before I die!⏳👏

@noone-il2oh Жыл бұрын

اللي جاي من عند ليمو لايك

@user-ql3yq7lc4k Жыл бұрын

أنا

@franklopez1390 3 жыл бұрын

This is not related with the georgia stones, right? 🤔🤔🤔🤔

@joesmith9216 Жыл бұрын

yes it is, these billionaires do this shit for laughs ''oh wow, look at the pyramids dear''

@WHATITDO_- Жыл бұрын

Good work with editing this video

@ramblinMike22 Жыл бұрын

You can turn a sphere in any direction and look at it and be looking at the center.

@xmo552 Жыл бұрын

That's what I was thinking

@genefrederickson8976 3 жыл бұрын

Fascinating. Been by it a thousand times. Now I'm gonna' have to stop. 🤷‍♂️

@SidetrackAdventures 3 жыл бұрын

It is well worth the stop.

@goros831 3 жыл бұрын

I lived in Felicity a few years ago, the Istel’s are great people. My stayed in Felicity was very peaceful and quite.

@r0ckstar666 3 жыл бұрын

I passed thru Felicity population 2 about 2 weeks ago bringing my ex girlfriend to mexican border in Winter haven California.

@jorgegamboa3621 Жыл бұрын

Stop the BS. You know damn well you didn't live there

@bryanshahbani2972 Жыл бұрын

*quiet

@felicityharris9116 8 күн бұрын

My name is Felicity

@minichols5472 6 ай бұрын

This is so cool I want to visit it. There is a 'Center of the Universe ' legend in Wallace Idaho as well

@Navagenetics 9 ай бұрын

damn this is genuinely a work of art

@alyssanicole4445 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for keeping this unbiased and simply informative. People are making this place seem really creepy and after watching this I understand it’s just a relic in case of catastrophe. Very cool.

@pickofthecrop8039 Жыл бұрын

That’s because this place is really creepy.

@BaawBee Жыл бұрын

@Stephen the Rothschild's own it

@rickc-137___ Жыл бұрын

I think it seems kinda cool and seems like it was a labor of love.

@noisetyrant3947 Жыл бұрын

It is very creepy

@nicksothep8472 Жыл бұрын

@@pickofthecrop8039 and why?

@darla3021 Жыл бұрын

Fascinating!!!! I was so impressed by the many engravings. I wish I had the opportunity to visit and to feel the experience first hand. Thank you for this very informative video.

@snowflakebuttonsworld9268 3 жыл бұрын

Wow!

@Hifromkate1 2 жыл бұрын

Really interesting

@nicksothep8472 Жыл бұрын

This is really cool, and the fact that everything is chiseled in granite, will guarantee the history to be remembered for millenia. Those girls on the Rogan podcast where definitely attention seekers, there's nothing creepy here, and most definitely no magick contracts. Thanks for the informative clip 👍🏻

@tatrader7665 Жыл бұрын

JRE brought me here🍻

@Mehilli_ Жыл бұрын

same bro

@PaladinVII 3 жыл бұрын

I have been wondering about that staircase to heaven since the early 90's!

@Write.a.holicc Жыл бұрын

After watching this those Joe Rogan guests must have been your typical level 1 Skeptical city girls😂

@sueantoniotti8520 3 жыл бұрын

I have driven by this place soooooooo many times. Now I am interested in stopping to view it.

@mommieryan1 3 жыл бұрын

I came here to comment the same. Definitely gonna check it out next time we pass by. Thank you Sidetrack Adventures!

@SidetrackAdventures 3 жыл бұрын

We were surprised at how much was there. One of our favorite stops of the year.

@user-zm8yg3ug6m 3 жыл бұрын

@@mommieryan1 ٩

@Rawshella 3 жыл бұрын

Here's a place I will stop and see if ever out that way. Thanks

@wilsonb1121 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome channel

@SidetrackAdventures 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@swaffdog6521 Жыл бұрын

You mentioned the US Army Golden Knights, they train at the US Army Yuma Proving Ground that is located about 20-25 miles east of Felicity.

@oswald1978 Жыл бұрын

I dont know but that place feels very weird

@lynettesutton5988 Жыл бұрын

Your story is very different from other who have visited. They say they make you sign a paper make a wish and stick you foot on something and that if you don’t you can’t take the tour. That it was every cult like and only ten people live there

@sdizzzzzy3509 Жыл бұрын

No it’s not…. He brought his family to this land of sacrifices. 6:42 ties it all up if you really paying attention. Let alone there is a video of people going into the chapel that had two chairs on it with blood… This place is not a place of remembrance, the alters of are there to invoke spirits. The hand sun-clock isn’t there to be a clock but rather to point one in the direction of the chapel… the chapel of witchcraft… there is much more than what this video displayed. Ignorance is blissful now but when we all have to face our creator, ignorance won’t be that. Idk you probably never will but work out your salvation with FEAR and TREMBLING

@The_Revnent 7 ай бұрын

yea i heard the same thing the fact that only 10 people live there is very concerning and feels very cult like

@ranekeisenkralle8265 3 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful place. I'd love to see it myself at some point, but with around 5700 miles of distance, I am nowhere NEAR what you would call "in the area".

@xmo552 Жыл бұрын

Any place on a globe can be the center of the world. I'm not talking about land mass. This place is the center of the world just because the land owner decided to call it that after a book he had previously written. 👏🙄

@michaelleroi9077 Жыл бұрын

W about Giza?

@Yashahiro_ Жыл бұрын

Very nice video! This is exactly what i expected. Im annoyed that people started to call this place a cult town or something when its literally just a tourist spot

@htownthugga1082 Жыл бұрын

Bro your literally not seeing the symbolism?😂stay inside bro.

@wesleeysutton5935 10 ай бұрын

@htownthugga1082 bro they have a graveyard for the sacrifices and all

@mayrakiara7852 8 ай бұрын

and they make you sign a contract with a Djinn

@Yashahiro_ 8 ай бұрын

@@mayrakiara7852 sounds like some badass anime powers

@eddy-fw7hv 3 жыл бұрын

I was there earlier this year

@crecheshaw Жыл бұрын

Interesting.. 👍🏿

@MichaelTitera Жыл бұрын

Wow! Great video, Steve. What an amazing place and an amazing man. Did not know he was responsible for HALO. Istel first tried parachuting in 1950, and quickly became an expert. He soon started popularizing parachuting in America by touring college campuses and leading the American team he organized to the World Championship of Parachuting in 1956. Istel, at that time a Captain in the reserves, wrote to HQMC recommending the use of free fall parachuting for reconnaissance. The letter ultimately led to the "HALO" (high altitude low opening) project.

@steveanton763 Жыл бұрын

I thought you meant the video game for way too long.

@dr.nitemare 3 жыл бұрын

Nobody realizes that the 2 people that live her aren’t talked about for a reason there mysterious Gods on earth my family knows them life is crazy hope this doesn’t get deleted

@tafinoe9632 3 жыл бұрын

This is so creepy and it's look so demonic. Why the pyramid ? So much dark symbolism in this place.

@dr.nitemare 3 жыл бұрын

@@tafinoe9632 can’t speak on that sorry

@tafinoe9632 3 жыл бұрын

@@dr.nitemare Yes , I don't know how people dont notice the symbolism in this place. Also who are the people who live there ? There is something behind this place for sure.

@lovelyjavid Жыл бұрын

@@tafinoe9632 I noticed it right away.

@xmo552 Жыл бұрын

@@tafinoe9632 What's the secret

@johnedwards9290 Жыл бұрын

What's the contract they make u sign though?

@planets333 Жыл бұрын

Soooo where do I sign up

@alic8932 3 жыл бұрын

This is a very American city “center of the world” 😜🇺🇸

@jimmynerdtron11 Жыл бұрын

Such a cliche comment, hate us cuz you ain't us

@hi2phllp Жыл бұрын

The guy who runs it isn't even American he's a Rothschild only 8 people live here it's a cult if you asked for a tour they make you stand at the center of the pyramid Make-a-Wish and after you make a wish you have to sign a contract very terrifying no one who's ever signed it has left there's a cop that was sent there to investigate it and now he lives there

@SoullessFN 10 ай бұрын

Usa is the center of the world cry about it

@thatonemothafacko Жыл бұрын

The irony of a child in a mask while outside at this monument is astounding.

@jettk7284 Жыл бұрын

May the stars shine ever in our favor.

@AlosazealYT Жыл бұрын

This place looks so liminal

@BoopShooBee 3 жыл бұрын

What Jacques-Andre Istel did as a great gift to future generations..... I hope more markers like this are being made around the World while we still have the technology to work the hard stone that can last for thousands of year..... Just simple markers that point to True North at the time of their construction will help future generations reconstruct the knowledge of the Procession Of The Equinoxes (the Earths wobble)....... Thank you very much for posting this. I didn't know it existed......

@markwildt5728 Жыл бұрын

Imagine walking around outside completely isolated from anyone else and still wearing your ritualistic shame muzzle.

@ACEDIAMOND666 3 жыл бұрын

I went by Felicity on my way to San Luis recently. I live in Blythe....so it's only 90 minutes away

@stevenrogers5338 3 жыл бұрын

I’m sorry

@HyperionGamingAu Жыл бұрын

So how is it the centre of the world when we apparently live on a globe.... serious question. Where's the logic here. Self proclaimed centre hah.

@Ericgee727 Жыл бұрын

weird af !! not going here anytime soon

@Lilliana-un7xo 10 ай бұрын

Dose anyone know what the stone says ???

@ShawnxEdge Жыл бұрын

Those girls on Rogan freaked out over nothing

@HARDHAT223 3 жыл бұрын

Isn’t a sun dial by nature on the real and local time?

@BoopShooBee 3 жыл бұрын

I wondered that as well.

@aarsoul9860 3 жыл бұрын

I live an hour away I'ma try to head that way I never knew about this place

@RoboArc Жыл бұрын

A lot more wholesome than whatever those chicks on Joe Rogen were tripping about lol.

@INoahGuy914 Жыл бұрын

JRE BROUGHT ME HERE

@kirbycairo 3 жыл бұрын

I have been enjoying your videos recently. I would love to hear more mention of the Native's, on whose land these interesting sites are. It is easy for us to forget that there are whole histories of these places before we came and took them.

@SidetrackAdventures 3 жыл бұрын

Great suggestion! Will definitely try to include more on that.

@ikkivp5631 Жыл бұрын

Talking like they all died out, there's plenty of them left, just give it back.