Editing The AMERICAN GODS (section)

==Locations of Interest==
===Connecticut===
* '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartford,_Connecticut Hartford]''':  The location of Brian Jaffe's family home. Current home of his father's new family.  Brian's mother currently lives with her mother (Brian's Grandmother) in a suburb of Portland, Maine.
**  '''Earthquake on Hartford and it's Antipode''':  Brian Jaffe seemingly created an earthquake that rippled through the earth at both points on which he "squeezed" the planet with his power over the Higgs Field the first time Jaffe returned to Earth from orbit. The event caused quakes and aftershocks measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartford%2C_CT Hartford, CT] area and the opposite point on the planet at the same times off the coast of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth%2C_Western_Australia Perth, Australia] and its effects are felt as far away as Washington, D.C.  Although it's not conclusive that it was his power that created this phenominon he has since been much more careful.

===Florida===
* '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daytona_Beach%2C_Florida Daytona Beach]''': One of the world's most famous beaches and second capital of NASCAR racing (after Indianapolis).
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daytona_International_Speedway Daytona International Speedway]: The site of [[Arthur Redford]]'s race with a horse, a cheetah and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Earnhardt Dale Earnhardt Jr.].

===Maryland===
* '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annapolis%2C_Maryland Annapolis]''': Home to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy U.S. Naval Academy], which hosts not only a shipyards and naval base, but also some of the country's most extensive RADAR and detection equipment.  It is the site where Brian Jaffe safely brought down a Navy pilot who had lost control of his plane.
* '''[http://www.jhu.edu/ John Hopkins University]''': One of the leading academic and research universities in the United States, if not the world.  Brian claimed, once, to have applied to their law school, but been turned down.  The administration recently offered to award Brian an honorary doctorate (in an unknown field - presumably law or international relations) if he'll serve as commencement speaker.
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johns_Hopkins_Hospital John Hopkins Hospital]: One of the nation's leading research and teaching hospitals, it's so-far been the medical center of choice for the main cast.  They brought Jack here after he was shot, Carrie here to recover from her burns and Arthur here after Carrie stabbed him.  An unknown Survivor works in the hospital as a Physical Therapist.
* '''[http://www.oaklandmd.com/home.asp Oakland]''': A town in the far west of Maryland, this is the home of [[Thomas Reagan]] and the site of his [[Legal_Matters#State_vs._Reagan|unfortunate accident]].
* '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockville%2C_Maryland Rockville]''': The third largest city in Maryland, located almost at the state's geographic center.
** [http://www.celera.com/ CELERA] campus: This is the site where all of the Survivors first landed on the East Coast.  This is also where the main cast discovered the four cloned corpses of Bryce, the [Unborn Child of Mary Beth Manly].
** [[King Farm]]: An enclosed, 430 acre neo-traditional planned community founded in 1997 within the Rockville city limits.  [[Milos Wiazowski]] recently announced that due to funding from the [http://www.gatesfoundation.org/default.htm Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation], among others, King Farm has now become an enclosed community specifically for the benefit of the Godlike.  

===New Jersey===
The site of the first defining moment for the Godlike: their plane's fateful crash to the earth.  Since then, it's served as temporary home to Harold Redford and become the not-entirely-top-secret site of the government's latest "Area 51"-like facility.
* '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopewell,_New_Jersey Hopewell]''': The location of crashdown for AA Flight 283.  The site is just outside the town of Hopewell across the river from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Crossing_State_Park Washington Crossing State Park].

===New York City===
* '''[http://www.newyorkcity.com/list.aspx?c=9&e=neighborhoodID&s=526&v=247 Midtown East]''': Midtown east stretches from 42nd Street north to 59th, and East of Fifth Avenue to the East River. Major landmarks include Grand Central Station and the United Nations Building. It is also home to some of the world's most well known department stores, including Macys, Bergdorf Goodman and Saks Fifth Avenue.  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midtown_Manhattan Midtown, NYC on wikipedia]
** [http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/hotels/index.jhtml;jsessionid=EZZRM3QF02QN4CSGBIU2VCQKIYFC3UUC?ctyhocn=NYCWAHH Waldorf Astoria Hotel]: The location of Jack Bennett's mother's penthouse apartment. Loc: 301 Park Avenue (between 49th and 50th Street)  Area: Midtown East, The Waldorf Astoria is a luxury hotel, located on Park Avenue, in the heart of New York. Built in 1929, the hotel was completely renovated in 1999, to bring all the charm and elegance of the original structure into the modern times. The Waldorf Astoria is justly famous. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldorf_Astoria Waldorf Astoria on wikipedia]

===Washington===
* '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bothell Bothell]''': A small city outside of Seattle, Bothell straddles King and Snohomish Counties.
** [http://www.seattlegenetics.com/ Seattle Genetics]: A research ally of [[Celera]], SG's Bothell campus is where The Survivors woke up and where they stayed for the first two days thereafter.

===Washington, D.C.===
*  '''[http://maps.google.com/maps?oi=map&q=Washington,+DC Map of the DC Area]'''
** [http://www.frommers.com/images/destinations/maps/jpg/35_themall.jpg The National Mall]: Map of the central area of Washington DC
*** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Memorial the Lincoln Memorial]:  the location of the meeting of the main cast Survivors following their homecoming trips and sight of Jack's near-fatal shooting.
*** [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Hopewell_Foundation%2C_DC_Office_FLOORPLAN The Hopewell Foundation]: With a main office located just off the National Mall and between the White House and the Capital Building in downtown Washington, this is the nerve-center for the main cast's efforts to unite and care for their fellow Survivors.
*** [[Brian's Condo]]: Located between just off of Scott Circle, at the border of Downtown Washington and Dupont Circle, this is the posh home of Brian Jaffe.
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgetown%2C_Washington%2C_D.C. Georgetown]:  Georgetown is a neighborhood of Washington, DC, the capital of the United States. It is located in the Northwest quadrant of Washington on the Potomac River waterfront.
*** [http://www.clydes.com/main/index.cfm Clyde's of Georgetown]: 3236 M Street, NW, Phone 202-333-9180.  Where Brain Jaffe, with input from several fellow Survivors, wrote The Survivors Announcement.  The streetcorner outside is the site of the bus/taxi accident that was the first public usage of super abilities.
*** [http://www.georgetown.edu/home/family.html Georgetown University]:  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgetown_University Georgetown University Wikipedia]
*** [http://www.bluegindc.com/ BLUEGIN]:  the latest edition to DC's growing number of nightlife entertainment venues has finally arrived.  Bluegin is a two-story, 4500 square foot newly renovated lounge/club space located in the heart of Georgetown.
** [http://www.victoryhousing.org/parkfair.html Parkfair Apartments]:  Owned by Harold Redford.  Located at 1611 Park Road, N.W., Washington, DC.  Harold used his savings and retirement package to purchase this apartment complex in the NW Washington D.C.  He resides with Arthur on the top floor of the building in a penthouse made from three apartments converted into one residence.  Mandy lives in a basement apartment in the building, along with Beth.
**[[AGT's Star Cinema Megaplex]]:  A new Movie Theater, Opening in Washington D.C. AGT's chain of Star Cinema's, wich are secretly owned by Jack Kennedy''
** [[Prospect Hill Cemetary]]:  The site of Arthur Redford's burial.  Not interred at Arlington because of dishonorable discharge, this is the site where his empty coffin and headstone lies next to his mother.


===West Virginia===
* '''[http://www.clarksburg.com/ Clarksburg]''':  Located in Harrison County.  Where the [[Main Cast]] met with [[Jeremiah Jack]] to get keys/directions to his hunting camp on Ware Mt.  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarksburg%2C_WV Clarksburg on wikipedia]
** [http://www.meadowbrookmall.com/ Meadow Brook Mall]:  Clarksburg, WV.  Where Brian, Mandy, Arthur and Harold met up again before their "retreat."
*** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia%2C_West_Virginia Centrailia, WV]:  Ware Mt., Located in Braxton County - just below the geographical center of the State.  Approximately 1-2 hours from Meadow Brook Mall.