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The GPS is set, and I’m ready to drive

February 28, 2009 Todd DeFeo
The GPS was set. The music was blaring – the Black Crowes’ rendition of “God’s Got It.” There was a driving rain outside the window, but I had a destination in mind.

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Seeing America

‘Big Shanty, 20 minutes for breakfast’

February 19, 2009 Todd DeFeo
The General steam locomotive pulled the morning passenger train, winding its way through the rural Georgia countryside. Shortly before 6 a.m. on a rainy morning, Engineer Jeff Cain blew the locomotive’s whistle to signal that Big Shanty was approaching.

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Seeing America

Standing where the raiders once stood

February 13, 2009 Todd DeFeo
The Kennesaw House is an impressive building, even by today’s standards. But its role in one of the most fascinating events of the Civil War is what makes it truly unique.

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Seeing America

‘A needless effusion of blood’

February 12, 2009 Todd DeFeo
As William T. Sherman rode through the North Georgia countryside in the 1840s, he took note of one particular engineering feat.

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Globetrotting

The slow train to Atami

February 10, 2009 Todd DeFeo
The regular commuter train from Tokyo to Japan is slow, to say the least — especially compared to the high-speed bullet trains that speed across the countryside.

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Globetrotting

A fish market, sushi and beer for breakfast

February 5, 2009 Todd DeFeo
The aroma was quite apparent from the moment I stepped off the subway. With each step, the smell of fresh fish grew stronger.

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Outside the Hedges: Begin by downloading a podcast

February 3, 2009 Todd DeFeo
With its relatively compact downtown, Athens is easily navigated on foot. So, last year, the Athens Welcome Center announced the addition of the new Downtown Athens Podtour.

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Seeing America

‘The most extraordinary and astounding adventure’

January 24, 2009 Todd DeFeo
Trains still roar past the Kennesaw House located between the city square and the railroad tracks a block away. Turn back the clock 145 years to April 12, 1862, and the Kennesaw House was the stepping off point for one of the more intriguing episodes of the Civil War.

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Outside the Hedges: There’s more to Athens than the university

January 20, 2009 Todd DeFeo
Head out to Clayton Street on the typical Saturday night after a University of Georgia football game and say, “There’s nothing to do in this town.”

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Athens, Ga., a ‘Distinctive Destination’

January 16, 2009 Todd DeFeo
The National Trust for Historic Preservation has designated Athens, Ga., one of its Dozen Distinctive Destinations for 2009.

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