A rusted stop sign in yellow and black off of Bucheimer Road in Frederick, Maryland.

Photographed: August 30, 2024

Tunnel carrying southbound traffic on Airport Road NW (SR 118) beneath the runways of Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport in Roanoke, Virginia.

Photographed: August 22, 2024

Overhead view of a replica of the Statue of Liberty, located in the middle of the Susquehanna River in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.

Photographed: August 16, 2024

Luna moth on the platform at the Greenbelt Metro station.

Photographed: August 13, 2024

Electric meters along an alley in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.

Photographed: November 4, 2023

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

A coin-operated viewer stands on the deck of the MV New Jersey, one of the vessels working the Cape May-Lewes Ferry route, seen at sunset.

Photographed: April 5, 2024

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "A trip across South Jersey…" in the Journal.

Elyse photographs a shelf containing soda bottles at a Food Lion store in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.

Photographed: March 11, 2022

Signage at the terminus of Dorsey Avenue, a frontage road for Dorchester Road, near the intersection with Leeds Avenue in North Charleston, South Carolina.

Photographed: April 18, 2024

Notes: For more photos from this trip, see "A proper visit to Charleston…" in the Journal.

Cell phone tower in Hot Springs, Virginia, disguised so as to somewhat resemble a tree.

Photographed: March 21, 2024

Aerial view of the Roanoke Star, atop Mill Mountain in Roanoke, Virginia.

Photographed: June 13, 2024

The Cathedral of Learning, a 42-story building on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh.

Photographed: June 2, 2023

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

West corridor at District 40, formerly Frederick Towne Mall, a partially abandoned former shopping mall in Frederick, Maryland.

Photographed: June 21, 2024

The Newport News Middle Ground Light, a lighthouse in the waters of Hampton Roads in Virginia.

Photographed: May 31, 2024

Cumulonimbus cloud near Poolesville, Maryland.

Photographed: June 6, 2024

A brick smokestack in downtown Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, retrofitted as a cellular tower.

Photographed: May 16, 2024

A very rusted "no parking" sign at the former Verona Elementary School in Augusta County, Virginia.

Photographed: December 14, 2023

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "A weekend in Augusta County, unsupervised…" in the Journal.

A road runs through a section of Michaux State Forest in Franklin County, Pennsylvania on a very foggy day.

Photographed: May 10, 2024

A train waits at the platform at Frankford Transportation Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, prior to beginning a trip on SEPTA's Market-Frankford Line.

Photographed: May 11, 2023

Overhead view of the MSC Manzanillo as it travels up the Cooper River in Charleston, South Carolina.

Photographed: April 18, 2024

Notes: For more photos from this trip, see "A proper visit to Charleston…" in the Journal.

Forest during a controlled burn in McClellanville, South Carolina.

Photographed: April 19, 2024

The remains of the SS Atlantus, a shipwreck in the waters off of Cape May, New Jersey.

Photographed: April 5, 2024

Notes: As originally published, the caption incorrectly identified the ship as the USS Atlantus. The error in the ship's prefix was discovered and corrected after the feature had already gone off of the main page.

Partial solar eclipse over Greenbelt, Maryland.

Photographed: April 8, 2024

Yellow blaze marking on a tree for the Gathright Dam overlook trail, in Bath County, Virginia.

Photographed: March 21, 2024

The Francis Scott Key Bridge, which carried traffic on Interstate 695 over the Patapsco River in Baltimore, Maryland.

Photographed: June 16, 2022

Notes: I admit that it pained me somewhat to rework this caption, largely taken from an earlier photo feature from the same photo shoot, into the past tense. But such is what happens when a container ship drifts into the bridge and causes it to collapse. My condolences to the families of the victims of this disaster.

Fire at the Aggregate Industries quarry off of Piney Meetinghouse Road near Rockville, Maryland.

Photographed: March 14, 2024

Notes: For more photos of the fire, see "Fire at the quarry…" in the Journal.

Lights over the football field at Paint Branch High School, a public high school in Fairland, Maryland.

Photographed: March 1, 2024

Vintage fire alarm pull station at 4405 East-West Highway, an office building in Bethesda, Maryland.

Photographed: August 18, 2023

Overhead view of a Honda HR-V at Willett Street Industries in Passaic, New Jersey.

Photographed: April 14, 2023

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

Railroad crossbuck near the intersection of Boulevard de la Cité and Boulevard Maloney in Gatineau, Quebec.

Photographed: May 18, 2023

Notes: For more photos from this visit, see "Ottawa" in the Journal.

A water tower stands over the town of Purcellville, Virginia.

Photographed: February 15, 2024

Cupola on top of Wilson Hall, on the campus of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Photographed: September 13, 2023

Ross Dress for Less in Oxon Hill, Maryland, housed in a building that was originally designed to hold an Old Navy store.

Photographed: January 22, 2024

The PPL Building in Allentown, Pennsylvania, viewed from overhead.

Photographed: January 17, 2024

Notes: For more photos from this trip, see "Nothing like making a weekend trip to New York and getting sick while there…" in the Journal.

A race car driver takes paying customers on a thrill ride in a Dodge Charger at the Chrysler Nationals in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

Photographed: July 15, 2023

Sunset over Swatara Township, Pennsylvania.

Photographed: January 5, 2024

Packages of men's underwear in locked cases at the Walmart Supercenter in Ellicott City, Maryland.

Photographed: April 27, 2023

Port bow nameplate on the SS United States, an ocean liner moored at Pier 82 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Photographed: December 29, 2023

Bonfire at a home in Fort Washington, Maryland.

Photographed: December 8, 2023

Notes: Before anyone remarks that you're not supposed to burn cardboard in a fire pit, I know. I had nothing to do with the making or maintenance of this fire. I just photographed.

Interior of the former JCPenney store at the Fashion Square shopping mall in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Photographed: December 13, 2023

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

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.

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.

Photographed: November 4, 2023

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

Photographed: September 15, 2023

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

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.

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.

Photographed: October 19, 2023

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

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.

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.

Photographed: March 31, 2023

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