Flower in a conservatory at the Navy Pier in Chicago, Illinois.

Photographed: July 22, 2010

A house on Wrightwood Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, best known as the television home of Carl and Harriette Winslow on the sitcom Family Matters.

Photographed: July 21, 2010

Notes: Please note that the house to the left of the Family Matters house did not exist at the time that the exterior shots for Family Matters were made.

A 2600-Series rail car brings up the rear of a Purple Line train to Linden at Davis station on the Chicago "L", in Evanston, Illinois.

Photographed: July 19, 2010

On-campus student mailboxes, James Madison University.

Photographed: April 5, 2010

Notes: The mailbox featured here is my old campus mailbox, JMU Box 2732. This photo feature ran for an unusually long time due to my forgetting to change the feature before leaving for a vacation, and then due to circumstances beyond my control upon my return.

Clouds over the oceanfront at Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Photographed: August 25, 2008

Downtown Toronto location of The Bay, former flagship store of the Robert Simpson Company.

Photographed: August 9, 1999

Notes: Today's Special fans will recognize this location as the place where Today's Special was filmed. I chose this as the photo feature after learning that G20 protesters in Toronto broke windows at the store. It was heartbreaking to see, quite honestly.

Brewer Fountain in Boston Common. The Massachusetts State House is visible in the distance.

Photographed: May 30, 2010

Abandoned Safeway grocery store in Wheaton, Maryland.

Photographed: December 27, 2009

Notes: For more photos from this set, see Abandoned Grocery Store in Photography.

A woman participates in a zombie march in Boston, Massachusetts.

Photographed: May 29, 2010

New Carrollton station, eastern terminus of the Washington Metro's Orange Line.

Photographed: May 1, 2010

Notes: The rail car at right in this photo is Alstom 6104.

The Plumb House, one of the oldest houses in Waynesboro, Virginia.

Photographed: November 29, 2009

Station entrance pylon, New Carrollton station, Washington Metro.

Photographed: May 1, 2010

Two clown heads in a water gun carnival game have tape over their mouths to indicate that they are out of order.

Photographed: January 30, 2010

Notes: For more photos from this set, see Maryland Polar Bear Plunge 2010 in Photography.

A man hands out flowers during a Funk Borders Bloc at a pro-immigration march in Washington DC.

Photographed: March 21, 2010

Shenandoah County "Certified Business Location" signage at the border with Rockingham County along northbound Interstate 81 in Virginia.

Photographed: April 6, 2010

A woman shouts during an anti-war protest in Washington DC.

Photographed: March 20, 2010

Railroad tracks on their approach to the Staunton train station in Staunton, Virginia.

Photographed: December 30, 2009

Sign in Stuarts Draft, Virginia after high winds caused a panel to fail.

Photographed: January 2, 2009

John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame at Arlington National Cemetery.

Photographed: October 25, 2009

Cars covered in more than a foot of snow during the "Snowpocalypse" blizzard of December 2009.

Photographed: December 20, 2009

Pocket track turnouts on the Washington Metro, near Stadium-Armory station and RFK Stadium in Northeast DC.

Photographed: October 26, 2005

Notes: This is a pocket track turnout similar to the Farragut North pocket track, where a derailment occurred on February 12, 2010. Unlike at Farragut North, however, a derailer is not present at the Stadium-Armory location.

Balcony railing covered in snow approximately 14 hours after the snow started falling during the North American blizzard of 2010.

Photographed: February 6, 2010

Notes: This is, as you may have gathered, the balcony railing at my apartment. More information on the storm: North American blizzard of 2010.

A woman shivers after running into the Chesapeake Bay during the Maryland State Police Polar Bear Plunge event at Sandy Point State Park, near Annapolis, Maryland.

Photographed: January 30, 2010

Notes: For more photos from this set, see Maryland Polar Bear Plunge 2010 in Photography.

Interior of Amtrak Acela Express coach.

Photographed: May 9, 2009

Notes: This photo was taken while Matthew Tilley and I were touring the Acela Express during the National Train Day event at Union Station.

Five Guys restaurant in the old Shorty's Diner building on Route 250 in Staunton, Virginia.

Photographed: December 30, 2009

Board-up on a Safeway store in Wheaton, Maryland after closing for reconstruction.

Photographed: December 27, 2009

Notes: For more photos from this shoot, see Something tells me that they're closed in the Journal.

A woman holds a sign saying, "Out of the closets! Into the street!" at the National Equality March in Washington DC.

Photographed: October 11, 2009

Notes: More photos from this event can be found at the Journal entry about the National Equality March.

Sign proclaiming "The Place In Town To Take A Leak" outside an automotive service shop in Chews Landing, New Jersey.

Photographed: September 25, 2009

Large "OBAMA HATES BORF" message painted above other graffiti on the Vision Lighting building in Washington DC. This message replaced an earlier message saying "BUSH HATES BORF" in early 2009.

Photographed: December 12, 2009

Notes: The original "Bush Hates Borf" message was the Photo Feature on February 15, 2007.

The first snowfall of the season comes to the Washington DC region, seen here in a neighborhood in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Photographed: December 5, 2009

Participants in the Marine Corps Marathon race up the northbound lanes of the George Washington Memorial Parkway in Arlington, Virginia.

Photographed: October 25, 2009

A union picket blocks the street in front of the Hilton Crystal City, accused of unfair labor practices by labor union UNITE HERE.

Photographed: June 20, 2009

Notes: For more photos from this set, see UNITE HERE Picket.

Leaves on the Women's Memorial fountain outside Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.

Photographed: October 25, 2009

Headstone of a soldier killed in action in the Iraq War, at Arlington National Cemetery.

Photographed: October 25, 2009

Notes: This particular headstone, that of Lance Corporal Jason C. Redifer, was not selected at random. I specifically chose to photograph Redifer's headstone due to some personal significance. Redifer was from Stuarts Draft, Virginia, went to school with my sister, and died in Iraq when a roadside bomb exploded. The bridge that carries Route 608 over Interstate 64 in Fishersville is named in his honor.

3000-Series Washington Metro rail car on the D Route bridge in Northeast Washington DC.

Photographed: October 26, 2005

Sand castle at Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Photographed: August 27, 2008

The Roanoke Star, atop Mill Mountain in Roanoke, Virginia, prior to being lit for the evening.

Photographed: January 7, 2003

Notes: This photo is heavily retouched. It was taken in early afternoon in daylight, and then processed to give it the orange evening-like appearance. Kinda cool looking, though, no?

A participant in a pink-and-black bloc surveys her surroundings at the National Equality March in Washington DC.

Photographed: October 11, 2009

Notes: For more photos from this event, see the Journal entry about the National Equality March.

A woman shouts during the Funk the War 8 anti-war demonstration in Washington DC.

Photographed: October 7, 2009

Notes: For more photos from this event, see the Journal entry about Funk the War 8.

Protest sign attached to an American flag at the Taxpayer March on Washington.

Photographed: September 12, 2009

Notes: For more photos from this set, see Taxpayer March on Washington.

Fish market in the Chinatown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Photographed: September 25, 2009

The North Portico of the White House, in Washington DC.

Photographed: May 30, 2009

A man sells political buttons relating to historical and current events at the Taxpayer March on Washington.

Photographed: September 12, 2009

Notes: It is rare that I actually refer to this event by its formal name, "Taxpayer March on Washington". I more commonly refer to this event as the "teabagger march". For more photos from this set, see Taxpayer March on Washington.

Washington Metro work car at Branch Avenue Yard, in Prince George's County, Maryland.

Photographed: May 9, 2009

Notes: This was taken during Metro's 2009 Rail Rodeo.

Dark clouds cast a shadow over the sands of Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Photographed: August 27, 2008

Cliffs along the Shenandoah River in Page County, Virginia.

Photographed: July 25, 2009

Notes: This photo is part of the photo shoot that became the Tubing the Shenandoah River photo set in Life and Times. This photo was not used in the set.

Headstone in a 19th-century cemetery in a forest near Haymarket, Virginia.

Photographed: August 22, 2008

Rainstorm on the Shenandoah River in Page County, Virginia.

Photographed: July 25, 2009

Notes: This photo is part of the Tubing the Shenandoah River photo set in Life and Times.

A worker applies paint to the exterior of a balcony on the Turnberry Tower building in Arlington, Virginia.

Photographed: October 4, 2008

Pink Zipper slide at the closed Shenandoah Acres resort in Stuarts Draft, Virginia.

Photographed: May 3, 2009