Just knowing there are teapot-shaped eateries in the world makes me blind-drunk happy. At least two of these architectural wonders are right here in Washington state.
School's out, and maybe you're brain dead. Or someone told you that you are. Whatever it is, you need a huge break and have a hankering to head as far from the UW as the $3.59 per gallon of gas your measly budget will allow. We have just the list of sites for you. Hit the road with a collection of vacation stops--not a cerebral or tedious one among them--and feel the jangle in your head melt away...
Roadside
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/
Your Online Guide to Offbeat Tourist Attractions
From the Roadside America home page....
Contagious Sightings
Shoe Trees
White Squirrels
Tiny Churches
Pet Cemetery
Mystery Spots
Sam Hill’s
Stonehenges
Transparent Gals
Big Coffee Pots
2-story Outhouses
Mega-Messiahs
Smiley Water Towers
The Vortex
Merman aka The Fiji Mermaid and his site picks
Latest Visitor Tips
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http://www.phallus.is/
"Probably the only museum in the world to contain a collection of phallic specimens belonging to all the various types of mammals found in a single country. " Oh, but there's so much more than a bunch of torpedo-sized whale penes! Check out "Images" on this site, and when you do, consider this: Wouldn't your best friend be euphoric if he had a liquor vault identical to the one in the museum!?
The Capital Punishment Museum http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/NJTREcap.html
The museum's most controversial artifact is Joe's "Lucky Finger."
Museum of Funeral Customs
http://www.funeralmuseum.org/sunshop/
"Providing a deeper understanding of the history of American funeral and mourning customs." Yeah, yeah. Funeral, schmuneral--I'll take a baker's dozen of the dark chocolate coffins, please!
Raise some hell, get some rest, and don’t forget to text!
Joyce Hansen
'Fish Ed '06-'07
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