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backroadsphotog

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.

https://2-kevin-anderson.pixels.com/

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Places visited in Hutchinson, Kansas

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Places edited in Cañon City, Colorado

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Places edited in Wamego, Kansas

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Places added to Kansas City, Missouri

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Places edited in Columbia, Missouri

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Toddville, Maryland

Holland Island

After hundreds of years of settlement, this once-bustling fishing village sunk into the Chesapeake Bay.

The Minx

Added by The Minx

Baltimore, Maryland

Fort Armistead

An eerie, abandoned military base engulfed by nature and graffiti is now home to a local park.

sadbread99

Added by sadbread99

Nanjemoy, Maryland

The Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay

The remnants of a wooden-hulled fleet built and abandoned in WWI, now home to a thriving ecosystem.

Added by itsthedax

Baltimore, Maryland

Phoenix Shot Tower

Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.

Molly McBride Jacobson

Added by Molly McBride Jacobson

Baltimore, Maryland

Vote Against Prohibition Sign

A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.

satxwdavis

Added by satxwdavis

Baltimore, Maryland

Curtis Creek Ship Graveyard

Ship skeletons haunt Baltimore's waterways.

hana

Baltimore, Maryland

Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

dzamonja

Added by dzamonja

Baltimore, Maryland

George Peabody Library

It's not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music's library has been described as a "cathedral of books."

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

St. Joseph, Missouri

Glore Psychiatric Museum

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.

KaliaK

Added by KaliaK

Washington, D.C.

Foundry Branch Trolley Trestle Ruins

A derelict bit of transportation infrastructure hidden in the woods.

Elliot Carter

Added by Elliot Carter

Bonner Springs, Kansas

Barbed Wire Collection

Hundreds of samples of "Devil's Rope" hide in a defunct vintage elevator.

Added by cmlee2164

Glen Rose, Texas

Dinosaur Valley State Park

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Columbia, Missouri

McBaine Bur Oak

This majestic tree has survived 400 years of storms, droughts, and floods, and is a beloved natural landmark in Missouri.

Added by aferguson22

Kansas City, Missouri

Prospero's Books

This unconventional used book store was once in the news for the surprising act of burning books.

Added by evabaker81

Independence, Missouri

The Bingham-Waggoner Estate

This mansion was made famous by its colorful cast of owners and location along the Sante Fe Trail.

Added by terez93

Royal, Nebraska

Ashfall Fossil Beds

When an ancient supervolcano erupted, some of Nebraska's prehistoric animals were forever preserved in ash.

helpdeskchick

Added by helpdeskchick

Washington, D.C.

International Spy Museum

Home to items never before seen by the public.

caraobrien

Added by caraobrien

Lawrence, Kansas

Museum of Odd

The quirky collection includes treasures like Elvis' underwear, Bob Barker's toothbrush, and hundreds of sock monkeys.

Added by countsk288

Glendive, Montana

Glendive Dinosaur Museum

This museum is dedicated to telling the story of dinosaurs from a creationist perspective.

Scott Mansfield

Added by Scott Mansfield

Williamstown, Kentucky

Ark Encounter

A theme park featuring a replica of Noah's Ark built to the measurements specified in the Bible.

Added by vonbuxter

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Photo Antiquities Museum

Its vintage camera collection gives a snapshot of the past as viewed through a photographic lens.

nlockyer8544

Added by nlockyer8544

Jim Dickerman's Open Range Zoo

A Kansas grassroots sculptor decorates the local roadways with his sculptures made from found objects.

Added by mercedaiz

Wamego LSD Missile Silo

During the 1990's nearly all of the world's LSD is thought to have come from the operators of the lab once located in this missile silo.

Added by DoctorMoog42

Truckhenge

These elevated trucks were put in place as a middle finger to The Man, but are now considered folk art.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser