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Looking forward along the starboard side of CSS Neuse. 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)
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 Oliver Mansion, originally named Copshaholm, was completed in 1896 by Joseph D. Oliver, head of the Oliver Chilled Plow Works and designer of the revolutionary chilled plow. It's a 38-room Romanesque Queen Anne house designed by architect Charles Alonzo Rich. It is maintained by the Northern Indiana Historical Society's The History Museum. South Bend, Indiana. (Nathanael Miller, 17 Dec. 2017)
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)
A 13-image composite panorama looking foward along the starboard side of the remains of the Confederate ram CSS Jackson (including original propellers). 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. (Digital illustration by Nathanael Miller, 17 March 2018)
Albus the Crab visits the Vermont Teddy Bear Company. Founded in 1983 by John Sortino, the Vermont Teddy Bear Compnay (or "VTB") specializesi in jointed bears, but crafts all kinds of cuddly, customizable friends for all ages. Shelburne, Vermont. (Nathanael Miller, 01 Aug. 2018)
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)
The Museum of Idaho had its genesis in the 1898 ladies' Village Improvement Society club. The museum tells the storhy of Idaho from prehistory through the present day. It's current temporary exhibit is the world premier of Bruce Rosenbaum's Steampunk artwork, honoring such visonaries and inventors as Mary Shelly, Jan Ernst Matzeliger, George Eastman, Jules Verne, and H.G. Wells. Idaho Falls, Idaho. (Nathanael Miller, 27 August 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)
Historic graffiti. 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)
Albus the Crab at the Museum of Florida History. 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)
I have held back from this particular composition for the past year. This is the first image in which all the players in Grand Tour USA appear together: Albus the Crab, the Quartedeck flags and well deck fragment from USS Ponce (LPD 15), Sara Jane (my trusty 2007 Kia Sorento), and I have finally entered our 50th state - my native state of Texas! Grand Tour USA began in November of 2017 and is being completed in October of 2018. All fifty states and two provinces of Canada! Texas. (Nathanael Miller, 27 Oct. 2018)
Patriot's Point Naval and Maritime Museum. Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina. (Nathanael Miller, 14 Feb. 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)
Founded in 1881 by 17-year-old Albert Friedrich. Friedrich took antlers in exchange for drinks during the saloon's early days. Teddy Roosevelt frequented the Buckhorn while mobilizing for the Spanish-American War, and his bison horn chair and field desk are on display. The Buckhorn features both a Texas Rangers museum and massive collection of taxidermied specimens. San Antonio, Texas. (Nathanael Miller, 29 Oct. 2018)
Founded in 1961 by former Army cook Seiju Ifuku, Rainbow Drive-In on the corner of Kapahulu Avenue and Kanaina Avenue, is a local spot most tourists miss at the cost of missing out on some good food!! Honolulu, Hawaii. (Nathanael Miller. 20 April 2018)
Albus the Crab at an origianl Pony Express Station in Gothenburg. Built in 1854 as a fur trading post, this buidling was orgiinally a two-story structure. From 1860 - 1861 it was used as the Sam Machette Station. The city moved it from the outskirts to its current location in 1931. Unfortunately, the first floor of the structure was structurally unsound by the time of the move, so the city demolished the lower level and established the upper floor on the new foundation. Gothenburg, Nebraska. (Nathanael Miller, 09 Aug. 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)
Albus the Crab joins in the conversation by joining in the sculpture "Let’s Have Tea," by Pepsy Kettavong. The sculpture depicts lifelong friends Susan B. Anthony and Fredierck Douglass talking over tea. Rochester, New York. (Nathanael Miller. 08 May 2018)
1928 Commander Roadster. This particular car established new speed records at Atlantic City and toured the counrty as part of a Studebaker promotional campaign. The Studebaker National Museum opened in its current location in 2005. Three floors tell the story of the Studebaker family and company from the early 18th century through the final Studebaker built in 1966. South Bend, Indiana. (Nathanael Miller, 17 Dec. 2017)
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)
USCG Station Tillamook Bay. This was Barbara's first duty station. She used to help crew unit 47254, a 47-foot motor life boat which is still attached to Station Tillamook Bay. She also painted a mural in the station that is still there today. Garibaldi, Oregon. (30 December 2019; Nathanael Miller)
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl Crater. Honolulu, Hawaii. (Nathanael Miller. 23 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)
The woods near Lee's headquarters. Established in 1935, the Appomattox Court House National Historical Park preserves the site of the surrender of Robert E. Lee to Ulysses S. Grant in April 1865. Appomattox, Virginia. (Nathanael Miller, 01 Feb. 2018)
Self-portrait. Fantastic ice. Leo Petroglyph State Memorial Park Jackson County, Ohio. (Nathanael Miller, 6 Jan. 2018)
USCG Station Tillamook Bay. This was Barbara's first duty station. She used to help crew unit 47254, a 47-foot motor life boat which is still attached to Station Tillamook Bay. She also painted a mural in the station that is still there today. Garibaldi, Oregon. (30 December 2019; Nathanael Miller)
Statue of Newport native Commodore Matthew Perry, most famous for being the Father of the Steam Navy and for opening diplomatic relations with Japan from 1852 - 1854. Behidn the statue is the 17th century Newport Tower. Newport, Rhode Island. (Nathanael Miller, 20 July 2018)
Digital sequence. 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. (Digital illustration sequence by Nathanael Miller, 11 September 2018)
Bannack State Park preserves the ghost town of Bannack. Bannack was founded in 1862 and was the first gold-rush boom town in Montana. Bannack lasted through World War II before finally beginning to die out. The state park pretty much "freezes" the town in time after the last few residents left the old ghost town in the 1970s. Bannack features architecture ranging from 1862 through the 1940s. Bannack, Montana. (Nathanael Miller, 26 August 2018)