George, Washington. Note: bust is not giant.

George, Washington

George, Washington

"George" was created in the 1950s by a shoe salesman and pharmacist named Charlie Brown, who bought the land from the government for $100,000. He had a sense of humor, but his city has wrestled ever since with just how far to take the joke. The first business in town was the now-gone Martha's Inn, and the world's largest cherry pie is baked in town every July 4th. But permanent tributes are as scant as The Father of Our Country's non-wooden teeth. There's a large, bronze bust of Washington, lit at night, next to the gas station, and a picture of him on the water tower. Some of the town's streets are named for Washington state cherry varieties. And the flagpole outside the community center has a hatchet on top. But that seems to be it.