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Healing Springs Blackville, S.C.

The Municipal Posted on February 8, 2018 by Ray BaloghFebruary 8, 2018
God’s Acre Healing Springs offers a continuous gush of pure mineral water for the taking. The site is not staffed and visitors are free to fill their containers with the water 24/7. (Photo provided)

Blackville, S.C., boasts perhaps the world’s only parcel of land owned by God. God’s Acre Healing Springs is a small parcel of damp sod 3 1/2 miles north of downtown. The attraction sports about a dozen taps a couple feet … Continue reading →

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Little Bavaria Frankenmuth, Mich.

The Municipal Posted on January 6, 2018 by Ray BaloghJanuary 2, 2018
The Frankenmuth Visitor Center features a fountain with a maypole sculpture and a platz for convivial social congregation.

His nickname was Tıny. Hıs influence was gigantic. William “Tiny” Zehnder (1919-2006) grew up in the restaurant business. When he was 8 years old, his parents traded in their family farm to purchase a hotel in nearby Frankenmuth, Mich. They … Continue reading →

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Mustard Museum Middleton, Wis.

The Municipal Posted on December 26, 2017 by Ray BaloghDecember 26, 2017
The National Mustard Museum moved from its original location of Mt. Horeb with the help of the administration of Middleton, Wis. “They were amazing,” according to museum founder and curator Barry Levenson. (Photo provided)

What makes for a successful globally acclaimed museum? In the case of the National Mustard Museum in Middletown, Wis., the ingredients included a heartbreaking World Series loss, an all-night supermarket and a mysterious disembodied voice. During the wee hours of … Continue reading →

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Pest House Lynchburg, Va.

The Municipal Posted on October 28, 2017 by Ray BaloghOctober 29, 2017
The Pest House was built in the 1840s and served as a quarantine hospital in Lynchburg, Va., until aft er the Civil War. (Wikimedia Commons)

It takes a hero to wade soul-deep into a miasma of death and laboriously rescue victims teetering on the abyss. Dr. John Jay Terrell was that kind of a hero. The good doctor volunteered to staff the first of 39 … Continue reading →

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Native American attractions – Chillicothe, Ohio

The Municipal Posted on October 3, 2017 by Ray BaloghOctober 3, 2017
The entrance to Hopewell Mound Group, a Native American burial ground 3 miles north of Chillicothe. The earthen ridge stretches 2,050 feet on a side and encases a square parcel of land containing 23 burial mounds dating from 200 B.C. to the fourth century. (Photo provided)

Two millennia of Native American culture and customs are always front and center in and around Chillicothe, Ohio. The city of 21,725 is bounded north and south by the largest concentration of American Indian burial mounds in the nation. The … Continue reading →

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Georgia Guidestones Elberton, Ga.

The Municipal Posted on September 6, 2017 by Ray BaloghSeptember 6, 2017
The 10 precepts to usher in an age of reason are etched into four pillars of the Georgia Guidestones. The English version, shown here, faces due north. (Photo provided)

On March 22, 1980, next to a cow pasture north of Elberton, Ga., a mysterious white-haired gentlemen, who pseudonymically dubbed himself Robert C. Christian, unveiled perhaps the most enigmatic monuments ever erected in America. The granite multi-stone monolith’s origin is … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Trail Weldon Spring, Mo.

The Municipal Posted on July 29, 2017 by Ray BaloghJuly 31, 2017
The stairway leading up to the summit of the Weldon Spring nuclear disposal cell. The mound, under which the remains of 44 buildings, equipment and a stockpile of radioactive material is buried, rises 75 feet above the surrounding prairie. The highest accessible point in St. Charles County, Mo., it yields a view into five contiguous counties, and the Gateway Arch in St. Louis 35 miles to the east can be seen on a clear day. (Kbh3rd/Wikimedia Commons)

One could understandably assert it is not an everyday occurrence to climb over a pile of radioactive waste and live to tell about it, none the worse for wear. One would be wrong. The Weldon Spring, Mo., Nuclear Waste Adventure … Continue reading →

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The Coffee Pot Bedford, Pa.

The Municipal Posted on June 28, 2017 by Ray BaloghJune 29, 2017
The Coffee Pot, teetering on the edge of the scrap heap, was rescued by preservationists and moved 100 yards across the highway to the entrance of the Bedford County Fairgrounds. The structure was renovated in 2004 and still receives thousands of visitors a year. (Photo provided)

If Route 66 is America’s Mother Road, the transcontinental Abraham Lincoln Memorial Highway, 13 years older and nearly 1,000 miles longer than its parallel counterpart to the south, is certainly the father. Constructed in 1913, the 3,389-mile asphalt ribbon of … Continue reading →

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‘Houseboat Capital of the World’ Lake Cumberland area, Ky

The Municipal Posted on June 5, 2017 by Ray BaloghJune 6, 2017
Houseboat Row, a unique feature of the annual National On Water Houseboat Expo on Lake Cumberland, allows expo attendees to rent aquatic accommodations during the three-day festival. (Photo provided)

The Lake Cumberland area of Kentucky dubs itself the “Houseboat Capital of the World” with good reason. The region hosts the greatest concentration of houseboat manufacturers in the world. The largest, Trifecta Ventures, was created by the August 2014 merger … Continue reading →

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Rochester, Ind. ‘Round Barn Capital of the World’

The Municipal Posted on May 2, 2017 by Ray BaloghMay 2, 2017
The Widemen-Gehrig round barn, constructed in 1910, was restored and served as a community building and nature center before being converted in 2005 into the golf club at Mill Creek Golf Course in Rochester. (Photo provided)

Rochester, Ind., population 6,218, is a capital within a capital within a capital, the holy of holies of a triplet of concentric territories all known as “The Round Barn Capital of the World.” Indiana boasts more round barns than any … Continue reading →

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Le Mars, Iowa – ‘Ice Cream Capital of the World’

The Municipal Posted on March 28, 2017 by Ray BaloghMarch 28, 2017
The Blue Bunny Ice Cream Parlor and Museum features an old-fashioned parlor with an antique soda fountain and souvenir shop. The museum on the second floor details the history of the ice cream industry in Le Mars. (Photo provided)

When Fred H. Wells opened a milk route in Le Mars, Iowa, in 1913, little did he know the iconic globally renowned landmark his humble enterprise would spawn. Wells bought a horse, delivery wagon and a few cans and jars … Continue reading →

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