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"George Bush is a reptile"
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"Nick and Adam"
!["Nick and Adam"](../../../i/upload/2024/07/14/20240714171045-38680696-cu_s9999x250.jpg "\"Nick and Adam\" (4180 visits) "Nick and Adam" message on a sign in front of the burned out former Skyline Parkway Motel ...")
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"WEL COME" at Afton Howard Johnson's
!["WEL COME" at Afton Howard Johnson's](../../../i/upload/2024/07/14/20240714102336-928d6c49-cu_s9999x250.jpg "\"WEL COME\" at Afton Howard Johnson's (11653 visits) Message sign for the Howard Johnson's restaurant on Afton Mountain in Virginia, still saying "W...")
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"WELCOME" lettering on former Howard Johnson's sign
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"WELCOME" sign at former Howard Johnson's restaurant [01]
!["WELCOME" sign at former Howard Johnson's restaurant [01]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/17/20240717161711-5ff465fe-cu_s9999x250.jpg "\"WELCOME\" sign at former Howard Johnson's restaurant [01] (3029 visits) "WELCOME" sign at the former Howard Johnson's restaurant on Afton Mountain in Augusta Coun...")
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"WELCOME" sign at former Howard Johnson's restaurant [02]
!["WELCOME" sign at former Howard Johnson's restaurant [02]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/17/20240717161715-bdb45855-cu_s9999x250.jpg "\"WELCOME\" sign at former Howard Johnson's restaurant [02] (3308 visits) "WELCOME" sign at the former Howard Johnson's restaurant on Afton Mountain in Augusta Coun...")
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Abandoned motel guest building [01]
![Abandoned motel guest building [01]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716231739-94722d21-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Abandoned motel guest building [01] (3158 visits) Lower guest building at the Skyline Parkway Motor Court, a defunct motel on Afton Mountain. This pa...")
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Abandoned motel guest building [02]
![Abandoned motel guest building [02]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716231735-509ceb75-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Abandoned motel guest building [02] (3249 visits) Lower guest building at the Skyline Parkway Motor Court, a defunct motel on Afton Mountain. This pa...")
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Abandoned motel guest building [03]
![Abandoned motel guest building [03]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716231732-a3a326f1-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Abandoned motel guest building [03] (3327 visits) Lower guest building at the Skyline Parkway Motor Court, a defunct motel on Afton Mountain. This pa...")
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Abandoned motel guest building [04]
![Abandoned motel guest building [04]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716231728-44d90956-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Abandoned motel guest building [04] (3151 visits) Lower guest building at the Skyline Parkway Motor Court, a defunct motel on Afton Mountain. This pa...")
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Abandoned motel guest building [05]
![Abandoned motel guest building [05]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716231725-19638458-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Abandoned motel guest building [05] (3264 visits) Lower guest building at the Skyline Parkway Motor Court, a defunct motel on Afton Mountain. This pa...")
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Abandoned motel guest building [06]
![Abandoned motel guest building [06]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716231721-c430d35d-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Abandoned motel guest building [06] (3298 visits) Lower guest building at the Skyline Parkway Motor Court, a defunct motel on Afton Mountain. This pa...")
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Abandoned motel guest building [07]
![Abandoned motel guest building [07]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716231717-d59a85b0-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Abandoned motel guest building [07] (3476 visits) Lower guest building at the Skyline Parkway Motor Court, a defunct motel on Afton Mountain. This bu...")
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Abandoned motel guest building [08]
![Abandoned motel guest building [08]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716231714-0530eb6a-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Abandoned motel guest building [08] (3909 visits) Guest room interior at the Skyline Parkway Motor Court, a defunct motel on Afton Mountain. Followin...")
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Abandoned motel guest building [09]
![Abandoned motel guest building [09]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716231709-0119f19f-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Abandoned motel guest building [09] (3701 visits) Guest room interior at the Skyline Parkway Motor Court, a defunct motel on Afton Mountain. Followin...")
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Abandoned motel guest building [10]
![Abandoned motel guest building [10]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716231706-0c66b4a7-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Abandoned motel guest building [10] (3703 visits) Guest room interior at the Skyline Parkway Motor Court, a defunct motel on Afton Mountain. Followin...")
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Abandoned motel guest building [11]
![Abandoned motel guest building [11]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716231702-14df0013-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Abandoned motel guest building [11] (3506 visits) Guest room interior at the Skyline Parkway Motor Court, a defunct motel on Afton Mountain. Followin...")
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Abandoned motel guest building [12]
![Abandoned motel guest building [12]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716231658-ba6fede9-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Abandoned motel guest building [12] (4529 visits) Guest room interior at the Skyline Parkway Motor Court, a defunct motel on Afton Mountain. Followin...")
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Abandoned motel guest building [13]
![Abandoned motel guest building [13]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716231655-840d0a52-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Abandoned motel guest building [13] (3572 visits) Lower guest building at the Skyline Parkway Motor Court, a defunct motel on Afton Mountain. This bu...")
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Abandoned motel guest building [14]
![Abandoned motel guest building [14]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716231651-5adaa5d2-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Abandoned motel guest building [14] (3668 visits) Guest room interior at the Skyline Parkway Motor Court, a defunct motel on Afton Mountain. Followin...")
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Abandoned motel guest building [15]
![Abandoned motel guest building [15]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716231647-bfcaa60f-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Abandoned motel guest building [15] (3738 visits) Guest room interior at the Skyline Parkway Motor Court, a defunct motel on Afton Mountain. Followin...")
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Abandoned motel guest building [16]
![Abandoned motel guest building [16]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716231643-123055df-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Abandoned motel guest building [16] (3209 visits) Lower guest building at the Skyline Parkway Motor Court, a defunct motel on Afton Mountain. This bu...")
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Abandoned motel guest building [17]
![Abandoned motel guest building [17]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716231639-309f9445-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Abandoned motel guest building [17] (4218 visits) Southernmost guest building at the Skyline Parkway Motor Court, a defunct motel on Afton Mountain in...")
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Abandoned motel guest building [18]
![Abandoned motel guest building [18]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716231635-1c4925c0-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Abandoned motel guest building [18] (3989 visits) Southernmost guest building at the Skyline Parkway Motor Court, a defunct motel on Afton Mountain in...")
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Abandoned motel guest building [19]
![Abandoned motel guest building [19]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716231631-05b4bb41-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Abandoned motel guest building [19] (3934 visits) Southernmost guest building at the Skyline Parkway Motor Court, a defunct motel on Afton Mountain in...")
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Abandoned motel guest building [20]
![Abandoned motel guest building [20]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716231627-68efd547-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Abandoned motel guest building [20] (3903 visits) Southernmost guest building at the Skyline Parkway Motor Court, a defunct motel on Afton Mountain in...")
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Abandoned motel guest building [21]
![Abandoned motel guest building [21]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716231623-73066126-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Abandoned motel guest building [21] (3920 visits) Southernmost guest building at the Skyline Parkway Motor Court, a defunct motel on Afton Mountain in...")
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Abandoned motel guest building [22]
![Abandoned motel guest building [22]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716231614-9e9a8d71-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Abandoned motel guest building [22] (4413 visits) Southernmost guest building at the Skyline Parkway Motor Court, a defunct motel on Afton Mountain in...")
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Abandoned motel guest building [23]
![Abandoned motel guest building [23]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716231832-4b68e21c-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Abandoned motel guest building [23] (3374 visits) Lower guest building at the Skyline Parkway Motor Court, a defunct motel on Afton Mountain.
More at...")
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Afton Mountain Convenience Store [01]
![Afton Mountain Convenience Store [01]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716231753-03815421-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Afton Mountain Convenience Store [01] (5081 visits) The now-defunct Afton Mountain Convenience Store, which formerly contained a gas station and retail ...")
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Afton Mountain Convenience Store [02]
![Afton Mountain Convenience Store [02]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716231750-5198243a-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Afton Mountain Convenience Store [02] (5141 visits) The now-defunct Afton Mountain Convenience Store, which formerly contained a gas station and retail ...")
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Afton Mountain Convenience Store [03]
![Afton Mountain Convenience Store [03]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716231746-f8d3e0db-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Afton Mountain Convenience Store [03] (6303 visits) Broken window at the now-defunct Afton Mountain Convenience Store, which formerly contained a gas st...")
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Afton Mountain Convenience Store [04]
![Afton Mountain Convenience Store [04]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716231743-10d2742a-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Afton Mountain Convenience Store [04] (5623 visits) Gas price sign for the now-defunct Afton Mountain Convenience Store, which formerly contained a gas ...")
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Afton Mountain, viewed from Rockfish Gap [01]
![Afton Mountain, viewed from Rockfish Gap [01]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/20/20240720111734-45b6cd77-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Afton Mountain, viewed from Rockfish Gap [01] (12583 visits) Afton Mountain, part of the Blue Ridge Mountains, viewed from above Rockfish Gap.
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Afton Mountain, viewed from Rockfish Gap [02]
![Afton Mountain, viewed from Rockfish Gap [02]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/20/20240720111739-8e9f0558-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Afton Mountain, viewed from Rockfish Gap [02] (12430 visits) Afton Mountain, part of the Blue Ridge Mountains, viewed from above Rockfish Gap.
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Afton Overlook sign
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Blue Ridge Parkway at milepost 7
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Broken window at Skyline Parkway Motel
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Buena Vista overlook [01]
![Buena Vista overlook [01]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/17/20240717232229-3000693b-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Buena Vista overlook [01] (3386 visits) Blue Ridge Parkway overlook, facing Buena Vista, at milepost 46.
Ben Schumin is a professional phot...")
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Buena Vista overlook [02]
![Buena Vista overlook [02]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/17/20240717232232-a36aa836-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Buena Vista overlook [02] (3279 visits) Blue Ridge Parkway overlook, facing Buena Vista, at milepost 46.
Ben Schumin is a professional phot...")
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Buena Vista overlook [03]
![Buena Vista overlook [03]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/17/20240717232234-98c1186b-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Buena Vista overlook [03] (3430 visits) Blue Ridge Parkway overlook, facing Buena Vista, at milepost 46.
Ben Schumin is a professional phot...")
Buena Vista overlook [04]
![Buena Vista overlook [04]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/17/20240717232940-216c7ed1-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Buena Vista overlook [04] (60871 visits) Buena Vista overlook, at milepost 46 on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Ben Schumin is a professional photo...")
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Car accident on GW Parkway [01]
![Car accident on GW Parkway [01]](../../../i/upload/2024/08/01/20240801230129-6780f088-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Car accident on GW Parkway [01] (1856 visits) Minor car accident on George Washington Memorial Parkway in Virginia involving my 2023 Honda HR-V an...")
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Car accident on GW Parkway [02]
![Car accident on GW Parkway [02]](../../../i/upload/2024/08/01/20240801230134-4269045e-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Car accident on GW Parkway [02] (1831 visits) Minor car accident on George Washington Memorial Parkway in Virginia involving my 2023 Honda HR-V an...")
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Car accident on GW Parkway [03]
![Car accident on GW Parkway [03]](../../../i/upload/2024/08/01/20240801230141-a11bfea3-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Car accident on GW Parkway [03] (1312 visits) Minor car accident on George Washington Memorial Parkway in Virginia involving my 2023 Honda HR-V an...")
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Carving on Humpback Rock [01]
![Carving on Humpback Rock [01]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/17/20240717102112-6ac490ca-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Carving on Humpback Rock [01] (4463 visits) Carving in the stone by past visitors to Humpback Rock.
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Carving on Humpback Rock [02]
![Carving on Humpback Rock [02]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/17/20240717102117-a2a35c2e-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Carving on Humpback Rock [02] (4093 visits) Carving in the stone by past visitors to Humpback Rock.
More at The Schumin Web:
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Carving on Humpback Rock [03]
![Carving on Humpback Rock [03]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/17/20240717102042-7ec11b97-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Carving on Humpback Rock [03] (3356 visits) Carving in the stone by past visitors to Humpback Rock.
More at The Schumin Web:
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Carving on Humpback Rock [04]
![Carving on Humpback Rock [04]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/17/20240717101823-11f81d51-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Carving on Humpback Rock [04] (4520 visits) Carving in the stone by past visitors to Humpback Rock.
More at The Schumin Web:
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Carving on Humpback Rock [05]
![Carving on Humpback Rock [05]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/17/20240717101840-127e4ec6-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Carving on Humpback Rock [05] (4698 visits) Carving in the stone by past visitors to Humpback Rock.
More at The Schumin Web:
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Chopped liver at Parkway Deli
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Cliff over the Blue Ridge Parkway [01]
![Cliff over the Blue Ridge Parkway [01]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/15/20240715141130-0117e715-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Cliff over the Blue Ridge Parkway [01] (4180 visits) Rock cliffs over the Blue Ridge Parkway, approximately seven miles south of Rockfish Gap.
Ben Schum...")
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Cliff over the Blue Ridge Parkway [02]
![Cliff over the Blue Ridge Parkway [02]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/15/20240715141127-8869144a-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Cliff over the Blue Ridge Parkway [02] (4223 visits) Rock cliffs over the Blue Ridge Parkway, approximately seven miles south of Rockfish Gap.
Ben Schum...")
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Cluster of defunct businesses on Afton Mountain
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Cluster of mostly-defunct businesses on Afton Mountain
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Column at Cathedral Parkway-110th Street station
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Column at Hoyt Street station
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Communications antenna near Sandy Point [01]
![Communications antenna near Sandy Point [01]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/19/20240719162602-e02abfc3-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Communications antenna near Sandy Point [01] (2800 visits) Communications antenna off of College Parkway in Annapolis, Maryland, near Sandy Point State Park, o...")
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Communications antenna near Sandy Point [02]
![Communications antenna near Sandy Point [02]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/19/20240719162507-ac6b866a-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Communications antenna near Sandy Point [02] (2665 visits) Communications antenna off of College Parkway in Annapolis, Maryland, near Sandy Point State Park, o...")
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Cupola base on former Howard Johnson's restaurant
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Directional sign near Humpback Rock overlook
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Discarded "Oklahoma" record
![Discarded "Oklahoma" record](../../../i/upload/2024/07/17/20240717224902-0a0bc1fe-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Discarded \"Oklahoma\" record (2359 visits) A vinyl record for "Oklahoma" lies in the middle of Twinbrook Parkway, a residential stree...")
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Eastern terminus of Interstate 26 [01]
![Eastern terminus of Interstate 26 [01]](../../../i/upload/2025/05/23/20250523172345-9b22a449-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Eastern terminus of Interstate 26 [01] (1168 visits) The eastern terminus of Interstate 26 in Charleston, South Carolina. I-26 ends at a signalized inte...")
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Eastern terminus of Interstate 26 [02]
![Eastern terminus of Interstate 26 [02]](../../../i/upload/2025/05/23/20250523172431-321f5bc1-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Eastern terminus of Interstate 26 [02] (615 visits) The eastern terminus of Interstate 26 in Charleston, South Carolina. I-26 ends at a signalized inte...")
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Eastern terminus of Interstate 26 [03]
![Eastern terminus of Interstate 26 [03]](../../../i/upload/2025/05/23/20250523172453-291afe72-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Eastern terminus of Interstate 26 [03] (1060 visits) The eastern terminus of Interstate 26 in Charleston, South Carolina. I-26 ends at a signalized inte...")
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Elyse looks out of a Honda HR-V
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Exit 225 on Interstate 81 [01]
![Exit 225 on Interstate 81 [01]](../../../i/upload/2024/08/24/20240824104647-af96033b-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Exit 225 on Interstate 81 [01] (2817 visits) Exit 225 on Interstate 81 in Augusta County, Virginia, providing an interchange with Virginia State ...")
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Exit 225 on Interstate 81 [02]
![Exit 225 on Interstate 81 [02]](../../../i/upload/2024/08/24/20240824104650-f35998e0-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Exit 225 on Interstate 81 [02] (2801 visits) Exit 225 on Interstate 81 in Augusta County, Virginia, providing an interchange with Virginia State ...")
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Exit 225 on Interstate 81 [03]
![Exit 225 on Interstate 81 [03]](../../../i/upload/2024/08/24/20240824104656-4dd28daf-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Exit 225 on Interstate 81 [03] (2796 visits) Exit 225 on Interstate 81 in Augusta County, Virginia, providing an interchange with Virginia State ...")
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Exit 225 on Interstate 81 [04]
![Exit 225 on Interstate 81 [04]](../../../i/upload/2024/08/24/20240824104700-45b5b9b6-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Exit 225 on Interstate 81 [04] (3998 visits) Exit 225 on Interstate 81 in Augusta County, Virginia, providing an interchange with Virginia State ...")
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Fallen drywall on abandoned motel guest building
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Fallen leaf
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First view of Humpback Rock
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Flowers on Humpback Rock
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Footprints on Skyline Drive bridge [01]
![Footprints on Skyline Drive bridge [01]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/17/20240717224215-a9df1920-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Footprints on Skyline Drive bridge [01] (4646 visits) Footprints in the snow on the bridge carrying Skyline Drive over Interstate 64 at Rockfish Gap.
Ben...")
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Footprints on Skyline Drive bridge [02]
![Footprints on Skyline Drive bridge [02]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/17/20240717224219-2c9361e4-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Footprints on Skyline Drive bridge [02] (4574 visits) Footprints in the snow on the bridge carrying Skyline Drive over Interstate 64 at Rockfish Gap.
Ben...")
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Former Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [01]
![Former Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [01]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/14/20240714102327-9a1b265f-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Former Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [01] (10586 visits) Former Howard Johnson's restaurant on Afton Mountain. This restaurant operated for fifty years, ope...")
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Former Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [02]
![Former Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [02]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/14/20240714102338-2d9efa1f-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Former Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [02] (10527 visits) Cupola on the former Howard Johnson's restaurant on Afton Mountain. This restaurant operated for fi...")
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Former Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [03]
![Former Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [03]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/14/20240714102337-d955feaf-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Former Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [03] (10644 visits) Former Howard Johnson's restaurant on Afton Mountain. This restaurant operated for fifty years, ope...")
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Former Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [04]
![Former Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [04]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/14/20240714102322-b477993b-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Former Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [04] (13174 visits) Former Howard Johnson's restaurant on Afton Mountain. This restaurant operated for fifty years, ope...")