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The Quarterdeck flags and well deck fragment of USS Ponce (LPD 15) with a very special sycamore tree on Baltimore Street in Gettysburg. This tree is a "witness tree," it is one of a handful of trees in town that was alive during the Battle of Gettysburg in July of 1863. This particular tree was one of two still alive in Gettysburg to witness a second event: President Lincoln passed this tree on his way to give the Gettysburg Address on Nov. 19, 1863. These two trees, along with a very few others around the country, are the only living connections left to the life of Abraham Lincoln. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (Nathanael Miller. 07 May 2018)
The pali (cliffs) of the Ko'olau Range. Kualoa Regional Park. Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. (Nathanael Miller. 21 April 2018)
The fire engine house is the only building left of the federal amory raided by John Brown in 1859. Today sitting 150 feet from its original location (marked by a stone obelisk), it became known as "John Brown's Fort" and is the building Brown made his last stand in. The building was moved four three times before being brought back to Harpers Ferry. Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. (Nathanael Miller, 9 Jan. 2018)
Albus the Crab with a Big Ole Viking! Alexandria's Big Ole Viking stands 28 feet tall and was built in 1965 to accompany the Kensington Runestone to the World's Fair. The Kensington Runestone is a purported Viking runestone found in Minnesota in the 19th century that claims to chronicle a 14th century Viking incursion into North America. Ponce was in commission from 1971 - 2017. Alexandria, Minnesota. (Nathanael Miller, 17 Aug. 2018)
The Branson Scenic Railway operates out of the historic 1905 depot in Branson, using engines and rolling stock built during the 1940s and 1950s. The line's southern route takes it to the Barren Fork Valley in Arkansas. Branson, Missouri. (Nathanael Miller, 4 April 2018)
Even on a rainy evening, Washington teems with life and tourists. Washington, D.C. (Nathanael Miller, 12 Jan. 2018)
The Navy Exchange at Pearl Harbor features a ceiling mural painted by Wyland in 2003. Honolulu, Hawaii. (Nathanael Miller. 17 April 2018)
Fast 30-minute layover at Houston Bush International Airport. Houston, Texas. (Nathanael Miller. 12 April 2018)
Patriot's Point Naval and Maritime Museum. Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina. (Nathanael Miller, 14 Feb. 2018)
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)
The only known surviving World War I Caquot observation balloon. 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)
Remains of the Confederate ram CSS Jackson. The ship was commissioned in Dec. 1864, but was still being fitted out when captured and burned in the Chattahoochee River by Union forces in April 1865. The ship's wreckage was raised in the 1960s. Originally founded in 1962, the museum relocated to the present facility in 2001. It is the only civil war museum in the nation exclusively dedicated to the story of the Union and Confederate navies. Columbus, Georgia. (Nathanael Miller, 17 March 2018)
Albus the Crab and Ian Carver and the statue of Ivar Haglund, a true Seattle legend, character, and entrepreneur who passed away at 79 years old in 1985. Seattle, Washington. (Nathanael Miller, 30 September 2018)
The Mokapu burial dunes, North Beach, Kaneohe Marine Base. A sacred place to the Hawaiian people--be respectful. Kaneohe Marine Base, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. (Nathanael Miller. 14 April 2018)
Hurricane Ridge rises to 5,242 feet (1,598 m) above sea level, and is one of the most popular spots in the northern part of Olympic National Park. Port Angeles, Washington. (Nathanael Miller; 1 May 2021)
I lived in Tallahassee from 1992 - 1997. I interned at the Museum of Florida History in 1994, and then got my first post-FSU job there from 1994 - 1995 when budget cuts slashed a number of state jobs. The museum was opened in 1977 and is housed in the R. A. Gray Building behind the state capitol. One of my early jobs was cataloguing and recording the condition of several Civil War flags before sending them for conservation, the most rare being the 5th Florida regimental flag. Other exhibits I regularly cleaned, such as the case for the builder's model of the battleship USS Florida and citrus packing house. I had a minor part assisting in the construction of the diorama of Florida's first people. Tallahassee, Florida. (Nathanael Miller, 05 Nov. 2018)
The Shrine Room in the Indiana War Memorial. Begun in 1926 and completed in 1965, the Indiana World War Memorial design is based off the design of the ancient Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, completed in 351 B.C. It's 210 feet tall and contains a massive shrine room, underneath of which is a 30,000 square foot museum depicting the history of Indiana's involvement in all the nation's wars. Indianapolis, Indiana. (Nathanael Miller, 20 Dec. 2017)
The Castillo de San Marcos National Monument in St. Augustine is the oldest masonry fort in the continental U.S. It was begun in 1672, and today visitors can see areas with original paint and even carvings of ships and other historic graffiti. Even on a rainy, cloudy day St. Augustine is a vibrant city to walk around. Founded in 1565 by the Spanish, it is the oldest continually inhabited European-founded city in the U.S. St. Augustine, Florida. (Nathanael Miller, 04 Nov. 2018)
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)
Me on board the ferry Yankee Freedom III as we approach Fort Jefferson on Garden Key in the Dry Tortugas. 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)
Designed in 1881 by Elijah E. Myers, it was constructed from 1882 to 1888 by civil engineer Reuben Lindsay Walker and is clad in native Texas red granite. This is the third building to act as the Texas statehouse and is one of seven state capitols taller than the U.S. Capitol building. Austin, Texas. (Nathanael Miller, 30 Oct. 2018)
Fort McAllister along the Ogeechee River secured Savannah from Union assault until Gen. William T. Sherman captured it Dec. 13, 1864, thus securing Savannah and ending his March to the Sea. Richmond Hill, Georgia. (Nathanael Miller, 17 Feb. 2018)
Wild turkeys roam the woods at Cowpens National Battlefield. 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)
Mammoth Cave is the longest known cave system in the world with over 400 miles of tunnels mapped. It was carved over over millions of years by the underground Styx and Echo rivers, which empty into the Green River. It was first discovered 6,000 years ago by Native Americans and has been integral to Kentucky history ever since. (Nathanael Miller, 12 Dec. 2017)
Kawaiaha'o Church. Completed in 1842 of 1,000 lbs coral blocks hand-hewn from Oahu's reefs, it replaced an earlier grass structure and is the first stone church in Hawai'i. Many of the Hawaiian monarchs worshipped here, and King Lunalilo's crypt is on the grounds. Honolulu, Hawaii. (Nathanael Miller. 22 April 2018)
Kauhi'imakaokalani, or the Crouching Lion. Behind it is a turtle. The ancient Hawaiians looked as this as a big-headed dog until European influences showed its resemblance to a lion. The turtle formation is immediately behind it. Makaua, Hawaii. (Nathanael Miller. 21 April 2018)
Frigate birds above 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)
The Lincoln Museum, a prviate museum in downtown Hodgenville, Kentucky. (Nathanael Miller, 7 Dec. 2017)
Albus the Crab and a giant milk can building in Manville / North Smithfield (sort of on the edge of both). It was built in 1929 in Lincoln, Rhode Island, as an ice cream place called "The Milk Can," but went out business in 1968. It was bought and moved to its present location on Highway 146 on the outskirts of Manville and North Smithfield by 1991. Ground water problems have so far prevented it from being re-opened. Manville, Rhode Island. (Nathanael Miller, 20 July 2018)
Albus the Crab enloys the perks of first class by having a spot of wine prior to take off from Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport. Albus decided to pay for the upgrade in status to give himself more room in order to perform his security functions...part of which include making sure the airline's wine stock is up to par! Houston, Texas. (9 July 2019; Nathanael Miller)
MS Norgoma went to sea in 1950 as a vehicle and passenger ferry on the Great Lakes. She was retired in 1974 and is a museum ship in Sault Ste. Marie. Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. (Nathanael Miller, 04 Aug. 2018)
Lincoln Main Post Chapel (originally St. Patrick's Parish Church), Fort Knox. It is the only remaining building from the town of Stithton, which was bought by the War Department in 1918. The St. Patrick's Roman Catholic parish was founded in 1831, and the current building was completed in 1899. Fort Knox, Kentucky. (Nathanael Miller, 14 Dec. 2017)
Known to the Hawaiians as Le'ahi, Diamond Head is a 300,000 year old tuff cone formed from an explosive erutpion. The crater is 3,520 feet in diameter and summits at 761 feet. The summit is the site of a lost heiau (ancient Hawaiian temple of other sacred site), and was used for coastal defense by the U.S. Army through the first half of the 20th century. Honolulu, Hawaii. (Nathanael Miller. 18 April 2018)
Nyberg Park features scrap-metal sculptures by local artist Ken Nyberg, including one honoring his daughter and fellow Vining native, NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg. Vining, Minnesota. (Nathanael Miller, 17 Aug. 2018)
Gunner's Mate 3rd Class Kristopher Klubert, 1988 - 2013. **Forever 24** His parents, Valerie and Kevin, and I visited him with the Quarterdeck flags and well deck fragments from his first ship, USS Ponce (LPD 15). Afterward I presented Kevin and Valerie with one fragment fro Ponce's well deck. Pleasant Grove, Ohio. (Nathanael Miller, 22 March 2018)
An ancient sacred spring used to exist on the grounds of Kawaiaha'o Church. Long lost, this fountain commemorates that sacred spring, and incorporates a stone from the original spring as the center piece. It is located in front of King Lunalilo's crypt on the church grounds. Completed in 1842 of 1,000 lbs coral blocks hand-hewn from Oahu's reefs, it replaced an earlier grass structure and is the first stone church in Hawai'i. Many of the Hawaiian monarchs worshipped here. Honolulu, Hawaii. (Nathanael Miller. 22 April 2018)