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Before the house was electrified, candles shone at the ends of Christmas tree branches in the bay window. The youngest Merrill boy wears a kilt in that 1880s family photo. And of course, what every Christmas needs is an alligator foot purse.

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These are the woods once guarded by M-16s and complicated lethal security systems. These forest-covered bunkers once held some of the most deadly weapons ever created. This is what the Yellow Water Nuclear Weapons Storage Area, which once held the largest stockpile of nuclear weapons in the Southeast, looks like now.

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The story (stories) of Riverside High School, formerly Robert E. Lee, including the girl who’d become my mother, how the yearbook editor-in-chief Ted Pappas embraced his Greek heritage, Vaudeville and Southern Rock, and the fierce campaign to change the school’s name.

Riverside High School (formerly Robert E. Lee), Part 1: The Girl Who Would Become My Mother

Riverside High School (formerly Robert E. Lee), Part 2: Ted Pappas Becoming Ted Pappas

Riverside High School (formerly Robert E. Lee), Part 3: History According to Vaudeville

Riverside High School (formerly Robert E. Lee), Part 4: Becoming Riverside High School

Riverside High School (formerly Robert E. Lee), Part 5 — Coda: The Prehistory of Friday Night Drums

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Photo by Wanda Glennon Canaday

It’s been eight years since my sister and I wandered into the Arctic Discoverer. The ship remains in the same place, but nobody can access it now. All it does is deteriorate. Here’s the original story, with photography by Wanda Glennon Canaday.

Photo by Wanda Glennon Canaday