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Content Published December 22, 2014

Eilean Donan Castle During a Clearing Storm

A sublime moment near the Isle of Skye, Scotland

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Content Published November 20, 1969

One Morning at Liberty Furnace

Once a bustle of enterprise, now being reclaimed by Mother Nature.

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Content Published September 19, 2016

Nanstein Castle Circular Stairway

Scenes like this gives me pause, to imagine the people walking up and down the stairs over the centuries.

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Content Published June 10, 2016

Wall of Windows and Vines, Burg Lichtenberg

Natural reclamation of a midieval wall at Burg Lichtenberg, Germany by a flowering vine.

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Content Published April 2, 2016

Chapel of Ease

This solemn old ante-bellum church ruin sits alone amongst a grove of large Live Oaks and headstones along a backroad in the Carolina Lowcountry.

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Content Published March 29, 2016

One Morning at Old Sheldon Church

Some subjects place a heavy responsibility on me to show their soulful side; this was one of those places.

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Content Published February 17, 2016

Blair Castle Perthshire Scotland

As almost from a cinematic production, the stark-white castle seemed to emancipate itself from the foreboding landscape.

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Content Published January 21, 2014

Isar Tor Old Munich

Thousands of years ago, this was the western gate to the enclosed city of Munich. Imagine all the stories it could tell.

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Content Published January 17, 2014

Lane to the Well Lichtenberg Castle

View of a street inside the ruins of Castle Lichtenberg (bei Kusel).

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Content Published January 17, 2014

Walk in the Inner Ward

Sublime depiction of Lichtenberg Castle prior to its 20th Century restoration.

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Content Published January 17, 2014

Outer Ward Burg Lichtenburg bei Kusel

A scenic vantage point for watching what's happening in the valley below.

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Content Published January 16, 2014

Resolute

Standing resolute since about 1200 AD.

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Content Published January 16, 2014

Restricted Traffic

Burg Hohenecken, Interior Entryway, 1981

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Content Published January 9, 2014

Perimeter Walk Nanstein Castle

Much of the details about the functions of rooms and other spaces in this 800 year old castle have been lost to history, so we're free to imagine.

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Content Published January 9, 2014

Nanstein Castle Defensive Entry

Ingenious use of natural and man-made structure to keep things out.

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Content Published January 2, 2014

St Brides Kirk Cemetery

Ancient churchyard in the Perthshire region of Scotland.

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Content Published January 1, 2014

Kilchurn Castle, Rain Storm

In the western highlands of Scotland.

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Content Published August 13, 2006

Balquhidder Cemetery

Celtic crosses and ancient memories.

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Content Published August 13, 2006

Balquhidder Church

Church ruin near Balqhuidder, Scotland

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Content Published January 30, 2000

Hallway Hohenecken Castle

My imagination runs rampant entering these remnants of a grand hallway in the ruins of Hohenecken Castle, Germany.

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