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Elvis Is Alive! Museum Is Back On eBay

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

The octopus conspiracy that secretly rules the world doesn’t want us to know that Elvis lives. The Elvis is Alive! Museum is up for bid on eBay — again — after it was bought, moved, and re-opened only last year. The Museum was a fixture for decades in Wright City, Missouri, where a Baptist minister [...]

“Twilight” Revives WA’s TV Town Cred

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

An article in the Medford Mail-Tribune calls attention to the damp town of Forks, Washington, which has become a destination magnet for “giddy teenagers.” That’s because it’s the setting of the popular Twilight book series, which blends young, true love with teen vampires and werewolves. Forks is doing its best to give its youthful pilgrims [...]

Last Chance To Drive The Lone Ranger Road

Sunday, September 21st, 2008

It was an event when it was unveiled on September 5: “The Civic Musical Road,” marked by blue highway signs and virally telegraphed through YouTube videos. The quarter-mile of asphalt, six miles west of downtown Lancaster, California, on Avenue K between West 62nd and 70th Streets, was notched with grooves to reproduce a passage from [...]

Newsworthy Birthdays Of Dr. Evermor And A Light Bulb

Sunday, September 21st, 2008

This weekend we noticed the mainstream media covering the birthdays of two Roadside characters, one animate and one inanimate: Tom Every (aka “Dr. Evermor”) turned 70 on Saturday, and “The Eternal Light” took a step closer to eternity by turning 100 on Sunday. Dr. Evermor is the still-sparking artist behind The Forevertron near Baraboo, Wisconsin, [...]

Canada Outhouse Costs $2 Million

Saturday, September 20th, 2008

Since its unveiling on September 3, a multi-million state-of-the-art outhouse in Alberta’s Banff National Park has become both a tourist attraction and a source of heated debate in the usually Frozen North. The biffy — as it’s called locally — uses green technology to produce its own power, heat, and hot water, and is decorated [...]

Linesville Fights For Our Freedom To Hurl Bread — And Wins

Friday, September 19th, 2008

High fives and carp lip kisses for the citizens of Linesville, Pennsylvania. They have successfully fought off an attempt to end bread-hurling at the Pymatuning Spillway, which would have also ended the majestic spectacle of Where The Ducks Walk On The Fish. In August, the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources boldly announced that, [...]

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