Twelve Mile Circle
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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…
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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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Hi Mr. Howder — Just going from memory, I recall that your “rule” for counting a nation/state/county is “if I’m…
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Does anyone have actual music to the song – Tanaha ,Timpson. Bobo and Blair ?? It was recorded by Tex…
I think you might be referring to a post from January 2010 called “What Counts as a Visit.” My first…