New Owners Hope Banana Museum Will Make Banana Bread
Thursday, April 8th, 2010The next time that someone tells you that newspapers are irrelevant in the Digital Age, tell them that a newspaper just saved The Banana Museum. In March 2010 it was revealed that Ken Bannister’s Banana Museum in Hesperia, California, was closing. Its vast collection of bananabilia was for sale on eBay. There were no buyers. [...]
California Anoints Confusion Hill And Moon Junk
Saturday, January 30th, 2010January 29 was a busy, busy day for the California Historical Resources Commission. First, it designated Confusion Hill in Piercy — a Mystery Spot where the forces of gravity go haywire — as an official California Point of Historical Interest. And then it declared that all of the stuff left on the moon by Apollo [...]
Confusion Hill: Historical Treasure?
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009When we last heard from California’s Confusion Hill — a mysterious place in Piercy where nature’s laws have turned topsy-turvy — the attraction owners were concerned that a new bridge would steer traffic away from its entrance. Those fears may now be behind them. According to the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Confusion Hill is up [...]
Roadside News: Dec. 11, 2009
Friday, December 11th, 2009Shoot Out Your Eye for Christmas: – OH | Junior the Barbarian – PA | Junk Towers – Skateboarder Turf? – CA | When Words Fail – MD
Six-Wheeled Hitlermobile at CA Museum
Thursday, December 10th, 2009California is a huge state, yet offers only a scattering of exhibits of America’s WWII Third Reich booty. Hitler’s beer steins were once displayed at the Nellie Kuska Museum in Lomita, but it closed some time ago.
Artiste a Poor Conductor of Railroad Art
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009Plans for a massive train-themed sculpture by spectacle-loving fine artist Jeff Koons may soon be scrapped due to a lack of funding. The $25 million project was originally scheduled for the 2011-2012 season at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. A 70-foot-long replica of a real Baldwin locomotive was to be suspended from a [...]
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