A silver perch swims around a fish tank in the Bass Pro Shops store at the Arundel Mills shopping mall in Hanover, Maryland.

Photographed: July 24, 2025

Workshop space at Sitar Arts Center, an education and workforce development facility in Washington, DC focusing on visual, digital, and performing arts.

Photographed: October 31, 2025

Truss section of the eastbound span of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, a pair of bridges that carries traffic on US 50 between central Maryland and the Eastern Shore.

Photographed: January 8, 2026

Hamburg Süd shipping container adjacent to Pier 82 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Photographed: September 13, 2025

A Dollar Tree location undergoing initial store setup at the Milestone shopping center in Germantown, Maryland.

Photographed: December 18, 2025

Viewer at the US 250 overlook just east of Rockfish Gap in Nelson County, Virginia.

Photographed: December 12, 2025

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "An unsupervised trip to Virginia…" in the Journal.

"No Kings" protest, held in front of the Augusta County Courthouse in Staunton, Virginia.

Photographed: October 18, 2025

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "No Kings Day in Staunton…" in the Journal.

Simplex fire alarm pull station at the Harris Teeter store on Army Navy Drive in Arlington, Virginia's Pentagon City neighborhood.

Photographed: October 9, 2025

Former WMATA bus 6181 parked at the Buc-ee's location in Mount Crawford, Virginia.

Photographed: November 27, 2025

Unfinished station entrance pylon at New York Avenue-Florida Avenue-Gallaudet University (now NoMa-Gallaudet University) Metro station in Washington, DC, a few days after the then-new station opened to the public.

Photographed: November 24, 2004

A recently deceased spotted lanternfly lies on the pavement along River Road in Middletown, Pennsylvania.

Photographed: September 26, 2025

A sand castle stands on the beach alongside the Aquatic Park Cove in San Francisco, California.

Photographed: May 30, 2025

"This place tastes good" written on a wall at Goody's Carry-Out, a take-out restaurant in Alexandria, Virginia.

Photographed: October 31, 2025

Imprint of a leaf in a concrete sidewalk at the Grosvenor-Strathmore Metro station in North Bethesda, Maryland.

Photographed: October 23, 2025

The USNS Comfort, a Mercy-class hospital ship, docked in Mobile, Alabama.

Photographed: April 24, 2025

Research and Tests Laboratory Car at the Norfolk Southern rail facility in Roanoke, Virginia.

Photographed: June 19, 2025

A woman uses a camera rig to line up a shot during the Pride parade in Baltimore, Maryland.

Photographed: June 14, 2025

A Days Inn sign stands in front of the remains of an abandoned hotel building and restaurant near Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania.

Photographed: September 25, 2025

Notes: I have discussed this property twice before. The first time was in early March 2020, and the second about a year later.

East corridor at the Berlin Farmers Market, an indoor shopping center in Berlin, New Jersey.

Photographed: September 12, 2025

Car 3055 leads a train at New Carrollton, the eastern terminus of the Washington Metro Orange Line.

Photographed: August 26, 2025

Chocolate ice cream fills a cake cone at a McDonald's restaurant in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Photographed: August 29, 2025

Former Tesla showroom at Montgomery Mall in Bethesda, Maryland, now in use as a clothing store.

Photographed: August 29, 2025

Notes: Compare to this photograph of the same space while Tesla still occupied the space, and this photographof the vacated space.

American Standard "Sanistand" female urinal in the restroom of a shop in downtown Winchester, Virginia.

Photographed: August 21, 2025

Eastbound tube of the Holland Tunnel, which carries Interstate 78 between Jersey City, New Jersey and New York City.

Photographed: June 6, 2025

Interior of The Fashion Centre at Pentagon City, also known as Pentagon City Mall, an indoor shopping center in Arlington, Virginia.

Photographed: June 26, 2025

Former CARTA bus 3426, a New Flyer D35HF, at an air conditioning repair facility in Elkridge, Maryland.

Photographed: July 24, 2025

Traffic signal mounted to a utility pole at the intersection of Main Street, Manchester Street, Hanover Street, and Baltimore Street in Glen Rock, Pennsylvania.

Photographed: March 13, 2025

Bow-on view of the SS United States, undergoing preparation work in Mobile, Alabama for eventual sinking as an artificial reef.

Photographed: April 25, 2025

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Seeing the Big U one last time…" in the Journal.

Two commercial-grade Michelin tires, freshly installed on the rear axle of a New Flyer transit bus.

Photographed: July 11, 2025

Notes: For those wondering, yes, this is former CARTA bus 3426.

The American flag flies atop the American Theater, a former movie theater turned event venue in downtown Charleston, South Carolina.

Photographed: October 6, 2024

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

Graffiti reading "EAT THE RICH" on a restroom building at the Columbia Island Marina, a facility located along the George Washington Memorial Parkway in Washington, DC.

Photographed: June 26, 2025

Interior of the former Big Lots store at 4350 Franklin Road in Roanoke, Virginia.

Photographed: June 19, 2025

The Golden Gate Bridge, which carries traffic on US 101 between San Francisco and Marin County, California.

Photographed: May 29, 2025

Surface-mounted power outlet with a folded-over wall plate at the Lowe's store in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Photographed: April 10, 2025

Corridor on an upper floor of the former Hampton House building at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, undergoing demolition.

Photographed: May 16, 2025

Friendship Heights, a station on the Red Line of the Washington Metro, located on the boundary between Washington, DC and Chevy Chase, Maryland.

Photographed: April 3, 2025

Woomy the octopus sits on a couch in the lobby of a Hilton Garden Inn near Manassas, Virginia.

Photographed: October 25, 2024

Vacant tenant space at the front of the Walmart Supercenter in Etters, Pennsylvania.

Photographed: January 24, 2025

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Winter in Harrisburg..." in the Journal.

Clouds and sky above Marion, North Carolina.

Photographed: April 23, 2025

Notes: For those wondering, this was taken from N120DN, an Airbus A321-211, on Delta flight 737.

Semi-trailer carrying Big Lots/Odd Lots branding behind the Big Lots store in Montgomery Village, Maryland.

Photographed: February 12, 2025

Notes: Interestingly, this trailer remained in place after the store closed and the company vacated the building.

Interior of a 1959 GM TDM-4515 coach bus, on static display at the Museum of Bus Transportation in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

Photographed: April 17, 2025

A vacant former Tesla showroom at Montgomery Mall in Bethesda, Maryland.

Photographed: April 11, 2025

Notes: Compare to this photograph of the same Tesla showroom while it was still occupied.

The Carolina Belle, a tour boat on the Cooper River in Charleston, South Carolina.

Photographed: October 8, 2024

Neon cross sign at the Valley Mission, a homeless shelter on West Beverley Street in Staunton, Virginia.

Photographed: March 27, 2025

Historical plaque at the Hudson's Bay Queen Street store in Toronto that describes the origins and expansion of the building, first built for the Robert Simpson Company in 1896.

Photographed: April 15, 2019

Notes: This photo feature was run as a companion to the Journal entry "Saying goodbye to a childhood icon…" in recognition of the upcoming closure of the store that was used as a filming location for Today's Special.

Signage for Interstate 83 business along South George Street in York, Pennsylvania.

Photographed: March 13, 2025

Clock tower atop the police department building in downtown Waynesboro, Pennsylvania.

Photographed: December 6, 2024

Elyse smiles while holding a basket full of raindrop-shaped plush toys.

Photographed: February 19, 2025

The funnels of the SS United States tower over the surrounding area at Pier 82 in Philadelphia.

Photographed: September 14, 2024

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "A visit to New Jersey and Long Island…" in the Journal. This photo was run in recognition of the ship's departure from her longtime home in Philadelphia, which occurred on February 19, 2025.

Sign frame for what was once a Texaco gas station near the intersection of Interstate 81 and Friedens Church Road in Mount Crawford, Virginia.

Photographed: February 13, 2025