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><channel><title>The Amateur Traveler Travel Podcast - best places to travel &#187; illinois</title> <atom:link href="http://amateurtraveler.com/tag/illinois/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://amateurtraveler.com</link> <description>The Amateur Traveler focuses on the best places to travel to. It covers everything from road trips to swimming with whales in Tonga. It includes both a weekly audio podcast, twice monthly video podcast and a blog.</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 00:30:01 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4</generator> <xhtml:meta xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" name="robots" content="noindex" /> <item><title>Architecture Cruise on &#8220;Chicago&#8217;s Little Lady&#8221; &#8211; Chicago, Illinois &#8211; Daily Photo</title><link>http://usa.amateurtraveler.com/2011/11/19/architecture-cruise-on-chicagos-little-lady-chicago-illinois-dialy-photo/</link> <comments>http://usa.amateurtraveler.com/2011/11/19/architecture-cruise-on-chicagos-little-lady-chicago-illinois-dialy-photo/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 05:35:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>chris2x</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[usa travel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[chicago]]></category> <category><![CDATA[illinois]]></category> <category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><guid
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