Robert Louis Stevenson honeymooned in an abandoned mine approximately 45 miles west of Winters, California.
Sources
- Offbeat Travel: Rebels With a Cause | National Geographic (nationalgeographic.com)
- https://www.kalw.org/show/crosscurrents/2015-05-27/did-robert-louis-stevenson-have-the-worlds-weirdest-honeymoon (kalw.org)
- https://napaoutdoors.org/parks/robert-louis-stevenson-state-park/ (napaoutdoors.org)
- https://www.loc.gov/resource/calbk.132 (loc.gov)
- https://www.distance-cities.com/distance-winters-ca-to-calistoga-ca (distance-cities.com)
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