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===Places of interest=== [[Image:MurphysHotel.jpg|thumb|The historic [[Murphys Hotel]]. 2007]] *[[Murphys Hotel]] (CHL #267), one of the oldest continually operating [[hotel]]s in California. Its historic register contains such names as [[Ulysses S. Grant]] and [[Mark Twain]]. *The [[Old mining camp of Brownsville]] (CHL #465) sits just southwest of the town. Brownsville was a mining camp on rich Pennsylvania Gulch in the 1850s and 1860s. The camp was named for Alfred Brown, former owner of Table Mountain Ranch. Laws of the Brownsville mining district provided that each miner could own one wet and one dry claim, not to exceed {{convert|150|sqft|m2}} each *The [[Peter L. Traver Building]] (CHL #466) is the oldest stone building in Murphys. Its iron shutters and sand on the roof protected it from the fires of 1859, 1874, and 1893. It served as a general store, a [[Wells Fargo]] office, and later a garage. Today, it houses a [[not-for-profit]] museum documenting Murphys' gold-rush history. *[[Mercer Caverns]] * The "[[Moaning Cavern]]"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.caverntours.com/MoCavRt.htm|title = Cave and Mine Adventures -}}</ref> [[File:California-Murphys-Mercer cave2.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Mercer Caverns]]]] *Murphys is also known for its vineyards and wines. There are 25 tasting rooms along Main Street.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
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