Monterey County Historical Society moved this little red schoolhouse from the original site on San Juan Grade Road to the Boronda Adobe History Center in 1986. This is the schoolhouse Jody attended in The Red Pony. It is also the building where Steinbeck’s neighbor Edith Wagner, the little girl in the story “How Edith McGillicuddy Met RLS”, once taught school....

The National Steinbeck Center is located in a distinctive building owned by California State University, Monterey Bay (CSUMB) at the head of Main Street. The Center comprises a museum and archives that celebrates the writer’s life, works, characters, and region in an informative and entertaining manner. Highlights of his best loved stories are recreated through dioramas, interactive exhibits, videos, public...