As a result of New Year's Eve celebrations just two weeks earlier, this highway cone had been tossed up into a parking lot tree, and not yet rescued.

A roll-up door had slipped its track and fallen down at a diagonal. The gap was protected by a highway cone. Perhaps the cone was intended to warn the curious not to crawl under the gap.

A highway cone set on the asphalt of a parking lot marked this particular space as reserved and not for general use.

A highway cone set on the end of a line in a parking lot. Perhaps it was intended to encourage drivers to go around the end rather than short-cutting across the line.

Someone had tossed a highway cone into Lake Merritt in Oakland, California. The O end of the highway cone faced the shore.

A deeply submerged highway cone in Lake Merritt, Oakland, California. The cone was deep enough almost have been missed until the sunlight hit it just right.

Two highway cones were found set out in the grass alongside North Lynden Road in Otis Orchards, Washington. No indication as to why they had been placed there.