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Mothman Festival Underway

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

Cryptozoologists ahoy! The Point Pleasant, West Virginia, seventh annual Mothman Festival has begun. It’s a celebration of the 1966-67 visits of one of America’s most charismatic creatures, and an excuse to stock up on the latest Mothman souvenirs and secret gossip. Much of the outdoor activity will take place around the town’s iconic Mothman statue, [...]

Pasaquan Tagged As Officially Historic

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

It’s difficult to guess what St. EOM would have thought of this — perhaps he’d dance through downtown Columbus, Georgia in his wizard duds — but his Pasaquan, in Buena Vista, has just been added to the National Register of Historic Places. Pasaquan is equal parts mysticism, geometry, and snake handling — a four-acre concrete [...]

When Muffler Men Sailed the Seas

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

We originally planned to use our complimentary Time Machine tickets to travel back and warn Pearl Harbor or New Orleans. But now those temporal passes may have to be expended to get to April 26, 1964, to witness the Opening Day Yacht Parade in San Francisco Bay… …and see a Muffler Man riding in a [...]

Big Gusher Yearns for Cartoon Mapdom

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

Shane Jett is a 33-year-old Oklahoma state representative who’s up for reelection on November 4. His opponent, a 22-year-old machinist, says that he decided to run against Jett because of an idea that Jett proposed last November: he wants to build a $100 million, 1,100-foot-tall fake oil derrick to straddle the Oklahoma River. Jett first [...]

Fabulous Sign Gets Fabulous Parking Lot

Monday, September 15th, 2008

The “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” sign is so famous that its burned-out bulbs are sold as souvenirs. This popularity, however, has created a traffic hazard. Shutterbug tourists pull off of the street and run across several lanes of traffic to get to the Jetson-esque icon so that they can pose in front of it [...]

Wal-Mart Wants Land Under Presidents’ Heads

Sunday, September 14th, 2008

This story first surfaced on the Huffington Post a few weeks back — and we shrugged it off as political bluster in an election year. But now the Virginian-Pilot confirms the rumors: Presidents Park in Williamsburg, Virginia, may be ousted to make room for a Wal-Mart. The three Presidents Parks scattered across the country feature [...]

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