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http://people.carleton.edu/~cborn/omeka/Watt_Munisotaram/WM_OldTemple.jpg
This old temple is a very American-style building with tan clapboard sides. The first floor has a kitchen and is a gathering place for many people. Children generally use this space to practice dance on Sundays while it is filled with families,…

MARF_OldOrderBuggy.jpg
This buggy in southeastern Minnesota, likely belonging to the Old Order or Swartzentruber Amish, is very plain and lacks the orange safety triangles or reflective tape that more liberal Amish have agreed to use.

MB_AmishSMVTriangle.jpg
These Amish buggies in southern Minnesota do not have the orange and red triangle that slow moving vehicles typically use. A group of Minnesota Amish went to court over the signs, claiming they burdened their religious beliefs.

http://people.carleton.edu/~cborn/omeka/Living_Word_Christian_Center/LWCC-OfferingPlate.jpg
Offering Plate Attribution: Bill Nicholls, via Wikimedia Commons