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Located behind the Puget Sound Navy Museum and adjacent to the ferry terminal, Harborside Fountain Park is designed to evoke many themes. The shape of the fountains recalls the great battleships of old and modern submarines setting sail while also representing the area's eruptive volcanic history and even whales spouting as they breathe. Bremerton, Washington. (Nathanael Miller, 11 September 2018)
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)
Striped bass. North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher. It is one of three North Carolina Aquarium facilities (the other two at Pine Knoll Shores and Roanoke Island). Kure Beach, North Carolina (Nathanael Miller, 3 Feb. 2018)
Barrackville Covered Bridge, 1853. A modified Burr Truss arch, the bridge is 145 feet and spans Buffalo Creek. Confederate General William E. Jones nearly burned it during his April 1863 raid into then-northern Virginia (prior to West Virginia breaking way), but Confederate loyalists William and Dolly Ice of Ice's Mill convinced him to spare it. Today traffic is routed past it on a modern bridge, but Barrackville Bridge is a rare bridge that is still capable of carrying vehicular traffic with no modern undergirding to reinforce it. Barrackville, West Virginia. (Nathanael Miller, 7 Jan. 2018)
The CSS Neuse' forefoot (where the prow joins the keel), looking aft. The CSS Neuse Civil War Interpretive Center houses the salvaged wreckage of the Confederate ironclad CSS Neuse. Built on and sunk in the Neuse River, the Neuse yielded the largest collection of artifacts of any Confederate ironclad. The Neuse is one of only four salvaged Civil War ironclads on display in the country. Kinston, North Carolina (Nathanael Miller, 6 Feb. 2018)
Carved from 1927 to 1941 by Gutzon Borglum and his son, Lincoln Borglum, each figure on Mount Rushmore is carved on the scale of a person about 465 feet tall. Keystone, South Dakota. (Nathanael Miller, 13 Aug. 2018)
The Crazy Horse Memorial is being carved in the Black Hills of South Dakota. When finished, it is on track to be the largest sculpture in the world. It was begun in 1948 and is being done entirely with private money. Crazy Horse, South Dakota. (Nathanael Miller, 13 Aug. 2018)
Engine 576 ("The Stripe") is a 4-8-4 locomotive built in August 1942 and donated to Nashville in 1953. Currently on display in Centennial Park, the Nashville Steam Preservation Society (N.S.P.S) is slowly working to restore 576 to operational status with the goal of running regular tours around Nashville. Centennial Park was the site of the 1897 Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition. Today the full-scale replica of the ancient Athenian Parthenon is the only structure left. The park boasts a man-made lake, numerous monuments, and vast amounts of green space. Nashville, Tennessee. (Nathanael Miller, 12 May 2018)
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)
Albus with the world's largest roll of toilet paper. It is 8.5 feet high and 10 feet in diameter. Ripley's Believe It or Not, or Ripley's Odditorium, is a museum of curiosities that is part of the Ripley's chain around the world. This particular building is built to look like it was fractured by an earthquake along the nearby New Madrid faultline like the ones that hit hte area in 1811 and 1812. Branson, Missouri. (Nathanael Miller, 3 April 2018)
Two-image composite panorama of CSS Neuse II. Built in 2009 at the site on the Neuse River where the CSS Neuse was fitted out from 1863 - 1864, the CSS Neuse II is a full-sized, fully fitted out replica. Interior compoartments and equipment are replicated as well as all external features. The Neuse II is the only 100% complete life-sized Civil War ironclad replica (the life-sized replica of USS Monitor in Newport News, Virginia, is an external model only with no internal compartments). Kinston, North Carolina (Digital illustration by Nathanael Miller, 6 Feb. 2018)
A 16-image composite panaorama. 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. (Digital illustration by Nathanael Miller, 4 Dec. 2017)
The Kensington Runestone Museum features the Kensington Runestone, a purported runestone chronicling a 14th century Viking incursion into North America and found in Minnesota in the 1880s. The runestone is still a controversial artifact with much evidence pointing to it being a hoax, but it is part of Minnesota's cultural fabric. The museum also maintains a historic village with several 19th century buildings that have been relocated to the grounds and a 2/3-sized replica of a Viking trading ship. Alexandria, Minnesota. (Nathanael Miller, 17 Aug. 2018)
USS Arizona (BB 39). Arizona was hit by an armor-piercing bomb that detonated her forward magazines during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. The ship exploded, killing 1,177 of the 1,512 sailors on board at the time (about half of the lives lost during the attack). Of these dead, 1,102 are still aboard. Arizona was commissioned in 1916 and decommssioned in 1942. The memorial was built in 1962 and is visited by about 2 million people annually. Honolulu, Hawaii. (Nathanael Miller. 20 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 sakes..
Four Corners, New Mexico. (Nathanael Miller. 04 Jan. 2019)
National Museum of the United States Navy, Washington Navy Yard. Washington, D.C. (Nathanael Miller. 04 May 2018)
Rising over 567 feet high, the San Jacinto Monument is the tallest battlement tower in the world. It commemorates the 1836 Battle of San Jacinto in which Texas won its independence from Spain, and its base contains a museum of Texas history, and the top of the tower contains an observation deck. La Porte, Texas. (Nathanael Miller, 01 Nov. 2018)
Crypt of King Lunalilo, 6th monarch of the Kingdom of Hawai'i, on the grounds of 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. Honolulu, Hawaii. (Nathanael Miller. 22 April 2018)
Iolani Palace, 1879. Royal residence until the annexation of Hawai'i. Honolulu, Hawaii. (Nathanael Miller. 22 April 2018)
The Grand Canyon Railway originated in 1901 when the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway completed a line from Williams to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon Village. Today the line maintains several historic engines and cars, and runs day trips to the canyons aboard the historic diesel locomotives. The steam engines are maintained but not regularly run. Engine 539 originally ran for 40 years in the Pacific Northwest, and was eventually acquired by the Grand Canyon Railway in 2007. It is a "2-8-2" locomotive, meaning two leading wheels (one on each side), eight power wheels (four on each side), and two trailing wheels under the cab (one on each side). Williams, Arizona. (Nathanael Miller, 19 Oct. 2018)
Albus the Crab with a dud German shell that hit the USS Texas during a 1944 batlte with German shore batteries in France. 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)
Myself at the tomb of Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States. Oak Ridge Cemetery. His body lies ten feet below the cenotaph in the burial chamber. Springfield, Illinois. (Nathanael Miller, 31 March 2018)
Ralph Bileau is 79 years old. With the exception of his stint in the U.S. Army just after the Korean War, he's been working at the family businesses since he was 9 years old (the family has many buiness interests around Rhode Island). Woonsocket, Rhode Island. (Nathanael Miller, 20 July 2018)
Boarding at Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport. Houston, Texas. (9 July 2019; Nathanael Miller)
Multi-image panorama of Broken Top and the Three Sisters, ancient volcanos in the Three Sisters Wilderness. Part of the Cascades Range. Lane County, Oregon. (Digital illustration by Nathanael Miller, 29 August 2018)
Castle Hill Lighthouse helps mark the approach into Narragansett Bay. Newport, Rhode Island. It was first lit in 1890. (Nathanael Miller, 20 July 2018)
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl Crater. 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 Oct. 2019; Nathanael Miller)
The abandoned and crumbling power house ovder the Little Patuxent River at historic Savage Mill has been left to ruin even as the rest of the mill was reborn as a unique shopping center. Savage Mill started life in 1821 as a cotton mill in Savage, Maryland. (Nathanael Miller. 05 May 2018)
Happy Retreat, 1780. The home built buy Charles Washington, Charles Town founder and youngest brother of George Washington. The two side wings are the original 1780 construction and were connected by a breezeway; the central portion was added years after Charles Washington's death. Charles Town, West Virginia. (Nathanael Miller, 10 Jan. 2018)
The last stoplight between L.A. and Chicago was in Williams, and today hangs on display in Williams' visitor center. Williams, Arizona, was founded in 1881 and incorporated in 1901. It's named for the famous trapper, scout, and mountain man, William "Old Bill" Williams. Williams was the last town on old Route 66 (the "mother road") by Interstate 40 when I-40 was completed in 1984. Today Williams is known as the "Gateway to the Grand Canyon." Williams, Arizona. (Nathanael Miller, 19 Oct. 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)
Bangor claims to be the birthplace of lumberjack Paul Bunyan, and commemorates him with this 31-foot statue that has stood since 1959. Bangor, Maine. (Nathanael Miller, 27 July 2018)
Smoking the pork prior to a Washington Huskies football game. Port Ludlow, Washington. (Nathanael Miller, 01 September 2018)
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)
Madison Buffalo Jump State Park preserves a cliffside-bison hunt where numerous American Indian tribes would conduct mass hunts by running herds of bison off the cliff. Logan, Montana. (Nathanael Miller, 20 August 2018)