Fake rail crossings mark the site of an influential doctor's demise.

The first safe in this California town had to hold all the gold.

An old whaling station now serves to give the public a look at the commercial whaling industry, no longer a part of Monterey's economy.

This 18-foot-tall steel lotus is a meditation on ecological crisis that originally appeared at Burning Man.

A statue commemorating the heroic life of a Viking postman who was the Godfather of California skiing.

A water tower shaped like a giant coffee pot looms over a small Swedish village in Central California.

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

The highest point in Arizona is an oddly snow-topped peak within the otherwise arid state.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.