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Largest Ouija Board – Salem, Massachusetts

The Municipal Posted on November 24, 2020 by Ray BaloghNovember 24, 2020
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If the standard Ouija session involves hushed questions whispered in a darkened seance room, Rick “Ormortis” Schreck’s record-breaking rendition of the talking board game is the otherworldly communication equivalent of shouting through a bullhorn with the volume pegged to the … Continue reading →

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Unique Claims to Fame: Hearst Castle San Simeon, California

The Municipal Posted on September 9, 2020 by Ray BaloghSeptember 9, 2020
hearst castle

William Randolph Hearst’s request that architect Julia Morgan build him “a little something” may be classified as one of the greatest understatements of the 20th century. The end result of the media titan billionaire’s modest proposal is one of the … Continue reading →

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Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve

The Municipal Posted on August 3, 2020 by Ray BaloghAugust 3, 2020
craters

Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve was millennia in the making. The 618-square-mile lava field underlying the attraction near Arco, Idaho, was formed during eight major periods of countless eruptions between 2,000 and 15,000 years ago. No volcanoes … Continue reading →

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Thomas Edison National Historical Park West Orange, New Jersey

The Municipal Posted on July 13, 2020 by Ray BaloghJuly 13, 2020
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His family called him “Al.” His teachers called him “too stupid to learn anything.” But through a lifetime of stratospheric curiosity, unrelenting inventiveness and an unrivaled work ethic, Thomas Alva Edison has earned the invariable honorific uttered even now across … Continue reading →

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Natchez Trace Parkway, Natchez, Mississippi

The Municipal Posted on April 6, 2020 by Ray BaloghApril 6, 2020
Natchez Trace

Real estate entrepreneur John Bourthoumieu recently migrated from northern Indiana to a waterside home on the Tennessee River about a dozen miles northwest of Florence, Ala. He found out about the Natchez Trace Parkway from “the guy who sold me … Continue reading →

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Boardwalk Ocean City, Maryland

The Municipal Posted on March 16, 2020 by Ray BaloghMarch 16, 2020
Ocean City Maryland

The small town of Ocean City, Maryland, with about 7,000 residents, opens its doors — or rather its boardwalk — to 8 million visitors every year. The 2.5-mile traditional wooden plank walkway stretches north and south along pristine sandy beaches on the Atlantic coast. … Continue reading →

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Poverty Point Pioneer, Louisiana

The Municipal Posted on February 6, 2020 by Ray BaloghFebruary 6, 2020
Poverty Point, Pioneer, Louisiana

The place is a mystery, a classroom, a cultural museum and an ancient encyclopedia written more than three millennia ago that is slowly unfolding its pages to the painstaking efforts of archaeologists. Poverty Point State Historical Site, a U.S. National … Continue reading →

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Last Blockbuster Bend, Oregon

The Municipal Posted on January 7, 2020 by Ray BaloghFebruary 20, 2020
Blockbuster Bend, Oregon

  A well-known lateral thinking puzzle posits a wealthy book collector who purchases a rare edition for a quite princely sum. To maximize his investment, he takes the book home and immediately throws it in his fireplace. The question is, … Continue reading →

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Christmas Santa Claus, Ind.

The Municipal Posted on December 11, 2019 by Ray BaloghDecember 11, 2019

Regardless of weather or calendar, there is only one season in Santa Claus, Ind. The town of 2,410, located in the southwest corner of the state, would likely not be welcoming more than a million visitors a year today had … Continue reading →

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Winterthur Museum Winterthur, Del.

The Municipal Posted on November 11, 2019 by Ray BaloghNovember 11, 2019

In 1951 Henry Francis du Pont (1880-1969) opened his boyhood home to the public. Today Winterthur, pronounced “winter-tour,” stands as the premier museum campus of American decorative arts and naturalistic specimen plantings. Winterthur is situated about a mile and a … Continue reading →

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Boot Hill – Dodge City, Kan.

The Municipal Posted on October 9, 2019 by Ray BaloghOctober 9, 2019

To turn a phrase commonly associated with the Old West, the folks of Dodge City, Kan., “live with their boots on.” The southwestern Kansas city of 27,340, historically known as the Queen of the Cowtowns, centers its tourism industry efforts … Continue reading →

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