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Monday, September 1st, 2025
Another summer vacation season draws to a close for millions of offbeat attraction lovers. Seemed quick.
Wednesday, October 4th, 2023
Fans of bizarre tourist attractions saw their travel plans disrupted recently when it was announced that Stoneman Willie, a preserved corpse on display since 1895 in Reading, Pennsylvania, had finally been identified and would be buried under his real name. His imminent interment was teased to Reading when his casket appeared in a motorcycle hearse […]
Tuesday, July 9th, 2019
America’s 1950s-70s kids clearly had the wrong impression of when they’d be fitted for spacesuits.
Sunday, October 28th, 2018
A gravestone shaped like a parking meter. A winged goddess grieving for a forgotten President. The fake final resting place of Mr. Accordion.
Wednesday, December 13th, 2017
He was once revered as a martyred President, assassinated in his second term. But modern McKinley fandom is in short supply.
Sunday, May 14th, 2017
Memphis was the capital of Ancient Egypt, but it didn’t have giant pyramids (Egypt’s famous pyramids were miles away in Giza).
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