Weathered street signs at the intersection of Brink and Goshen Roads near Montgomery Village, Maryland.

Photographed: October 9, 2020

Center aisle at the Shoppers Food store in Westminster, Maryland.

Photographed: August 20, 2020

A flag flies over West Main Street in Waynesboro, Virginia.

Photographed: March 9, 2021

7000-Series railcar on the Orange Line of the Washington Metro system.

Photographed: April 25, 2021

Cans of Mountain Dew Rise on the shelf at a grocery store in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania.

Photographed: March 30, 2021

A Honda HR-V turns its 50,000th mile.

Photographed: May 16, 2020

Notes: As you probably guessed, this depicts my 2018 Honda HR-V.

Detail of a sunflower made out of marshmallow Peeps and chocolate chips, on display at a Peeps-themed art show in Westminster, Maryland.

Photographed: April 5, 2021

Temporary wooden street signs at the intersection of Carl D. Silver Parkway and Haymarket Street in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Photographed: June 4, 2020

The Simpson Tower, at the corner of Queen and Bay Streets in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Photographed: April 15, 2019

Notes: For more photos from this adventure, see "Toronto 2019" in Life and Times.

Former Kmart store in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Photographed: April 3, 2020

Notes: For more photos from this adventure, see "A trip out to Hampton Roads…" in the Journal.

Former Toys "R" Us shopping cart in an aisle at the Food Star supermarket in Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia, itself housed in a former Toys "R" Us building.

Photographed: January 28, 2021

Mobile phone tower above downtown Waynesboro, Virginia.

Photographed: December 11, 2020

Guide sign for the interchange with US 33 on southbound Interstate 295 near Richmond, Virginia.

Photographed:

Notes: For more photos from this adventure, see "A trip out to Hampton Roads…" in the Journal.

Facade of the former Sheraton hotel in Tysons Corner, Virginia.

Photographed: January 28, 2021

Disclaimer sign on a rack of face masks at the Zumiez store in Columbia, Maryland.

Photographed: February 12, 2021

U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey benchmark at the Williamsburg, Virginia Transportation Center.

Photographed: April 6, 2020

Federal Signal Modulator siren, along the boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Photographed: January 15, 2021

The SS United States, behind a fence along Columbus Boulevard in Philadelphia.

Photographed: January 14, 2021

The grave of Paul Revere at the Granary Burying Ground in Boston, Massachusetts.

Photographed: May 30, 2010

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

Neon sign at the Ingleside, a golf course and former resort in Staunton, Virginia.

Photographed: December 10, 2020

Camera on a tripod, photographing Burnt Mills Dam in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Photographed: March 29, 2020

Subway restaurant in the Goshen Plaza shopping center in Montgomery Village, Maryland, after closing.

Photographed: November 6, 2020

Buckingham Branch locomotive 13 idles on a track near downtown Staunton, Virginia.

Photographed: December 10, 2020

Platform at East Falls Church station, on the Orange Line of the Washington Metro system.

Photographed: November 17, 2020

International S-100 truck outside of Lone Oak Farm Brewing Company in Olney, Maryland.

Photographed: December 3, 2020

Traffic signals on a large gantry spanning the intersection of Fairfax County Parkway and Sunrise Valley Road in Reston, Virginia.

Photographed: November 20, 2020

Federal Signal Thunderbolt siren on Waterloo Road in Jessup, Maryland.

Photographed: November 19, 2020

Exit sign at the South Mountain rest area in Frederick County, Maryland.

Photographed: November 13, 2020

A DJI Mavic Mini drone hovers over a parking lot in Leesburg, Virginia.

Photographed: November 6, 2020

Activated fire alarm pull station at a former motel in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.

Photographed: October 29, 2020

Notes: This was taken at the former Park Inn by Radisson in Mechanicsburg. The hotel had recently closed, and was slated for demolition in preparation for a redevelopment of the property into a shopping center.

Antennas on a cell phone tower in Smithsburg, Maryland.

Photographed: October 5, 2020

Statue of Lady Justice atop the cupola of the Augusta County Courthouse in downtown Staunton, Virginia.

Photographed: October 16, 2020

Notes: This statue is item #4763 from the Mullins statuary catalog. More information on recent repairs to this statue can be found here.

Street signs at the intersection of Brink and Wightman Roads in Montgomery Village, Maryland.

Photographed: October 9, 2020

Monument to the casualties suffered by the 4th Maine Infantry during the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, at Devil's Den near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Photographed: August 20, 2020

A row of townhouses in Montgomery Village, Maryland.

Photographed: September 24, 2020

Notes: This photo was taken with the camera on my new Mavic Mini drone. Additionally, as you may have guessed, my house is the one in the center, with the green shutters.

Roast beef and turkey sandwiches for sale at Little George's, a small market near Westminster, Maryland.

Photographed: September 4, 2020

A masked demonstrator holds up a sign advocating against the Church of Scientology's "Fair Game" practice at an Anonymous demonstration in Washington, DC.

Photographed: July 12, 2008

Notes: For more information about this and similar demonstrations, see "Project Chanology in the Nation's Capital" in Life and Times.

Disused lower level of the Sears department store in White Oak, Maryland.

Photographed: August 8, 2020

Clouds move past the sun over a field in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Photographed: August 10, 2020

"Wrong way" sign along a one-way road in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Photographed: August 20, 2020

Clock tower at Pentagon Row, a mixed-use development in Arlington, Virginia's Pentagon City neighborhood.

Photographed: August 12, 2020

A discarded pair of disposable gloves in the parking lot of the Lowe's store in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Photographed: August 5, 2020

Photo booth, closed because of concerns over coronavirus, at York Galleria, a shopping mall in York, Pennsylvania.

Photographed: July 29, 2020

Nonstandard sign warning drivers of the traffic pattern around a median on Georgia Avenue in Olney, Maryland.

Photographed: July 11, 2020

Retro-styled McDonald's restaurant in Ranson, West Virginia.

Photographed: June 24, 2020

A Boeing 767-281 operated by freight carrier ABX Air takes off from Baltimore–Washington International Airport.

Photographed: July 9, 2020

"No swearing" sign on a lamppost along Atlantic Avenue in the resort area of Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Photographed: August 12, 2004

Notes: These signs were part of a "No Bad Behavior" campaign that had been introduced in 2000. A quote article ran on Schumin Web discussing these signs during their inaugural season. The signs were removed in 2019 after a business group lobbied the city for their removal, considering them unwelcoming and ineffective.

Town name sign on southbound Back Creek Valley Road in Shanghai, West Virginia.

Photographed: June 24, 2020

Notes: For those wondering, Shanghai, West Virginia is basically an intersection in the middle of nowhere in Berkeley County, about twenty minutes outside of Martinsburg.

Street pylon at the east entrance to Pentagon City station in Arlington County, Virginia.

Photographed: February 8, 2003

Sign in front of a Popeyes restaurant in Charles Town, West Virginia announcing that the dining room is open again following the lifting of coronavirus-related restrictions on indoor dining.

Photographed: June 11, 2020