Seeing the Extraordinary in the Ordinary
Abstract detail of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas (MKT) 401B locomotive—originally built in 1947— in the collection of the Red River Railroad Museum in Denison, Texas.
Colorful parasols on display at the 2026 McKinney Asian Art and Food Festival, McKinney, Texas.
Evelyn Beatrice Longman’s 1914 sculpture Spirit of Communication stands guard over Downtown Dallas’ AT&T Discovery District.
Nearby skyscrapers are reflected in the mirrored façade of Downtown Dallas’ Bank of America Plaza.
Oregon’s Multnomah Falls plunges 190 meters (620 feet) into the Columbia River Gorge.
Architectural detail of Oklahoma City’s Devon Energy Center.
Dallas Arts Tower (formerly Chase Tower) and the Plaza of the Americas in the North Texas sky over Downtown Dallas.
Artifacts at the Texas Broadcast Museum in Kilgore, Texas.
The AT&T Long Lines Adams Tower silently towers into the overcast sky over Frisco, Texas.
Mexican artist Miguel Covarrubias‘ striking 1954 mosaic “Genesis, the Gift of Life” stands in the forecourt of the Dallas Museum of Art.
A Missouri-Pacific Short Bay Window Caboose in the collection of the Red River Railroad Museum in Denison, Texas.
Waterslides on the cruise ship Carnival Magic as it sails in the Gulf of Mexico.
Utah’s Stansbury Island rises over the salt flats of the Great Salt Lake.
The marquee of the historic Rialto Theater—opened in 1920—in Downtown Denison, Texas.
Antique benches and chairs spotted in Downtown Grapevine, Texas.
The long-abandoned Dallas Power and Light East Substation—originally built in 1920 to power Dallas’ streetcar system—decays in the city’s Cedars neighborhood. This photo I shot ten years prior to this one helps highlight the location’s decline.
The rocky shoreline of California’s Muir Beach.
Architectural detail of the Populus Hotel in Denver, Colorado.Architectural detail of the Populus Hotel in Denver, Colorado.
Detail of the Moscow, Camden & St. Augustine Railway No. 201—a steam locomotive originally built for the construction of the Panama Canal—on display in Downtown Anna, Texas.
First light of day on Paris Las Vegas.
The Rio Grande cuts through the Rio Grande Gorge near Taos, New Mexico, as seen from the 600 foot (180 m) tall Rio Grande Gorge Bridge.
The long-abandoned Circle Theater, originally opened in 1947, stands in an empty lot in Northwest Dallas. It most recently operated as a music venue, Stereo Live Dallas, before closing as a casualty of the pandemic.
Sunflowers greet the rising sun on a sandy beach in Galveston, Texas.
Well-trod-upon sand dunes at New Mexico’s White Sands National Park.
Detail of a tree at McKinney, Texas’ Pecan Grove Cemetery.
Trees encroach on the historic Carpenters Bluff Bridge, a former railroad bridge built in 1910 that crosses the Red River on the Texas/Oklahoma border east of Denison, Texas.
The rugged shoreline of Otter Crest Beach at Otter Rock, Oregon.
A jet carves a contrail over the Boulder Theater and the rest of Downtown Boulder, Colorado.
The Cowboy VOR/DME—part of the navigational infrastructure for DFW International Airport—resembles a UFO landing structure in Northwest Dallas.
A rocky mountainside in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park.
A faded sign advertising signs spotted in Dallas’ Cedars neighborhood.
A rocky beach on the shore of Tutshi Lake in British Columbia’s Stikine Region.
Harris Creek weaves through the landscape at North Texas’ Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge.
Detail of an abandoned warehouse in Downtown Tyler, Texas.
The rugged and mountainous terrain of Alaska’s Glacier Bay presents a dramatic and awe-inspiring natural landscape, characterized by towering peaks, steep cliffs, and expansive glaciers that descend toward the pristine waters below.
In East Texas’ Tyler State Park, the trees along the lakeshore extend their branches gracefully, casting intricate shadows across the water’s edge. The interplay of light and shade creates a serene and picturesque scene, highlighting the natural beauty and tranquil atmosphere of the park’s landscape.
The legs of Arkansas’ Rich Mountain Lookout Tower.
The trussed ceiling of Exhibit Hall B at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas features an intricate structural design, showcasing a network of interconnected beams that provide both stability and aesthetic appeal. This architectural detail not only supports the expansive space but also contributes to the hall’s modern and functional atmosphere.
Outside of a retail establishment in the historic Fort Worth Stockyards, Texas.
The distinctive sandstone rock formations known as the Flatirons rise over the Colorado landscape on the outskirts of Boulder.
A portion of Magdalena Abakanowicz’s “Bronze Crowd“, in the collection of Dallas’ Nasher Sculpture Center.
A warning sign on a cliff at Prospect Canyon in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park.
Detail of the cruise ship Carnival Fantasy, docked in Cozumel, Mexico.
Laid-up oil platforms at Pelican Island, Galveston, Texas.
The Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Price Tower rises into the blue sky over Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
The reflective modern architecture of Dallas’ Ventana senior living community.
Detail of a waterslide aboard the cruise ship Carnival Magic.
Stairs on the Galveston, Texas, Seawall lead to the frothing surf of the Gulf of Mexico.
Planet Hollywood, reflected in the glass façade of the nearby Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
The Downtown Dallas skyline, as seen from Winfrey Point on the eastern shore of White Rock Lake.
Detail of a classic Chevrolet Impala, spotted at the 2026 Sundance Square Car & Culture Show in Fort Worth, Texas.
Water cascades around concrete aggregate steps in the Active Pool at the Philip Johnson-designed Fort Worth Water Gardens in the south end of Downtown Fort Worth, Texas.
The towers of The Pinnacle at City Park South are obscured by a late-Spring snowstorm in Denver, Colorado.
Detail of the construction of a new residential tower being built adjacent to the Shops at Park Lane in Dallas.
Architectural detail of the midsection of the Waldorf Astoria Las Vegas.
A barbed wire fence stretches towards the southern Davis Mountains in the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas, north of Marfa.
A rocky outcropping in the dry desert at California’s Mojave National Preserve.
The sun rises on the Gulf of Mexico at Galveston, Texas.
A portion of “Hunter’s Mural,” a mural in Downtown McKinney, Texas by local artist Andrea Holmes. A tribute to artist Hunter Haney, this detail shows one figure from the mural giving a “hang loose,” or “shaka,” sign.
A chainlink fence inhibits access to Downtown Fort Worth’s long-abandoned Heritage Park.
Morning on Oklahoma’s Broken Bow Lake at Beavers Bend State Park.
Multi-colored sailboats docked in the early morning near Fisherman’s Wharf, San Francisco.
Architectural detail of Oklahoma City’s Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center.
Abstract architectural detail of the Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, Oklahoma City.
Dawn at Colorado Springs’ Palmer Park.
Mansfield Dam impounds the Colorado River west of Austin, Texas.
A makeshift door lock spotted on a Volkswagen Type 2 in Cozumel, Mexico.
Morning surf from the Gulf of Mexico washes over giant granite blocks at the base of the Galveston Seawall, Galveston, Texas.
A Grove Rough Terrain Crane spotted in Downtown Sherman, Texas.
Detail of a small factory near Downtown Sherman, Texas.
Architectural detail of the People’s Petroleum Building in Downtown Tyler, Texas.
Detail of the historic Crim Theatre (1939) in Downtown Kilgore, Texas.
A creek winds through the forest at Oklahoma’s Natural Falls State Park.
A decrepit pier extends into Galveston Bay at the Texas City Dike.
A fallen tree’s branches resemble a Lovecraftian monster’s tentacles at Oklahoma’s Lake Texoma State Park.
A mule deer in the morning light at Colorado’s Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre.
The Historic Carpenters Bluff Bridge—built in 1910 as a railroad trestle—crosses the Red River on the Texas/Oklahoma border east of Denison, Texas.
Architectural detail of Fort Worth City Hall, originally built as the corporate headquarters of the defunct retailer Pier 1 Imports, rises into the North Texas sky.
Horseweed grows in the morning light at McKinney, Texas’ Erwin Park.
Sculptor Allie Victoria Tennant’s Tejas Warrior guards the entrance to the Hall of State at Fair Park, Dallas.
