Arcata, CA

Arcata is a Humboldt County college town on the north end of Humboldt Bay, best known today for Cal Poly Humboldt. The city has an older name and history too: it was founded as Union in 1850, later renamed Arcata, on Wiyot homeland. Arcata Plaza is the civic and cultural center, with farmers markets and community events, while the Arcata Marsh is a genuin...