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« Previous EntriesAmerica’s Dairyland Braces For Great Wall
Friday, December 19th, 2008Don Trent wants to build a mile-long replica of the Great Wall of China next to a highway in Spring Valley, Wisconsin. He lives there in a former elementary school, along with a large collection of Chinese artifacts. No one really knows how Don got his collection, or whether or not his artifacts [...]
Green Tech May Unleash Spook Light Invasion
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008Will light bulbs of the future be powered by cars, trains, and landing planes? It’s happening right now in the happy cartoon animation on the web site of Innowattech. This Israeli company wants to embed piezoelectric materials (quartz crystals) into asphalt and concrete, and when tires run over them, electricity will be produced [...]
Miami To Get Massive Orange Rubber Spiky Thing, Maybe
Saturday, December 6th, 2008Miami wants to develop a downtown arts district, but it has a problem: there’s an ugly sewage pumping station in the middle of it, and it’s too expensive to move. So the city announced a design contest to make the sewage station artistic. 143 proposals were submitted, most of them attempts to gussy [...]
Titanic II To Dock in Pigeon Forge
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008Apparently based on the success of the monstrous Titanic attraction in Branson, MO, a second doomed ocean liner-shaped facility will be erected in tourist mecca Pigeon Forge, TN by Spring 2010.
Artist’s concept of the new Titanic attraction.
We like this artist’s concept of the new place.
Branson broke the ice, in a way, on the effectiveness of [...]
Nut Gauntlet Thrown Down In Texas
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008The 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.
Vote For The Candidate Of Our Choice
Monday, October 13th, 2008This is an important election year, as we all know. And the time has come for us to put aside our hilarity for a moment and endorse a candidate. In our opinion, the clear best choice for America’s future is — Whiting, Indiana.
We speak, of course, of the annual Capital of the Pierogy [...]
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Critical missions! Help complete the roadside landscape by contributing photos of these "most wanted" landmarks:
- Loaf of Bread Tombstone, New London, NH
- Big Jack Made From Fireplugs Shelburne, VT
- Space Shuttle Replica, Coalwood, WV
- World's Oldest Edible Cured Ham, Smithfield, VA
- Men's Room Pittsburgh Steelers Shrine, St. Augustine, FL
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