Neptune Baths News Today

Although West Cliff Drive has been the focus of considerable attention since the winter storm damage of last January, historically it has been the Santa Cruz Main Beach that was the attraction that brought visitors to the shoreline as early as the 1860s.

"There was much excitement in 1903 when it was learned that President Theodore Roosevelt would tour Santa Cruz on May 8, greeting the public before seeing his first redwoods during a picnic at Big Trees Grove (now Henry Cowell state park)," writes Ross Eric Gibson. "The presidential visit was expected to be a boon to business, and a promoter's dream with the national press in town, showing off the attractions of Santa Cruz."

BBC News By Stephen McGrath image captionThe magnificent Neptune Baths are in a state of decay after years of neglect Nestled in a deep mountain gorge in southwest Romania, a group of students and young architects are trying to breathe life into a dilapidated thermal spa town that was once the playground of European elites. Baile Herculane, which translates as Hercules Baths, is famed for its natural warm sulphuric springs, originally developed by the Romans, and later by royalty of the Habsbur...

news Young history fans battle to save imperial spa © Petru Cojocaru The magnificent Neptune Baths are in a state of decay after years of neglect Nestled in a deep mountain gorge in southwest Romania, a group of students and young architects are trying to breathe life into a dilapidated thermal spa town that was once the playground of European elites. Baile Herculane, which translates as Hercules Baths, is famed for its natural warm sulphuric springs, originally developed by the Romans, and ...