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R.I.P. Queenie, World’s Last Water Skiing Elephant

Wednesday, June 1st, 2011

For a brief two years, a Thailand-born elephant named Queenie became the last known live pachyderm to master water skis.

Quantum Mechanics And Mr. Chicken

Saturday, May 28th, 2011

The next time you hear or read someone dismissing roadside attractions as a waste of brain space, tell them about Mr. Chicken. Mr. Chicken — who happens to be an alligator* — lives at Gatorama in Palmdale, a classic Florida attraction started by the legendary late Cecil Clemens. It’s an unlikely place for anything cerebral, [...]

Gator Zip Lines: Let The Reptile Snack Rivalry Begin

Thursday, March 24th, 2011

It was only a matter of time before some entrepreneur saw the possibilities in combining an aerial obstacle course with a pit of toothy alligators.

Circus Memories in a Giant’s Boot

Monday, October 4th, 2010

For over 40 years, a rotting rubber boot was the unofficial civic symbol of Gibsonton, Florida.

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.

Spook Hill: A Fragile Freakosystem

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Gravity hills, magnetic hills, whatever you want to call them, play havoc with the forces of nature — by making cars roll backwards and uphill — but they are surprisingly delicate phenomena.

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