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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Norge ball at B Z Laundromat in Waynesboro, Virginia.Featured: July 1, 2017Photographed: 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.Featured: June 22, 2017Photographed: June 20, 2017 |
Water tower in Berkeley County, West Virginia, lit up at night.Featured: June 9, 2017Photographed: June 6, 2017 |
The Whalehead Club, an historic hunting club in Corolla, North Carolina.Featured: June 3, 2017Photographed: June 1, 2017 |
Arcade at the Casino in Asbury Park, New Jersey.Featured: May 27, 2017Photographed: May 23, 2017 |
Gas canopy at the former Sheetz store in Westminster, Maryland.Featured: May 20, 2017Photographed: August 8, 2016 |
Light fixture overgrown with plants in an abandoned house near Elkridge, Maryland.Featured: May 12, 2017Photographed: March 17, 2016 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Scott's House" in Photography, and "Exploring an abandoned house…" in the Journal. |
New Flyer D40LF at the stand for SEPTA's 90 route to Plymouth Meeting Mall, in Norristown, Pennsylvania.Featured: April 28, 2017Photographed: June 9, 2016 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Good to see our old house looking better than it has in quite some time…" in the Journal. |
Empty store at Landmark Mall in Alexandria, Virginia.Featured: April 22, 2017Photographed: January 24, 2017 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Saying goodbye to Landmark Mall…" in the Journal. |
The sign for The Inn at Afton, a run-down motel near Waynesboro, Virginia, towers over an empty parking lot.Featured: April 13, 2017Photographed: April 11, 2017 |
Tip jar on the counter of a pretzel stand in Ocean City, Maryland.Featured: April 7, 2017Photographed: October 10, 2016 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "A day trip to Ocean City that definitely felt rushed…" in the Journal. |
A Yellow Line train arrives at King Street station in Alexandria, Virginia.Featured: March 31, 2017Photographed: August 3, 2005 Notes: This photo is part of the "Shades of Gray" set in Photography. |
The Roanoke Star, in early evening.Featured: March 24, 2017Photographed: April 7, 2005 |
Notes from a recently-given lecture on the chalkboard of a classroom in the University of Pittsburgh's Cathedral of Learning.Featured: March 18, 2017Photographed: October 25, 2016 Notes: This photo is from the Pittsburgh 2016 photo set in Life and Tines. |
Waves crash over large rocks on the beach in Ocean City, Maryland.Featured: March 10, 2017Photographed: October 10, 2016 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "A day trip to Ocean City that definitely felt rushed…" in the Journal. |
Ellenco 5C fire alarm pull station at 932 South Walter Reed Drive in Arlington, Virginia.Featured: March 3, 2017Photographed: December 27, 2016 |
Amtrak locomotive 13 leads the eastbound Capitol Limited, shown here making a station stop in Rockville, Maryland.Featured: February 23, 2017Photographed: February 15, 2017 |
Springer Road in Valley Lee, Maryland, facing approximately northwest.Featured: February 10, 2017Photographed: December 20, 2016 |
Orange Daylily at the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe, Illinois.Featured: February 4, 2017Photographed: July 27, 2013 Notes: This photo is part of the Chicago Botanic Garden Photography set. |
An Embraer 175LR airliner takes off from Washington National Airport, as seen from Gravelly Point in Arlington, Virginia.Featured: January 27, 2017Photographed: November 15, 2016 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Trying my hand at planespotting…" in the Journal. |
Contents of a trash can on North Eutaw Street in Baltimore, Maryland, filled mostly with discarded parking citations.Featured: January 20, 2017Photographed: January 18, 2017 |
Bottles of Crystal Pepsi for sale at a grocery store in Glen Burnie, Maryland.Featured: January 12, 2017Photographed: August 6, 2016 |
Sign for a payphone, on the ground near an abandoned house in Elkridge, Maryland.Featured: January 6, 2017Photographed: December 29, 2016 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Returning to Scott’s house…" in the Journal. |
Discarded soda can on the beach at Piney Point, Maryland.Featured: December 29, 2016Photographed: December 20, 2016 |
Clouds in the sky, as viewed through the canopy over the entrance to the Glenmont Metro station in Silver Spring, Maryland.Featured: December 13, 2016Photographed: October 19, 2016 |
The Cathedral of Learning, at the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Featured: December 7, 2016Photographed: October 25, 2016 |
Manhole cover for the Philadelphia Electric Company, now PECO, in the Manayunk neighborhood of Philadelphia.Featured: November 30, 2016Photographed: October 3, 2016 |
A Boeing 737 airliner, still painted in the older livery for American Airlines, takes off from Washington National Airport, as seen from Gravelly Point in Arlington, Virginia.Featured: November 22, 2016Photographed: November 15, 2016 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Trying my hand at planespotting…" in the Journal. |
Traffic light at the intersection of Green Lane and the Schuylkill Expressway in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Featured: November 10, 2016Photographed: October 3, 2016 |
Discarded swim mask on the beach at Lake Habeeb, a reservoir in Allegany County, Maryland.Featured: November 2, 2016Photographed: September 1, 2016 |
Joy of Life, a sculpture at the intersection of Baum Blvd. and South Whitfield Street in the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Featured: October 27, 2016Photographed: October 25, 2016 Notes: This is the so-called "Anatomically Correct Statue", last seen on Schumin Web in the Pittsburgh with LPCM photo set from 2003. The sculpture is formally known as "Joy of Life", by Virgil Cantini, and was dedicated in 1969. |
Outbound MARC Brunswick Line train at the station in Kensington, Maryland.Featured: October 18, 2016Photographed: July 22, 2016 |
Bus 2221, a 2000 Orion V, at Burtonsville Park and Ride, northern terminus for the Z6 route.Featured: October 5, 2016Photographed: April 15, 2016 |
A can of Steel Reserve beer, wrapped in a paper bag underneath a bench in a bus shelter at the Takoma Metro station.Featured: September 28, 2016Photographed: May 31, 2015 |
Smokestack at Brunner Island Steam Electric Station in York County, Pennsylvania.Featured: September 21, 2016Photographed: August 11, 2016 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "I have been to Pennsylvania a lot lately…" in the Journal. |
A vintage Remington "Quiet Riter" typewriter in the front lawn of an abandoned house in Elkridge, Maryland.Featured: September 10, 2016Photographed: March 17, 2016 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Scott's House" in Photography, and "Exploring an abandoned house…" in the Journal. |
A swim mask sits abandoned on the sand in the beach area at Lake Habeeb, a lake in Allegany County, Maryland.Featured: September 4, 2016Photographed: September 1, 2016 |
Two people stand on High Rock, taking in the view and talking on the phone.Featured: August 27, 2016Photographed: October 22, 2015 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "High Rock" in Photography. |
A SEPTA regional rail train led by car 316 and consisting of Silverliner railcars, at Suburban Station in Philadelphia.Featured: August 20, 2016Photographed: June 9, 2016 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Good to see our old house looking better than it has in quite some time…" in the Journal. |
A woman lines up a shot with her camera in a park in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.Featured: August 13, 2016Photographed: August 11, 2016 Notes: The subject of this photo is my friend Elyse. For more photos from this day, see "I have been to Pennsylvania a lot lately…" in the Journal. |
Stuffed toys of The Smurfs inside a claw machine at a store in Glen Burnie, Maryland.Featured: August 7, 2016Photographed: March 3, 2015 |
Marker graffiti on a wall at the former Skyline Parkway Motor Court, an abandoned motel on Afton Mountain in Virginia.Featured: July 30, 2016Photographed: March 30, 2016 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "The only constant is change…" in the Journal. |
Outbound MARC Brunswick Line train arriving at the station in Kensington, Maryland.Featured: July 23, 2016Photographed: July 22, 2016 |
Signage for the Interstate 83 business loop through downtown York, Pennsylvania.Featured: July 17, 2016Photographed: July 14, 2016 |
Edwards fire alarm pull station at 4303 Connecticut Avenue NW in Washington, DC.Featured: July 10, 2016Photographed: May 26, 2016 Notes: Note the older Edwards logo, where the shield is more square in shape, rather than triangular. |
House on Cornell Road in Glassboro, New Jersey.Featured: July 4, 2016Photographed: June 9, 2016 Notes: This is the house where I lived from birth to age three. For more photos from this day, see "Good to see our old house looking better than it has in quite some time…" in the Journal. |
A plastic shopping bag from the now-defunct discount store Ames, now holding trash on the side of a road in Aspen Hill, Maryland.Featured: June 27, 2016Photographed: June 24, 2016 Notes: For those curious, this bag is 14 years old at minimum, as Ames went out of business in 2002. Really a shame to see this vintage shopping bag end its days as a garbage bag, as I'm sure that many collectors would love to have had it. |
Vintage neon sign for Marlow Heights Shopping Center, off of Branch Avenue and St. Barnabas Road in Prince George's County, Maryland.Featured: June 17, 2016Photographed: May 25, 2016 |
Chancellor Street, a cobblestone alley between South 12th and 13th Streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Featured: June 10, 2016Photographed: June 9, 2016 |
Railroad signal and crossbuck on Gun Road, at one of the exits for Patapsco Valley State Park in Baltimore County, Maryland.Featured: May 29, 2016Photographed: March 17, 2016 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Exploring an abandoned house…" in the Journal, and "Scott's House" in Photography. |