Archive for July, 2008

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Wax Hitlers Wreak International Havoc

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

The Western world isn’t ready for another Adolf Hitler — even one immobilized in wax. July 5th, on the first day at a new Madame Tussauds museum in Berlin, Germany, a man savagely decapitated a controversial wax figure of Hitler. The man was arrested, and the statue and head were carted off from public view. [...]

The Truth Is Out There Again: Elvis Is Alive! Museum Reopens

Monday, July 7th, 2008

In 1992, Baptist minister Bill Beeny opened the provocative Elvis is Alive! Museum in Wright City, Missouri. It featured dozens of exhibits that proved, according to Bill’s theories, that Elvis did not die in 1977. But by 2007 Mr. Beeny was getting on in years, and he reluctantly put his museum up for sale on [...]

Eternal Flame Gets One More Year (At Least)

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

This has been a banner year for the National World War One Museum and Liberty Memorial in Kansas City. First the Museum finally acquired a World War I tank. Then it was finally visited by a World War I veteran. And now comes a report that the Eternal Flame atop the 217-foot-tall Liberty Memorial Tower [...]

Millennium Gate Finally Opens

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

Rodney Mims Cook Jr had a revelation in the 1990s. He would build a huge, faux-Roman victory arch like the Arc de Triomphe in Paris (and Las Vegas). But this arch wouldn’t celebrate military victory. It would celebrate peace, and it would stand in Washington, DC, and it would be unveiled on January 1, 2000. [...]

Mexican Cowlossus Confuses Wisconsin

Friday, July 4th, 2008

Be wary if a PR firm wants to give your big bovine a makeover. That’s the lesson learned by Janesville, Wisconsin, whose longtime icon Bessie the Cow recently had a large Spanish mantilla plopped on her head. The idea was to draw attention to a taco stand that was opening next to Bessie. But some [...]

Star Trek The Experience To Close

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

We’ll spare you the “beam me up” and “live long and prosper” clichés. Star Trek The Experience, one of the more engaging attractions in Las Vegas, is closing forever on September 1. A Las Vegas casino-hotel is a risky place to put an attraction if you want it to stick around. Star Trek The Experience [...]

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