The former Naval Facility in Big Sur is now a Cold War museum, with insights on the trajectory of...

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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Brings back memories?

"The unconfirmed story goes that Jacques Cousteau, the famous red-beanie-wearing French explorer, was traveling down the Big Sur coast in search of sea otters when he saw a sign for an oceanographic research institute. Naturally, he stopped in.

What Cousteau didn’t know, what no one knew, was that the compound bearing a benign-seeming seahorse insignia wasn’t a research institute at all – it was a top-secret Navy installation on the front lines of the Cold War.

Cousteau was turned away, directed elsewhere to find his otters. But his modern-day equivalent would be welcomed (provided they show up just before 2:30pm on a Saturday), and given a one-hour walking tour and a brief history lesson. The compound is now a designated State Historic Park, with tours run weekly by the Central Coast Lighthouse Keepers (CCLK), the same nonprofit that has for years operated and worked to restore the nearby Point Sur Lighthouse."

Always wondered went on in there.