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Oak City, North Carolina - Church Dood Close Due To Rarture
There's a miniature church (maybe eight feet tall at the tip of the cross) along with some tombstones in a cotton field outside of Oak City. I couldn't get the door open and see the inside, because, as the sign says, "CHURCH DOOD CLOSE DUE TO RARTURE."
[Dean Jeffrey, 06/18/2018]- Address:
- 7346 NC-903, Oak City, NC
- Directions:
- From Oak City drive northeast on NC-11 for four miles. Turn left (west) at the blinker light toward Scotland Neck on NC-903. Drive 1.5 miles. The tiny church will be on the right.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
- Benicia, California - Dixie/Benny the Dinosaur
Benny the Dinosaur was not destroyed in the wildfire. The city of Dixon recently voted to buy Benny, however there is a dispute over who owns it.
[William, 06/18/2018]- Status:
- Gone
Wheaton, Illinois - Site of World's First Radio Telescope.
According to a plaque at the site of the World's First Radio Telescope, it was home-built by Grote Reber in the side yard of his house in 1937, "to the wonderment of many in town."
[Jon Morgan, 06/18/2018]- Address:
- 250 Karlskoga Ave., Wheaton, IL
- Directions:
- Downtown. On the south side of Karlskoga Ave., midway between N. Wheaton Ave. and N. Hale St. Just south of the Memorial Park band shell and a half-block east of city hall.
- Admission:
- Free
- Hooker, Oklahoma - A Town Named Hooker
Unfortunately, the town of Hooker no longer has its old welcome signs. According to the kind woman at the Chamber of Commerce who helped me, the signs were destroyed in a hail storm. They have been replaced by new run-of-the-mill welcome signs.
[Benjamin Lee, 06/18/2018]- Directions:
- SW of Liberal KS - Intersection of US 54 and US 64.
- Hours:
- June 2018: Hooker sign unhooked.
- Status:
- Gone
Jackson, Tennessee - Statue of Liberty
A replica of the Statue of Liberty appears to have been carved from a tree like a totem pole. The base is the trunk of a tree, and Lady Liberty seems to have been carved from the upper portion of the tree.
[Cindy Boyles, 06/18/2018]The statue was carved from a 100-year-old oak tree by Ken Tynan. The town's mayor hosted its unveiling on March 5, 2014.
- Address:
- 22 Bond St., Jackson, TN
- Directions:
- From Jackson drive south on US Hwy 45. At the point where the road stops being divided by a grass median, turn west onto Bond St. You'll see the statue ahead, on the left.
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Benny (now known by her previous name, Dixie) was recently sold by her original owner to the town of Dixon for a reported $25,000. This triggered a lawsuit from a local couple who claim that they now own Dixie. The dinosaur is currently in pieces, and somehow escaped destruction in a 2010 wildfire.