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Mermaid To Order

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

Greenville, Michigan’s Little Mermaid statue has caused nary a ripple since it was gifted to the city in 1994.

Roadside News: June 3, 2009

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

Metal Otter, Dead Indians – MN | Great Hunt Clean-Up – UT | Accordion Due Respect – NV | Bat About Face – TX

Four Corners Monument: Miles Off?

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

The Four Corners Monument, the only place in America where you can spread yourself into four states at one time, is in the wrong spot, if you believe the flurry of stories in the media  this week.
Modern techniques of geodetic survey and measurement are being used to nitpick the work of a surveyor in the [...]

Roadside News: Jan. 21, 2009

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

Flood Warning | Stupid Shoe Tree | Biggest Floating Tourist Attraction | Rosa Parks Photo Ops | Scissorhands Sculpture

Dungeon Party In Utah!

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008

Awkward news out of Park City, Utah: this year’s annual Dungeon Party can’t be held in the dungeon. It’s closed for repairs.
The good news is that the dungeon will be back, uncomfortable as ever, in the spring of 2009, once the Park City Historical Museum finishes fixing up the place.
The dungeon is what the [...]

Supreme Court to Decide on Mummy Makers Monument

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

The Summum Pyramid in Salt Lake City.
The US Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments today from a religious group named Summum, which worships in a pyramid, practices mummification, and wants to erect a monument of its Seven Aphorisms in a public park.
This has caused considerable teeth-gnashing among those who see themselves as the [...]

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