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Watch Gladiators, Flee The Minotaur, Then Buy A Pumpkin

Monday, May 16th, 2011

Chris Gounalakis wants to sell you a pumpkin. He knows how to do it, too. He’ll get you to come to his farm to watch the gladiator battles, or to be chased around its labyrinth by a live minotaur.

U.S. May Lose Friendship Monument to Mexico

Monday, February 28th, 2011

In what would turn out to be a small victory for our southern neighbor, the U.S. may soon abandon its border-straddling “Friendship Monument” to Mexico in Border Field State Park, San Diego. The obelisk was raised by the U.S. in 1851 to celebrate Mexico’s loss of California in the Mexican-American War. It wasn’t until 1971 [...]

Sarah Winchester: No Sane, No Shame

Wednesday, February 9th, 2011

A book written by a California history professor claims to set the record straight on Sarah Winchester, the reclusive millionaire whose Winchester Mystery House continues to baffle the rest of us.

Reagan Statues Delayed, Near-Death Suit Revealed

Saturday, February 5th, 2011

The Birthplace of Ronald Reagan (Tampico, Illinois) and the Boyhood Home of Ronald Reagan (Dixon, Illinois) both wanted to erect statues of young Gipper as part of his 100th would’ve-been birthday

Tree Whiz – Idyllwild, California

Sunday, January 30th, 2011

It was a tall order when the Chamber of Commerce of the California mountain town of Idyllwild decided to commission a huge wooden monument from local chainsaw carver David Roy. Back in May of 2007, Roy won a competition to create the replacement for an earlier totem, which had fallen victim to the destructive tendencies [...]

Pinball on the Rebound

Monday, January 24th, 2011

The recent opening of the new National Pinball Museum in Washington, DC marked the fruition of America’s latest and most elaborate tribute to the classic coin-operated arcade attraction.

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