Photo Feature Archives
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Woomy the octopus sits on a couch in the lobby of a Hilton Garden Inn near Manassas, Virginia.Featured: May 16, 2025Photographed: October 25, 2024 |
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Vacant tenant space at the front of the Walmart Supercenter in Etters, Pennsylvania.Featured: May 11, 2025Photographed: January 24, 2025 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Winter in Harrisburg..." in the Journal. |
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Clouds and sky above Marion, North Carolina.Featured: May 2, 2025Photographed: April 23, 2025 Notes: For those wondering, this was taken from N120DN, an Airbus A321-211, on Delta flight 737. |
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Semi-trailer carrying Big Lots/Odd Lots branding behind the Big Lots store in Montgomery Village, Maryland.Featured: April 25, 2025Photographed: February 12, 2025 Notes: Interestingly, this trailer remained in place after the store closed and the company vacated the building. |
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Interior of a 1959 GM TDM-4515 coach bus, on static display at the Museum of Bus Transportation in Hershey, Pennsylvania.Featured: April 19, 2025Photographed: April 17, 2025 |
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A vacant former Tesla showroom at Montgomery Mall in Bethesda, Maryland.Featured: April 11, 2025Photographed: April 11, 2025 Notes: Compare to this photograph of the same Tesla showroom while it was still occupied. |
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The Carolina Belle, a tour boat on the Cooper River in Charleston, South Carolina.Featured: April 4, 2025Photographed: October 8, 2024 |
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Neon cross sign at the Valley Mission, a homeless shelter on West Beverley Street in Staunton, Virginia.Featured: March 28, 2025Photographed: March 27, 2025 |
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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.Featured: March 21, 2025Photographed: 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. |
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Signage for Interstate 83 business along South George Street in York, Pennsylvania.Featured: March 14, 2025Photographed: March 13, 2025 |
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Clock tower atop the police department building in downtown Waynesboro, Pennsylvania.Featured: March 7, 2025Photographed: December 6, 2024 |
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Elyse smiles while holding a basket full of raindrop-shaped plush toys.Featured: February 28, 2025Photographed: February 19, 2025 |
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The funnels of the SS United States tower over the surrounding area at Pier 82 in Philadelphia.Featured: February 21, 2025Photographed: 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. |
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Sign frame for what was once a Texaco gas station near the intersection of Interstate 81 and Friedens Church Road in Mount Crawford, Virginia.Featured: February 14, 2025Photographed: February 13, 2025 |
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A meal of Swedish meatballs with mashed potatoes, peas, and lingonberry jam at the IKEA on Columbus Boulevard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Featured: February 7, 2025Photographed: September 14, 2024 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "A visit to New Jersey and Long Island…" in the Journal. |
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Steam emits from a smokestack at Talen Energy’s Brandon Shores power plant near Baltimore, Maryland.Featured: January 31, 2025Photographed: January 15, 2025 |
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Traffic signal at the intersection of Ann and South Wood Streets in Middletown, Pennsylvania.Featured: January 25, 2025Photographed: January 25, 2025 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Winter in Harrisburg..." in the Journal. |
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Button in an elevator at Mount Vernon Square station in Washington, DC.Featured: January 17, 2025Photographed: January 5, 2025 |
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Aerial view of MedStar Montgomery Medical Center, a hospital in Olney, Maryland, on a snowy day.Featured: January 10, 2025Photographed: January 10, 2025 |
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Height warning sign ahead of a low-clearance bridge just beyond the intersection of West Peabody Street and South Gregson Street in Durham, North Carolina.Featured: January 3, 2025Photographed: April 19, 2024 Notes: For more photos from this trip, see "A proper visit to Charleston…" in the Journal. And yes, this is the infamous "11-foot-8" bridge that trucks tend to hit a lot. |
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Stub end of the highway ramp from Sollers Point in Baltimore County, Maryland, which had carried Interstate 695 across the Francis Scott Key Bridge prior to the bridge's destruction in a shipping accident in March 2024.Featured: December 28, 2024Photographed: December 27, 2024 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "When the bridge is gone…" in the Journal. |
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Clouds dot the sky over downtown Waynesboro, Pennsylvania.Featured: December 20, 2024Photographed: December 6, 2024 |
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Room G2 at Gabbin Hall on the campus of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, undergoing renovations.Featured: December 13, 2024Photographed: March 20, 2024 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Adventures in the mountains…" in the Journal. |
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Vintage coded fire alarm pull station at 2200 Hamilton Street in Allentown, Pennsylvania.Featured: December 6, 2024Photographed: 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. |
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Overhead view of Stuarts Draft High School, a public school in Augusta County, Virginia.Featured: November 29, 2024Photographed: December 15, 2023 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "A weekend in Augusta County, unsupervised…" in the Journal. |
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A clear dental aligner lays discarded on a sidewalk in Greenbelt, Maryland.Featured: November 22, 2024Photographed: November 5, 2024 |
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Montauk Point, which forms the easternmost point of Long Island, as well as the easternmost point in the state of New York as a whole.Featured: November 15, 2024Photographed: September 13, 2024 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "A visit to New Jersey and Long Island…" in the Journal. |
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Traffic signal governing vehicles traveling eastbound on West Lawrence Avenue at its intersection with North Oakley Avenue in Chicago, Illinois.Featured: November 8, 2024Photographed: November 4, 2023 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Midwest Road Trip" in Life and Times, and "Walking to Starbucks" in Photography. |
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Water tower at the former PGI Nonwovens facility in Landisville, New Jersey.Featured: November 1, 2024Photographed: April 4, 2024 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "A trip across South Jersey…" in the Journal. |
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The Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Bridge, one of several bridges spanning the Susquehanna River in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.Featured: October 25, 2024Photographed: August 16, 2024 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "An overnight trip to Pennsylvania…" in the Journal. |
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The barge CMT Y Not 8 is pushed up the Cooper River by the tugboat Helen in Charleston, South Carolina.Featured: October 18, 2024Photographed: October 8, 2024 |
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Aurora borealis, viewed from Ringgold, Maryland.Featured: October 11, 2024Photographed: October 11, 2024 |
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A fire alarm horn stands watch over a corridor at 5000 Sunnyside Avenue in Beltsville, Maryland.Featured: October 4, 2024Photographed: July 26, 2024 |
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The stern of the SS United States, a retired ocean liner moored at Pier 82 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Featured: September 27, 2024Photographed: September 14, 2024 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "A visit to New Jersey and Long Island…" in the Journal. |
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Sign for a now-abandoned Super 8 Motel in Kinston, North Carolina.Featured: September 21, 2024Photographed: September 6, 2024 Notes: For more photos from this outing, see "A bus adventure in Charleston…" in the Journal. |
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Former Staunton Transit bus 2, a 1973 GMC Fishbowl, now in the collection of the Commonwealth Coach & Trolley museum in Roanoke, Virginia.Featured: September 13, 2024Photographed: June 13, 2024 |
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A rusted stop sign in yellow and black off of Bucheimer Road in Frederick, Maryland.Featured: September 6, 2024Photographed: August 30, 2024 |
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Tunnel carrying southbound traffic on Airport Road NW (SR 118) beneath the runways of Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport in Roanoke, Virginia.Featured: August 30, 2024Photographed: August 22, 2024 |
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Overhead view of a replica of the Statue of Liberty, located in the middle of the Susquehanna River in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.Featured: August 23, 2024Photographed: August 16, 2024 |
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Luna moth on the platform at the Greenbelt Metro station.Featured: August 16, 2024Photographed: August 13, 2024 |
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Electric meters along an alley in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.Featured: August 9, 2024Photographed: November 4, 2023 Notes: For more photos from this trip, see "A trip to the Midwest…" in the Journal. |
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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.Featured: August 2, 2024Photographed: April 5, 2024 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "A trip across South Jersey…" in the Journal. |
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Elyse photographs a shelf containing soda bottles at a Food Lion store in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.Featured: July 26, 2024Photographed: March 11, 2022 |
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Signage at the terminus of Dorsey Avenue, a frontage road for Dorchester Road, near the intersection with Leeds Avenue in North Charleston, South Carolina.Featured: July 19, 2024Photographed: April 18, 2024 Notes: For more photos from this trip, see "A proper visit to Charleston…" in the Journal. |
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Cell phone tower in Hot Springs, Virginia, disguised so as to somewhat resemble a tree.Featured: July 12, 2024Photographed: March 21, 2024 |
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Aerial view of the Roanoke Star, atop Mill Mountain in Roanoke, Virginia.Featured: July 5, 2024Photographed: June 13, 2024 |
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The Cathedral of Learning, a 42-story building on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh.Featured: June 28, 2024Photographed: June 2, 2023 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "A weekend trip to Pittsburgh…" in the Journal. |
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West corridor at District 40, formerly Frederick Towne Mall, a partially abandoned former shopping mall in Frederick, Maryland.Featured: June 22, 2024Photographed: June 21, 2024 |
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The Newport News Middle Ground Light, a lighthouse in the waters of Hampton Roads in Virginia.Featured: June 14, 2024Photographed: May 31, 2024 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "A weekend loop trip…" in the Journal. |
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Cumulonimbus cloud near Poolesville, Maryland.Featured: June 7, 2024Photographed: June 6, 2024 |
