In Elsah, Illinois, where the water table is so high, with a multi- spring fed creek, located right next to the Illinois/Mississippi Rivers - Sycamore trees litter the lowland ….and upland forest.

I spent the morning wandering through the flooded Mississippi River, with my jeep and in waders.

This ‘gate way’ image stuck in my mind for several years.

A remote stretch of road that cuts across the Borderlands.

Hispanic churches built in the late 1500’s and 1600’s in this Southwestern area have simple, tucked away corners called a Sanctuarium.

Baja, The western peninsula of Mexico - over the last 40 years has become a mecca, primarily for American tourists and ex-pats.

A lone Saguaro cactus peaks above adobe walls in the midst of the Saguaro National Park, which lies in the extreme southwestern United States.

This fleeting image was captured of a local street child and Ted Munnecke.

Thousands of shoes and bare feet have walked on, shuffled, danced…

A calm morning at the bridge that crosses Elsah Creek , at the mouth of Askew hollow, as it enters the Mississippi River.

This ancient wall and New Mexican apple tree are located in Southern New Mexico. The Santuario predates the US occupation of this area and final statehood of NM in 1912.

At the end of a dirt street, stood this structure. Built in the turn of the 19th century

This image was found in the Sanctuario of a Hispanic Church that is very close to the modern border of Mexico and the US.