Dirt roads have a mysterious appetite for wheel covers, quietly collecting them like trophies while unsuspecting drivers bounce along, blissfully unaware that one of their hubcaps has just achieved total independence. One particularly enthusiastic pothole, …
The weathered advertisement painted on the brick facade in Guadalupe, California, is a classic example of an early 20th-century “ghost sign” featuring one of American marketing’s most enduring campaigns. The iconic slogan, “Eventually—Gold Medal Flour—Why …
Located in California’s San Jacinto Mountains, Lake Fulmor is a small artificial lake named after Alexander Chope Fulmor. In the early 1930’s, as Riverside County Surveyor, Al was mapping out a new mountain highway connecting …
I enjoy using my photography to create digital art. The photography community’s feelings toward digitally enhanced art seem to be deeply split. It’s a spectrum that ranges from embracing powerful new workflows to feeling a …
Cattle ranching came to the San Bernardino Mountains in the mid-1800s as herders like the Talmadges and Dunlaps drove stock up seasonal trails from the desert and valley floor into high meadows such as Little …
The Coquille River Lighthouse was built between 1895 and 1896 at the mouth of the Coquille River near Bandon, Oregon, to help ships safely navigate the hazardous river bar and nearby Pacific coastline. Congress approved …
Unlike many other California missions, Mission San Miguel Arcángel did not originally possess a formal bell tower; for most of its history, the bells hung from simple wooden structures or a unique campanario (bell wall) made of adobe and …
In the early days of rural mail delivery in the San Bernardino Mountains, getting the mail was less of a routine and more of an adventure with a schedule that politely ignored the clock. Mail …
Welcome to the Salton Sea, California’s premier accidental oasis, where the vibes are vintage, the water is a gorgeous shade of “don’t touch that,” and the local aroma tends to be a delicate blend of …