by Jeffrey Kontur · Published September 9, 2018 · Last modified September 5, 2018
Twenty-two years after my first visit to Mount St. Helens, and 38 years after its famous 1981 eruption, I return to what might be America’s most famous volcano. Here is a selection of photos taken from my day on the mountain.
History / Off-the-beaten-path / USA / Wandering
by Jeffrey Kontur · Published July 17, 2018 · Last modified July 5, 2018
Of course all these photos from the ghost towns I’ve been visiting were originally taken digitally and in color. However I Photoshopped them to be black-and-white, sepia, silver toned or sometimes with strange colors because the subject matter seems to demand it.
History / Modes of Transport / Off-the-beaten-path / USA / Wandering
by Jeffrey Kontur · Published July 14, 2018 · Last modified July 5, 2018
Ghost towns aren’t just about the old, dilapidated buildings. For reasons unknown, people sometimes left their entire lives behind. Including cars, trucks, furniture and many other things. Here are some of the cars and trucks I found while touring the ghost towns.
History / Off-the-beaten-path / USA / Wandering
by Jeffrey Kontur · Published July 11, 2018 · Last modified July 5, 2018
Before I came to remote Joseph, OR I had done some research online. I found that there are approximately eleven ghost towns within an hour or so from here.
by Jeffrey Kontur · Published April 16, 2018 · Last modified April 7, 2018
Antoni Gaudí was a Spanish architect who lived from the late 1800s until the early 1900s. One of his most famous works is a giant cathedral that is the single most-visited site in all of Spain
On my first full day in Barcelona, the family I was staying with told me of some tourist sites I ought to visit. One of those was the Arc de Triumph (Arco de Troimfo, in Spanish). Wait… isn’t that in Paris?!
Culture / History / South America / Strenuous / Tropics
by Jeffrey Kontur · Published March 30, 2018 · Last modified March 19, 2018
One of Quito, Ecuador’s biggest attractions, both literally and figuratively, is the massive Basilica del Voto Nacional (“Basilica of the National Vow”). The towers are a full
History / South America / Strenuous / Tropics
by Jeffrey Kontur · Published February 24, 2018 · Last modified February 20, 2018
Culture / History / Off-the-beaten-path / South America
by Jeffrey Kontur · Published February 11, 2018 · Last modified February 8, 2018
Aside from their world-famous geoliths in the desert, the Nasca people did leave a few other legacies behind. They built a few small pyramids, some burial mounds, stone living structures, and a complex aqueduct system. It is this aqueduct system that is perhaps most impressive. In the 1980s, a powerful...
Active / Activities / Bucket List / Culture / History / South America
by Jeffrey Kontur · Published February 10, 2018 · Last modified February 8, 2018
Most everyone is familiar with them, even if you didn’t know what they were called or know much about them. The Lineas de Nasca are a bunch of lines and shapes out in the high deserts of southern Perú. If you were walking on the ground and came across one...