Photo Feature Archives
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Clouds dot the sky over downtown Waynesboro, Pennsylvania.Featured: December 20, 2024Photographed: December 6, 2024 |
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Room G2 at Gabbin Hall on the campus of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, undergoing renovations.Featured: December 13, 2024Photographed: March 20, 2024 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Adventures in the mountains…" in the Journal. |
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Vintage coded fire alarm pull station at 2200 Hamilton Street in Allentown, Pennsylvania.Featured: December 6, 2024Photographed: January 17, 2024 Notes: For more photos from this trip, see "Nothing like making a weekend trip to New York and getting sick while there…" in the Journal. |
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Overhead view of Stuarts Draft High School, a public school in Augusta County, Virginia.Featured: November 29, 2024Photographed: December 15, 2023 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "A weekend in Augusta County, unsupervised…" in the Journal. |
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A clear dental aligner lays discarded on a sidewalk in Greenbelt, Maryland.Featured: November 22, 2024Photographed: November 5, 2024 |
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Montauk Point, which forms the easternmost point of Long Island, as well as the easternmost point in the state of New York as a whole.Featured: November 15, 2024Photographed: September 13, 2024 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "A visit to New Jersey and Long Island…" in the Journal. |
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Traffic signal governing vehicles traveling eastbound on West Lawrence Avenue at its intersection with North Oakley Avenue in Chicago, Illinois.Featured: November 8, 2024Photographed: November 4, 2023 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Midwest Road Trip" in Life and Times, and "Walking to Starbucks" in Photography. |
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Water tower at the former PGI Nonwovens facility in Landisville, New Jersey.Featured: November 1, 2024Photographed: April 4, 2024 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "A trip across South Jersey…" in the Journal. |
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The Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Bridge, one of several bridges spanning the Susquehanna River in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.Featured: October 25, 2024Photographed: August 16, 2024 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "An overnight trip to Pennsylvania…" in the Journal. |
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The barge CMT Y Not 8 is pushed up the Cooper River by the tugboat Helen in Charleston, South Carolina.Featured: October 18, 2024Photographed: October 8, 2024 |
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Aurora borealis, viewed from Ringgold, Maryland.Featured: October 11, 2024Photographed: October 11, 2024 |
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A fire alarm horn stands watch over a corridor at 5000 Sunnyside Avenue in Beltsville, Maryland.Featured: October 4, 2024Photographed: July 26, 2024 |
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The stern of the SS United States, a retired ocean liner moored at Pier 82 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Featured: September 27, 2024Photographed: September 14, 2024 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "A visit to New Jersey and Long Island…" in the Journal. |
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Sign for a now-abandoned Super 8 Motel in Kinston, North Carolina.Featured: September 21, 2024Photographed: September 6, 2024 Notes: For more photos from this outing, see "A bus adventure in Charleston…" in the Journal. |
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Former Staunton Transit bus 2, a 1973 GMC Fishbowl, now in the collection of the Commonwealth Coach & Trolley museum in Roanoke, Virginia.Featured: September 13, 2024Photographed: June 13, 2024 |
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A rusted stop sign in yellow and black off of Bucheimer Road in Frederick, Maryland.Featured: September 6, 2024Photographed: August 30, 2024 |
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Tunnel carrying southbound traffic on Airport Road NW (SR 118) beneath the runways of Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport in Roanoke, Virginia.Featured: August 30, 2024Photographed: August 22, 2024 |
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Overhead view of a replica of the Statue of Liberty, located in the middle of the Susquehanna River in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.Featured: August 23, 2024Photographed: August 16, 2024 |
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Luna moth on the platform at the Greenbelt Metro station.Featured: August 16, 2024Photographed: August 13, 2024 |
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Electric meters along an alley in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.Featured: August 9, 2024Photographed: November 4, 2023 Notes: For more photos from this trip, see "A trip to the Midwest…" in the Journal. |
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A coin-operated viewer stands on the deck of the MV New Jersey, one of the vessels working the Cape May-Lewes Ferry route, seen at sunset.Featured: August 2, 2024Photographed: April 5, 2024 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "A trip across South Jersey…" in the Journal. |
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Elyse photographs a shelf containing soda bottles at a Food Lion store in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.Featured: July 26, 2024Photographed: March 11, 2022 |
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Signage at the terminus of Dorsey Avenue, a frontage road for Dorchester Road, near the intersection with Leeds Avenue in North Charleston, South Carolina.Featured: July 19, 2024Photographed: April 18, 2024 Notes: For more photos from this trip, see "A proper visit to Charleston…" in the Journal. |
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Cell phone tower in Hot Springs, Virginia, disguised so as to somewhat resemble a tree.Featured: July 12, 2024Photographed: March 21, 2024 |
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Aerial view of the Roanoke Star, atop Mill Mountain in Roanoke, Virginia.Featured: July 5, 2024Photographed: June 13, 2024 |
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The Cathedral of Learning, a 42-story building on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh.Featured: June 28, 2024Photographed: June 2, 2023 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "A weekend trip to Pittsburgh…" in the Journal. |
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West corridor at District 40, formerly Frederick Towne Mall, a partially abandoned former shopping mall in Frederick, Maryland.Featured: June 22, 2024Photographed: June 21, 2024 |
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The Newport News Middle Ground Light, a lighthouse in the waters of Hampton Roads in Virginia.Featured: June 14, 2024Photographed: May 31, 2024 |
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Cumulonimbus cloud near Poolesville, Maryland.Featured: June 7, 2024Photographed: June 6, 2024 |
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A brick smokestack in downtown Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, retrofitted as a cellular tower.Featured: May 31, 2024Photographed: May 16, 2024 |
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A very rusted "no parking" sign at the former Verona Elementary School in Augusta County, Virginia.Featured: May 24, 2024Photographed: December 14, 2023 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "A weekend in Augusta County, unsupervised…" in the Journal. |
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A road runs through a section of Michaux State Forest in Franklin County, Pennsylvania on a very foggy day.Featured: May 17, 2024Photographed: May 10, 2024 |
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A train waits at the platform at Frankford Transportation Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, prior to beginning a trip on SEPTA's Market-Frankford Line.Featured: May 10, 2024Photographed: May 11, 2023 |
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Overhead view of the MSC Manzanillo as it travels up the Cooper River in Charleston, South Carolina.Featured: May 3, 2024Photographed: April 18, 2024 Notes: For more photos from this trip, see "A proper visit to Charleston…" in the Journal. |
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Forest during a controlled burn in McClellanville, South Carolina.Featured: April 26, 2024Photographed: April 19, 2024 |
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The remains of the SS Atlantus, a shipwreck in the waters off of Cape May, New Jersey.Featured: April 19, 2024Photographed: April 5, 2024 Notes: As originally published, the caption incorrectly identified the ship as the USS Atlantus. The error in the ship's prefix was discovered and corrected after the feature had already gone off of the main page. |
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Partial solar eclipse over Greenbelt, Maryland.Featured: April 12, 2024Photographed: April 8, 2024 |
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Yellow blaze marking on a tree for the Gathright Dam overlook trail in Bath County, Virginia.Featured: April 5, 2024Photographed: March 21, 2024 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Adventures in the mountains…" in the Journal. |
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The Francis Scott Key Bridge, which carried traffic on Interstate 695 over the Patapsco River in Baltimore, Maryland.Featured: March 29, 2024Photographed: June 16, 2022 Notes: I admit that it pained me somewhat to rework this caption, largely taken from an earlier photo feature from the same photo shoot, into the past tense. But such is what happens when a container ship drifts into the bridge and causes it to collapse. My condolences to the families of the victims of this disaster. |
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Fire at the Aggregate Industries quarry off of Piney Meetinghouse Road near Rockville, Maryland.Featured: March 22, 2024Photographed: March 14, 2024 Notes: For more photos of the fire, see "Fire at the quarry…" in the Journal. |
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Lights over the football field at Paint Branch High School, a public high school in Fairland, Maryland.Featured: March 15, 2024Photographed: March 1, 2024 |
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Vintage fire alarm pull station at 4405 East-West Highway, an office building in Bethesda, Maryland.Featured: March 9, 2024Photographed: August 18, 2023 |
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Overhead view of a Honda HR-V at Willett Street Industries in Passaic, New Jersey.Featured: March 1, 2024Photographed: April 14, 2023 Notes: For more photos from this trip, see "A weekend in New York…" in the Journal. |
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Railroad crossbuck near the intersection of Boulevard de la Cité and Boulevard Maloney in Gatineau, Quebec.Featured: February 23, 2024Photographed: May 18, 2023 Notes: For more photos from this visit, see "Ottawa" in the Journal. |
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A water tower stands over the town of Purcellville, Virginia.Featured: February 16, 2024Photographed: February 15, 2024 |
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Cupola on top of Wilson Hall, on the campus of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.Featured: February 9, 2024Photographed: September 13, 2023 |
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Ross Dress for Less in Oxon Hill, Maryland, housed in a building that was originally designed to hold an Old Navy store.Featured: February 2, 2024Photographed: January 22, 2024 |
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The PPL Building in Allentown, Pennsylvania, viewed from overhead.Featured: January 26, 2024Photographed: January 17, 2024 Notes: For more photos from this trip, see "Nothing like making a weekend trip to New York and getting sick while there…" in the Journal. |
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A race car driver takes paying customers on a thrill ride in a Dodge Charger at the Chrysler Nationals in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.Featured: January 19, 2024Photographed: July 15, 2023 |
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Sunset over Swatara Township, Pennsylvania.Featured: January 12, 2024Photographed: January 5, 2024 |
