Archive for March, 2009

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Gatorland Goes White To Lure Customers

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

What’s the difference between a white alligator and an albino alligator? Now everyone can know thanks to Gatorland, the alligator megaplex in Kissimmee, Florida. According to the Lakeland Ledger, the attraction has acquired four of the world’s only 13 white (not albino) alligators and put them on display in special play pits as a way to [...]

Roadside News: March 4, 2009

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

Disappearing Waterski Lake Refills – WI | End of Trail Closes – OR | Garbage Museum is Tax-Exempt – CT | Abduction of Minnie Pearl – TN | Squirrel Cage Jail – IA

Outlaw Bones Get The Heave Ho

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

There’s a human skeleton in the basement of the Historical Museum in Northfield, Minnesota. It was displayed, years ago, in a glass-topped coffin. That’s when the museum thought that it was Charlie Pitts, who robbed banks with Jesse James. Now DNA testing says otherwise. According to the St. Paul Pioneer Press, the skeleton isn’t Charlie. [...]

Popcorn Ball Supremacy

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

In small town America, there’s a ceaseless struggle underway for recognition. Sac City, Iowa, makes its mark as home of the World’s Largest Popcorn Ball, a title the town lost for a time, but has snatched back with a new, super-sticky corn boulder. The new popcorn ball. It began in 1995, when Sac City built [...]

Higley’s Museum: Mysteria of Carny Monsters

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

Artist Doug “Phantom of the Midway” Higley has published a fascinating new book of photographs, Museum: Mysteria.

Roadside News: March 2, 2009

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

Diseased Trust Fund Kills Funeral Museum – IL | Tree Clobbers Graveyard Family – KY | Chief Black Hawk Returns – IL | Official: Largest Rocking Chair – MO

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