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Content Published November 14, 2016

White Window, Augsburg, Germany

Carefully pruned not to obstruct

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Content Published September 19, 2016

Nanstein Castle Circular Stairway

Scenes like this gives me pause, to imagine the people walking up and down the stairs over the centuries.

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Content Published June 10, 2016

Wall of Windows and Vines, Burg Lichtenberg

Natural reclamation of a midieval wall at Burg Lichtenberg, Germany by a flowering vine.

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Content Published April 10, 2016

Morning Delivery

Street scene from Augsburg, W. Germany. What happens in Augsburg stays in Augsburg.

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Content Published January 29, 2015

Bird's Eye View

Nanstein Castle

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Content Published January 21, 2014

Isar Tor Old Munich

Thousands of years ago, this was the western gate to the enclosed city of Munich. Imagine all the stories it could tell.

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Content Published January 17, 2014

Lane to the Well Lichtenberg Castle

View of a street inside the ruins of Castle Lichtenberg (bei Kusel).

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Content Published January 17, 2014

Walk in the Inner Ward

Sublime depiction of Lichtenberg Castle prior to its 20th Century restoration.

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Content Published January 17, 2014

Outer Ward Burg Lichtenburg bei Kusel

A scenic vantage point for watching what's happening in the valley below.

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Content Published January 16, 2014

Restricted Traffic

Burg Hohenecken, Interior Entryway, 1981

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Content Published January 9, 2014

Perimeter Walk Nanstein Castle

Much of the details about the functions of rooms and other spaces in this 800 year old castle have been lost to history, so we're free to imagine.

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Content Published January 9, 2014

Nanstein Castle Defensive Entry

Ingenious use of natural and man-made structure to keep things out.

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Content Published December 3, 2013

Koenigsee on a Rainy Morning

Soft diffused light and rain clouds in the Alps around Bertesgaden, as a boat makes its way down the lake.

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Content Published January 30, 2000

Hallway Hohenecken Castle

My imagination runs rampant entering these remnants of a grand hallway in the ruins of Hohenecken Castle, Germany.

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Content Published January 30, 2000

Lane Through an Arch

Where no one walked through before 1560 (Hohenecken Castle)

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Content Published January 30, 2000

Nanstein Castle Interior with Waterworks

I suppose the sewage had to go somewhere.

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Content Published September 5, 1969

Guard's Squint, Burg Lichtenberg bei Kusel

A purposeful hole in the wall during medieval times.

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Content Published September 5, 1969

Window Light, Hohenecken Castle

A window to unknown sights.

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