from the ground up ~ nature, geography, maps, real estate and architecture sites.
architecture blogs
- Michigan Architecture
- ArchNewsNow
- Life Without Buildings
- The Archi-Tourist
- a free, Wiki-based travel guide to contemporary architecture around the globe, started in 2005
- galinsky
- architechnophilia
- Architecture Sketches
- margherita spiluttini architekturfotografie
- Arcosanti
- Zone-Tour
- Database of Urban Exploration
- Forgotten Places
- Abandoned Photography
- sivilarkitekter
- lewism
- About Architecture, Design, and Life in Finland.
- A Daily Dose of Architecture
- Photographs of Architecture
- Figure/Ground
- Architecture+Travel>Photography
- fotofacade
- by Andy Marshall
- Inhabitat
- BLDGBLOG
- Land+Living: Modern Lifestyle + Design
- Eyecandy
- Built Environment Blog
nature & garden blogs
- Nature Blog Network
- The Toplist for Every Species of Nature Blog
- Gombe Chimpanzee Blog
- 1-2-3 Go Garden! (CA)
- A Maryland Country Garden
- A Study in Contrasts
- Blue Ridge blog
- Calendula & Concrete
- Digging
- Digging in the Dirt
- Downtown Tomatoes
- farokh
- Garden Blog Directory
- Gardening Tips 'n' Ideas (AU)
- Garden Mob (GA)
- Garden Voices
- Growing With Plants
- The hummingbird garden
- My garden
- Urban Nature
- The Vermont Gardener (VT)
- Wildeherb
- Wrenaissance Reflections
map/gis/surveying blogs
- The Map Room
- A Weblog About Maps
- Spatially Adjusted
- James Fee
- GeoCarta
- GLOBAL SURVEYORS
maps
- Strange Maps
- a blog that focuses on odd maps
- Worldmapper
- The world as you've never seen it before. A collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest.
- Map Machine
- @ nationalgeographic.com
- David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
- World Sunlight Map
- Google Maps
- Maporama.com
- OneGeology
- Mapping the geology of the planet.
Google Earth
- Google Earth
- Google Earth Blog
- Google Earth Hacks
- Lots of downloads, information and hacks for Google Earth.
- Google Earth Community
- Ogle Earth
- A blog about Google Earth.
- Virtual Globetrotting
Aerial and Topo Maps
- myTopo.com
- Customized Topo Maps and Aerial Photos
- TopoZone
- The Web's Topographic Map
- Trails.com
- TerraServer 6.0
- GlobeXplorer
- The World's Largest Online Satellite and Aerial Photo Archive
Street Maps
- MapQuest
- Driving Directions, Maps & Live Traffic Reports
- Yahoo! Maps and Driving Directions
- Expedia.com
- MSN MapPoint
Map Links
- Maps and References
- Map Collections
- PCL Map Collection
- Maps.com
- Digital Librarian
- Maps and Geography
- Oddens' Bookmarks
- The fascinating world of maps and mapping
- Federal Gov.
- Links
weather
- WeatherMichigan.com
- UM Weather
- Weather
- Interactive Weather Information Network
- The Weather Channel
- Weather Underground
- National Climatic Data Center
- National Weather Service
- Weatherbase
- records and averages, climatology and historic weather from around the world
time
- Time
- Time Zone Check
- Time Zones of the World
- The World Time Server
- Data Services
- Astronomical Applications
- Time and Time Zones
- links
- Holidays, Events and Festivals
