Confusion Hill, opened in 1949 by George Hudson, included a gift shop, snack bar, and the Gravity House, where visitors encountered visual distortions and unusual physical sensations. The Redwood Shoe House, first used as a float in a local parade in 1947, was placed in the parking lot in 1950 and became a lasting attraction for children. In 1955, the Mountain Train Ride was built, running 1 1/4 miles on 20 gauge track to the hilltop and back by means of a special Alpine switchback system. In 1992, the World's Tallest Freestanding Redwood Chainsaw Carving, a totem pole made from a dead redwood tree over a three-month period, rose 40 feet above the parking lot. Officially listed by the California Office of Historic Preservation as a State Point of Historical Interest on 1/29/10, Confusion Hill endures as one of the few remaining examples of the roadside attractions that flourished across the United States in the 1930s and 1940s and reflected the growing central place of the family automobile in recreational life before and after World War II.