A woman smiles on the National Mall in Washington DC.

Photographed: May 2, 2018

The Gen. Jubal A. Early carries six cars across the Potomac River, operating the White's Ferry service between Dickerson, Maryland and Leesburg, Virginia.

Photographed: July 18, 2018

Gentex fire alarm horn at the Goodwill store in Charles Town, West Virginia.

Photographed: January 25, 2018

Headstone for the Reb family plot at Odd Fellows Cemetery in Centralia, Pennsylvania.

Photographed: May 17, 2018

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "A walk down an abandoned road…" in the Journal.

A woman wears face paint that reads "FUNK WAR" at the Funk the War 9 demonstration.

Photographed: March 19, 2010

Notes: For more photos from this event, see "Funk the Weekend" in Life and Times.

Scooter parked on a sidewalk along Independence Avenue SW, awaiting rental as part of a dockless bike sharing system.

Photographed: May 2, 2018

A sea gull wanders the beach in Ocean City, Maryland.

Photographed: October 17, 2017

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "No tire problems this time around…" in the Journal.

The Roanoke Star, lit in white.

Photographed: May 31, 2018

Vintage railroad crossbuck near the intersection of Fort Ritchie and Skunk Hollow Roads in Sabillasville, Maryland.

Photographed: May 24, 2018

Discarded can of spray paint on the Graffiti Highway, an abandoned section of Route 61 in Centralia, Pennsylvania.

Photographed: May 17, 2018

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "A walk down an abandoned road…" in the Journal.

A SEPTA Broad Street Line train dwells at Fern Rock Transportation Center in Philadelphia.

Photographed: April 16, 2018

Parking citation on a car on 7th Street SW in Washington, DC.

Photographed: May 2, 2018

Apple blossoms on a tree at the train station in Laurel, Maryland.

Photographed: April 14, 2018

A bottle of iced tea on a railing at the south end of the boardwalk in Ocean City, Maryland.

Photographed: October 17, 2017

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "No tire problems this time around…" in the Journal.

A Honda HR-V in Montgomery Village, Maryland is covered in snow following a late-season winter storm.

Photographed: March 21, 2018

Flowers grow up through the bumper of a retired fire truck in Middletown, Maryland.

Photographed: October 14, 2017

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Buses, fire trucks, ambulances, trains, and… moo cows?" in the Journal.

Interior of a closing Kmart store in Martinsburg, West Virginia.

Photographed: January 25, 2018

2012 Kia Soul, parked outside of a store in Wheaton, Maryland.

Photographed: January 16, 2014

Notes: This photo feature is run in memory of my 2012 Kia Soul, which was destroyed in a fire on February 7, 2018.

Washington Metro railcar 4020, in use as a simulator for first responder training following its retirement from passenger service, at the Montgomery County Public Safety Training Academy in Montgomery Village, Maryland.

Photographed: October 14, 2017

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Buses, fire trucks, ambulances, trains, and… moo cows?" in the Journal.

Interior of a former RadioShack store in College Park, Maryland.

Photographed: December 7, 2017

Disused kiosk for the former Tourmobile bus service, on the National Mall in Washington DC.

Photographed: July 22, 2014

Fire alarm notification appliance with broken strobe at Monmouth Mall in Eatontown, New Jersey.

Photographed: May 23, 2017

Metrobus 4205, a 1997 Orion V, at Prince George's Plaza station in Hyattsville, Maryland.

Photographed: November 21, 2015

Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters building, on East Erie Street in Chicago, Illinois.

Photographed: July 29, 2013

Notes: For more photos from this trip, see "Chicago 2013..." in the Journal.

An empty apartment in Aspen Hill, Maryland.

Photographed: November 16, 2017

Notes: This marks the last week that I have my old apartment in Aspen Hill. I turn in the keys on December 31, 2017.

Rusted lock attached to a fishing pier in Ocean City, Maryland.

Photographed: October 17, 2017

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "No tire problems this time around…" in the Journal.

The M/V Hatterras, a River-class ferry on the Hatteras-Ocracoke route.

Photographed: May 31, 2017

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Outer Banks 2017" in Life and Times.

Edge Hill Cemetery in Charles Town, West Virginia, in the early evening.

Photographed: July 19, 2017

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "A lovely little road trip to West Virginia and back…" in the Journal.

Fire alarm bell on the exterior of an office building in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Photographed: October 12, 2017

Downtown Baltimore, Maryland as viewed from across the Inner Harbor in the early morning.

Photographed: October 11, 2017

Mooring dolphin with an osprey nest on top of it in the Potomac River at Piney Point, Maryland.

Photographed: October 15, 2017

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Intentionally Overexposed" in the Journal.

Sea gull in flight, Ocean City, Maryland.

Photographed: October 17, 2017

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "No tire problems this time around…" in the Journal.

Retired fire truck from the Plymouth Fire Company in Pennsylvania, on the grounds of a farm in Middletown, Maryland.

Photographed: October 14, 2017

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Buses, fire trucks, ambulances, trains, and… moo cows?" in the Journal.

Rows of bottled sodas for sale at the North Market Pop Shop in Frederick, Maryland.

Photographed: Juny 19, 2017

Vintage railroad signals on the Norfolk Southern Shenandoah Valley Line in Stuarts Draft, Virginia.

Photographed: September 27, 2017

Sign for southbound US 301 at St. Charles Towne Center in Waldorf, Maryland, incorrectly using a circle shield instead of the US highway shield.

Photographed: December 13, 2016

Notes: The circle shield is typically used to mark state routes. However, even if this was a state route instead of a US route, the circle shield is not used in Maryland, as Maryland uses a unique square marker for its state routes.

A Metro 4000-Series railcar arrives at King Street station in Alexandria, Virginia.

Photographed: May 11, 2005

Clouds over the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, viewed from the Green Lane Bridge.

Photographed: October 3, 2016

Notes: I discuss this cloud in more depth in "The evolution of a cloud…" in the Journal. Staring at clouds is fun exercise for your imagination.

Damaged sign face at The Inn at Afton, a closed motel near Rockfish Gap in Augusta County, Virginia.

Photographed: April 11, 2017

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Just when you thought that the mountain couldn’t look any worse than it already did…" in the Journal.

Empty store at the Cromwell Field shopping center in Glen Burnie, Maryland.

Photographed: March 3, 2015

East Liberty Presbyterian Church, also known as the Cathedral of Hope, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Photographed: October 25, 2016

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Pittsburgh 2016" in Life and Times.

Bodie Island Lighthouse, near Nags Head, North Carolina, in the early evening.

Photographed: May 30, 2017

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Outer Banks 2017" in Life and Times.

Fire alarm horn/strobe on a wall in the corridor of a hotel in Greencastle, Pennsylvania.

Photographed: February 28, 2017

A woman walks along the beach at Piney Point, Maryland, near the mouth of the Potomac River.

Photographed: December 20, 2016

A Boeing C-17 Globemaster military transport aircraft takes off from the Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport in Martinsburg, West Virginia.

Photographed: June 6, 2017

Notes: I got lots of photos of this particular plane. For whatever reason - probably training - this plane would take off, fly in a big circle around the area, land, and then take off again a few minutes later.

Norge ball at B Z Laundromat in Waynesboro, Virginia.

Photographed: April 11, 2017

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Just when you thought that the mountain couldn’t look any worse than it already did…" in the Journal.

Bus 3068, a 30' Orion VII Next Generation, at Southern Avenue station in Hillcrest Heights, Maryland.

Photographed: June 20, 2017

Water tower in Berkeley County, West Virginia, lit up at night.

Photographed: June 6, 2017

The Whalehead Club, an historic hunting club in Corolla, North Carolina.

Photographed: June 1, 2017

Arcade at the Casino in Asbury Park, New Jersey.

Photographed: May 23, 2017