Journey to the Center of the World - Felicity, California

Felicity, CA was founded in 1986 by Jacques-Andre Istel and is home to the "official" Center of the World and Museum of History in Granite. The site became the center of the world after Mr. Istel wrote a children's book, then Imperial County and later France recognized the location as the official center of the world. The most impressive thing there however is the Museum of History in Granite.
The Museum of History in Granite has 18 granite monuments with detailed history of things such as California, the United States, the world, art, the oceans, the French Foreign Legion, and more.New sections are still being added.The site also includes a Maze of Honor, the church on the hill, and even original stairs from the Eiffel Tower.
For more info on Felicity check out the town's website: felicity.us
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[@guymcclead4153]

Is anyone else here because the joe rogan podcast?

[@TremendoT]

Yes.

[@sc9576]

Si

[@kingjioo6361]

Lmfaooo

[@jacktaylor7690]

No comment 😂

[@dannyacosta9365]

Me😂

[@evanabrammcginnis]

I was practically forced to watch the cartoon on how this place became the "center of the world". Interesting place! Met Felicity in the gift shop!

[@arielvega3033]

😊

[@donaldmao6817]

Who forced you? Lol

[@anthonydoto571]

Was it a cult

[@Dankadoodledoo]

unless the world is flat, there is no center of the world. On a spherical surface, every point is the center.

[@jamesshelton7858]

uh well guess it flat then

[@jo-eu3nr]

Tell me you're dumb without telling me you're dumb

[@harshareddy770]

Go back to high school to study about earth and come here to discuss

[@sheepdog2941]

The earth isn’t completely spherical it’s slightly elliptical

[@skywayradio787]

@@sheepdog2941it’s an oblate spheroid so it’s pear shaped

[@zeroeffortmemes]

Your videos deserve more views - keep at it man!

[@slightlynuts]

This was amazing. Absolutely amazing!

[@knytrydr73]

Jacques-Andre Istel, Mayor for Life! That's awesome! LMAO

[@mattdrives4757]

Wow! Definitely on my bucket list now.

[@ferociousgustafson4040]

Archeologists are going to uncover this and be absolutely mystified.

[@MarcusMoans]

@FelixTheCat please share the information you know🙏

[@Bodytribechip]

As a fellow explorer, I appreciate your videos. This one was sort of mind-blowing.

[@SidetrackAdventures]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@katieorourke2899]

I’m so happy I found your channel. Such chill and interesting stuff

[@SidetrackAdventures]

Thank you. Glad you enjoy it.

[@ChiefExecutiveOrbiter]

@@SidetrackAdventures I'd like to plan a trip out here but they don't answer their phone or respond to emails, glad you got to go. I'm just trying to find out what days it's open, do you need to make reservations, is there a fee, etc. Planned a trip out there, but they never responded, so that's their loss.

[@mrmsmcgill]

I've driven by dozens of times on my trek across the desert from San Diego to Tucson and back. Always wondered. Next time I'll stop. Thanks for sharing!

[@jeffb.4800]

This is in Imperial County

[@brownsamurai3070]

Oohrah. Added to my bucket list. Thanks!

[@googlesucks2449]

I've lived in Yuma for 40 years and never knew Felicity was anything more than a church on a hill. I go camping all the time in the desert to the north.

[@GariFFUSA]

Nice nickname 😉

[@NoraCuantica7]

Esta ciudad no es de personas humanas,la verdadera ciudad esta bajo tierra.

[@Kosher19]

Lol if you think it's a church... It's a synagogue for Sabbattean Frankists. They literally worship the Devil and rape/murder/sacrifice little children the Ashkenazis traffic in there

[@joshmanwaring3848]

@@NoraCuantica7 how do you know this??

[@skys6655]

@@joshmanwaring3848trust me bro

[@randysmith2740]

Great video dude thanks for the info👍

[@SidetrackAdventures]

No problem 👍Thank you for watching.

[@jacobmcandles1745]

I’ve been by there quite a few times on my way to the Quechon casino a mile or two away. I stay there while I cross the border for dental work. Definitely going to stop by and check it out. Thanks for posting this.

[@henryhillebrecht9589]

I have driven by this so many times. Next time we are stopping. This looks very interesting 👍🏻👍🏻

[@avfc1985]

Anyone here from Rogan?

[@rachelreneer56]

Joe is so great to listen to and watch.

[@anthonydoto571]

Yup seen that one with the girls and came straight here

[@bluekey9105]

@@anthonydoto571same

[@lordbarristertimsh8050]

No, I have only ever watched one tiny snippet of his podcast, and I only did it to see why he was being brought up in this comment section, and I deeply regret it.

[@lynnkay4783]

What an interesting video! I want to go there. Thanks so much for educating us!

[@chrisket2981]

I enjoy learning about the history in all your videos. It’s interesting that someone would claim this place as the center of the world. Isn’t every point on the surface of a sphere its center 😃

[@redmesatv8277]

Don’t forget to tell people they make you sign a contract after making the wish!

[@mikefitchNYC1971]

Your videos are outstanding. Great content. Love this video!

[@SidetrackAdventures]

Thanks so much!

[@pedroquintanilla3470]

I driven soo many times through here and wonder what this place was , now I know . and lived in El Centro Ca in the 80's what a wonderful place and within drivong distance

[@daenas]

Back in the 80's I worked in a popular Mexican restaurant in Yuma where he and his wife frequented quite often. Nicest people in the world!

[@joesmith9216]

well in public....but what do you think he did behind closed doors????

[@familytv9585]

Which restaurant?

[@DennisCaffey]

Definitely, one of the more interesting journeys/places you've shared. Thank you.

[@Wanna.Wander]

That’s pretty cool💜never knew these were there &

[@blazingstar9638]

This is so dope, thank you

[@frankbaiamonte6329]

Nicely done video. We visited there a few years ago, it was great. It was cool to meet the Mayor and his wife. Nice people.

[@SidetrackAdventures]

Yes, we met the wife on our visit and she was extremely nice.

[@xmo552]

Any place on a globe can be the center of the world. I'm not talking about land mass. This place is the center of the world just because the land owner decided to call it that after a book he had previously written. 👏🙄

[@michaelleroi9077]

W about Giza?

[@favsa5015]

nice I need to stop by next time I head that way. always see it from the freeway but never stopped.

[@marycompogno5665]

Enjoyed the video. What an amazing place! The guy that built this has to be be a genius. 😎

[@kloudzz-gaming]

are you apart of the cult

[@jrbird1983]

That's a completely different story of the tour than what I heard about. Two well know comics say that there is a very sinister experience but maybe that's because they are very Hollywood and take everything as to be versed around security and not ever to be taken as is. That plaque wall looked absolutely brilliant and too bad the maze wasn't completed. I can only imagine what's next to be put on the wall. They should be a section for math if you plan on making that area a maze. It kind of reminds me of the Georgia Guild stones tho in a way.

[@seansean7653]

Yeah those 2 bozo on Rogan were completely out of control.

[@joeboatright6657]

The only part that made it mysterious was that a Rothschild founded it. Turns out those 2 girls are some straight liars 😂

[@casualcausalityy]

The Georgia stones similarity is enough to be suspicious. Why did the feds act as a rapid response clean up team after the mysterious bombing? They had no interest in investigating who, why and how; or what happened to the time capsule.

[@sheridan7475]

I don’t trust the Rothschilds.

[@Jasondurgen]

@Alexander Juarez such as?

[@noone-il2oh]

اللي جاي من عند ليمو لايك

[@user-ql3yq7lc4k]

أنا

[@globe2grove]

Super interesting.!!! 😳👍

[@stevesloan7132]

It's beautiful.

[@markhindle4472]

There are many sites nearby you may want to explore.

[@genefrederickson8976]

Fascinating. Been by it a thousand times. Now I'm gonna' have to stop. 🤷‍♂️

[@SidetrackAdventures]

It is well worth the stop.

[@Junk65]

Interesting. I drive by there many many times.

[@tyhogue8316]

Why is it I’ve never heard of this?🤔 another great video.👍

[@thetemp9355]

Bro Joe Rogan brought me here

[@aj9849]

Same here

[@r3m1n970n]

Me too

[@goros831]

I lived in Felicity a few years ago, the Istel’s are great people. My stayed in Felicity was very peaceful and quite.

[@r0ckstar666]

I passed thru Felicity population 2 about 2 weeks ago bringing my ex girlfriend to mexican border in Winter haven California.

[@jorgegamboa3621]

Stop the BS. You know damn well you didn't live there

[@bryanshahbani2972]

*quiet

[@Juddly05]

JRE sent me here.

[@johnnyfreedom3437]

This definitely was one of your best! It took me at least a half an hour to get through it as I stopped multiple times to read a few of the different plaques. I would love to get there myself, but I hope my kids make it there someday! So much information!!

[@wadeenyart9676]

Hello and greatings from RT 66 in NE Oklahoma..great vid..1st time i ever heard of this..its now on my bucket list.

[@guysevedz3581]

Lived in California my whole life, this is the first I heard of this place. Very interesting, great video.

[@addicted2baseballrgd21]

I came across it a couple of years ago, on another KZbin channel. Wasn't sure if it was open during pandemic.

[@SidetrackAdventures]

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it

[@SidetrackAdventures]

Yep, it's open. Very easy to social distance there as well.

[@addicted2baseballrgd21]

@@SidetrackAdventures cool going on a motorcycle trip to the Yuma territorial prison, than on the way back, I'll hit Felicity.

[@kitdaberserker555]

Never been to yuma before?. I've passed this place hundreds of times. I always get an uneasy feeling about that pyramid. Lots of symbolism i don't understand yet.

[@lynettesutton5988]

Your story is very different from other who have visited. They say they make you sign a paper make a wish and stick you foot on something and that if you don’t you can’t take the tour. That it was every cult like and only ten people live there

[@sdizzzzzy3509]

No it’s not…. He brought his family to this land of sacrifices. 6:42 ties it all up if you really paying attention. Let alone there is a video of people going into the chapel that had two chairs on it with blood… This place is not a place of remembrance, the alters of are there to invoke spirits. The hand sun-clock isn’t there to be a clock but rather to point one in the direction of the chapel… the chapel of witchcraft… there is much more than what this video displayed. Ignorance is blissful now but when we all have to face our creator, ignorance won’t be that. Idk you probably never will but work out your salvation with FEAR and TREMBLING

[@The_Revnent]

yea i heard the same thing the fact that only 10 people live there is very concerning and feels very cult like

[@ab0ve8cl0uds2]

amazing place

[@Navagenetics]

damn this is genuinely a work of art

[@RandomnessTube.]

Strange place full of symbolism.

[@Chris-tm9zk]

isn’t everywhere the center of the earth..

[@infinitycosmos4723]

😃I really need to go here before I die!⏳👏

[@snowflakebuttonsworld9268]

Wow!

[@cowboygeologist7772]

Very fascinating. I was looking at the odd markings north of there on Google Earth. Seems that area was a military base at one point called Camp Pilot Knob.

[@markhindle4472]

Patton had a training base there in WW11.One of 11 bases in the southwest to train for desert warfare.

[@casualcausalityy]

@@markhindle4472 was nuclear testing only held in Nevada?

[@diamonds3958]

​@markhindle4472 I hear alot of them are used for housing. Now

[@franklopez1390]

This is not related with the georgia stones, right? 🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@joesmith9216]

yes it is, these billionaires do this shit for laughs ''oh wow, look at the pyramids dear''

[@markwildt5728]

Imagine walking around outside completely isolated from anyone else and still wearing your ritualistic shame muzzle.

[@shoogmoh6615]

جيت من قناة ليمو 🫨😀

[@Jaztec35]

I went to this place years ago and while it felt like a pretty nice place, it also had a weird vibe to it? Love the video!

[@terarosen7909]

It should have a weird vibe. From other videos I’ve seen

[@igi2751]

What is under the church?

[@alyssanicole4445]

Thanks for keeping this unbiased and simply informative. People are making this place seem really creepy and after watching this I understand it’s just a relic in case of catastrophe. Very cool.

[@pickofthecrop8039]

That’s because this place is really creepy.

[@BaawBee]

​@Stephen the Rothschild's own it

[@rickc-137___]

I think it seems kinda cool and seems like it was a labor of love.

[@noisetyrant3947]

It is very creepy

[@nicksothep8472]

@@pickofthecrop8039 and why?

[@jettk7284]

May the stars shine ever in our favor.

[@ranekeisenkralle8265]

What a wonderful place. I'd love to see it myself at some point, but with around 5700 miles of distance, I am nowhere NEAR what you would call "in the area".

[@alyssachey8417]

I have been enjoying many videos from this channel. I am learning so much. I just want to say how awesome this video is! Just seeing all the carved granite was amazing. Well done! I don't know if I would ever get to visit this part of the world, but thank you for sharing all these really neat places! Because of COVID, I won't be going to Arizona this summer, but if I haven't all ready travelled to Simi area, I absolutely want to find some way to get here from Phoenix to Simi. If you know of some bus tours that are off the usual tourist track, what would you recommend. California is a place I want to go after COVID. I have friends in LA, San-Fran, Simi and San Diego, so I think there is a very very large area to potentially explore. I think the friends in San Fran might be more apt to be the explorers, and my hope is to spend a few days chilling with my Simi friends :)

[@bradpitbull4450]

You really made this entire video without using the word 'cult' 👏

[@djcorvette8375]

study symbolism and youll understand

[@PaladinVII]

I have been wondering about that staircase to heaven since the early 90's!

[@Write.a.holicc]

After watching this those Joe Rogan guests must have been your typical level 1 Skeptical city girls😂

[@tatrader7665]

JRE brought me here🍻

[@Mehilli_]

same bro

[@oswald1978]

I dont know but that place feels very weird

[@medi8057]

If the world is a sphere than any place on the planet can be the “center of the world”

[@wilsonb1121]

Awesome channel

[@SidetrackAdventures]

Thank you!

[@dr.nitemare]

Nobody realizes that the 2 people that live her aren’t talked about for a reason there mysterious Gods on earth my family knows them life is crazy hope this doesn’t get deleted

[@tafinoe9632]

This is so creepy and it's look so demonic. Why the pyramid ? So much dark symbolism in this place.

[@dr.nitemare]

@@tafinoe9632 can’t speak on that sorry

[@tafinoe9632]

@@dr.nitemare Yes , I don't know how people dont notice the symbolism in this place. Also who are the people who live there ? There is something behind this place for sure.

[@lovelyjavid]

@@tafinoe9632 I noticed it right away.

[@xmo552]

@@tafinoe9632 What's the secret

[@alic8932]

This is a very American city “center of the world” 😜🇺🇸

[@jimmynerdtron11]

Such a cliche comment, hate us cuz you ain't us

[@hi2phllp]

The guy who runs it isn't even American he's a Rothschild only 8 people live here it's a cult if you asked for a tour they make you stand at the center of the pyramid Make-a-Wish and after you make a wish you have to sign a contract very terrifying no one who's ever signed it has left there's a cop that was sent there to investigate it and now he lives there

[@SoullessFN]

Usa is the center of the world cry about it

[@Hifromkate1]

Really interesting

[@ramblinMike22]

You can turn a sphere in any direction and look at it and be looking at the center.

[@xmo552]

That's what I was thinking

[@nicksothep8472]

This is really cool, and the fact that everything is chiseled in granite, will guarantee the history to be remembered for millenia. Those girls on the Rogan podcast where definitely attention seekers, there's nothing creepy here, and most definitely no magick contracts. Thanks for the informative clip 👍🏻

[@sueantoniotti8520]

I have driven by this place soooooooo many times. Now I am interested in stopping to view it.

[@mommieryan1]

I came here to comment the same. Definitely gonna check it out next time we pass by. Thank you Sidetrack Adventures!

[@SidetrackAdventures]

We were surprised at how much was there. One of our favorite stops of the year.

[@user-zm8yg3ug6m]

@@mommieryan1 ٩

[@timetraveller267]

Everywhere on the surface of a sphere can be designated as the centre therefore everywhere on the Earth is the centre xxx

[@icac6122]

Earth is hell. We are in the center of hell.

[@mateopavolini]

I love how the official center of the world doesnt give a single fak about gravity or magnetic fields. This is definetly my favorite center of the world so far

[@Yashahiro_]

Very nice video! This is exactly what i expected. Im annoyed that people started to call this place a cult town or something when its literally just a tourist spot

[@htownthugga1082]

Bro your literally not seeing the symbolism?😂stay inside bro.

[@wesleeysutton5935]

​@htownthugga1082 bro they have a graveyard for the sacrifices and all

[@mayrakiara7852]

and they make you sign a contract with a Djinn

[@Yashahiro_]

@@mayrakiara7852 sounds like some badass anime powers

[@MichaelTitera]

Wow! Great video, Steve. What an amazing place and an amazing man. Did not know he was responsible for HALO. Istel first tried parachuting in 1950, and quickly became an expert. He soon started popularizing parachuting in America by touring college campuses and leading the American team he organized to the World Championship of Parachuting in 1956. Istel, at that time a Captain in the reserves, wrote to HQMC recommending the use of free fall parachuting for reconnaissance. The letter ultimately led to the "HALO" (high altitude low opening) project.

[@steveanton763]

I thought you meant the video game for way too long.

[@WHATITDO_-]

Good work with editing this video

[@crecheshaw]

Interesting.. 👍🏿

[@darla3021]

Fascinating!!!! I was so impressed by the many engravings. I wish I had the opportunity to visit and to feel the experience first hand. Thank you for this very informative video.

[@AlosazealYT]

This place looks so liminal

[@racheller8753]

This is not the center of the world just in case anyone is wondering... The gentleman said you can create the center of the world wherever you are💫

[@minichols5472]

This is so cool I want to visit it. There is a 'Center of the Universe ' legend in Wallace Idaho as well

[@bye92]

I don't understand how people don't realize that this is all satanic

[@WTL]

Yes, rich with esoteric symbolism. Creepy

[@thatonemothafacko]

The irony of a child in a mask while outside at this monument is astounding.

[@GetOutsideYourself]

Another place I'll have to check out. I always assumed that place was some sort of cult every time I drove by.

[@ShawnxEdge]

Those girls on Rogan freaked out over nothing

[@Ericgee727]

weird af !! not going here anytime soon

[@HARDHAT223]

Isn’t a sun dial by nature on the real and local time?

[@BoopShooBee]

I wondered that as well.

[@aarsoul9860]

I live an hour away I'ma try to head that way I never knew about this place

[@swaffdog6521]

You mentioned the US Army Golden Knights, they train at the US Army Yuma Proving Ground that is located about 20-25 miles east of Felicity.

[@ACEDIAMOND666]

I went by Felicity on my way to San Luis recently. I live in Blythe....so it's only 90 minutes away

[@stevenrogers5338]

I’m sorry

[@RoboArc]

A lot more wholesome than whatever those chicks on Joe Rogen were tripping about lol.

[@TZA_]

Looks similar to jeffrey Epsteins island.

[@nicksothep8472]

It does not. Why would it? Because of the pyramid? I'm gonna hold back here though..

[@TZA_]

@@nicksothep8472 Rothschild family connected to Epstein... also Media, Fashion, Music industry... look it up g 🙏

[@TZA_]

@@nicksothep8472 supposedly RICHEST family in entire world... you that rich you got blood on ur hands.

[@joesmith9216]

you bet, guy is also CURRENTLY a client.

[@nicksothep8472]

Except this poor guy was never a Rothschild, it takes very little research to find out these girls are full of 💩. Don't believe everything, and don't be so judgy. It turns out these are really decent people, he had an amazing life full of action and made his money enjoying his job. This not Dr. Evil's lair, it's Mr. Fantastic's!

[@eddy-fw7hv]

I was there earlier this year

[@user-ew4qn1um2l]

The stairway to NOWHERE sums the place up

[@Rawshella]

Here's a place I will stop and see if ever out that way. Thanks

[@BoopShooBee]

What Jacques-Andre Istel did as a great gift to future generations..... I hope more markers like this are being made around the World while we still have the technology to work the hard stone that can last for thousands of year..... Just simple markers that point to True North at the time of their construction will help future generations reconstruct the knowledge of the Procession Of The Equinoxes (the Earths wobble)....... Thank you very much for posting this. I didn't know it existed......

[@bradypistilli5905]

This is meant to be a library to extend past apocalypse, granite is one of the only Materials we use that won’t degrade & disappear in 300 years

[@HarmonixHealing]

Freemason Symbols Everywhere.... Amazing Fellow .... Great Accomplishment before he Travels Toward Eternity

[@HyperionGamingAu]

So how is it the centre of the world when we apparently live on a globe.... serious question. Where's the logic here. Self proclaimed centre hah.