Archive for November, 2008

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Prison Tour Fun

Monday, November 10th, 2008

Prisons are certainly no laughing matter, with their gas chambers, gallows, and electric chairs, and their daily melees of shower shivvings and cell block riots.

Former Zinc Town Opens Smog Museum

Sunday, November 9th, 2008

The natural world is enhanced with the arrival of tourist attractions — some of them quite innovative and even symbiotic — although the relationship between the two is often strained. In fact, the environment has been used in the past as a reason to eliminate attractions, whether they deserved it or not. That’s why it’s [...]

Big Apple’s Big Boat Is Back

Friday, November 7th, 2008

New York City gets back its aircraft carrier, nuclear missile submarine, and supersonic passenger plane on November 8 when the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum re-opens after two years of repair.

Lane Change For Bowling Museum

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

We’ve never been that excited after visiting the International Bowling Museum. Maybe we should have been. It exhibits a car shaped like a bowling pin, and a dummy diorama of a King Henry VIII bowling, and a couple of recreated old-time alleys where visitors can bowl a few games. Hopefully it will still have those [...]

Tourist Attractions Given Secret “Heads Up” on Prez Obama?

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

We were talking on Tuesday afternoon — Election Day — to David Adickes, sculptor of big President heads, to find out when his third Presidents Park would open .

Nut Gauntlet Thrown Down In Texas

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

The World’s Largest Pecan is in Brunswick, Missouri. That bothers the people of Seguin, Texas, which for years has had another, older, smaller world’s largest pecan.

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