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Plank Road



These are remains of a plank road that was built in 1915 to run through the Algodones Dunes as part of a highway connecting Yuma and San Diego. The road was only one lane wide and provided a rough ride. Work crews fought the elements for 10 years to keep the road open before the road was replaced with a concrete road built on top of a sand embankment.

My visit was short (and my photos fuzzy) because the setting sun was taking away my light.






Center of the World



A pyramid in the desert. What's unusual about that?

This pyramid marks a spot that local resident and founder of the town of Felicity (named after his wife) Jacques-Andre Istel has proclaimed to be the Center of the World. He even wrote a book about the spot, and convinced the county to declare the spot to be the center of the world.







Stairway to Nowhere



This section of spiral staircase salvaged from the Eiffel Tower now stands in the Sonoran desert.


Hell Hole

Yuma Territorial Prison
























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