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I Can Click from Sea to Shining Sea and So Can You | Post 36 | Washington

I Can Click from Sea to Shining Sea and So Can You | Post 36 | Washington

Really?
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A Smattering of America, Ancient Skeletons, and Radioactive Waste | Post 35 | Washington

A Smattering of America, Ancient Skeletons, and Radioactive Waste | Post 35 | Washington

The final state of my virtual trip is serving comprehensive slices of American pie. Southeastern Washington may not be a microcosm of the…
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Labor and War on U.S. Route 12 | Post 34 | Idaho

Labor and War on U.S. Route 12 | Post 34 | Idaho

Wyoming, I usually say without hesitation. But now I must add Idaho. Based on sheer dramatic beauty, my response answers a question…
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Please Note the Difference Between Street View ART and Street View TRAVEL | Post 33 | Montana

Please Note the Difference Between Street View ART and Street View TRAVEL | Post 33 | Montana

“There’s something inherently exciting knowing that you might be the first person to ever gaze upon a scene that happened in the past.”…
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The Richest Hill on Earth | Post 32 | Montana

The Richest Hill on Earth | Post 32 | Montana

From canal-side mills in upstate New York to remnants of steelworks in West Virginia, my trip across Street View America has turned up…
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Is Mountain View Prejudiced Against Rural America? | Post 31 | Wyoming

Is Mountain View Prejudiced Against Rural America? | Post 31 | Wyoming

It’s all land across northern Wyoming, and nothing reveals more about land than the occasional, isolated man-made structure.
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Federal Regulation of Apostrophes, and Other Stories About Land | Post 30 | Wyoming

Federal Regulation of Apostrophes, and Other Stories About Land | Post 30 | Wyoming

I’ve traversed some mighty open spaces of late, but here in Wyoming — America’s least populated state — Street View speaks especially of…
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South Dakota - Nebraska - Iowa
Motorcycle Rallies All Look the Same | Post 29 | South Dakota

Motorcycle Rallies All Look the Same | Post 29 | South Dakota

Am I in New Hampshire? What happens at Rapid City, South Dakota, is enough to make the Street View traveler think there’s a glitch in…
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Badlands Basketball | Post 28 | South Dakota

Badlands Basketball | Post 28 | South Dakota

Expanse and sparsity notwithstanding, no segment of my virtual road trip has served up more visual clues to aspects of American life than…
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Beef and Sand | Post 27 | Nebraska

Beef and Sand | Post 27 | Nebraska

Coastal ignorance unmasked: I didn’t know the Cornhusker State’s #1 agricultural product is not corn. It is beef.
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The Future Capital of the U.S.A. | Post 26 | Nebraska

The Future Capital of the U.S.A. | Post 26 | Nebraska

Here, along the Platte River’s eastern Nebraska stretch, I have come across “quite probably the future capital of the U.S.A.,” and, if not…
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Where Are All the People? | Post 25 | Iowa

Where Are All the People? | Post 25 | Iowa

Here’s my little contribution to the debate around Street View, privacy, and Google’s face-blurring technology: There’s nobody on the…
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Farmhouses Have Histories Too | Post 24 | Iowa

Farmhouses Have Histories Too | Post 24 | Iowa

Far down this Iowa road, on the left side beyond the farmhouse and trees to the right, is a pixel of a bump above the October corn.
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