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Ferndale and Arcata host the annual Kinetic Scuplture Race. The Kinetic Sculpture Museum in Ferndale displays many of the cool contraptions. These are few of the best ones.
Believe it or not, these are all pedal-powered
The town of Samoa, on the peninsula of Humboldt Bay, is one of several company towns on the north coast. The mills shut down in the 1960s, but the town still exists. At left is the old firehouse and commercial business building. The home on the right probably housed the mill's boss.
The town got its unusual name from a resort development that failed at the turn of the century. The developer gave it the exotic name "Samoa" as a marketing ploy. The Vance Lumber Company subsequently bought the property and built its mill and housing community. Company-built homes are brightly painted and most are occupied.
The Samoa Cookhouse, built in 1893, is the longest continuously operated cookhouse in the US and a famous icon in the Eureka area. It originally fed the millworkers until the late 1960s when the mills shut down. Later purchased by a local restauranteur, it has continued operation as a cookhouse open to the public. It's an all-you-can-eat eatery serving American comfort food.
Inside the Cookhouse are artifacts from its lumber-mill history
Massive amounts of food are served family-style	Old photo shows the Cookhouse, left of the smokestack, and surrounding dormitory buildings which have been torn down
We took Dick to this unique eatery for his 61st birthday
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