Photo Feature Archives
The Photo Feature was launched on the main page on March 12, 2005 as part of a main page redesign, replacing the quote article. Images run on the main page with a description as well as the date that they were photographed. They are run at 350×467 resolution at that location if vertical, and at 600×450 if horizontal.
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Couch on a tree stump along Aspen Hill Road in Rockville, Maryland.Featured: March 1, 2015Photographed: July 16, 2014 |
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Pedestrian level of the Harry Flood Byrd Memorial Bridge, which carries the Blue Ridge Parkway over the James River in Bedford County, Virginia.Featured: February 23, 2015Photographed: September 1, 2014 |
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Water tower on the site of the former Bernson silk mill in Buena Vista, Virginia.Featured: February 8, 2015Photographed: September 1, 2014 |
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A woman's sandal lays abandoned on the beach at Sandy Point State Park, near Annapolis, Maryland.Featured: February 1, 2015Photographed: February 9, 2013 Notes: This photo is from the Sandy Point State Park set in Photography. |
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Cans of tomato soup stacked on a shelf at a grocery store in Wheaton, Maryland.Featured: January 25, 2015Photographed: January 24, 2015 |
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The Baltimore World Trade Center, a pentagonal office building located adjacent to the Inner Harbor in Baltimore, Maryland.Featured: January 19, 2015Photographed: April 23, 2014 |
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Message carved into the sidewalk near the intersection of Iowa Avenue and Buchanan Street NW in Washington DC.Featured: January 4, 2015Photographed: January 1, 2015 |
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Entrances to the carousel house at the Casino, a former indoor amusement park in Asbury Park, New Jersey.Featured: December 30, 2014Photographed: October 24, 2013 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Road trip to New Jersey…" in the Journal. |
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House in the final stages of being moved to a site on Oramar Drive in Buxton, North Carolina.Featured: December 21, 2014Photographed: June 29, 2014 |
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Christmas lights arranged to form the shape of a donkey, part of the annual ZooLights display at the National Zoo in Washington DC.Featured: December 15, 2014Photographed: December 11, 2014 |
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"Love lock" on the railroad bridge over the Potomac River in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.Featured: December 7, 2014Photographed: September 25, 2014 |
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Best Western hotel south of Fredericksburg, Virginia, abandoned before completion.Featured: November 30, 2014Photographed: November 29, 2014 Notes: According to two articles that I found about this building, the structure was built in 2009, and abandoned at 70% completion when financing ran out. The unfinished hotel was foreclosed on in 2011, and sold in 2012. |
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"Let there be light" written on a switch plate in a room at the abandoned Skyline Parkway Motor Court on Afton Mountain in Virginia.Featured: November 23, 2014Photographed: May 28, 2012 |
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Graffiti piece showing a hand giving the peace sign on a bridge pier in College Park, Maryland.Featured: November 16, 2014Photographed: April 26, 2014 |
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A lifeguard stand on the beach at sunset in Buxton, North Carolina.Featured: November 2, 2014Photographed: June 27, 2014 |
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Amtrak train #29, the westbound Capitol Limited, departing Martinsburg, West Virginia in early evening.Featured: October 20, 2014Photographed: September 25, 2014 |
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Track for the Maryland Midland Railway through downtown Westminster, Maryland at sunrise, facing northeast.Featured: October 12, 2014Photographed: June 22, 2014 Notes: For more photos from this outing, see "I completely nerded out on Sunday, and it was awesome…" in the Journal. |
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Former Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad #734, a 2-8-0 steam locomotive now in service for the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad in Cumberland, Maryland.Featured: October 5, 2014Photographed: October 2, 2014 |
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Vintage sign at the McDonald's restaurant on White Horse Pike in Magnolia, New Jersey.Featured: September 28, 2014Photographed: September 26, 2014 |
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Railroad signal and crossbuck for traffic on Railroad Avenue approaching the intersection of Main Street, Liberty Street and Railroad Avenue in Westminster, Maryland. The Maryland Midland Railway crosses this intersection diagonally.Featured: September 21, 2014Photographed: June 22, 2014 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "I completely nerded out on Sunday, and it was awesome…" in the Journal. |
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Sunset over Baltimore, Maryland, viewed from Johns Hopkins Hospital.Featured: September 15, 2014Photographed: September 14, 2014 |
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An allegedly profound statement written on the Community Chalkboard wall on the Downtown Mall in Charlottesville, Virginia.Featured: September 8, 2014Photographed: September 3, 2014 |
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A park ranger takes a photograph for a family on the balcony of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in Buxton, North Carolina.Featured: August 31, 2014Photographed: June 28, 2014 |
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Camera device inside a speed camera unit on westbound Olney Laytonsville Road, near Georgia Avenue in Olney, Maryland.Featured: August 26, 2014Photographed: April 6, 2014 |
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Cirrus clouds in the late afternoon sky over Westminster, Maryland.Featured: August 19, 2014Photographed: July 25, 2014 |
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Boardwalk-facing facade of the Casino, a former indoor amusement park in Asbury Park, New Jersey.Featured: August 10, 2014Photographed: October 24, 2013 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Road trip to New Jersey…" in the Journal. |
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A dog plays in the water as the sun sets over the Pamlico Sound at the Haulover, on Hatteras Island just south of Avon, North Carolina.Featured: August 3, 2014Photographed: June 28, 2014 |
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The Intercounty Connector, a toll road in Montgomery and Prince George's County, Maryland, viewed near Olney at sunset.Featured: July 27, 2014Photographed: July 4, 2014 |
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CSX railroad bridge along the James River and Kanawha Canal in Richmond, Virginia.Featured: July 20, 2014Photographed: March 30, 2013 Notes: This photo is from the Richmond 2013 set in Photography. |
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Skyline of Arlington, Virginia's Rosslyn neighborhood as viewed from the footbridge to Theodore Roosevelt Island.Featured: July 13, 2014Photographed: May 25, 2014 |
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The Bodie Island Lighthouse, near Nags Head on North Carolina's Outer Banks.Featured: July 6, 2014Photographed: June 29, 2014 |
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The sun begins to rise over a rail line that runs diagonally through the center of downtown Westminster, Maryland.Featured: June 23, 2014Photographed: June 22, 2014 Notes: For more photos from this outing, see "I completely nerded out on Sunday, and it was awesome…" in the Journal. |
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Pedestrian bridge over railroad tracks in Berwyn Heights, Maryland.Featured: June 16, 2014Photographed: April 26, 2014 Notes: This bridge carries pedestrian traffic over the CSX Capital Subdivision tracks, as well as the Washington Metro's E Route, which is normally used for Green Line service. Part of this day's photo shoot turned into the Journal entry titled, "Listen to the 7000-Series accelerate". |
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Honeysuckle grows through a signpost and around two street signs in Rockingham County, Virginia.Featured: June 10, 2014Photographed: June 7, 2014 |
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A Washington Metro Green Line train crosses a bridge over the Paint Branch Trail, part of the Anacostia Tributary Trail System, in College Park, Maryland.Featured: June 1, 2014Photographed: April 26, 2014 Notes: Though this train is traveling in the normal direction of travel, trains were single-tracking through this area at the time that this photo was taken due to 7000-Series railcar testing on the northbound track. |
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Sign for Germantown, Maryland along Great Seneca Highway.Featured: May 26, 2014Photographed: April 9, 2014 |
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Two teenaged boys sit at the edge of the stub of the old Aqueduct Bridge in Washington DC's Georgetown neighborhood.Featured: May 18, 2014Photographed: March 22, 2014 |
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Barb on a barbed wire fence along Brighton Dam Road in Howard County, Maryland.Featured: May 11, 2014Photographed: April 6, 2014 Notes: This photo was taken with a borrowed Nikon Coolpix P510 camera. For more photos from this outing, see "Infrastructure pix with a borrowed camera…" in the Journal. |
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The Baltimore World Trade Center, viewed from across the Inner Harbor.Featured: April 28, 2014Photographed: April 23, 2014 |
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Transmission tower near Germantown, Maryland, forming part of the power grid serving Montgomery County and Prince George's County, Maryland.Featured: April 20, 2014Photographed: April 9, 2014 |
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Road flare burning in a right turn lane on Maine Avenue SW, to prevent traffic from turning onto a closed street during the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington DC.Featured: April 13, 2014Photographed: April 13, 2014 |
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Abandoned bridge pier in the Potomac River near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.Featured: April 6, 2014Photographed: April 5, 2014 Notes: The lighting on this bridge pier is originating from CSX railroad maintenance equipment, which was shining large lights on the railroad bridge over the Potomac River during overnight track work. |
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A load of towels goes through a spin cycle on a Maytag Bravo XL washing machine.Featured: March 31, 2014Photographed: January 11, 2014 Notes: I also took a video of the rinse and spin cycles of this load. |
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Rooster at the Irish farm at the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton, Virginia.Featured: March 24, 2014Photographed: January 13, 2014 |
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Nighttime view of the statue of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the memorial in his honor in West Potomac Park in Washington DC.Featured: March 16, 2014Photographed: March 28, 2013 |
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Three women take a photograph of themselves in the water during a polar bear plunge at Sandy Point State Park near Annapolis, Maryland.Featured: March 9, 2014Photographed: March 8, 2014 |
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Graffiti on a door of the Hine Junior High school building in Washington DC, discussing an impending demolition of the school and redevelopment of the property.Featured: March 3, 2014Photographed: March 1, 2014 |
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A woman takes a photograph of herself on a mirrored wall at White Flint Mall in North Bethesda, Maryland.Featured: February 23, 2014Photographed: February 23, 2014 Notes: The person in the picture is my friend Melissa. |
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Sign reading, "Will whoever is praying for snow please stop," at Calverton Baptist Church in Silver Spring, Maryland.Featured: February 17, 2014Photographed: February 17, 2014 |
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Brighton Dam, near Brookeville, Maryland, which impounds the Patuxent River to form Triadelphia Reservoir.Featured: February 9, 2014Photographed: January 18, 2014 Notes: This photo was taken from a public park located on the Montgomery County side of the river. The land in the distance is in Howard County. |
