By: Paul Rogers
Though nestled next to Highway 101 in the heart of California’s wine country, Los Alamos (pop. 1,374) can feel oddly isolated. Its main drag, Bell Street, is an unlikely mélange of tourist traps (trendy antique stores, art galleries and eateries) and truck stops (18-wheelers overnight at its south end), punctuated by a brace of almost adjacent follies: the Union Hotel, a refurbished stagecoach stop; and the Victorian Mansion, an externally Psycho-esque h… (View original article)