This image of the Ventura Beaches was taken from the Ventura Pier at night. Coincidentally, this was the brightest moon of the decade. Unfortunately, the bright moon was blocked out by a wildfire. The pier has a long history, dating back to 1872 (photo copyright Jon Haeber).
For Thanksgiving, I migrated south to Ventura to […]

The Dining Cars Cafe is one of those rare sights along Highway 101 that is both supremely depressing and beautiful in its own right. What has remained serves as a testament to our changing culture. As an optimist I believe that our perceptions of past relics are changing, and our appreciation for these things will […]

These Detroit Rotograte Stokers work great at continuously discharging ash from the burning of coal. These stokers at the Great Western’s Longmont refinery were part of a much larger system of boilers that fed steam power for the entire factory (photo copyright Jon Haeber).
Editor’s Note: This is the final section of the series, “Sugar Refineries […]