Virgin, Utah, USA

Here is the type of covered wagon that served settlers moving westward from the prairies. It amounted to a farm wagon outfitted with a cover. In fact, you wouldn't even call it a covered wagon if you grew up in Pennsylvania. An authentic one had to come from the Conestoga area of Lancaster County; hence, the name Conestoga wagon. [2019]

Big Springs, Nebraska, USA

With one exception, wheels created Big Springs. First came wagon wheels (think: Oregon Trail). Then came steam-train wheels (think: spring water). Then came automobile wheels (think: Lincoln Highway). So, what's the exception? The Pony Express (think: hoofs, not wheels). [2019]

Annapolis, Maryland, USA

In Pennsylvania, it would be called the capitol. In Maryland, it is always called the state house. In Pennsylvania, you would be laughed at if you called that a dome. In Maryland, they brag about having the largest wooden dome in the country. But, today, it is all about Maryland: Happy 232nd birthday! [2018 and 2002]

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Like its box-car cousin, this may be a bridge and it may be covered, but it does not qualify as a covered bridge if you apply the standards of the National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Yet, this kind of covered bridge has become a part of every large city in the world even though most are not as high as those in Peachtree Center. [2020]

Williams, Arizona, USA

Would you call this a covered bridge? Yes: It is a bridge and it is covered. No: It is neither wooden nor authentic. Remember how the National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges sees it. Real covered bridges must be built of wood using authentic materials and skills. This may be an authentic box car, but certainly not an authentic bridge. [2019]

Loysville, Pennsylvania, USA

Adairs Covered Bridge, like all covered bridges in the world, has its own unique number: 38-50-04#2. The National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges assigns the numbers and keeps track of the nation's authentic, wooden covered bridges. The #2 at the end tells you that Adairs has been rebuilt using traditional materials and skills. [2018]

Charleston, South Carolina, USA

What was life like before coronavirus? Here's a picture that may be seen nostalgically five years from now. But... but... They aren't standing six feet apart and they aren't wearing masks. These Civil Air Patrol cadets are on their way to see where the CW began? What will we preserve to show where the other CW began? [2008]