The Cathedral of Junk in Austin, Texas, may yet dodge the wrecking ball. Since early March, Cathedral-builder Vince Hannemann and his creation have been hammered by cudgels of bureaucratic chaos.
If you’re planning to visit Stonehenge II this summer in the hills near Hunt, Texas, you’re going to be disappointed. All 75 pieces of the Stonehenge — and its guardian Easter Island heads — are being hauled away and will soon be gone.
In 1978, Bob “Daddy-O” Wade from Austin, Texas, built a 40-foot-long iguana in New York City. For over a decade it sat atop the roof of the Lone Star Cafe at 5th Ave. and 13th St., while Daddy-O went on to build the World’s Largest Cowboy Boots.
“One down, one to go,” says Joe Taylor, curator of the Mount Blanco Fossil Museum in Crosbyton, Texas. He’s referring to the stuffed Chupacabra that’s now on exhibit in his museum. It was found in July 2009 in a small town outside of Houston, poisoned in a chicken house. Chupacabra U.S.A. differs markedly from the […]
Pilgrim’s Pride is moving. Pilgrim’s Head is not. That’s the news from Texas, where Pilgrim’s Pride (the chicken company) is packing its corporate headquarters and moving it to Colorado.
From the scrap heap it came, and to the scrap heap it will eventually return. But fans of the Cathedral of Junk in Austin, Texas, just don’t want it to go there right now. The Cathedral of Junk has, like medieval cathedrals, risen slowly over many decades. It’s the creation of Vince Hannemann, who in […]
