Falling farm buildings

It does, was my first thought..

It's such an unusual design for this area of the country. Maybe I should sneak over there at night and add an onion dome on top!

Now that I look closer, you're right. For a shed that's an unusually peaked roof, and how many took the effort to build a hexagonal water tower? Maybe it was intentionally build with some sort of religious symbolism.

Possibly. I do know that there was an entire village in what's now Czech Rep. that immigrated to this general area in the early 20th C. That village was named Malin and it's the same name here. Malin is a few miles from this town, Merrill. I don't know, maybe it's a stretch, but this bugs me with its Old World look.

I've been very impressed with the museum in Tulelake. Though they're in California, they're only a few miles south, maybe they can shed some light on the farming/religious culture of the area.

Yes, I have been there, too, and the artifacts of the Japanese internment camp are very moving. From my own knowledge: farming is almost entirely limited to three categories: potatoes, cattle and alfalfa. There are some 3rd generation Germans and Czechs, the rest are N. European heritage. Nearly all Protestant. There is also a settlement of Dunkards (similar to Amish) west of Tulelake, in Siskiyou Co. I see them in Klamath Falls, sometimes. Just the basic American rural assortment. Of course, a growing farm worker and entrepreneurial population from Mexico and points south.

It´s falling, nevertheless impressive!!

It will not last very many years. Yes, I thought it was so interesting because it reminded me of Russian church ruins.