It seems that if one heads North on 5 (or “The 5″ for you SoCal people) for about 474 miles one can run into a little town called Oakland.

The population on record is just under the three digit mark, and, like many small towns along the way, much of the business in this 123 year old town seems to come from the sale of antiques. In other words, the property of the former population.

Pretty much every building has an old faded painted advertisement on the side, and the Oddfellows maintain their presence. Kind of a classic historic Western town. The athletics in this Oakland play for the Oakers, the championship winning high school teams. The school newspaper is the Oaker Chronicle.

There is no place for a traveller to sleep in Oakland, but you can stroll through in the daytime and witness a tiny town out of time. Check out this informative website and learn about the finest wineries in the area and the origin of the broad breasted bronze turkey!