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Gay City

10/21/2006

Curiously named Gay City was founded just before the 1800’s by families seeking religious freedom and was around for roughly 80 years until the Industrial Revolution and multiple fires killed it. This was the first stop of our ’06 New England trip, and to be honest I was...

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Holy Land

10/20/2004

This place is in shambles. Nature has reclaimed much of Holy Land, which was first put together in the early 50’s. To describe what exactly it is, think of an outside bible museum. There’s a small Bethlehem built onto the side of a hill, and there are many...

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Comstock Covered Bridge

10/20/2004

We stumbled upon this while looking for an alleged ghost town near Gillette Castle. This one was built in 1791 and restored in 1936. People mostly use it for fishing nowadays; barricades on either side prevent cars from driving through it. There are also 2 cameras at both...

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Gillette Castle

10/20/2004

I honestly didn’t know much about this place before deciding to visit it. I found out it was the home of the guy who played Sherlock Holmes on stage, a fact I admit I didn’t really care about at the time. I just figured it was a cool-looking...

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