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Big Stick Debate Redux
Friday, May 9th, 2008An article in the Mesabi Daily News reports that there is agitation to move the so-called World’s Largest Hockey Stick from downtown Eveleth, Minnesota, to a spot near the Hockey Hall of Fame, out by the interstate. Something about the story seemed familiar. Hadn’t we read this before?
We had. Turns out that [...]
Shame of the North
Friday, March 28th, 2008An editorial in the March 25 Niagara Falls Reporter lambastes America for its wimpy approach to tourism in the face of a Canadian juggernaut. It notes that not a single new tourist attraction has opened in Niagara Falls, New York, since 1982, and that was a shopping mall that didn’t survive the 1990s. [...]
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Most Wanted
Critical missions! Help complete the roadside landscape by contributing photos of these "most wanted" landmarks:
- Big Jack Made From Fireplugs Shelburne, VT
- Volcano Toilets - Dino Park, Granger, WA
- Space Shuttle Replica, Coalwood, WV
- World's Oldest Edible Cured Ham, Smithfield, VA
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