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Street pylon in front of Potomac Yard, a Washington Metro station in Alexandria, Virginia that opened in May 2023.

Featured: December 8, 2023

Photographed: December 7, 2023


Demonstrators hold up signs in the street during Funk the War 3, a demonstration held in downtown Washington, DC in protest of the Iraq War, organized by Students for a Democratic Society.

Featured: December 1, 2023

Photographed: March 19, 2008

Notes: For more photos from this event, see "Funk the War 3" in Life and Times. This photo feature was chosen to match the December 2023 splash photo, where I am posing for a photo with this same photo at the Kent State Visitor Center.


The Fabia Schulte, a Singaporean-flagged bulk carrier, moored in Philadelphia.

Featured: November 24, 2023

Photographed: May 11, 2023


Sign denoting the presence of a speed hump in an alley west of North Oakley Avenue in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.

Featured: November 17, 2023

Photographed: November 4, 2023


Interstate 81 crosses over the Woodrow Wilson Parkway (SR 262) near Staunton, Virginia.

Featured: November 10, 2023

Photographed: September 15, 2023


The Centennial Flame, a monument on Parliament Hill in Ottawa that commemmorated the 100th anniversary of the Canadian Confederation.

Featured: November 3, 2023

Photographed: May 19, 2023

Notes: For more photos from this trip, see "I went to Ottawa..." in the Journal.


Former Sheetz gas station and convenience store in Breezewood, Pennsylvania.  This facility was abandoned after Sheetz relocated to a new facility to the west of this property.

Featured: October 27, 2023

Photographed: May 31, 2023

Notes: For more photos from this adventure, see "A weekend trip to Pittsburgh…" in the Journal.


Aisles 24 and 26 in the self-service furniture area at the IKEA store in College Park, Maryland.

Featured: October 20, 2023

Photographed: October 19, 2023


Former CARTA bus 3426, a New Flyer D35HF, parked in a shopping center in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.

Featured: October 13, 2023

Photographed: October 6, 2023

Notes: For more information about this adventure, see "I can’t believe that we went to South Carolina…" in the Journal.


A person looks at their phone while riding in an elevator in New York City.

Featured: October 6, 2023

Photographed: April 12, 2023

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "A weekend in New York…" in the Journal. And yes, the person in the photo is Elyse.


An exit sign hangs from a metal beam at the partially-demolished Reynolds Wrap Distribution Center building in Richmond, Virginia.

Featured: September 29, 2023

Photographed: March 31, 2023

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Making a weekend trip out of a delivery…" in the Journal.


Shopping cart for Steve & Barry's University Sportswear amongst other remaining debris following demolition work at the former Staunton Mall site in Augusta County, Virginia.

Featured: September 15, 2023

Photographed: September 14, 2023


Water tower at Willett Street Industries, a small industrial park in Passaic, New Jersey.

Featured: September 9, 2023

Photographed: April 14, 2023

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "A weekend in New York…" in the Journal.


A very faded stop sign is tagged with graffiti along Cabot Boulevard in Langhorne, Pennsylvania.

Featured: September 2, 2023

Photographed: January 6, 2023

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "A solo adventure up north…" in the Journal.


Fire alarm pull station in the main lobby at 9400 Livingston Road in Fort Washington, Maryland.

Featured: August 25, 2023

Photographed: July 12, 2023


Railroad bridge carrying CSX tracks over the Rappahannock River between the city of Fredericksburg and Stafford County in Virginia.

Featured: August 18, 2023

Photographed: August 17, 2023


Gallon-sized jugs of Turkey Hill-branded milk at the Grocery Outlet store in Hagerstown, Maryland.

Featured: August 11, 2023

Photographed: February 3, 2023


Aura, a mixed-use skyscraper at the intersection of Yonge and Gerrard Streets in downtown Toronto.

Featured: August 4, 2023

Photographed: July 27, 2023


A Bombardier CRJ-200LR jet operated by Air Wisconsin for American Eagle departs Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia.

Featured: July 28, 2023

Photographed: November 15, 2016

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Trying my hand at planespotting…" in the Journal.


Wheelock MT fire alarm horn/strobe at the Best Buy store in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Featured: July 21, 2023

Photographed: December 8, 2022


Escalator at the northeast end of Tanglewood Mall, an enclosed shopping center in Roanoke County, Virginia.

Featured: July 14, 2023

Photographed: December 15, 2022


The crown of the Chrysler Building, a skyscraper in New York City, in late afternoon.

Featured: July 7, 2023

Photographed: April 13, 2023

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "A weekend in New York…" in the Journal.


Smoke from Canadian wildfires forms a haze over the skyline of Baltimore, Maryland.

Featured: June 30, 2023

Photographed: June 29, 2023

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Smoke Over Baltimore" in Photography.


Animal face drawn with marker on a concrete wall at the Huntington Metro station in Fairfax County, Virginia.

Featured: June 23, 2023

Photographed: May 7, 2023


501 South 5th Street, an office building in downtown Richmond, Virginia.

Featured: June 16, 2023

Photographed: March 31, 2023

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Making a weekend trip out of a delivery…" in the Journal.


Street sign at the western intersection of Forbes Avenue and Market Square in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Featured: June 9, 2023

Photographed: June 1, 2023

Notes: For more photos from this adventure, see "A weekend trip to Pittsburgh…" in the Journal.


Former AT&T Long Lines microwave relay tower in Orrtanna, Pennsylvania.

Featured: June 2, 2023

Photographed: May 5, 2023


The flag of Canada flies in front of the West Block, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario.

Featured: May 26, 2023

Photographed: May 19, 2023

Notes: For more photos from this trip, see "I went to Ottawa..." in the Journal.


The uppermost levels of a tower at the Argos USA cement manufacturing facility in Martinsburg, West Virginia.

Featured: May 19, 2023

Photographed: May 12, 2023


Railcar 1072 leads a four-car train at Lindenwold, a PATCO station in Camden County, New Jersey.

Featured: May 13, 2023

Photographed: May 11, 2023


Sign reading, "It needs to be fixed," placed on a shopping cart retriever machine at the Target store in Germantown, Maryland.

Featured: May 5, 2023

Photographed: February 23, 2023


Mall-facing facade of LifeStorage, formerly the mall entrance for The Bon-Ton, at the York Galleria shopping mall in York, Pennsylvania.

Featured: April 28, 2023

Photographed: December 30, 2022

Notes: Here is a photo from a similar angle at the end of The Bon-Ton's tenure in the mall.


A sign reading "TATTOO", used for establishing shots for the Ink Master television series, hangs above a door at Ironbound Studios in Newark, New Jersey.

Featured: April 21, 2023

Photographed: April 14, 2023

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "A weekend in New York…" in the Journal.


A man uses a roller to apply a coat of black paint to the pole holding up a large sign at the Buc-ee's store in Crossville, Tennessee.

Featured: April 14, 2023

Photographed: October 13, 2022

Notes: For more photos from this trip, see "Adventures in Tennessee" in the Journal.


Graffiti painted on the Richmond Floodwall, directed at Mayor Levar Stoney, asking for more affordable housing in the city.

Featured: April 7, 2023

Photographed: March 31, 2023


View along Fifth Avenue in New York City, facing southeast towards the Empire State Building.

Featured: March 31, 2023

Photographed: January 6, 2023

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "A solo adventure up north…" in the Journal.


Interior of the Blue Ridge Tunnel, which historically served as a rail tunnel, carrying train traffic beneath Rockfish Gap between Augusta and Nelson Counties in Virginia.  The tunnel reopened as a walking trail in 2020.

Featured: March 24, 2023

Photographed: March 16, 2023

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Walking through Afton Mountain…" in the Journal.


Signage for the junction with Interstate 40 on Genesis Road in Crossville, Tennessee.

Featured: March 17, 2023

Photographed: October 13, 2022


The American flag flies over Frederick, Maryland in late afternoon.

Featured: March 10, 2023

Photographed: October 5, 2022


Sign reading, "You owe me a leaf spring," with an arrow pointing at a pothole on Montgomery Village Avenue in Montgomery Village, Maryland, presumably erected by someone whose vehicle was damaged after driving into said pothole.

Featured: March 3, 2023

Photographed: November 10, 2022

Notes: For those wondering, after I photographed the pothole, I reported the pothole to the county, along with the illegal sign. The pothole was soon repaired, and the sign was removed.


A heavily weathered reserved parking sign at the Apple Valley Square shopping center in Winchester, Virginia.

Featured: February 24, 2023

Photographed: October 12, 2022


The George Washington Masonic National Memorial in Alexandria, Virginia, viewed at sunset.

Featured: February 17, 2023

Photographed: February 15, 2023

Notes: I got this photo while I was messing around with some features on my DSLR. This is the "toy camera" function.


Street pylon outside of Ashburn station, the western terminus of the Silver Line on the Washington Metro system.

Featured: February 10, 2023

Photographed: November 18, 2022

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "You’re taking me for a ride…" in the Journal.


Graffiti pertaining to religion on a restroom stall partition at the Weis grocery store in Dundalk, Maryland.

Featured: February 3, 2023

Photographed: December 29, 2022


Streetlight over the Michael J. Doyle Fishing Pier in Camden, New Jersey.

Featured: January 27, 2023

Photographed: October 4, 2021


The Dr. James D. Hoskins and H.B. Jarnagin Bridge, which carries State Route 92 across Douglas Lake in Dandridge, Tennessee.

Featured: January 20, 2023

Photographed: October 15, 2022


Tom's Restaurant, located in the Morningside neighborhood of Manhattan, at the intersection of West 122nd Street and Broadway.

Featured: January 13, 2023

Photographed: January 6, 2023

Notes: The south facade of this restaurant featured prominently in the Seinfeld television series.


Cobblestones form the surface of Cary Street in Richmond, Virginia's Shockoe Bottom neighborhood.

Featured: January 6, 2023

Photographed: March 10, 2003


A section of the salesfloor at the Walmart Supercenter in Winchester, Virginia is cordoned off for construction work, likely to replace a refrigerated case.

Featured: December 30, 2022

Photographed: September 1, 2022


A notepad containing a shopping list lays abandoned on top of a counter at the Harris Teeter grocery store in Olney, Maryland.

Featured: December 22, 2022

Photographed: September 27, 2022