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Duck Luxury at The Peabody

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

The Peabody Ducks — five mallards that parade through the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee — already had it pretty sweet. Their job is to swim in the hotel’s lobby fountain and provide camcorder and camera fodder for goggle-eyed visitors. And they never end up on the Peabody’s dinner menu.
But the mallard mascots’ [...]

You Say Potato: The Power Of The “M” Word

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

We’ve said it before: “museum” is not a bad word, even though some branding gurus and museum owners would say otherwise.
Or maybe it’s just not as bad a word as some others.
Latest example: Blackfoot, Idaho, where the Potato Museum is wrapping up a record attendance year. This may be in part due to its [...]

Our Dwindling Strategic Munchkin Reserve

Monday, December 1st, 2008

We were surprised to read of the demise of Indiana’s Oz Fest, and of the upcoming shuttering of Chesterton’s Wizard of Oz Museum.

Dead Pope Is Installed In Funeral Museum

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

The scope and scale of the National Museum of Funeral History in Houston, Texas, has always been a killer. But it’s about to top itself with the December 2 unveiling of “Celebrating the Lives and Deaths of the Popes,” a $2 million permanent exhibit that will allow visitors to attend a papal funeral. [...]

Alton, Illinois Funded For Flood Plaza

Friday, November 28th, 2008

Times are tough in the Land of Lincoln, where several of its attractions may close their doors due to state budget cuts. But Uncle Sam has just given the green light to a new attraction, granting Alton, Illinois, $200,000 to help build a plaza commemorating its many devastating floods.
The Plaza, according to the Alton [...]

Big Guns Causing Large Caliber Controversy

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

A new piece of art is causing a public dust-up along Hwy 75 in Hailey, Idaho. Line of Hope 2 is two black, 20-foot-tall AK-47 and M-16 assault rifles, muzzles in the air, connected by a clothesline pinned with military uniforms. White butterflies perch on the muzzles.
Passers-by on Hwy 75 are [...]

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