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Closing sale at the Kmart store in Martinsburg, West Virginia, photographed on January 25, 2018. This store closed permanently on January 28, 2018.
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Closing sale at the Kmart store in Martinsburg, West Virginia, photographed on January 25, 2018. This store closed permanently on January 28, 2018.
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Car fire on US Route 15 in Lucketts, Virginia on the night of February 7, 2018. The fire completely destroyed my 2012 Kia Soul. All occupants of the vehicle escaped without injury. The fire was most likely caused by a fuel leak that stemmed from poor workmanship in reconnecting the fuel lines during a warranty replacement of the engine two months prior.
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Photographs taken in Centralia, Pennsylvania on May 17, 2018.
Centralia, Pennsylvania is a near-ghost town in central Pennsylvania. The town has been gradually abandoned over the last several decades due to a coal mine fire that has been burning under the town since 1962.
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Vintage railroad crossbuck near the intersection of Fort Ritchie and Skunk Hollow Roads in Sabillasville, Maryland. Photographed May 24, 2018.
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Sign on the back side of the former Toys "R" Us store in Gaithersburg, Maryland, still lit up approximately three months after the store closed along with the rest of the company. This sign most likely dates from the 1980s, and was removed in the spring of 2019.
This store was of an unusual design, as the building was shared with a Montgomery Ward store. Toys "R" Us was housed in about half of the building's lower level, whhile Wards had the rest of the lower level and the entire upper level. Montgomery Ward closed in 1983, and a Burlington Coat Factory now occupies the former Wards space.
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Weenie Beenie, a walk-up fast food establishment in Arlington, Virginia.
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Photos taken in and around Morgantown, West Virginia on October 8, 2018.
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Trip to Cortland, New York, Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Centralia, Pennsylvania, October 13-15, 2018.
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