Photo: "Shadows Tell One Hundred Stories"

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Stained glass window, St. Joseph's Church

This large stained glass window spans another 6-8 feet down to the ground floor below. However, after the church was re-constructed, in 1913, after being destroyed by fire from the San Francisco quake of 1906, this small attic-like space was added to this room, visually splitting the beautiful window in half. 

Photo: "Wing Archway"

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The Babcock Building at the South Carolina Lunatic Asylum was constructed in four waves between 1857 and 1885. It was constructed based on a Renaissance Revival design and was adorned with wood floors and trim. This building contained a four-story central structure and North and South wings. Each floor of each block contained individual patient rooms until 1915 when renovation began. 

Large open areas were created by removing partition walls, to provide patients with open dormitories and seating areas and electricity was also introduced. 

In 1980, the wings were cleared of patients, but the central portion of the building was still being used. 

The Babcock Building was placed on the National Historic Register in 1981. 

Photo: "Hey There Manly Beacon!"

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After setting up my tripod at the top of the hill with the rest of my group, I decided I wasn't happy with my perspective. Since I shot sunrise from that same spot during the last trip, with a nice sky, I decided I wanted a new angle.

I began the decent into the canyon half an hour before sunrise, stopping along the way to take shots from various angles and not realizing that I had walked so far until the Manly Beacon was directly to my right. I suddenly realized the walk back to the car would be much farther than I had anticipated.