Exciting news: I added a new page! See the Explore page by clicking “Explore” in the top bar on any page (or click here). I’ve inventoried my posts there by state–you can use this to check out some of the previous places I’ve been and written about! The Varsity Theater in downtown Davis, California, is… Read More Modern Theater, Moderne Style
California doesn’t just boast warm climes, it offers warm architecture to match. The Mission Revival train station in Davis has everything you’d hope for in a Californian building: warm stucco walls, arcades along three sides, and accompanying palm trees. But why Mission Revival? At the end of the nineteenth century, California architects began to look… Read More Mission Revival Meets Train Station
Donner Pass, just west of the California and Nevada border, is perhaps best known in history for the Donner Party and today for its large ski community. The area, however, has a rich and varied history, much of which is easily visible from the Old Donner Donner Pass Road. Donner Pass has petroglyphs visible just… Read More California’s Chinese Wall
Tucked close to the water between steep granite slopes and the azure water of Lake Tahoe is a 1929 Scandinavian estate known as Vikingsholm. The wood and stone castle-like summer home was commissioned by millionaire Lora Josephine Knight. The estate sits within Tahoe’s picturesque Emerald Bay, which reminded Knight of the Scandinavian fjords. Although… Read More Vikingsholm: Tahoe’s Piece of Scandinavia
Susie Trexler 