Tourism News

Lucky Titanic Docks At Vegas Pyramid Tomb

Monday, December 22nd, 2008

A touring exhibit of relics salvaged from the sunken luxury liner Titanic has signed a ten-year contract and opened in the Luxor Pyramid in Las Vegas.
The Luxor, which has defied the pyramid curse for years, recently threw out most of its Egyptian-theme interior. Can it continue to keep the yelping dog demons of Anubis [...]

Dog Mayor Statue Unveiled

Saturday, December 20th, 2008

On Friday, Dec. 19, we joined a small crowd at the dedication ceremony of Sunol, California’s statue to Bosco Ramos, America’s Dog Mayor (1981-1994).

America’s Dairyland Braces For Great Wall

Friday, December 19th, 2008

Don 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 [...]

Toy Stores You Would Have Missed

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

An article from an upscale travel publication is circulating on the wire services, with the attention-optimized title America’s Most Unique Toy Stores. “Like any good escape,” it reads, “these shops also offer a transitory (yet incredibly vivid) diversion from the woes of the outside world.” That sounds a lot like shoppertainment to us, [...]

Green Tech May Unleash Spook Light Invasion

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

Will 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 [...]

Report Casts Doubt On Bra Tree Evolution

Monday, December 15th, 2008

We’ve been reporting on shoe trees for years, but every so often a rumor would trickle in about a bra tree. More specific bra tree tips arrived starting in 2005, in states such as California and Vermont and Arizona. We figured Bra Trees might be just a natural (and naughty) progression from the more [...]

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