Twelve Mile Circle

  • Michigan’s Lost Peninsula

    One of the oddities that interests me is when a territory is broken into two or more non-contiguous pieces.  Some become rather famous, like the small chunk of the United States in northern Minnesota that can only be reached via Canada at Lake of the Woods. A similar condition exists between and within certain states…

  • Introduction and Purpose

    Welcome to the Twelve Mile Circle! This site highlights unusual places on maps that just don’t seem to make sense.  These may include state highpoints, non-contiguous boundaries, latitude/longitude confluences, and other trivial geographic points. This serves as a companion to my travel pages. Over there I detail some of my actual trips to Strange Geography…


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  1. Hi Mr. Howder — Just going from memory, I recall that your “rule” for counting a nation/state/county is “if I’m…

  2. Does anyone have actual music to the song – Tanaha ,Timpson. Bobo and Blair ?? It was recorded by Tex…