I was using this Martenet Map of Harford County from 1878, viewable on the Library of Congress website, to do some family research. I was...

I was using this Martenet Map of Harford County from 1878, viewable on the Library of Congress website, to do some family research. I was...

Preserved SRO rooms at the South Street Seaport Museum. RL Fifield photo, 2012. The South Street Seaport Museum recently reopened under...

Preserved SRO rooms at the South Street Seaport Museum. RL Fifield photo, 2012. The South Street Seaport Museum recently reopened under...

Travel by Train, Denver Colorado. RL Fifield photo, 2007. Bumping around the Internet, I came upon this group of images of North American...

Travel by Train, Denver Colorado. RL Fifield photo, 2007. Bumping around the Internet, I came upon this group of images of North American...

While I think the city of Baltimore had little to do with inspiring the creation of this dance tune by Fred Rich and the Hotel Astor...

While I think the city of Baltimore had little to do with inspiring the creation of this dance tune by Fred Rich and the Hotel Astor...

Click here for the first post on the Cole Cemetery relocation. My mother and I were standing in the Target parking lot in Aberdeen one...

Click here for the first post on the Cole Cemetery relocation. My mother and I were standing in the Target parking lot in Aberdeen one...

New York Penn Station, thy name is Melancholy. New York’s Pennsylvania Station. Lost, 1963. Photo credit: New York Public Library via...

I fully expect Masterpiece Classic’s Downton Abbey to inspire the costume choices of many next Halloween (see my post on Downton...

Red Apple Rest, Southfields, NY, 2007. RL Fifield photo. A photo moment for the wayside respite that was the Red Apple Rest, on Route 17...

Barbara Fritchie Restaurant, Frederick MD, RL Fifield photo, 2009. Conjuring the appearance of a 17th or 18th century Still Room yields a...