Photo by Stephanie Roberts, http://ObsessiveHobbyist.com

I spotted the concrete whale first — a rapidly-disintegrating whale over an empty swimming pool — but it was enough to make me turn around on narrow Pacific Coast Highway and head back to Westport (north of Mendocino). It was then that I saw the whale tail, buried in the yard a few feet from the pool and…that adorable house, just feet from the Pacific Ocean with an unobstructed view. It looks like it should be on top of a wedding cake.