See Codex for running a development copy of wordpress. You can make all the changes you want on the blog without affecting the production site by testing out new themes/etc which is what it seems like you’re looking to do.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Running_a_Development_Copy_of_WordPress#WordPress_2.7_-_3.0
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