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A Road Trip Through Hudson Valley - New York, Eastern Pennsylvania, and Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

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I recently embarked on a road trip to Shenandoah National Park in Virginia, starting at Beacon, New York. Along the way, I visited Milford, Pennsylvania and Scranton, Pennsylvania - photographing interesting places throughout. Here is a snapshot of my photographic journey.  Beacon  It was a cloudy day with intermittent rain when I was in Beacon. Low cloud covering the parts of the mountain peaks visible from Beacon created interesting mood. It was early evening and was quite dark already.     Low cloud reaching the mountain range  Beacon Downtown Beacon, NY has a charming downtown. It has a roaring river flowing right through the town. Turbulent waters - Beacon, NY   Beacon downtown Dia Beacon Museum  While in Beacon, I visited the famous Dia Beacon museum.  It is impressively large with some big installations in big space. A set of gigantic free-standing, curved structures made of thick (almost 4 inch thick) heavy metal. One can walk inside these...
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A Coal Mining Ghost Town

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I recently visited a coal mining ghost town in Weatherly, Pennsylvania where the deep coal mining stopped in the 1940s. It is now a museum. The village was built in 1854 as a planned coal mining town, and most of the original buildings are preserved to their original state. It was an interesting glimpse into the past. Here is a visual tour of the village through my photos. It was a cloudy day with misty rain when I was there. But it was fun to walk around and experience this ghost town .   The entire village was essentially developed by the mining company along one street. Here are the homes occupied by the miners - on both sides of the street.  Image 1: Residences in the miners' village   Image 2: Residences in the miners' village   Here are examples of what we would call duplexes  these days. The difference is that it was not uncommon for up to 30 people to live in these duplexes!   Image 3: Duplex example 1    Image 4: Duplex example 2 ...
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