Twelve Mile Circle – An Appreciation of Unusual Places

Twelve Mile Circle

  • Bermuda Shorts, Part 2 (Shoreline Scenery )

    Shorelines defined Bermuda, with no single spot on the archipelago more than a half-mile away from water. Throw in a bunch of hills and it seemed almost impossible to find a place without a spectacular view. This amazing scenery seemed like a fitting topic for the second article in this series now that I’ve gotten…

  • Bermuda Shorts, Part 1 (Follow the Leader)

    I’d never seen Bermuda. It simply never rose to the top of my travel list. I never thought much about it actually. I wanted to see so many other places. Nonetheless, the opportunity dropped into my lap so I took it. My wife the runner who worked for a race company went there on business.…

  • Counties in Maine that I have Visited

    There are 16 Counties in Maine – “The Pine Tree State“ Also be sure to see my United States County Counting Page for the rest of the states. I have visited 13 Counties = 81.3% of Counties in Maine Counties visited are colored-in; counties still needing to be visited are blank.  Map created using Mob…

  • Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory

    Prospect, Waldo Co., Maine (August 2009) The Penobscot Narrows bridge (map) did not exist the last time I drove along this stretch of U.S. Route 1 several years ago. I’d seen a brochure for it a couple of days earlier and decided to check it out. I set off from my base in Rockport destined…

  • Atlantic Puffins in Maine

    Muscongus Bay, Knox Co., Maine (August 2009) We left out of Port Clyde on an afternoon excursion to see an Atlantic Puffin colony. They live on nearby Eastern Egg Rock, a 7-acre island on the outer edge of Muscongus Bay (map). Puffins disappeared from the Eastern Coast of the United States for a long time.…

  • Parishes in Louisiana that I have Visited

    There are 64 Parishes in Louisiana – “The Bayou State“ Also be sure to see my United States County Counting Page for the rest of the states. I have visited 32 Parishes = 50.0% of Parishes in Louisiana Parishes visited are colored-in; parishes still needing to be visited are blank.  Map created using Mob Rule.…

  • McIlhenny Co.’s Tabasco® Factory

    Iberia Parish, Louisiana, USA (March 2007) Tabasco peppers grow commercially in several places including Louisiana, Central America and South America, but the bottling of the famous Tabasco® Sauce traces to only one location: Avery Island, deep in the heart of Louisiana’s Cajun country (map) Making the Sauce This sign welcomes visitors to the McIlhenny Company’s…

  • The Jungle Gardens of Avery Island

    Iberia Parish, Louisiana, USA (March 2007) The Jungle Gardens cover more than 250 lushly landscaped acres on Louisiana’s Avery Island (map). It is part of the McIlhenny property where the world-famous Tabasco® Sauce originates, and is open to the public for a modest fee. The gardens arose from the visionary efforts of Edward Avery McIlhenny…

  • Global Wildlife Center

    West of Folsom, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana (April 2010) We’re always looking for fun things to do while visiting family in the New Orleans area. They’d been talking about how wonderful the Global Wildlife Center was, and how much fun the kids had on their visits there (map). We hadn’t visited it before so we stuffed…

  • Counties in Kentucky that I have Visited

    There are 120 Counties in Kentucky – “The Bluegrass State“ Also be sure to see my United States County Counting Page for the rest of the states. I have visited 87 Counties = 72.5% of Counties in Kentucky Counties visited are colored-in; counties still needing to be visited are blank. Map created using Mob Rule.…

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