I captured most of these images of Buddhist temples on O’ahu in 2012-2013, and recently decided to revisit (and reprocess/edit) them to organize in a single post. Most are Japanese Shinto or Hongwanji but the the multi-color mostly blue one is Korean, and the red/yellow/green one is Chinese.

Interiors of buildings starting with the Library of Congress in Washington DC. Then the throne room in the Queluz National Palace and the library, a sitting room (almost completely Trompe-l’œil painting!), and a hall in the Mafra National Palace, both palaces in Portugal. Followed by the Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, PA.

A sampling of exterior photos I took of: houses on O’ahu, Hawai’i, the warehouse building at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, and in Washington, DC the Library of Congress, row houses, the White House, the the US Capital Dome, and the Lincoln Memorial. In Spain the Alhambra in Granada, and in Portugal the Convento do...