Dow Wetlands Preserve
Dow Chemical Company has a wetlands preserve on it’s property right on the Pittsburgh-Antioch border. It’s not very well known as the more publicly owned …
Bay Area
The Abandoned Subdivision of Rio Vista, California
Yes, the outer Bay Area has it’s own abandoned subdivision, listed in one place as one of the 9 Worst Recession Ghost Towns in America. …
Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park
This park is located on the southern waterfront of Richmond California at the old Ford Motor Assembly Plant (map). (Wiki) It’s about a mile away …
Rosie the Riveter Memorial Park, Richmond, California
There are two Rosie the Riveter parks in Richmond, California. The National Park and the City of Richmond Park. They are about 1 mile from …
garbage ringing the San Francisco Bay after storms
The San Francisco Chronicle reported on some rare fossil finds as a result of the recent storms around San Francisco, but there’s a darker side …
Astrid and Eric world tour – Dutch bicyclists arrive in San Francisco
Astrid and Eric are from Holland and are currently bicycling around the world. Here’s a blog from Canada this summer that mentions them along with …
Alamedas Punishment Row
You can find Spank salon right next to the Caning Place, only in Alameda, California
The Point Knox Lighthouse Bell of Angel island
This bell is not visible from any of the paths on Angel island so most people miss it. You have to climb down steep cliffs …
Belvedere graffiti
Little known because you can only see this from a boat on the bay but right next door to the most expensive house on Belvedere …
The San Leandro Coast
Here’s a few photos from Martin Luther King Regional Shoreline Park in Oakland , Oyster Bay Regional Shoreline and Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge in …