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The blog of Markeroni, the Gentle Art of Landmark-Snarfing

With TCM’s kind permission, Wandering Raleighite and I will be blogging our travels along U.S. 1 over the next nine days.

Most of our trip will be spent along U.S. 1 from Pennsylvania to the Canadian border. Time permitting, we’ll also stop in Baltimore before returning to Raleigh.

We’re now in Boston. Our plans had to be adjusted because our U.S. Air flight into Manchester, N.H., was delayed. By the time we got on the free shuttle to Boston, we were more than two hours behind schedule. BTW, Wandering Raleighite says he will never take U.S. Air again.

We made the best of the abbreviated amount of daylight to walk through the Theater District, the outskirts of Boston Commons and the Copley Square area. It was basically a trip around part of Boston’s downtown area. (more…)

This blog is part of Markeroni, the Gentle Art of Landmark-Snarfing — a site where you can find out about historical markers and historic landmarks, and even log your visits to them.

Here are thirteen of my favorite logged landmarks from April. It was really hard to choose! To view more details and a picture or pictures, click on the link. :)

1. Garrison Cemetery Garrison, New York

   I love the image of the gravestones sticking up out of the snow. The American flag is a flash of color and the cannon adds a hint of the past. (Logged by ember39.) (more…)

Yay! My guest post about Markeroni has been taken up on the Uptake blog (formerly Kango.com). :)

If you’re a member of BumpZee, feel free to bump it up. ;)

Many thanks to Uptake for the opportunity! :)

You have got to check this out. Seriously.

Click here first…and then please click through to the details to see why this is so incredible. :)

This is beautyredefined’s discovery. Oh, somebody please go, pretty please with cherries on top. Do we have any divers?

Welcome to the Markeroni blog, a place where we hope to capture the flavor of Markeroni and landmark-snarfing for you.

We will include short articles about trips to find historic places (On Snarfari), as well as technique (tips and tricks), reviews of equpment, books, and anything relevant to history or the hobby, and site news. The articles will be written by members of Markeroni–so if you think that this might be a fun outlet for your writing talents, please join us!

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All that remains, then, is to welcome you. Read on and have fun!