It seems that a lot of readers are enjoying my series on local mining history, so I'll answer a couple of questions about the huge open-...

Here's a scanned photo from a local hike back in 1995. Signs Signs Vintage Weekly Water World Wednesday

For the last of my Las Vegas photos, here's one of the strangest things I saw (and that's saying something) - a display in the Cry...

These photos are from a few months ago when we took a short trip to Vegas. Here's the Aria hotel where we stayed. First, looking out the...

The calendar may say spring, but I went skiing again yesterday - there's been two feet of new snow at the ski areas in the last week so ...

Here are some more photos from our ferry ride in Portland, Maine last summer, focusing on the boats we saw. I've always loved being o...

So, you ask, can you go to the top of the famous St. Louis Arch? Yes, and it's a very unusual tram system that takes you up, not for th...

Here's the famous Hollywood sign, taken from the hills near the Griffith Observatory.  And one final view taken from the observat...

Continuing with photos from Red Rock Canyon, it was colder than those photos last week showed. And this sign was from some terrible f...

What's unusual about this ordinary Skywatch Friday photo? It was taken on top of this mountain, at an elevation of 14,115 feet (4.3 ...

Those of you who have followed my blog will know there was a terrible wildfire in my area each of the last two summers; each destroyed hundr...

Here are some of my favorite signs from the famous Public Market in Seattle, from our trip back in March. First, the famous sign on a clear ...

Here's a sign I saw walking around downtown San Luis Obispo, one that doesn't inspire confidence... Ironically it was on the tour...

I'm going back to last May for these shots from Seattle. These are from the famous market, and cover several memes. First, they're f...

Signs, Signs is an interesting idea for a meme, although I've not participated before. But when I saw this sign at a local trail-head, ...