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	<title>Trunkations &#187; Iowa</title>
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		<title>Sheldon Shows Columbus How It&#8217;s Done</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:35:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There's been some buzz recently about the Historical Center in Columbus, Ohio, which has opened a temporary exhibit titled "Controversy: Pieces You Don't Normally See."]]></description>
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		<title>Giant Spiky Things Say &#8220;Hello, Iowa!&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever driven from Omaha into Council Bluffs on I-80 -- and been unaware that you've crossed from Nebraska into Iowa? That won't happen again.]]></description>
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		<title>Gnome Toppled By Bigger Gnome</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 17:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the world of real, living gnomes, gigantism is a fatal defect. You'd get stuck crawling into your tree. You'd be easily spotted and either eaten by some forest carnivore, or captured and probed by some mad scientist or aspiring P.T. Barnum.]]></description>
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		<title>Mermaid To Order</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:06:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greenville, Michigan's Little Mermaid statue has caused nary a ripple since it was gifted to the city in 1994. ]]></description>
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		<title>Roadside News: May 17, 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 21:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken at RoadsideAmerica.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Car Air Fresheners - FL &#124;  Webb's City Revived in Musical - FL &#124; Electronic Games - NY &#124; Video Game Museum - IA]]></description>
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		<title>We Might Be (Cardiff) Giants</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 05:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fans of phony biblical giants and sideshow hooey will be pleased to know that an exhaustively researched book about the Cardiff Giant has now been published.]]></description>
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		<title>Budget Woes For Less Than Literal Art</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 23:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken at RoadsideAmerica.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can blame the economy, but even in a good year communities can be spending-averse when it comes to abstract sculptures for public spaces. Giant Teeth, Bedrock City, AZ Take Neptune Beach, Florida, for example. Its city council just voted down a $250,000 proposal for &#8220;Pathfinder,&#8221; a 26-foot-high series of metal rings that would swivel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Last Temptation Of A Souvenir</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken at RoadsideAmerica.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If a tourist attraction succeeds, thrives, and endures long enough, it accumulates a storeroom full of old brochures and souvenirs. While many owners toss yesteryear&#8217;s marketing into the trash and merchandise into the 25 cent bins, some hold onto their creations. They open a &#8220;museum&#8221; about the attraction&#8217;s past, to put tourists in the proper [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Roadside News: March 4, 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken at RoadsideAmerica.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Disappearing Waterski Lake Refills - WI &#124; End of Trail Closes - OR &#124; Garbage Museum is Tax-Exempt - CT &#124; Abduction of Minnie Pearl - TN &#124; Squirrel Cage Jail - IA]]></description>
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		<title>Popcorn Ball Supremacy</title>
		<link>http://www.roadsideamerica.com/blog/popcorn-ball-supremacy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken at RoadsideAmerica.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In small town America, there&#8217;s a ceaseless struggle underway for recognition. Sac City, Iowa, makes its mark as home of the World&#8217;s Largest Popcorn Ball, a title the town lost for a time, but has snatched back with a new, super-sticky corn boulder. The new popcorn ball. It began in 1995, when Sac City built [...]]]></description>
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