Here's the plan!

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The above map is an example (albeit brief) of what I want to do.
My plan is to create a blog showing all the places that I've gone to walk/photograph.

Each location will have its very own mini-map.

I want each place to have a pushpin marker, a title, a brief description, and a photograph (or video) taken from that particular place. In the accompanying blog post, I'll have more of a written description of what was there, or why I liked it, or maybe even how to get there. Depending on the flexibility of Google Maps, I might even include routes that I've walked on the map itself, possibly with the distance included (so that if you actually decided to visit one of these places, you could have an idea on how far you could/would walk, etc.)

Each place will have its own blog entry, and its very own mini-map. (Depending on the powers of Google Maps, I might try and do a giant map also, just as an example of all the paces I've been, just to show the big picture - one with everything on it.)
All of these maps should be downloadable to Google Earth as well - so you don't need an internet connection to view the trails/locations.

I'm going to use a blog for this because :

1. It's easy to organize content - I can tag posts, its searchable, and things can be embedded in it really easily.

2. Although a Blogger blog structure doesn't have all the flexibility of a normal website, with a little HTML coding thrown in, you can customize a blogger blog to a very high level - I want this project to function well, and I'm willing to take the time to do the extra design work in blogger in exchange for its flexibility.