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The Great Salt Lake in Utah is the largest remnant of Lake Bonneville, a prehistoric lake the once covered most of Utah and parts of Idaho. The Great Salt Lake covers an average of 1,700 square miles, but its water level fluctuates significantly. A railroad causeway across the lake's center creates differing levels of salinity in each half, resulting in the northern half of the lake taking on a reddish hue and the southern half looking more blue. Great Salt Lake, Uta. (Nathanael Miller, 27 August 2018)
Freemont Street was the original Las Vegas Strip. Partially turned into a pedestrian forum now, it includes numerous historic neon signs from long-gone hotels. Las Vegas, Nevada. (Nathanael Miller, 16 Oct. 2018)
The ruins of Spencer's Store (also known as Elgin House) across from C&O Canal Lock 33. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal operated from 1831 until 1924 along the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., to Cumberland, Maryland. It was just over 184 miles long and required 74 locks due to the elevation change of 605 feet. Today the towpath and abandoned locks are maintained by the National Park Service. Knoxville, Maryland. (Nathanael Miller, 11 Jan. 2018)
The view over Manao Valley, Diamond Head, Punchbowl, and Honolulu from Puu Ualakaa State Park on Tantalus just off the famous Roundtop Loop. Honolulu, Hawaii. (Nathanael Miller. 19 April 2018)
Mount Rainier National Park. Mount Rainier the highest peak of the Cascade volcanoes, rising 14,411 feet above sea level. It is also considered one of the most dangerous volcanoes in North America. Mount Rainier National Park Washington. (5 Aug. 2020; Nathanael Miller)
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Elkhorn is a real-live dead Old West mining ghost town. Established in 1872, the town boomed during the 1890s and died when the mine played out and the railroad left in the 20th century. Two structures, Gillian and Fraternity Halls, are maintained as part of Elkhorn State Park (both built in the 1890s). Many of the graves in the cemetery are of children killed by a late 19th century diptheria outbreak. There are about a dozen people still living there today. Elkhorn, Montana. (Nathanael Miller, 21 August 2018)
Protected cruiser USS Olympia (C 6) on display at the Independence Seaport Museum. Olympia was commissioned in 1895 and reactivated several times, finally decommissioned in 1922. Most famously she was Commodore Dewey's flagship during the 1898 Battle of Manila Bay. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Nathanael Miller, 9 May 2018)
Established in 1929, Cowpens National Battlefield preserves the land American Brig. General Daniel Morgan clocked the daylights out of a superior British force under Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton Jan. 17, 1781, during the British' Southern Campaign. The battle was a signficant American victory and helped put British General Lord Cornwalllis on the path that eventually led to Yorktown The battle was named for the field which farmers used to pen cattle while fattening them up prior to sending them to market in Charleston. Gaffney, South Carolina. (Nathanael Miller, 13 Feb. 2018)
Life-sized model of a megladon skeleton. Calvert Marine Museum, founded in 1970 and telling the story of the Chesapeake Bay from ancient prehistoric times through the modern era. Solomons, Maryland. (Nathanael Miller, 16 Jan. 2018)
After shoveling out the driveway and a path to the street from the Mountain Duck (my townhouse), I walked around the Ridgetop area. I think I landed in Alaska instead of Washington State! Silverdale, Washington. (Nathanael Miller. 11 Feb. 2019)
Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Bocks Car," which dropped the "Fat Man" atomic bomb on Nagaski in August 1945. Founded in 1923, the museum is housed in four hangars on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and has more than 360 aircraft in its collection. (Nathanael Miller, 3 Dec. 2017)
Looking southwest into the crater from the northeast, the lava dome in the center of the crater is a prominent feature. Rising to 8,363 feet, Mount St. Helens lost about 1,300 feet from its height during the eruption of May, 1980. The entire north face of the mountain broke away in the largest landslide in recorded history, resulting in a lateral eruption that killed 57 people and temporarily blasted nearby Spirit Lake clear out of its bed. Today a massive lava dome occupies the center of the crater. Mount St. Helens remains the currently most active of the Cascade volcanoes. Washington State. (15 June 2019; Nathanael Miller)
The U.S. Air Force Armament Museum was founded in 1975. It is the only musuem dedicated primarily to the armaments carried by the Air Force, and boasts a collection of over 30 aircraft (U.S. and a few foreign), as well as hundreds of examples of munitions used by aerial warfare through history. Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. (Nathanael Miller. 29 Dec. 2018)
The new Tennessee State Museum building opened in October 2018. Telling the story of the Tennessee from prehistoric times through the modern era, its vast collection is well worth a visit. Featured artifacts include one of Daniel Boone's rifles; a rare 13-star U.S. flag with the original 6-pointed stars first mandated by Congress before the flag was changed to 5-pointed stars; a coat made by future-president Andrew Johnson when he was still a tailor; chairs used during Civil Rights sit-ins; and outfits and instruments used by Dolly Parton, Tina Turner, Elvis Presley, and Johnny Cash. Nashville, Tennessee. (Nathanael Miller. 21 Nov. 2018)
The 24-foot high American Horse, by Nina Akamu. It was inspired by a work created by Leonardo da Vinci. The Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park is a 158-acre (64 ha) botanical garden and outdoor sculpture park. It has a rather huge tropical conservatory, extensive Japanese garden, and winding paths that combine the natural and the art world by mixing the Meijers' sculpture collection into the garden landscape. Grand Rapids, Michigan. (Nathanael Miller, 19 Dec. 2017)
The New York-class battleship USS Texas (BB 35) was in commission from 1914 - 1948. It is one of the few American ships (and only battleship left) that served in both World Wars I and II. The ship has been a museum since 1948. La Porte, Texas. (Nathanael Miller, 01 Nov. 2018)
Water dripping through the lime mortar has been creating budding stalactites and stalacmites for over 100 yeras. Fort Jefferson on Garden Key in the Dry Tortugas. Fort Jefferson is the largest, most powerful masonry fort in the entire United States and was designed to maintain control of the entry way (and some nearby deep water anchorages) to the Gulf of Mexico. Built from 1846 - 1975 out of more than 16 million bricks, it was never finished. Dr. Samuel Mudd was held here for nearly four years after setting the broken legg of John Wilkes Boothe following the assasination of President Lincoln. Nearly 70 miles west of Key West, the Dry Tortugas mark the end of the third largest barrier reef in the world. (Nathanael Miller, 26 July 2017)
Traveling somewhere could be anywhere there's a coldness in the air but I don't care we drift deeper life goes on into the sound
The guest house FDR had constructed at his Warm Springs retreat. FDR came to Warm Springs in 1924 seeking therapy in the natural warm springs as he worked to recover from polio. His "Little White House" was built in 1932 and he used it as a retreat while president, and died in the house in April 1945. Warm Springs, Georgia. (Nathanael Miller, 17 March 2018)
The Bollman Truss Railroad Bridge across the Little Patuxent River was completed in 1869. It is the only surviving example of the Bollman Truss, and is one of the oldest standing railroad bridges in the United States. Today a foot bridge carrying the Savage Mill Trail, it originally served by carrying a railroad spur to Savage Mill. Savage, Maryland. (Nathanael Miller. 05 May 2018)
The Falls of Clyde was launched in 1878, and is the last surviving iron-hulled, four-masted full-rigged ship, and the only sail-driven oil tanker left. It is a museum ship, but deteriorating and may be lost. Honolulu, Hawaii. (Nathanael Miller. 22 April 2018)
Maintained by the Navajo Nation, the Four Corners Monuments marks one of the most fun accidents in American geographical history: the convergence of the states of New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and Utah. This is the only place in the U.S. where four states meet like this. Although this monument resides in four states at once, all my photos are "rooted" in New Mexico for archiving sake..
Four Corners, New Mexico. (Nathanael Miller. 04 Jan. 2019)
Carhenge was built by Jim Reinders as a memorial to his father and dedicated during the June, 1987 eclipse. It replicates Stonehenge, but also incluces an adjacent "auto-art" park. The auto-art features a station wagon repurposed into an homage to the wagons which brought the settlers west and a a peice called "The Fourd Seasons," five vertical cars (two are welded together, end to end) representing the seasons in Nebraska. Alliance, Nebraska. (Nathanael Miller, 09 Aug. 2018)
Balao-class submarine USS Becuna (SS 319) on display at the Independence Seaport Museum. Becuna was in commission from 1944 - 1969, and won four battle stars for World War II service. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Nathanael Miller, 9 May 2018)
Today a shopping facility, this was William Wall's warehouse when first built in the 1830s. Wall landed on Key West as a shipwreck survivor and stsyef, amassing a fortune as a wrecker and business man. (Nathanael Miller, 28 July 2017).
Albus the Crab at Cooper's Furnace. The furnance and chimney are all that remains of the Cooper Iron Works and town of Etowah in Georgia. Once a thriving center of Georgia industry, the furnace was destroyed by Union forces during Sherman's March to the Sea in 1864, and the town was later flooded out of exsitance when the Army Corps of Engineers created nearby Lake Allatoona after the construction of Allatoona Dam in 1950. Cartersville, Georgia. (Nathanael Miller, 18 March 2018)
The full-scale replica of the ancient Athenian Parthenon is the only building left in Centennial Park from the 1897 Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition. Originally built of plaster for the expostion, it was rebuilt out of concrete in the 1920s to create a more durable structure. Centennial Park today boasts a man-made lake, numerous monuments, and vast amounts of green space. Nashville, Tennessee. (Nathanael Miller, 12 May 2018)
Barbara at the Columbia River Maritime Museum tells the stories of the treacherous Columbia River Bar. One featured exhibit is the prototype USCG 44-foot motor lifeboat, 44300. 44300 is set up in a life-sized diorama depicting a rescue at sea in typically heavy seas. Astoria, Oregon. (31 December 2019; Nathanael Miller)
Elkhorn is a real-live dead Old West mining ghost town. Established in 1872, the town boomed during the 1890s and died when the mine played out and the railroad left in the 20th century. Two structures, Gillian and Fraternity Halls, are maintained as part of Elkhorn State Park (both built in the 1890s). Many of the graves in the cemetery are of children killed by a late 19th century diptheria outbreak. There are about a dozen people still living there today. Elkhorn, Montana. (Nathanael Miller, 21 August 2018)
Even on a rainy evening, Washington teems with life and tourists. Washington, D.C. (Nathanael Miller, 12 Jan. 2018)
Morris Island Lighthouse. Lit in 1876 and deactivated in 1962, it is 161 feet high. Originally it stood on Morris Island proper, but erosion long ago took out the keeper's quarters and separated the tower from the island. It was replaced by the Charleston Light on Sullivan's Island (background). Morris Island, South Carolina. (Nathanael Miller, 15 Feb. 2018)