Post your small town photos

[Lucky7]

Some detail shots from Marathon TX, town of ~400 people. This version is run through Topaz for a softer feel than the original composite work. Marathon is going through a renaissance due to a major hotel renovation and, I'll tell ya', it is fabulous. Plus, they're pet friendly in a few rooms so we could bring our boy along. (The downside was that I accidentally took my fella into an art gallery with 30,000 dollar artwork on the walls.). I understand this type of shot isn't necessarily showcasing the town itself, but so much of the truly small town experience is defined by the land around it.

(2024-0218)-GageGetaway-MarathonAroundTown-0048-X-T3-300 mm-1-250- copy by S. Nobody, on Flickr

You should post the 'unmelted' version you have on Flickr. I really like that one.

 

[DavidWatts]

Just saying that it would be helpful to include town names/locations along with photos in a thread such as this.

 

[sparker1]

Georgetown, Kentucky, population less than 40,000.

 

[DavidWatts]

Main Street, downtown Princeton, Illinois.

Canon 5D3 • Canon 24-105 L IS @ 24mm • f/8 • 1/100 • iso 100​

 

[Jack Dawe]

Arrowtown, South Island, New Zealand, a gold rush town of the 1860s and not much changed since then, except for traffic. It took me quite a while to get a shot devoid of parked cars; there was no hope of getting free of people as well. There are large car and coach parks nearby, so I don't know why they don't ban cars from the town itself. It looks a lot better without traffic.

 

[Roy Mathers]

 

[Lucky7]

 

[Roy Mathers]

 

[sparker1]

Telluride, Colorado. The town in a box canyon.

 

[joayne]

Nice concept .. I love seeing the town from afar and from within. It makes it far more real about the size and situation on the land.

 

[Cliff Hilbert]

The number of bikes on the sidewalks and the one in the street tells us the mode of transportation the local residents prefer. You have to be in pretty good shape to be bicycling in that territory because NOTHING is flat around there.

 

[SonomaTim]

Bodega Bay, California. Population of 912 in the 2020 Census. It's a fishing village on the eastern side of Bodega Bay.

 

[sparker1]

The charming town of Lone Pine, California is surrounded by opportunity for fun and adventure. First photo shows the town in 2021, second is a mural that represents what it may have been like in 1871.

 

[sparker1]

Tonopah, Nevada

 

[sparker1]

Cripple Creek, Colorado. They still mine gold there today, by tearing a mountain down, leeching the gold out, and using the spoils to build a replacement mountain.

 

[Cliff Hilbert]

Cripple Creek, Colorado. They still mine gold there today, by tearing a mountain down, leeching the gold out, and using the spoils to build a replacement mountain.
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John Denver sang about that, they tear their mountain down.

 

[DavidWatts]

Cripple Creek, Colorado. They still mine gold there today, by tearing a mountain down, leeching the gold out, and using the spoils to build a replacement mountain.
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My sister was a bartender for almost 10 years at a bar/casino (Black Diamond Casino) directly across the street in that block. Very interesting town. I've never done the mine tour.

 

[sparker1]

My sister was a bartender for almost 10 years at a bar/casino (Black Diamond Casino) directly across the street in that block. Very interesting town. I've never done the mine tour.

Nor did I do the tour. I've been in many mines in past years, no need for more. Thanks for the comment, David.

 

[OhLook]

So few photos in this thread feature architecture that Urban Life and Travel might be a better place. I think it was in that forum at POTN, begun as a counterpart to some urban threads.

 

[sparker1]

So few photos in this thread feature architecture that Urban Life and Travel might be a better place. I think it was in that forum at POTN, begun as a counterpart to some urban threads.

I always have trouble finding it here, have to search. It seems to fit better in Travel.