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Making History; Creating a Landscape: The Portuguese American Community of Southeastern New England

Making History; Creating a Landscape: The Portuguese American Community of Southeastern New England

A masterful portrait of the landscape and history of Portuguese Americans the places they call home.

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May 27, 2024

The One Minute Geographer: Interchanges

Where is the Most Complex Highway Interchange in the United States?

The One Minute Geographer: Interchanges

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Dec 12, 2023

The One Minute Geographer: The Alaska Top Ten

A Huge State. Alaska is about one-fifth the size of the continental USA — it’s two-and-a-half times the size of Texas. The dimensions of…

The One Minute Geographer: The Alaska Top Ten

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Jun 21, 2025

The One-Minute Geographer: More Than Rio

What’s Up With Latin American Cities?

The One-Minute Geographer: More Than Rio

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Aug 9, 2024

The One Minute Geographer: The Largest Islands in the 48 States

We started this series of posts about the largest islands in the United States and looked at a few islands in Alaska where 38 of the…

The One Minute Geographer: The Largest Islands in the 48 States

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The Quantastic Journal

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Sep 4, 2024

The One-Minute Geographer: The Andes

Continuing our series on Latin America, we’ll start this overview of Latin America’s mountains by asking how they compare to other…

Mt. Alpamayo, Peru (19,511 ft, 5,947 m). Photo by Frank R 1981, on Wikipedia.

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Jun 26

A Collection for New Followers

A Medium Experiment

Two photos show the Sagrada Familia cathedral. One shows the building and its numerous spires at a distance with a towering construction crane. The other photo show elaborate carvings around the main entrance.

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The Quantastic Journal

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Jun 5

Ten Surprising Facts About Lebanon

An overview of Lebanon, looking at important geographic aspects, some quite surprising, may help us understand how life goes on day by day…

A Maronite Christian church across the street from a Muslim mosque in downtown Beirut.

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Jun 4

Barcelona Dreamin’

Some of the Highlights That have made Barcelona one of the Most-Visited Cities in Europe

A female flamenco dancer in a frilly red and black dress dances in front of four male singers and guitarists.

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The Quantastic Journal

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Apr 22

Ten Surprising Facts About Iran

Remarkable Geographical Aspects of a Nation Under Duress

A photo centered on a tall tower in Tehran with a few high-rise buildings of perhaps 30 stories.

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Portugal Calling

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Mar 4

Do You Want to be a Word Detective in an Urban Ethnic Area?

Practicing the Subtle Art of Discovery in the Portuguese American Community of New England

A map of several islands of the Azores painted on the side of a small building. Decorating the map are the golden goshawk and stars of the Azorean flag, a whale, a pineapple and some cows.

Jim Fonseca

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Geography professor (retired) writes The One-Minute Geographer featuring This Fragile Earth. Top writer in Transportation and, in past months, Travel.

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