http://www.wackomap.com/blog Mapping the Crazy from Wacko Nation Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:25:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Venice Beach Freakshow Uploaded to the Wacko Nation Flickr Group by:  cafesiren $3 buys you admission to The Venice Beach Freakshow, where the owner boasts that you can see: We have a LIVE Two Headed Turtle, a two headed raccoon, a two headed chicken, 2 two headed calves, a two headed pig with ... http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=136 33.987545 -118.472154   World's Largest Bottle of Ketchup Uploaded to the Wacko Nation Flickr Group by cafesiren. Thanks! The World's Largest Catsup Bottle stands proudly next to Route 159, just south of downtown Collinsville, Illinois. This unique 170 ft. tall water tower was built in 1949 by the W.E. Caldwell Company for the G.S. Suppiger catsup ... http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=135 38.669510 -89.985819 Behold the Two Story Outhouse Photo on WackoNation Flickr Group, posted by cafesiren. A two-story outhouse is located in the town of Gays, IL. It was built in 1869 for apartments that were attached to a general store. The top floor was used by the apartment dwellers while the bottom floor was used ... http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=134 39.457640 -88.495999 Handless Man Originally uploaded by croz1007 Sandusky, Ohio 40 feet tall http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=133 41.448780 -82.707369 New Orleans Square Art Colony Originally uploaded to the Wacko Nation Flickr Group  by kelly-bell. Thanks! For over 50 years, painters and portrait artists have been working and displaying their artwork on the iron fence that encloses Jackson Square. This somewhat bohemian colony of artists was not a contrived creation, but rather a ... http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=132 29.957300 -90.062889 Art Car Originally uploaded by Archie McPhee Seattle. Thanks! Archie McPhee long been a favorite destination and resource for Art Cars and many art car postcards can be found on their Wall of Fame. From: LaughingSquid.com Archie McPhee: 2428 NW Market Street, Seattle, WA 98107 Phone: (206) 297-0240  Website: www.ArchieMcPhee.com http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=131 47.668831 -122.388457 Snake Girl Originally uploadedto Wacko Nation Flickr Group by Harris Graber. Thanks! The 80th Annual Feast of San Gennaro, New York City's oldest, biggest and best religious street festival, will be celebrated starting Thursday, September 13, and continuing for 11 days through Sunday, September 23, 2007. Presented annually since 1996 by Figli di San ... http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=130 40.719009 -73.998123 Firebreather Originally uploaded by wastrel Silver Spring, MD Pirate's Tavern? http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=129 American Museum of Folk Art Originally uploaded by highstrungloner New York, New York http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=128 Art Cars Attack Originally uploaded by Michael (mx5tx) Houston, TX 2007 http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=127 International UFO Museum And Research Center (Day 82) Originally uploaded by eurovancation Roswell, NM http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=126 Little Park Originally uploaded by mateofiero Cabbagetown, Atlanta, GA http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=125 Sashimi Tabernacle Choir Car Originally uploaded by Dill Pixels Santa Cruz, CA http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=124 Art Car Originally uploaded by blindranger New Orleans, LA http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=123 Moberly MO Shriners Parade - Summer 1983 Originally uploaded by kocojim Moberly MO Shriners Parade - Summer 1983 http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=122 T-wrecks Decorated Auto - Austin Texas Originally uploaded by kocojim Austin Texas - 2001 http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=121 Nostalgiaville - Kingdom City, MO Originally uploaded by kocojim entrance to Nostalgiaville, Kingdom City, Missouri - Jan 2007 http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=120 Water Tower - Bourbon Missouri Originally uploaded by kocojim Water Tower in Bourbon Missouri (Filled with Bourbon?) - Jan 2000 http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=119 Ave Maria Groto in Cullman Alabama 4 - 1988 Originally uploaded by kocojim There are at least two good reasons to take a turn off of I-65 at Cullman, Alabama as speed your way toward the beaches on the Florida panhandle. If it is the weekend you got to experience the ... http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=118 Rev. Bill's Art Car Originally uploaded by Telstar Logistics San Francisco, CA http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=117 Ave Maria Groto in Cullman Alabama 3 - 1988 Originally uploaded by kocojim A hillside city made with junk and cement off of I-65 at Cullman, Alabama. The "Ave Maria Groto" roadside attraction. - June 1988 http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=116 Pink Originally uploaded by musicmuse_ca Robert Steffan Santa Cruz, CA http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=115 Jackalope Originally uploaded by Mykl Roventine Wall Drug Wall, South Dakota http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=114 Roadside Attraction, 1947 Originally uploaded by KlickerChick Klamath, CA Trees of Mystery http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=113 Carhenge Originally uploaded by cafesiren Alliance, Nebraska http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=112 Originally uploaded by photos_go Medina, OH? http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=111 Originally uploaded by photos_go Buckin' Ohio Bull Riding Series http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=110 Snowlove Sideshow Fire Jugglers Originally uploaded by holotone Outside Red Light Green Room during "Brooklyn To Kingston", Missoula, MT http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=109 hotel wacker Originally uploaded by avocadoh Where all of Wacko Nation must stay when they are in Chicago, IL http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=108 Originally uploaded by ~ Raymond Coney Island Circus Sideshow www.coneyisland.com/sideshow.shtml This guy is available for parties. http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=107 three in one Originally uploaded by Dill Pixels Santa Cruz, CA Robert Steffan, the pink umbrella man http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=106 Auditions for Survivor:Seventh Ring of Hell Originally uploaded by shutter.chick MN State Fair http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=105 Originally uploaded by thepurplefreak San Diego, CA http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=104 Spotted! Originally uploaded by scottelbot 20' sasquatch sculpture, at the crossroads in Happy Camp, CA. http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=103 another roadside attraction Originally uploaded by scottelbot Bertsch, California http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=102 ALIEN SNO Originally uploaded by hauntedmansion An Ice Cream stand near the Roswell UFO Museum http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=101 Rocky Taconite Originally uploaded by Mykl Roventine Silver Bay, Minnesota "Taconite Capitol of the World" Taconite is an iron-bearing, high-silica, flint-like rock. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, iron ore was of such high quality that taconite was considered an uneconomic waste product. After World War II, most of the high ... http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=100 Big Louie The Voyageur Originally uploaded by Mykl Roventine Barnum, Minnesota http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=99 The Westby Norseman Originally uploaded by Mykl Roventine Westby, Wisconsin http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=98 Muffler Man with Hot Dog Originally uploaded by Mykl Roventine Cicero, Illinois http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=97 Pierre the Voyageur Originally uploaded by Mykl Roventine 20-feet tall Two Harbors, Minnesota http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=96 Talking Paul Bunyan - The World's Largest Talking Animated Man Originally uploaded by Mykl Roventine 26-feet tall Paul Bunyan Land/This Old Farm Brainerd, Minnesota http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=95 World's Largest Adirondack Chair Originally uploaded by Mykl Roventine St. Paul, MN http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=94 Bemidji_2006Sep25_01 Originally uploaded by Rock Chalk Jayhawk Cartographer At the Paul Bunyun and Babe the Blue Ox statues in Bemidji, Minnesota - Monday afternoon 25 September 2006. http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=93 Blue Whale - 2005 May (2) Originally uploaded by Rock Chalk Jayhawk Cartographer Blue Whale, off of Route 66, near Catoosa, Oklahoma. http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=92 MN Trip 2007 - Big Casino Sign Originally uploaded by Rock Chalk Jayhawk Cartographer Osceola, Iowa Big, giant sign for Terrible's Casino in Osceola, Iowa, off of Interstate 35. According to Wikipedia (under the Osceola entry), this sign is 132 feet tall. Very difficult to miss this thing. http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=91 DeerTown, Minnesota (2004) Originally uploaded by Rock Chalk Jayhawk Cartographer Park Rapids, MN http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=90 1989 FL 100 Originally uploaded by c.updegrave Key West, FL http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=89 went south for the weekend ... Originally uploaded by bunchofpants Dillon, SC South of the Border http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=88 UFO Originally uploaded by jtuason Pioneer Town, TX http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=87 Originally uploaded by neon salt mine Las Vegas, NV http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=86 Originally uploaded by neon salt mine Las Vegas, NV www.swingshiftsideshow.com http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=85 UFO Mobile Left Originally uploaded by Seetwist Denver, CO http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=84 Why does everyone keep looking at us? Originally uploaded by publicinsomniac Wax museum? http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=83 Paisano Pete, Our Big Bird Originally uploaded by meagain625 Fort Stockton, TX http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=82 The capstone Originally uploaded by Dan Hontz Phoenix, AZ http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=81 Photographic Evidence of a UFO! Originally uploaded by Jar With Most Woodhull, MI http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=80 Carhenge 02 Originally uploaded by Mr. Kimberly Alliance, Nebraska http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=79 The Ford Seasons at Carhenge 2 Originally uploaded by Mr. Kimberly Carhenge: www.carhenge.com Alliance, Nebraska http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=78 20040316-094 Klamath - Trees of Mystery Originally uploaded by statelyenglishmanor False Klamath, CA http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=77 Cadillac Ranch 1 Originally uploaded by Mr. Kimberly Potter County, TX http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=76 Wacko Toy Shelf Originally uploaded by The Opus Wacko Store, Los Angeles, CA http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=75 Ho ho ho... Green giant Originally uploaded by waiting line Blue Earth, MN http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=74 100_1567 Originally uploaded by adam sullens Beware! http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=73 Wharton Tee Pee Motel Originally uploaded by jrandallc Wharton, TX http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=72 Wharton Tee Pee Motel Originally uploaded by jrandallc Wharton, TX During Spring Break, my wife and I stayed a couple of nights at the Wharton Tee Pee Motel. This little piece of Americana is a locally famous roadside attraction. Since we were kids, my wife and I have both seen the Tee ... http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=71 Uncle Springfield 4 Originally uploaded by bergstrom15 Springfield, Mass http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=70 run baby run Originally uploaded by pixietart Coney Island www.pontanisisters.com/ http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=69 Gots My SPAM Stuff Originally uploaded by jimfrazier Spam Museum, Austin, MN http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=68 IPS No. 9 Originally uploaded by Uh … Bob Indianapolis Public School no. 9; named after Clemens Vonnegut, father of architect Bernard Vonnegut and great-grandfather of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Charles Manson attended grade school here. Now home to ad agency Young & Laramore. http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=67 Santa Claus, Indiana Originally uploaded by kansasexplorer Santa Claus, Indiana http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=66 sam houston Originally uploaded by dorsia Barado, TX http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=65 FFA Originally uploaded by Menazort Florida Future Farmer's of America- she better get going! http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=64 pinkelephant2 Originally uploaded by lebovox Wisconsin http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=63 Girl gives birth to a frog Originally uploaded by Joey Harrison Blown-up tabloid cover used to promote a sideshow spectacle at the 1975 Ionia Free Fair in Ionia County, Michigan. http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=62 Human Blockhead Originally uploaded by Joey Harrison Virginia State Fair, 1988 http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=61 Bob Melvin the Two-Faced Man Originally uploaded by Joey Harrison Bob Melvin was born in Lancaster, Missouri in 1920 and died in 1995. He appeared in two movies, the documentary "Being Different" in 1980 and "The Sentinel" in 1977. Doctors examined Bob but were unable to find a diagnosis for his ... http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=60 FREAKS (Coney Island) Originally uploaded by Prof. Jas. Mundie New York, New York http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=59 Two-headed chick Originally uploaded by Prof. Jas. Mundie Conjoined Chicks http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=58 Trixie, Monkey, Scotty (Palace of Wonders) Originally uploaded by Prof. Jas. Mundie 1st anniversary celebration at the Palace of Wonders, Washington DC http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=57 Playing with fire (Palace of Wonders) Originally uploaded by Prof. Jas. Mundie 1st anniversary celebration at the Palace of Wonders, Washington DC http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=56 Blockhead (Coney Island) Originally uploaded by Prof. Jas. Mundie New York, New York Scott Baker shoving a screwdriver in his face (Coney Island USA's Sideshows by the Seashore) http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=55 World of Wonders bally Originally uploaded by Prof. Jas. Mundie Philadelphia County, PA Tommy Breen and Pete "Poobah" Terhurne drawing a tip at the Pennsylvania State Fair http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=54 Pooba Get Ready… Originally uploaded by croz1007 Columbus, OH Pooba the tiny fire eater was told to get his fire eating sticks ready and off he went. http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=53 Becky, Jean & Me (1956) Originally uploaded by ozoni11 Silver Spring, MD http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=52 Scenes From The Maryland Renaissance Festival...Sideshow Originally uploaded by ozoni11 http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=51 Stinky Bandit Originally uploaded by mobtownblues Watch out for the Stinky Bandit the next time you're in Baltimore! http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=50 The Receiver Originally uploaded by agilitynut Green Bay, WI http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=49 Wacko Originally uploaded by Slick Vic The Wacko Store- Los Angeles, CA http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=48 M.T. Liggett Grassroots Art #3, Frogman Originally uploaded by kansasexplorer M.T. Liggett Place, US Hwy 400 on the west edge of Mullinville, Kansas. http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=47 Devil's Rope Museum of Barbed Wire, McLean, Texas Originally uploaded by eurovancation McLean Texas- Barbed Wire Tribute http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=46 Tex Randall, Big Texan, Canyon, Texas Originally uploaded by eurovancation Canyon, Texas http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=45 Haines Shoe House in York, PA Originally uploaded by eurovancation The Shoe House, built in 1948, was by far "Colonel" Mahlon N. Haines' most outlandish advertising gimmick. It is a wood frame structure covered with wire lath and coated with a cement stucco. It measures 48 ft. in length, 17 ft. ... http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=44 Camel Toe Racing- Nice! Originally uploaded by darnlucky McLeods Corner, MI http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=43 Bear Ranch Originally uploaded by darnlucky Oswald's Bear Ranch, Dollarville, MI http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=42 Curtis, MI 4th of July 2007 Originally uploaded by darnlucky Shriners at the Curtis, MI 4th of July Parade http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=41 Big Boy Cincinnati, OH 2007 Originally uploaded by darnlucky http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=40 Around This Time Originally uploaded by darnlucky Devo Baby Spotted in South Carolina http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=39 International UFO Museum And Research Center (Day 82) Originally uploaded by eurovancation http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=38 33.394268 -104.52108 Little Park Originally uploaded by mateofiero Carroll Street, Cabbagetown, Atlanta, GA http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=37 33.7493 -84.36802 2476 San Diego Ave, San Diego, CA  House was built over old cemetary near the town gallows.  Sightings include levitating furniture, organ that plays itself, ghost of young girl playing in the house, cleaver and other kitchen objects reportedly move around the house at random. Click Title To Read More. http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=35 32.752582 -117.194308 Josephene Myrtle Corbin (1868-May 6, 1928) was born in Lincoln County, Tennessee in 1868. She was born a dipygus, meaning that she had two separate pelvises side by side from the waist down. The extra legs were part of a twin that did not split correctly, like Frank Lentini with ... http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=34 35.180771 -86.577011 Wolrd's tallest man recorded in medical history, Robert Wadlow stood at an impressive 8 feet 11 inches, and weighed 440 pounds. Wadlow was born in Alton, Illinois in 1918. http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=33 38.890808 -90.183319 Frank Lentini, also known as "The Three Legged Man" was born in Sicily, and moved to the United States when he was 8 years old. He became an instant success in the sideshow circuit, touring all over the country until his death.  He was considered to be a kind, generous, ... http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=32 30.332239 -81.656197 William Henry Johnson, born in Liberty Corners, NJ in 1842 performed with P.T. Barnum for many years. Because of a condition Johnson had which caused his cranium to drastically taper, he was named Zip the Pinhead.  To further accent his cranial abnormality, Barnum put him in a fuzzy costume and ... http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=31 40.664902 -74.577667 World's most famous set of conjoined twins, Chang and Eng Bunker were born in Siam (now Thailand), thus the term, "Siamese Twins".  Chang and Eng visited Wilkesboro, NC in the late 1800s with P.T. Barnum, and the brothers liked the town so much they decided to make it their permanent ... http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=30 36.145851 -81.161308 Charles Sherwood Stratton, also known as Tom Thumb was born in Bridgeport, CT on January 4, 1838.  He only grew to be 3 foot 4 inches tall, and was one of P.T Barnum's greatest attractions in the American and European sideshow. http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=29 41.16695 -73.205246 Beth is the cult facilitator for WackoNation.com http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=28 34.519574 -82.672206 Aesthetic Realism is the philosophy founded by the American poet and critic Eli Siegel in 1941. Its primary teachings are: Beauty in art is the making one of opposites, such as order and freedom, logic and passion, strength and grace. Everyone's deepest desire is to like the world on ... http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=26 40.71463 -74.005806 Adi Da Samraj (born Franklin Albert Jones, November 3, 1939 in Jamaica, New York is a contemporary and controversial guru or spiritual master, artist and writer, and founder of the new religious movement known as Adidam. He has used names such as Bubba Free John, Da Free ... http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=25 34.05217 -118.243469 Tony Alamo (born Bernie LaZar Hoffman, September 20, 1934 in Joplin, Missouri), is a controversial American preacher, singer, entrepreneur, and religious evangelist. He and his then-wife Susan are best known as the founders of a fundamentalist organization currently known as Tony Alamo Christian Ministries and based ... http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=24 33.26123 -93.884178 The Branch Davidians are a religious sect who originated from a schism in 1955 from the Davidian Seventh Day Adventists, themselves former members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church who were disfellowshipped during the 1930s. From its inception in the 1930s, the splinter movement inherited Adventism's apocalypticism, ... http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=23 31.549761 -97.145569 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaCharles Milles Manson (born November 12, 1934) was the leader of what came to be known as the Manson Family, a commune that is often termed a cult and that began to form around him in the U.S. city of San Francisco in 1967. He was convicted ... http://www.wackomap.com/blog/?p=22 37.7742 -122.417068