First off, Im proud to say that I succesfully drove my car from Cleveland to manhatten without ANY incident.

(465 miles each way)
Also, I averaged what I thought to be stellar gas miliage at 25 mpg!
However, towards the end of my trip, I started to notice a bit of a humming noise coming from the rear end of my car.
Logic tells me its either the diff, or a wheel bearing. Is there any way to check what went amiss without doing major surgery?