Virginia and beyond

Perhaps the best time to see the Mill Mountain Star in Roanoke, Virginia, is when there’s a full moon directly behind it.

Kudzu taking over the highway sign in Charlottesville.

I stopped by the Ridgeway Service Station on US 250 in Afton, Virginia, to get a tall glass of cool, refreshing Teem, but it appears they are no longer in business.

The tiny post office in Southside, West Virginia, used to be on US 35, and I always looked forward to seeing it on my trips to and from Virginia. US 35 has since been re-routed around Southside, so unless you take the back roads, you won’t get to see it anymore.

A Thanksgiving view of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina from the hotel balcony.

A view from the top of The Vessel, a piece of walkable architecture in Hudson Yards, New York City.

An old favorite: the sign for the Magic Wand restaurant in Churubusco, Indiana. I especially like the Fairy blessing the MagicBurger.