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I call myself The Back Roads Photographer. The back roads that I, Kevin W Anderson shoot can be found most anywhere, but mostly in Kansas and Missouri. The term back road should not be taken literally and can manifest itself in a country or urban setting, of nature or of the works of man.
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The Djoser Pyramid (4,700 years old) and a camel (age unknown).

Badrshein, Egypt

Pyramid of Djoser

This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.

Mount Trashmore

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Mount Trashmore

Scenic mount trashmore, Virginia Beach's most curious waterfront still has a couple of secrets.

Monument to a Century of Flight.

Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

Monument to a Century of Flight

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

The Conch Republic

Key West, Florida

The Conch Republic

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

Queen's Staircase.

Nassau, Bahamas

Queen's Staircase

This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.

Paracas Candelabra

Pisco, Peru

Paracas Candelabra

The mysterious "Candelabra of the Andes" could represent anything from a god's trident to a hallucinogenic plant.

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Erie, Kansas

Erie Dinosaur Park

A Jurassic artscape composed of transmission casings and other mechanical parts.

Alley grist mill.

Eminence, Missouri

Alley Spring Mill

A historic, scenic mill that was forced to close due to overlogging.

Klepzig from afar.

Winona, Missouri

Klepzig Mill

This small turbine mill along Rocky Creek was built in 1928

Round Spring

Round Spring, Missouri

Round Spring

An average of 33 million gallons of water pour out of the collapsed cave at the heart of this spherical spring.

Crusher.

Park Hills, Missouri

Missouri Mines State Historic Site

Rusted and decayed, this former mining site is a portal to the past.

Big Spring from afar.

Van Buren, Missouri

Big Spring

Often referred to as the largest spring in America.

Salvador Dali's "Easter Angel"
Permanently Closed

Kansas City, Missouri

Dalí Collection at Hallmark Visitors Center

The famous greeting card maker owns a collection of paintings by the famed surrealist.

Boy and Frog.

Kansas City, Missouri

Boy and Frog Fountain

A beloved, quirky little fountain featuring a large frog spitting water at a naked boy.

Imperial Brewery in Kansas City
Permanently Closed

Kansas City, Missouri

Imperial Brewery

Undone by Prohibition, this abandoned brewery-turned-flour mill is now ready for its third act.

Clydesdale horses

St. Louis, Missouri

Grant's Farm

What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.

The Gunnison River is festooned by majestic steep cliffs in glorious winter light.

Montrose, Colorado

Black Canyon of the Gunnison

A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.

The Pinnacles

Sturgeon, Missouri

The Pinnacles

A geological oddity formed by two rivers carving out a mass of limestone on both sides.

Standing tall and proud.
Permanently Closed

Galena, Kansas

Frecs the Miner

This statue is an ode to an iconic roadside advertisement popularized during the 1970s.

St. Fidelis Basilica

Victoria, Kansas

St. Fidelis Basilica

Also known as the Cathedral of the Plains, this church holds the distinction of being one of the "8 Wonders of Kansas."

Yikes! It was a scary climb.

Topeka, Kansas

Kansas State Capitol Cupola

Journey up the capitol building's cupola for an amazing view of Topeka.

Cosmosphere.

Hutchinson, Kansas

Cosmosphere

The world’s largest combined collection of U.S. and Russian aircraft got its start in a poultry building.

Giant Van Gogh Painting

Goodland, Kansas

Giant Van Gogh Painting

Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.

Mummified bison showing full body.

Washington, D.C.

Mummified Bison

The 28,000-year-old specimen is remarkably intact.

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