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First, I’ve never met the Oak Ridge Boys. They aren’t actually from here:

The original group, based in Knoxville, TN, began performing country and gospel music in nearby Oak Ridge where the atomic bomb was being developed. They called themselves the Oak Ridge Quartet, and they began regular Grand Ole Opry appearances in the fall of ‘45. In the mid-’50s, they were featured in Time magazine as one of the top drawing gospel groups in the nation.

We do have a street named after them, though.

The gates that secured the road into Oak Ridge are still there, but haven’t been in use since the ’50s. After 9/11, They did re-close the roads running past the labs.

From the river to the gates, the city of Oak Ridge is 8 miles long.

This is our Wal-Mart. It’s the social and commercial center of the town.

We also have a Waffle House.

This is the International Friendship Bell & Pavilion. It commemorates the Pearl Harbor attack and the bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki. The bombs used to destroy Hiroshima & Nagasaki (Little Boy & Fat Man) were built in Oak Ridge. The were the first two atomic bombs ever built.

This is our public art (Untitled by John Rietta, 1974).

This is our art center.

And band shell.

This is the Founder’s Circle. It commemorates the first generation of Oak Ridgers.

The biggest building in Oak Ridge is the high school. Recently, they completed a multi-million dollar upgrade. Our high school football team (”Wildcats”) is a big deal - we used to have the biggest team in the whole state. Alas, I forgot to take a picture of the school. Instead, for your enjoyment, here is a picture of me from my junior year.

Chinese Wedding Carriage.

I don’t remember what this is.

Or this. A model of Alexandria?

This proud man is a Cossack.

America’s premier location for stuffed, dead and old things. Awesome.

The Gorilla.

Long Horned Antelope.

The Indricotherium. A giant rhino. I like the wire shape standing in for the rest of the body.

Central American. It’s for holding hearts from human sacrifice.

An Olmec face.

This redwood was 1500 years old.

The Hall of Biodiversity.

“The Harvard Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum on the grounds of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.”

Dinosaurs! Glass Flowers! Bugs! Rocks! Everything is stuffed…

Our Friend, the Opossum.

Big Cats in a Box.

Our Primate Ancestors.

This whale is Wright, but it is dead.

In Case of Nuclear War.

Pinocchio’s Pizza. This is the best slice of pizza in the world.

Lowell House. The scaffolding is for removing the Danilov Monastery bells.

The aforementioned bells.

Original home of the Harvard Advocate, the “the oldest continuously published college literary magazine in the United States.”

Each department building at Harvard has its’ own crest. This one has bees.

The Million Year Picnic. Used to buy all my comics here. Their website is lo-fi.

Jamaica Plane, Cambridge, MA

Spent the day in Newburyport with my sister, Rebecca. Newburyport is one of the original, deep-water ports of Massachusetts and an America-side point of the Triangular Trade (Slaves, Molasses, Rum). Newburyport is also home of the first Clipper ships.

“Black Warrior” by James E Buttersworth, 1853

It’s pretty much all tourism now…

The fisherman in yellow rain-coat is a local icon.

The Custom House Maritime Museum

Oldies Marketplace. (It was closed ;_;)

Everywhere, the sky was beautiful.