Places

From the Fossil Record: Who Was a Little Snot?

Sunday, November 21st, 2010

Inside Joe Taylor’s Mt. Blanco Fossil Museum — unique on its own merits — is a room that Joe called “a fossil billboard art museum.”

Lovely Bones: America’s Skeleton Museum

Sunday, October 3rd, 2010

It takes a long time to create a museum of skeletons — especially when you have to strip off all the meat and reassemble the bones yourself.

Tree House Rock: Face of the Creator

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

“If you don’t believe in the devil,” said Horace Burgess, “you can look at that rock right there and tell that he’s much alive.” Horace is the builder of the Minister’s Tree House — largest in the world — and the rock that he mentioned hangs in the choir loft of the tree house chapel. [...]

Whatever Happened To Happy The Walking Fish And The Beautiful Atomic Tunnel?

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

Those two questions may never be answered to everyone’s satisfaction. Both Happy and the Tunnel vanished over 50 years ago.

Dragon Man’s Crush on the 1950s

Sunday, August 29th, 2010

On our whirlwind tour of Dragon Man’s Military Museum, we spotted a few Elvis-Presley-as-GI photos near one of the armored personnel carriers. Elvis? Was tattooed tough-talking Mel “Dragon Man” Bernstein a fan? “I have a small Elvis collection,” he said.

Sliding Scale – NYC’s Playground

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

A neighborhood news aggregating site recently noted that Tom Otterness‘ gigantic sculpture and slide combo “Playground” had become a destination for the Gotham toddler set. The roundy-headed bronze behemoth has been reclining on a patch of artificial turf on West 42nd Street for over a year, in a public park adjacent to the twin 50-story [...]

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