California Travel Tips
The California Bottle House
Published on: January 04, 2013
Although building materials were often scarce in the old west, liquor bottles were always plentiful, and an enterprising miner would sometimes build himself a house of bottles and mud. Knott’s Berry Farm built theirs in 1944. It is similar to a bottle house built in Rhyolite, Nevada. The Knott’s bottle house contains 3,082 wine and whiskey bottles, and can be found in Ghost Town. One of the few times you can see it free is during the winter Crafts Village which usually runs between Thanksgiving and Christmas in Ghost Town.
If you ever build yourself a bottle house, be sure to turn all the bottles neck inward, as they are at Knotts. Otherwise, on a windy day, you’re going to hear very spooky sound effects. Read more…>
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