Esalen Institute
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The Esalen Institute, commonly called Esalen, is a non-profit American retreat center and intentional community in Big Sur, California, that focuses on humanistic alternative education. The institute
Esalen buildings and hot springs
Meditation Room at Esalen
Esalen Art Barn, 2005
View of the building on the bluff housing the hot springs
Slates Hot Springs
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Slates Hot Springs is the site of a hot spring in the Big Sur region of Monterey County, California. It is located 8 miles north-northwest of Lopez Point, at an elevation of 118 feet.
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…was homesteaded by Thomas Slate on September 9, 1882, when he filed a land patent under the Homestead Act of 1862. The settlement became known as Slates Hot Springs. It was the first tourist-oriented business in Big Sur, frequented by people seeking relief from physical ailments. In 1910, the land was purchased by…
Coast at Slates Hot Springs, 1900