In 1992, Baptist minister Bill Beeny opened the provocative Elvis is Alive! Museum in Wright City, Missouri. It featured dozens of exhibits that proved, according to Bill’s theories, that Elvis did not die in 1977. But by 2007 Mr. Beeny was getting on in years, and he reluctantly put his museum up for sale on […]
This has been a banner year for the National World War One Museum and Liberty Memorial in Kansas City. First the Museum finally acquired a World War I tank. Then it was finally visited by a World War I veteran. And now comes a report that the Eternal Flame atop the 217-foot-tall Liberty Memorial Tower […]
Rodney Mims Cook Jr had a revelation in the 1990s. He would build a huge, faux-Roman victory arch like the Arc de Triomphe in Paris (and Las Vegas). But this arch wouldn’t celebrate military victory. It would celebrate peace, and it would stand in Washington, DC, and it would be unveiled on January 1, 2000. […]
Be wary if a PR firm wants to give your big bovine a makeover. That’s the lesson learned by Janesville, Wisconsin, whose longtime icon Bessie the Cow recently had a large Spanish mantilla plopped on her head. The idea was to draw attention to a taco stand that was opening next to Bessie. But some […]
We’ll spare you the “beam me up” and “live long and prosper” clichés. Star Trek The Experience, one of the more engaging attractions in Las Vegas, is closing forever on September 1. A Las Vegas casino-hotel is a risky place to put an attraction if you want it to stick around. Star Trek The Experience […]
Tomorrow (July 4th) is the 100th birthday of Eddie O. Martin, aka St. EOM, aka the Boadacious Mystic Badass of Buena Vista, creator of Pasaquan, Buena Vista, GA.
