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- St. Louis, Missouri - Giant Cherokee Indian
At the corner of Cherokee Street and Jefferson Avenue is the biggest, ugliest Indian I have ever seen. He has his hand raised as if to welcome you to the Cherokee Street district. The face on this thing looks like his underwear is too tight. Truly scary when you are driving along and all of a sudden this warrior chief appears.
[Kwdkathy, 06/01/2003]Big Unloved Urban Indian:- Directions:
- On the northwest corner of S. Jefferson Ave. and Cherokee St.
- Status:
- Gone
Visit the tiny two-room shack where the King was born -- then stroll the grounds to take in the statue, museum, and Elvis's first church.
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Elvis Presley Birthplace and Museum
- Address:
- 306 Elvis Presley Drive, Tupelo, MS
- Directions:
- Elvis Presley Birthplace and Museum. East side of town. US Hwy 45 exit at E Main St., then east about a half-mile to Elvis Presley Drive. North two blocks to the house.
- Hours:
- M-Sa 9-5, Su 1-5 (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 662-841-1245
- Admission:
- $8 birthplace; $17 birthplace + museum
- RA Rates:
- Major Fun
Elvis-A-Rama, where the King's underpants command a high price.
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- Directions:
- One block west of The Strip (Las Vegas Blvd S.). West side of Industrial Rd, behind the Fashion Show Mall, just north of Spring Mountain Rd / Sands Ave.
- Hours:
- Closed October 2006
- Status:
- Gone
- Ronks, Pennsylvania - The Outhouse, Amish Racing Pig Show
This place is your average tourist trap along the stretch of highway containing most of the traffic visiting Lancaster to see the Amish. There are a lot of fun, goofy things to do inside the store, which sells novelties and toys. There's a giant pair of underwear hanging up, which they call the largest in the world.
The most bizarre thing is the attraction across the parking lot next door. A blind Amish man puts on a racing pig show. I've been there several times, and it's always the same routine. The pigs run around a track in a fenced off area...they go down a slide and so forth...every few seconds is another gag...the routine is very tight and lasts about fifteen minutes. At one point he has a volunteer come up and feed one of the pigs a pretzel while the person is holding it in his lips. I'm not certain is affiliated with The Outhouse, but everyone who goes to there has to stop to see the pigs....
[Ryan Clark Johnson, 03/28/2004]The Outhouse:- Directions:
- On the north side of U.S. 30. Just east of Ronks Rd
- Hours:
- Sept. 2013: Reported closed. (Call to verify)
- Phone:
- 717-687-9580
- Status:
- Closed
Where visitors could at one time have seen the last pair of sunglasses worn by The King, his personal Frisbee, and his furry orange toilet seat cover. Closed forever in late 2017.
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- Directions:
- I-40 exit 407. Follow Hwy 66 south for about about 13.5 miles as it becomes US Hwy 441/Parkway. Museum is on the right, at Parkway stoplight 2B, in the Waldens Landing retail plaza on the southwest corner of Parkway and Community Center Drive, next to the pyramid-shaped building name "The Tomb."
- Hours:
- Closed forever in late 2017.
- Status:
- Gone
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May 2007: The statue was erected in 1985. It's 13 feet tall, atop an eight-foot base. It was sculpted by a local artist named Bill Christman, at the request of a neighborhood business association. When the Suburban Journals, a local paper, asked Christman about the statue, he replied, "To my everlasting mortification I was the sculptor of that."