Tag: Architecture
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Unorthodox Locale
Two years ago, when we were driving to the Paint Mines Interpretive Park (the subject of this post) we passed a surprising sight: an onion-domed orthodox church. I didn’t stop to take pictures that day, but it went on my list of places to return to. This spring I finally did. The small church is…
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Winston County
Back roads are always fun to explore, and there’s a lot of them in Alabama. On one outing last summer, we drove a little ways south to a few points of interest in what turned out to be Winston County. The first spot we found was Corinth Church, built in 1884, disbanded in the early…
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Covered Bridges
On my last visit to Alabama, we went on a drive to see some covered bridges. We ended up finding three of the eleven such bridges that remain standing in the state. I have always associated covered bridges with states further north, but you can learn about the ones in Alabama here; there is both…
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Chiba Blue
Chiba, Japan. October 2025.
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Japan Wrap-up
Sixteen posts on one trip is a lot, but it was a two-week trip, after all, in new places with lots of time to photograph lots of new things. I ended up with a little over 2,500 images and have now published 119 of them on this website. Of these, 102 were taken with my…
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Sweeping View
Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. November 2025.
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Stormclouds over Aomori
As I mentioned in the previous post, Aomori Prefecture is the northernmost prefecture on Japan’s main island of Honshu. The city of Aomori itself averages 26 feet of snow annually, more than any city in the world. I visited in November, and December–February turned out to be one of the snowiest in decades. It would…
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Torii! Torii! Torii!
Takayama Inari Shrine, and its senbon torii (thousand torii), are decidedly not easy to get to without a car: three buses, a long walk, and about two-and-a-half hours later we were exploring the grounds. The “thousand” torii is symbolic, rounded up from the just over 200 torii that are actually there. Regardless, they are striking…
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Inohana Castle
Chiba City, Chiba, Japan. October 2025.
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Chambered
Morioka, Iwate, Japan. November 2025.