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Museum of Indian Culture, Allentown, PA
A small historical museum mostly staffed by volunteers (I think). Open weekends only, noon through four p.m. (also Friday, same hours, March through December).
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http://www.lenape.org/home.html
Going Deep - washingtonpost.com
The new Sant Ocean Hall of the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/25/AR2008092501017.html
Crystal Cave Pennsylvania - most popular natural attraction in Pennsylvania
Direx from Phoenixville, PA: http://snipr.com/3q5z3
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http://www.crystalcavepa.com
Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy - Welcome
Located in Schwenksville, PA, on Rte. PA-73 not far from PA-29.
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http://www.perkiomenwatershed.org
GeoGraffiti
Free verbal message board for exchanging location-specific community information.
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http://www.geograffiti.com
Nandi Hills – Travel Photo of the Day
Nandi Hills is a Hill Station very close to the international airport and about 60 km from Bangalore, in Devanahalli. Located about 2 km from the National Highway (NH-7).
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http://karnataka-travel-tourism.blogspot.com/2008/05/beehives-on-nandi-hills-travel-photo-of...
Home Stay of the week – Woodway Chikmagalur
Chikmagalur is no longer a poor cousin of Coorg, the number of new Chikmagalur Home Stays and Chikmagalur Hotels or Resorts opening every month is a good indicator of this destination’s...
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http://karnataka-travel-tourism.blogspot.com/2008/05/woodway-chikmagalur-homestay-of-week.html
Bangalore – Quick Video Guide
Short on time (well who is not), here is a quick way to see and understand Bangalore, Enjoy a quick Video Guide to Bangalore.
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http://karnataka-travel-tourism.blogspot.com/2008/05/quick-video-guide-to-bangalore.html
Nine Oaks Swim Club, Royersford, PA
I have often passed the sign for this place and wondered what it was. It's a private club, $425 per season, with an outdoor pool, located at Mennonite and Fruit Farm Roads in Royersford, PA.
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http://www.9oaks.org
"Modern Ruins": Photo-essays by Shaun O'Boyle
Photos of (mostly) abandoned industrial-age landmarks. Mainly black-and-white, done in a very understated, documentary style. Poignant and often beautiful.
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http://oboylephoto.com/ruins/index.htm
The Best Places to Watch Documentary Movies Online | MakeUseOf.com
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http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/the-best-places-to-watch-documentary-movies-online
[murmur] - hear you are
A collaborative art project in which specific places are "tagged" with audio messages. You're walking through town and you see a "murmur" sign, you call the appropriate phone number and l...
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http://murmurtoronto.ca
Flickr: A Place of Our Own - Laughing Meme
Kellan has always kicked amazing amounts of ass. Then he started working at Flickr, where he gets to kick ass with a whole group of ass kicking people, with amazing amounts of fun data. O...
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http://laughingmeme.org/2007/12/10/flickr-a-place-of-our-own
Bridge and Main
Blog about news and happenings around Phoenixville, PA.
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http://bridgeandmain.blogspot.com
The Speaker's House :: The Home of Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg
A historic landmark near my home. Not much to look at from the outside, but probably quite interesting. The Lutheran church nearby (a pre-Revolutionary War building) looks just like north...
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http://speakershouse.org
Phoenixville Area Chamber of Commerce - Historic Yellow Springs
A historic site near where I live.
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http://www.phoenixvillechamber.org/yellow.html
Platial.com
Google Maps-based social mapping. Emphasis on the "social" - not so much like Wayfaring.
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http://www.platial.com
Platial.com
A geo-bookmarking service. Still pretty new.
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http://www.platial.com/place
GeoURL (2.0)
GeoURL is a location-to-URL reverse directory. This will allow you to find URLs by their proximity to a given location. Find your neighbor's blog, perhaps, or the web page of the restaura...
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http://www.geourl.org
Sweetbrier On The Schuylkill, Philadelphia
This article refers to the mansion opposite Mill Grove on Pawlings Road, near Valley Forge -- also called Vaux Hill and the Fatlands farm -- as "Sweetbriar."
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http://www.oldandsold.com/articles15/shrines-40.shtml
Google Maps - 1248 Pawlings Rd, Phoenixville, PA 19460(Vaux Hill / Fatlands)
Another view of "Vaux Hill" or "Fatlands," this one from Google Maps.
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http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=1248+Pawlings+Rd,+Phoenixville,+PA+19460(Vaux+Hill+/...
Vaux Hill on Windows Live Local
I don't know what this place is, but I'm very curious. It's called "Vaux Hill" and the PA Historical Society maintains a page on it.
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http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=40.119231~-75.443681&style=o&lvl=1&scene=4023812&s...
Valley Forge Baptist Temple
A very large church near Trappe, PA.
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http://www.vfbt.org
34 NORTH 118 WEST
An art project attaching historical documents and artworks to buildings in one L.A. city block.
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http://www.34n118w.net
Information in places - J.C. Spohrer
I haven't read this yet ...
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http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/sj/384/spohrer.txt
PlaceSite - Inventing Wi-Fi Community
The idea is to "build community" inside a wifi hotspot.
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http://info.placesite.com/index.rhtml?ps=1
Yellow Arrow
Like Semacode - put yellow stickers with barcodes on physical landmarks and link to online resources.
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http://www.yellowarrow.net
Rosenbach Museum and Library, Philadelphia
A local museum which includes a gallery and collection devoted to Maurice Sendak.
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http://www.rosenbach.org/home/home.html
Finding Exurbia: Brookings Institution study
Brookings Institution study on exurbia. I really think these communities (if they can be called that) represent something important, similar to what Lawrence Wright called "the New World"...
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http://www.brookings.edu/metro/pubs/20061017_exurbia.htm
The exurbs (Brookings Institution study on sprawl and growth)
The WSJ reports on a recent study by the Brookings Institution on "exurbia" in the US, defined as urban fringe areas with low housing density in which at least 20% of residents commute to...
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116112586675395776.html?emailf=yes
African-American history museum in Balto., Md.
Open since June, 2005. Linked from OMHAR.org, the mid-Atlantic Oral History association.
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http://www.africanamericanculture.org/home.html
Central Schwenkfelder Church, Lansdale, PA 19490
Contact: PO Box 67, 2111 S. Valley Forge Rd., Worcester, PA 19490 (map: http://snipr.com/1pams).
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http://www.centralschwenkfelder.com
Southeast Pennsylvania rural history consortium
A consortium of local (SE PA) historic sites. Includes the obivous ones like the Brandywine Battlefield and Hopewell Furnace, but also the Mennonite Heritage Center in Harleysville and th...
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http://www.ruralhistoryconfederation.org
NaviTraveler.com - Find Places
Interessante, examinar.
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http://www.navitraveler.com/search.php