What do "I spy..."?

Hello, everyone!

If I were to come to YOUR town, what local thing of interest would you direct me to see? I don't mean the huge arboreum, museum or temple. I'm talking something only you locals know about. Something quirky or odd, that is funny or just interesting to you.

We have, in our city, a small 'garden' with some statuary that's kind of bizzare. DH and I have been a couple of times and love it every time. One of the things I like, is the sphinx with a different face on it, rather than Cheops.

My daughter lived in Kentucky for awhile and they had a giant mortar and pestle-shaped drug store. Kind of neat.

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Hey there girlfriend! There is nothing in our little town! LOL

Baloney! There's something in EVERY town! LOL There's you, for one.

AWE, I knew you was my girlfriend for some reason! LOL ♥♥♥♥♥
Let me think on it and ask Shaun to see if we can come up with something! LOL

Seriously C, we don't have anything around here. Everything that comes to mind that has any relevance in our little Podunk town is known from all around. The only things I came up with, but are known all over, is a Bed & Breakfast called the Pink Lady, Meremac Springs that is a large tourist attraction and where everyone from miles around comes on the first day of Trout fishing, Spook Hollow Cemetery that is known to many as well.....Will keep trying to think on this, but our town really isn't nuttin special! LOL

OH, Shaun says we have a Pyramid just south of town that used to belong to a religious cult that moved in to the area. (sorry, sneeze fit here!) As legend has it, the leader was found to be something or other against the rules. He was killed, and those who did it were elders, and the group disbanded. Hope that is something interesting for ya!
XOXOXO

That's kind of neat. I wouldn't have known about that. And you didn't. (smile)

Also, the legend of Spook Hollow, there is a family of a man and woman who tried to have children-believe there were seven born, and each one died before their 3rd birthday. Supposedly, on a quiet night, you can hear the parents weeping. This part is fact-the tombstones of the family are real, and very, very depressing as Shaun said it made him cry.

NOPE, I was typing as he was talking about it! :)

We have those local ghost stories all over the place. Some are well known and others are not. I think there're fun.

Hmmm...a new thread? LOL

Could be interesting, only if I knew the stories! LOL

The internet tells me lots of stuff here I didn't know about.

I donno if I still have it, but someone had sent me an email a while back that told of a lot of different places with stories. Will see if I can locate it.

That would be great. Thanks, Tammy.

Anybody else?

Well, although I live in a northern community there is much to offer...Georgian Bay/Islands National Park System, Trent Waterway System, Martyrs Shrine, Huronia Indian Village (restoration of one of the first posts), Christian Island, Beckwith Island, Giants Tomb all of which have white rolling sands..so much to do..surely a visitors paradise..and of course my little B&B lol

Well, we have a house that used to be the headquarters for Capt. John Morgan (Morgan's Raiders). In 1974, a tornado came through Brandenburg, KY and several people were killed in town. The back of the house overlooking the Ohio River was destroyed by the tornado, taken right off and down the Ohio River. The house is still beautiful and people live in it....but you probably wouldn't have known that if you came to visit.

Also, we have a place called Doe Run Inn www.doeruninn.com that was owned by Daniel Boone's brother, Squire Boone and just across the river is Squire Boone Caverns where purportedly Squire's body lay in rest....the "casket" is there, but (and this is only what I've heard) the bones have been stolen many times.

BTW, this is Meade County, KY.

That is very interesting, MM! I have been to the Daniel Boone Home several times outside St. Charles here in Missouri, but looks to far surpass it!

Something I think is interesting about our little town, that others wouldn't know is our beautiful library. We have approximately 950-1000 people in our town. This library was built totally on donations, instead of tax money. And our state of the art school that houses all 12 grades now. It has it's own tv station, amongst other things and is a very beautiful and big school. But of course, that IS from tax money...lol!

All of these sound great! Especially the library.

Betty, I don't think I've heard of some of those places. Tell us more. I would love to stay in your little B & B.

M-Meadows, have you been to the caverns?

Tourists come here to see White Sands Nat'l Mt. or they are on their way to ski at Sierra Blanca. But we have a really cute kids park called Kids Kingdom. I like to go there just because it is so cute and it is sturdy enough for even adults to climb on. It has a pirate ship and space ship, an area where you can hang on a track and fly across. Lots of fun!

Not in town, but about 30 minutes from my house is Three Rivers Petroglyphs Site is one of the few locations in the Southwest set aside solely because of its rock art. The number and concentration of petroglyphs here make it one of the largest and most interesting petroglyph sites in the Desert Southwest. More than 21,000 glyphs of birds, humans, animals, fish, insects and plants, as well as numerous geometric and abstract designs are scattered over 50 acres of New Mexico's northern Chihuahuan Desert.

kwanjin, Yes, I have been to the caverns at Squire Boone. Kentucky is made of many caves and the most famous one is Mammoth Cave. I believe it is in Cave City. I've never gone on that tour, but I think it is so big you can get in boats and go through at some points. I don't do Squire Boone anymore because unless you turn around and go back the way you came, the only way out is something like 210 stairs. I don't do stairs well. It is quite interesting being in a cave though with the stylagmites and stylagtites, with the bats and rivers in the cave. It is always the same temp...I believe it is 58 degrees, summer or winter. And it takes a good hour or more to go through this cave. There are also little shops on the property that you can visit, i.e. candlemaker, weaver, potter, bakery, etc. It's a nice place to visit. Now Squire Boone is located just over the river in Indiana (I think it is Elizabeth, Indiana), but I'd have to check on that.

:) Kathy

That's really interesting, Kathy. We have Mount Timpanogas about 30 minutes from us. You have to climb the mountain, though. It takes about an hour and a half to climb it and it's pretty steep at times. They have the paths all laid out and you MUST stay on the path. We have people every year who have trouble with that concept.

Between Broken Arrow and heading towards Tulsa
there is a shoe tree.

Yep, a shoe tree, and I keep telling myself I'm going to
stop and take pictures of it. I even called the local radio
station a few weeks ago to see if anyone knows the origin.

Did one person toss their shoes into the tree years ago,
and since then, everyone thought it was a neat idea? Was it
a group of kids? A disgruntled shoe salesperson? There must
be dozens of shoe sets in that tree!

If I can find out more information, I'll come back and edit this
post.

:-) KM

They probably belong to Horseshoe! LOL

Who?

:-)

Our very own Shoe (Horseshoe).....he wears no shoes.....ever! Well, if he has to go in a government bldg...ha,ha.

Misty, is this a horse of which you speak, or a statue?

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/249782/

No Wuvie, it's our own Horseshoe, Rex Griffin..................oh no, did I just give out his real name? He is a Shoeflower here :)

If you don't know who Shoe is, you'd better get on and introduce yourself, ha, ha.........everyone knows Shoe...

and I'll post one more link here:

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/802149/

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Just a little bump to get more stories from all of you! :)

In our lil town (pop. 8600), there is a railroad bridge going over Crownhill Road. Crownhill turns into Back Orrville Rd at the city limits and leads to Wooster, our county seat. Since Wooster and Orrville are the largest towns in the county, there's always been a big rivalry between our high school football teams.
For as long as I can remember, the bridge is a favorite place for grafitti, but it becomes even more popular when the Orrville-Wooster game draws near. Orrville kids will paint it up, then Wooster kids come cover it up with their own stuff.
I cannot even imagine how many coats of paint there is on that bridge!

That must be some sight!

I found my 'thing ' today. Please be patient til I get a picture. It's unique.

There were a pair or two of shoes in the tree where I camped this spring.

I just found this thread and find it interesting. Here in Cabot there is a tree in our largest city park that I call the "picture tree". The trunk of the tree is bent in such a way as to form a "bench". It is a little high off the ground but you can lift a small child up to sit on the bench or larger children can climb up to it without help. Two or three kids can easily sit on the bench for a photo. I have several pictures of my grndchildren on that tree. However, all of the photos I have taken were made with my old camera, so none of them are on my computer. I'll see about scanning one to my computer so I can show you what the tree looks like.

Also, I think every town/city has at least one restaurant that all the locals frequent. Usually these are places that visitors would not know about. There is one such place here in Cabot called Jane's Kitchen. It does a booming business for breakfast and lunch and on Fridays they have catfish and are also open for supper. Between Conway and Greenbrier, AR on Hwy. 65 N. there is a place called The Green Cow. They are only open during the week and only for breakfast and lunch--not supper. Then in downtown Conway there is Bob's Cafe--another favorite of the locals.

In North Little Rock, AR there is a place called The Old Mill (not a restaurant). This place has been there a long time. In fact, the opening credits of the movie, "Gone With The Wind" show this mill with the water turning the wheel. The water wheel is no longer operational but the place is a park now and people have weddings there, etc. Professional photographers love to use it for outdoor portraits, etc.

That's very cool, M. I would love to see that tree.