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Naked Curiosity: Visiting a Nudist Colony in the Poconos

September 7, 2019 / by Malcolm Logan

When I was a boy of about nine I had a sexual awakening. A friend and I were wandering along a rural road, kicking cans, throwing stones and inspecting the debris along the roadside, when we came upon a pile of discarded magazines. It was quite a find. Those magazines…

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Pennsylvania, The East

Running on Empty: A Strange Visit to the Pennsylvania Oil Sites

September 19, 2011 / by Malcolm Logan

It would make your eyes burn. It would irritate your throat. Those who tried to use it as a lamp oil ended up with a thin layer of greasy soot on their skin. Those who had used it as a patent medicine reported poor results. It was more than useless….

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Pennsylvania, The East

Harsh and Bitter: The Tea Party and the Whiskey Rebellion in Bedford, PA

July 23, 2011 / by Malcolm Logan

See if you know this story. After enthusiastically supporting a hugely expensive war, an angry, combative segment of the American public became outraged at the idea of paying taxes. Complaining of government overreach and darkly warning of the nation’s doom, these self-proclaimed patriots insisted that the government must live within…

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My name is Malcolm Logan. I travel America.

Some folks say they know what America is. Lots of folks say they know what it ought to be. I say let’s have a closer look, because America is not so easy to pin down.

The only way to get a true sense of this extraordinary country is to immerse yourself in it, and the only way to immerse yourself in it is to explore it – by car.
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