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	<description>History, Legends, Urban Exploration and the Paranormal, in Words and Pictures.</description>
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		<title>Exploring the Forgotten</title>
		<link>http://newenglandoddities.com/2009/06/07/exploring-the-forgotten/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s something about a forgotten space that holds a definite appeal for many people, be it the look into the lives of those who have gone before us, the raw emotion evoked by an abandoned locale, or simply just the thrill of the forbidden, of being somewhere one really should not be.
The word &#8220;urbex&#8221;, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Week&#8217;s Best Photos &#8211; Special Edition</title>
		<link>http://newenglandoddities.com/2008/10/22/this-weeks-best-photos-special-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://newenglandoddities.com/2008/10/22/this-weeks-best-photos-special-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to a special edition of This Week&#8217;s Best Photos!  Chris and I have been extra-busy lately trying to launch our new paranormal research group (more details to come on that later), so we haven&#8217;t been keeping up with the photos here.  But we are going to make it up to you with one massive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Week&#8217;s Best Photos</title>
		<link>http://newenglandoddities.com/2008/06/12/this-weeks-best-photos-6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photos]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below is a selection of our best photos taken over the past week. Click to open full size. Beneath the photos you will find links to our full Flickr sets for these locations.
Dark clouds spell an impending storm over Simsbury Cemetery in Simsbury, Connecticut.


Stone detail at Simsbury Cemetery.

An interesting red sandstone marker at Simsbury Cemetery.

Marble [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dana, Ghosts Of A Lost Town</title>
		<link>http://newenglandoddities.com/2008/06/11/dana-ghosts-of-a-lost-town/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Legends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abandoned]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anomalies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cellar holes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dana MA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disincorporated]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hauntings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hiking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[investigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quabbin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our trip to Dana, Massachusetts took place on a rainy morning in May.  The vibrations of this small community&#8217;s final days seemed to resonate through every dark cloud and sporadic shower we encountered.  Though the skies seemed ready to open up at any second, we were determined to see it through, lured by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Week&#8217;s Best Photos</title>
		<link>http://newenglandoddities.com/2008/06/05/this-weeks-best-photos-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:49:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below is a selection of our best photos taken over the past week. Click to open full size. Beneath the photos you will find links to our full Flickr sets for these locations.
The gate at Woodland Cemetery in Granville, Massachusetts.


The Cooley family plot at Woodland Cemetery.

Woodland Cemetery.

Clover detail on a marble obelisk at Stepney Cemetery [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tunnel Vision</title>
		<link>http://newenglandoddities.com/2008/05/19/tunnel-vision/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 23:48:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Explanations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Clinton MA]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The damming of the Nashua River to create the Wachusett Reservoir at the turn of the 20th century changed the face of Clinton, a mill town in central Massachusetts, forever.
Thousands of workers were employed during the construction of the largest hand-dug dam in history, which is still considered to be a remarkable feat of engineering. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Week&#8217;s Best Photos</title>
		<link>http://newenglandoddities.com/2008/05/11/this-weeks-best-photos-2/</link>
		<comments>http://newenglandoddities.com/2008/05/11/this-weeks-best-photos-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 02:44:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below is a selection of our best photos taken over the past week. Click to open full size. Beneath the photos you will find links to our full Flickr sets for these locations.
The tip of a random crane in Clinton, Massachusetts.


A headstone detail at Cemetery on the Hill in Windham, New Hampshire.

Salem Center Burying Ground [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Week&#8217;s Best Photos</title>
		<link>http://newenglandoddities.com/2008/05/04/this-weeks-best-photos/</link>
		<comments>http://newenglandoddities.com/2008/05/04/this-weeks-best-photos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 17:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below is a selection of our best photos taken over the past week.  Right-click to open full size.  Beneath the photos you will find links to our full Flickr sets for these locations.
The Smith monument at Quabbin Park Cemetery.  Quabbin Park is a very large, scenic park-style cemetery in Ware, MA, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Becket&#8217;s Abandoned Quarry</title>
		<link>http://newenglandoddities.com/2008/04/29/beckets-abandoned-quarry/</link>
		<comments>http://newenglandoddities.com/2008/04/29/beckets-abandoned-quarry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Preservation vs. Demolition]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The solitary entry read simply this: &#8220;Two hundred men lost their lives while the quarry was in operation from 1850 to 1960.  And a lone hiker claims to have been chased away by a angry spirit&#8221;.  An abandoned quarry located in the small town of Becket, MA?  Having grown up less than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Potter&#8217;s Field In Springfield</title>
		<link>http://newenglandoddities.com/2008/04/20/a-potters-field-in-springfield/</link>
		<comments>http://newenglandoddities.com/2008/04/20/a-potters-field-in-springfield/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 01:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Burial grounds in New England boast a wide variety of markers, from traditional stones, to crosses, to flat plaques, benches, raised tables and even obelisks.  But what of a graveyard with no visible markers whatsoever?
Bay Path Cemetery in Springfield, Massachusetts is one such &#8220;stoneless&#8221; yard.  Also called the Almshouse Burial Grounds, Bay Path [...]]]></description>
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