Name a town you've gone to that you bet nobody else here has.

[Redstone]

(U.S. only, please.) Mine, culled from a long list:

California: Trona and Darwin.

Vermont: Victory and Granby and Athens, among many others.

I know that BikeWriter has us all trumped with Lime Village, Alaska, and that havocmom actually lives in one of those towns nobody goes to because they can't find it.

Tell me where you've been that others haven't.

Redstone

[democracyindanger]

1. Boring, Oregon.

And it was, indeed, boring.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

93. I've been to Boring, Oregon

Many Portland area residents have.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

95. Warroad, Minnesota and Middleboro, Ontario

Three miles apart.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

136. Been to Warroad.

[democracyindanger]

115. But only by accident.

And even then, people think they're just in a really boring part of Gresham. ;)

[Jade Fox]

549. But have you been to Scamoose?

I saw that name at work today, and thought it was wonderful. (It's in Oregon)

[Radio_Lady]

618. You probably mean Scappoose! I've been there and I have a T-shirt

to prove it!

Scappoose, Oregon, USA
Population: 5,480
42 feet above sea level
Became a city in 1921

http://www.scappoose.com/frame/main.html

In peace,

Radio_Lady in Beaverton, Oregon

[fortyfeetunder]

789. I've been to Scappoose too!

My auntie taught there and she wanted me to drive by and show me the school she taught at.

[Beall]

406. I WIN!!!! Cutoff, Louisiana

[pdx_prog]

441. Nope....

I have been to cutoff several times....

What about Pierre Part?

[GumboYaYa]

457. I've been to Cutoff and Pierre Part.

Any of you guys ever been to Waterproof, Louisiana?

[Maddy McCall]

528. I've been there.

Not many Louisiana towns I haven't visited.

[xmas74]

2. Florence, WI

Stambaugh, MI and Wakenda, MO.
Wakenda doesn't even exist anymore. It was wiped out in the Flood of '93.

[TheMightyFavog]

172. I've been to Florence a number of times.

Florence, the county Seat of Florence County, which due to hardcore taxaphobe Freeper types, damn near became the only county in the State of Wisconsin without a Public School District.

[xmas74]

296. Some of my family is from Alvin.

Greatgrandfather was the first mailman in Alvin.

[Radio_Lady]

620. We bought some trinkets in Florence, Oregon, a nice coastal town with...

a population of about 7,000.

http://www.florencechamber.com/

OT: My husband's sister's name is Florence.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

300. Been there only long enough...

to get hammered at Dina Mia's

[xmas74]

301. Dina Mia's!

Haven't heard that in years.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

3. Almost any place outside of York or Cumberland Counties, Maine.

:D :D

:hi:

[LeftyMom]

4. Crecent Valley, Nevada

It's two dozen trailers and a Baptist church about 15 miles south of I80 between Winnemucca and Elko.

If that's not the textbook definition of the middle of nowhere, I don't know what is. :shrug:

Pretty country, though.

[qnr]

14. Know of it - Lived in Winnemucca for years. Never went there though. n/t

[LeftyMom]

19. My grandmother lived there for about ten years

She loved it. It broke her heart when she had to move to Reno to be closer to medical care.

When she died we buried her ashes in Beowawe cemetary, next to her late husband, looking out over the valley and the people she loved.

[Redstone]

30. I want, I REALLY want, and and wanted for years, to travel

northern Nevada. There's so much NOTHING there. Oh, yes.

Redstone

[LeftyMom]

41. If you ever do, take the road to Beowawe and Crecent Valley.

It's lovely country, but the view from the cemetary (it's up on a ridge between Beowawe and Crecent Valley, very small but some of the graves date to the western migration) is breathtaking, especially if there's a train going by.

[Redstone]

46. I'm there. Some day.

Redstone

[LynneSin]

5. I'VE BEEN TO INTERCOURSE!!!!!!

Actually I took GOPisEvil through Intercourse!

[Redstone]

13. Buzzzz...Intercourse is not hardly off the beaten path.

And it's a well-known tourist trap as well. I've been through there a dozen times (I used to live in eastern PA).

C'mon, you can do better than that...

Redstne

[LynneSin]

20. Ok, how about the fact that I've been to Virginville!!

http://virginvillepa.usl.myareaguide.com/

[Roland99]

22. Better avoid French Lick, IN then.

Or even Big Bone Lick State Park in KY. ;)

[LynneSin]

24. Of course you could go through Blue Ball or Bird-in-Hand PA

:shrug:

[eeyore]

31. Blue Ball!

I have a picture of myself in front of the Blue Ball Garage, posing to look in as much pain as possible.

:rofl:

[lizziegrace]

64. Been through both

;)

[Redstone]

25. That works! Never even heard of the place.

and I'll raise you: Pennsylvania towns I've been to: Upper Black Eddy, Tunkannock, and I even lived in Skippack.

Redstone

[LynneSin]

28. Been there, done all three

Had a crush on a guy in college from Tunkannock!

[Redstone]

34. All three? You've been to Skippack?

And you didn't stop at my jewelry store and buy something?

I'll never forgive you.

Redstone

[LynneSin]

43. I use to live in Doylestown Twp for 12 years

I've been through Skippack (it's in Montco County) but it's not like I specifically was driving to go visit the town.

[Redstone]

54. Doylestown was a lovely little town until the early 1980s,

when the goddamn yuppies overcrowded it.

I can't go to Montgomery or Bucks counties anymore with feeling sad. I remember them from the 1960s and 1970s when they were wonderful, uncrowded places.

I remember Plymouth Meeting when there were farms there. Went there on business last year and found that it had turned into a CITY.

Redstone

[Patiod]

370. I live in Plymouth Meeting

They tried to put a road right through our 300-year-old Meetinghouse. It is indeed turned into a city - it used to take me <5minutes to get to the turnpike, now it's more like 15 with all the traffic.

I used to take Route 73 up to Skippack for rehearsals at Playcrafters, and it was a quiet, beautiful country drive once you were past Center Square. Now the whole route is lined with developments and strip malls. It would break your heart, Redstone.

(I called it Stagecrafters in my earlier post - my mind is slipping. Stagecrafters is in Chestnut Hill -- Playcrafters is in the Barn in Skippack).

[PRETZEL]

401. I live in West Norriton

And can agree on all the development there. There's a real nice little restaurant on 73 called Cedars Country Kitchen that has one of the best breakfasts around.

[Patiod]

408. Pretzel, honey, what are you doing with a Steelers logo?

Don't know about you, but one of the first things I learned at Penn State was how much the rest of the state hates our area. During the '80 World Pennant Race and Series, I could tell when the Astros or Royals scored, because the entire campus erupted in cheers. I've been a committed Steeler & Pirate-Hater since then.

Is Cedars Country Kitchen on the site where there's a flea market every month? Have gotten some amazing finds there...

[PRETZEL]

412. Born and raised in town called Coraopolis

on the Ohio River. Moved here in early 80's (PSU'81). Have always and will continue to have the battle of the fans with my son who is a diehard eagles and flyers fan.

And that is the same Cedars Country Kitchen. My girlfriend and I have also gotten some pretty good deals at that flea market.

[jschurchin]

839. From Cory huh.......

Bet you been to the Moon too huh! Township that is. Ambridge boy here.:bounce:

[Redstone]

525. West Norriton? Then you're right around the corner from PUDGE'S!!!

Good Lord, how I miss their cheesesteak hoagies.

Redstone

[PRETZEL]

658. Pudge's 2 actually,

It is literally right around the corner. But the cheesesteaks aren't nearly as good as the original Pudge's unfortunately.

[Redstone]

519. I'll be damned. I know the Frrends' School VERY well...

We ran a community phone hotline out of one of the rooms there in the early 1970s, and a very good friend of mine teaches there.

I remember well the bitter fights about the Blue Route and the Turnpike expansion in the 70s...Plymouth Road was a quiet country lane before they destroyed it.

Hey, is the Beef & Ale at the corner of Joshua Road and Germantown Pike still there?

I lived at the corner of Joshua and Flourtown Roads for about a year, in the house that has all the honeysuckle hedges around it. Good thing I didn't excercise the option to buy it; I bet the traffic by there never stops.

Redstone

[Patiod]

319. I used to do shows at Stagecrafters

and dressed up in 1800's hoops for the Skippack Days thingy.

I bet I shopped at your jewelry store and didn't buy anything...

[azmouse]

351. Have you heard of Sinking Springs, PA?

It's near Reading.
I used to live in eastern PA too.

[Patiod]

446. Had friends in Wyomissing

right next to Sinking Spring. Pretty area.

[LostinVA]

284. Me too, but I've never been to Me....

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

361. I don't give an airborne intercourse where you've been. -nt

[Debbi801]

753. Nope, I've been there many times, when ever we hit Dutch Wonderland. (nt)

[Debbi801]

754. Nope, I've been there many times, when ever we hit Dutch Wonderland. (nt)

[Roland99]

6. Starke, FL

[Lochloosa]

393. Been there many times. Try again

Creepy driving by the prison at night.....

[Roland99]

700. You should try being in it!

:wow:





I spent a few days there......for work. ;)

[TallahasseeGrannie]

745. Been there!

awful little town. Like Deliverance.

[DemBones DemBones]

787. I've been to Starke, too. But I've never been to Starke naked.

:evilgrin:

[flvegan]

7. Manomet, MA

I grew up there. Teeny little town outside Plymouth.

[greatauntoftriplets]

8. I've been there....

Also to White Horse Beach.

[flvegan]

18. White Horse Beach

Right down the street past the church I went to.

I lived in Ocean Aire. It was nice then, it's overdeveloped now. I'm glad I'm not there anymore.

Can't believe someone else has ever been there and is now here. Crazy!

[greatauntoftriplets]

21. The name White Horse Beach always fascinated me...

so I made a point of driving the road that went through the towns vs. I forget the route number. Detoured over to White Horse Beach. I liked it.

[LynneSin]

26. Better than Slaughter Beach, Delaware

http://www.sussexcountyonline.com/towns/slaughterbeach.html

http://webpages.ursinus.edu/rbogdan/images/lighthouses/done/images/Slaughter%20Beach,%20DE.jpg

[greatauntoftriplets]

32. OT, but....

many years ago there was a surgeon at the hospital I was born at whose name was Dr. Slaughter.

[Redstone]

42. There's a Horseneck Beach near there, too.

I guess the ponies around there liked to sunbathe and have a swim now and again...

Redstone

[Little Star]

425. I think Horseneck is in RI?

[Catchawave]

513. Horseneck Beach ?

My husband was a lifeguard there during his college years, and I remember it was quite close to Fall River, MA ?

So, of course I've been there :)

[ncrainbowgrrl]

9. Starrucca, PA

(near hancock, NY)

[greatauntoftriplets]

10. Luxemburg.

The one in Wisconsin.

I have also been to the country Luxembourg.

[Nikia]

38. I've been there

The one in Wisconsin.

[greatauntoftriplets]

56. Okay, I haven't been to this one, but....

my :loveya: 's grandfather came from Muleshoe, Texas.

[Ellen Forradalom]

84. I've been through there

My mother lives in the general area.

[xmas74]

92. Been to the one in WI.

[RevCheesehead]

185. I live 15 miles from Luxemburg.

:hi:

[two gun sid]

11. Hell, MI

Climax, MI
Snaketown, WV

[proud2BlibKansan]

27. LOL

[ScreamingMeemie]

280. I've been to the first two.

:hi:

[SharonRB]

386. I've been to Hell and back

One day a couple of summers ago hubby and I decided to just take a ride because we had never been there. I kept saying we had gone to Hell and back.

[knitter4democracy]

422. U of M has a research station there.

It cracked me up at the time. Go State! ;)

[knitter4democracy]

421. We did the Dante trip for our senior year.

Some friends and I took Catholic Church Rd. down to Hell (totally true!) and then cut across to Eden. We didn't have the twelve hours it would've taken to drive to Paradise, though.

I live down the road from Climax and my accountant lives there.

How about Rives Junction, MI or Bunker Hill? ;)

[two gun sid]

497. I live in Jackson so I've been to both places...

Some of my cousins live in Rives.

[knitter4democracy]

659. Which school district is that in?

I remember we used to have arguments in high school about whether that was Leslie or Jackson at that point.

[two gun sid]

725. Leslie for Bunker Hill, Northwest for Rives.

[knitter4democracy]

735. Some of Bunker Hill is Dansville.

I know that one, as my step-mom's family used to be a big farming family there and even owned some land down that way.

So Rives Junction is Jackson. Cool.

[Scooter24]

644. I've been to Hell, Cayman Islands

many times :)

Never to the one in Michigan though.

[two gun sid]

726. Don't bother with the one in Michigan...

Hell in the Cayman's is much better than Hell in Michigan.

[long_green]

12. Rosman, NC

that place had an honest to god General Store.

[Radio_Lady]

626. Jocassee, South Carolina. I think I'm spelling it correctly.

I went to Camp Jocassee in SC when I was eight years old -- must have been 1947.

[tsakshaug]

678. Been there

Did that

[KitchenWitch]

15. Argyle Minnesota

[greendog]

556. I've been through Argyle...

...on my way to Stephen.

[greendog]

560. Acutan, Alaska

n/t

[KitchenWitch]

561. My mom's aunt lives on a farm outside Stephen!

:scary:

[greendog]

567. When I was a long haul trucker...

...I picked up a load of birdseed in Stephen.

[KitchenWitch]

568. Blink and you miss it!

The big fun thing to do up there is go get drunk in Grand Forks.

[EstimatedProphet]

16. Forget, Sask., Chloride, AZ, Chena, AK

[Redstone]

23. I've been to Chloride. Only the second one so far that anyone has

posted that I've visited.

Never been to Saskatchewan, though. That's why I tried to limit it to the USA, because there are so many little places in Quebec I've been to that I didn't thinnk it would be fair to include Canada.

Redstone

[EstimatedProphet]

39. Ever see the cathedral of St. Anne de Beaupre?

Beautiful.

[Redstone]

68. By God, I think I may have! Is that just across the border from Norton, VT

I remember seeing an astonishing cathedral in the middle of nowhere...I was drawn to it because I could see the magnificent spire from miles away, in the middle of nothing but forested hills.

(Though it may not be the same place; I can't find my Quebec map right now, and I know better than to get frustrated trying to find anything using Google, with all the keyword spammers these days.)

Redstone

[Gormy Cuss]

97. Ste. Anne's is a miracle shrine

The columns have crutches and wheelchairs strapped to them. It's quite other-worldly. It's not far from Quebec City and it's near a place where they bake bread in traditional stone ovens.

[Redstone]

105. Hey, thanks. It's not the one I went to.

Redstone

[EstimatedProphet]

138. Yeah, that's it.

The little village it's in is right on the St. Lawrence, east of QC. Stunning cathedral!

[free_spirit82]

266. I've been to Chena, AK!

[SW FL Dem]

603. I've been to Chloride Arizona n/t

[SeattleGirl]

17. Newark, Arkansas and

Alvadore, Oregon

[Oeditpus Rex]

29. Spreckels, Calif.

Yeah, where they made the sugar. It was built as a company town and became a booming metropolis of about 400. My dad worked at the sugar factory for 30 years.

Also: Ingalls, Ark. and various other metropoli in the vicinity.

[NV Whino]

50. Been there.

[Oeditpus Rex]

70. Worked there?

When? :hi:

[NV Whino]

350. No, just been through the town.

[Oeditpus Rex]

538. That's kinda weird

Nobody just goes through Spreckels unless they're lost. :shrug:

'Course, if you're northbound on 101 and you're good at reading maps, Harris Road or Harkins Road to Spreckels Boulevard to 68 would be a shortcut to Monterey.

[NV Whino]

545. Yep.

Only I was going to Carmel.

[DBoon]

631. From the 101 to Salinas/Monterey, right?

nt

[lizziegrace]

33. Water Valley, Mississippi n/t

[Redstone]

71. I went to Coldwater and Senatobia, Mississippi, before the

casinos came there. Lovely, charming little towns they were.

Redstone

[lizziegrace]

72. I lived in Oxford for 6 years

and graduated from Ole Miss. Sometimes I miss parts of the south.

[Redstone]

80. Wonderful town, Oxford.

If M'zipi wasn't so damn hot, I think I'd be there yet.

Redstone

[southlandshari]

834. Sorry, darlin'! I've been there!

If there is a Habitat for Humanity affiliate in the county anywhere in several states, including Mississippi, chances are I have been in every small town in that county!

I almost got struck by lightning driving ahead of a tornado in Water Valley once!

:scared:

[TN al]

35. Washta, Iowa...

...and in case anybody has been there, Firesteel South Dakota.

[jus_the_facts]

36. Dry Prong, Louisiana...

:rofl:

[GumboYaYa]

823. I grew up in Newellton, do you really thing I haven't been to Dry Prong?

How ya doin?

[eeyore]

37. Weed, California

Up on Mt. Shasta. They sell hats and shirts and such that say

I Got High On Weed
(California)

[LeftyMom]

45. been there.

:hi:

[LynneSin]

47. Kinda like the I've been through Intercourse & all I got was this T-shirt

They have plenty of those in Intercourse, PA

[Oeditpus Rex]

83. Been there

Shopped in the Safeway.

That reminds me, though: Doris, Calif.

[XemaSab]

250. I've been to DORRIS AND MacDoel

:P

[Oeditpus Rex]

272. Two r's

Got me.

You've probably been to Burney as well. But have you been to Bieber or Hat Creek?



And what's up with "the 5"? You from LA or somethin'? :crazy:

[XemaSab]

499. I've been to Bieber AND Nubieber

And Burney. And Hat Creek.

A few weeks ago when I had to abandon my car in the snow it was in Burney.

All your north state are belong to us.

[Oeditpus Rex]

501. Strange... I got the feeling it was

over toward Whiskeytown. :shrug:

You is a world travl'r, you is.



But... have you been to Prunedale?

[XemaSab]

503. French Gulch and Shasta (not to be confused with Shasta Lake City)

are really all that's near Whiskeytown. Of course, Whiskeytown itself is at the bottom of the lake. :shrug:

[Oeditpus Rex]

509. JFK once stopped in Whiskeytown

I have no idea why.

[XemaSab]

514. Stopped in Whiskeytown?

The hell you say!

He dedicated the dam.

The road around the lake is like, JFK Memorial Drive, and there's a monument to him out there. If you go into the visitor center they've got his dedication speech playing on a loop.

[Oeditpus Rex]

515. That would explain it

I really gotta get out more.

[Kali]

191. How about Weed, New Mexico?

[fight4my3sons]

325. I went to school there from 7th grade -9th grade

Lived in Timberon. Hell of a bus ride. 1 1/2 there and back every day.

[Hugin]

326. LOL!

I once looked for property there. Almost bought it, too.

Ever been to Bent, NM?

[XemaSab]

249. Everyone's been to weed who's taken the 5

I was in weed two weeks ago. :eyes:

[Redstone]

776. You know, that's a good way to tell a Westerner from an Easterner.

Nobody in the East would say "take the 91," or "the 80."

In the East, it's just "93" or "276" or whatever.

Redstone

[Pooka Fey]

832. Been there too.

[ContraBass Black]

40. Sneedville, TN.

[Redstone]

77. How about Bucksnort?

I like the place so much (or at least liked its name) that I had a band in Houston in the 1970s that was named Bucksnort Trout Farm.

Then, realizing that it was a stupid name, we changed it to Austin-Western. Yeah, I know the name-the-band-after-a-construction-equipment-company thing had been done before, but I still think it was a good band name.

Redstone

[lizziegrace]

90. Been to Bucksnort

I've lived in 11 states and have at least 1/2 million miles on my ass driving...

[Redstone]

101. I'm in the half-million-mile club, too.

Been some places, met some people.

There's nothing I enjoy more than going somewhere I've never been before. I suspect you feel the same.

Redstone

[lizziegrace]

113. I do

I wish my car would make some long trips, but I just don't trust it. I've put over 100,000 on 3 Hondas and the rest of the miles on other cars.

I would like to get up to Pine Ridge, SD and see my little girl but I doubt the car's up to it. (I sponsor a child up there.)

[Redstone]

122. I wish I had the time to offer to drive you there. I've never been in

either Dakota, and would like to go there.

I have reliable cars now, but precious little time to drive them long distances.

Redstone

[lizziegrace]

125. I understand and thank you for the kind thought

Such is life. You have the money (or in this case, the cars) and don't have the time. Or you have the time but not the money.

I'll get to see her someday, even if it's for her HS graduation. (She's 6 now)

[pdx_prog]

444. Yep....

been through Bucksnort....

[pdx_prog]

455. Skull Bone Tennessee....

Finger Missouri
Licking Missouri
Frog Jump Tennessee
Marked Tree Arkansas

[Pithlet]

740. I've been to Skull Bone.

I was with my mom who was househunting in the area, and when we drove through it I told her she had to buy a house in Skull Bone, so that would be her address. She didn't, though :)

[yellowdogintexas]

505. I used to stop for breakfast in Bucksnort on my way from Nashville

to Memphis.

[Nikia]

44. Caladonia, Ohio

I could name off several other small Ohio towns, but we can start there.

[Lady President]

107. Been there

My dad worked in Marion for years and years, so I've hit most of the villages in the Marion Co. area.

[Roland99]

48. La Push, WA

[jus_the_facts]

55. A friend o'mine from down here in La. lived there for a bit....

...her husband was in the Coast Guard and stationed there...s'quite beautiful indeed! :hi:

[Roland99]

57. On the edge of nowhere, surrounded by tribal lands on Olympic Peninsula

Happened to get there right at sunset over the Pacific. Beautiful!

[pokerfan]

94. Been there

Humptulips, too.

[XemaSab]

251. Been to Humptulips

:D

[flamingyouth]

222. Been there

Beautiful. :)

[puerco-bellies]

461. Been to La Push

I'm an ex salmon fisherman.

[NV Whino]

49. Lima

And I don't mean Peru.

[LeftyMom]

53. ohio? nt

[NV Whino]

354. I think this was the Lima in Ohio

although it could be PA. It's been a while, but I remember there was some wonderful architecture in that little town.

[Nikia]

737. Lima, OH isn't exactly a little town

Unless you are only used to big cities. It definitely has over 30,000 people and maybe more like 50,000.

[xmas74]

96. Nebraska?

[NV Whino]

356. Nope, not Nebraska.

[Redstone]

109. There's a Lima in Pennsylvania, too. It's near Media.

Redstone

[NV Whino]

358. Could be PA, but I think it's Ohio

see post above. I ws very impressed with the architecture in such a small town. That's what has kept it in my mind all these years.

[bleedingheart]

124. I have been in Lima, Ohio

[LeftyMom]

127. My son has family there on his Dad's side

his Dad's from right up the road in Bluffton.

[bleedingheart]

132. I had to drive there once for business way back when....

now I get to drive to Cleveland at least once every two months...from Pittsburgh...

[BrotherBuzz]

137. Maine?

Near Kezar Lake? I never visited Peru but saw it listed on a crazy road sign near Kezar Lake that listed a whole bunch of places in the area, all named after foreign countries or cities like; Poland, Norway, Fairbanks, Oxford, Naples, Limerick, Lisbon, Athens, China, Denmark, ....all within twenty miles, or so. It was a crazy sign that showed the scars a lot of attempted vandalism/theft attacks or maybe just the work of an industrious beaver.

[NV Whino]

360. Not Maine

But on that same trip I believe we drove through another Lisbon somewhere. It was a trip from Aspen to DC and we joked that by the time we arrived in DC we had driven all over the world.

[nutsnberries]

402. i've seen that sign... those crazy mainiacs!

:silly:

[madinmaryland]

290. Hey, I used to live right outside of Lima!

[donheld]

468. I've spent the night in Lima (bean) Ohio

:boring:

[havocmom]

612. Lima MT?

Been there, done that... first go at tire chains was on Monida Pass, in January. Have since divorced the idiot who insisted we did not need to practice BEFORE we left southern California!

[Left Is Write]

51. Steele, North Dakota.

[fudge stripe cookays]

166. A couple of my ancestors lived there for awhile.

Been researching, and found a local history book about the place. :D

[hfojvt]

232. as it seems to be right on I-94

probably I have been there having been to Bismarck a few times. We probably took 281 to Jamestown and then I-94 to Bismarck, or went home on the reverse route. But probably did not stop in Steele.

[Left Is Write]

312. Very few people ever do stop there.

:D

My aunt and uncle used to live there.

[WeRQ4U]

347. Been there.

Steele is right off the interstate. I've driven into town once or twice, to get gas probably. Just a shade east of Bismarck on the way to Jamestown. Their sports teams co-op with another little town of Dawson. The exit sign says "Steele/Tuttle". Just a little more information, Tuttle co-ops with another small town named "Wing"... or at least they used to. LOL.

Yeah, I've been there.

[jakefrep]

52. Botkins, Ohio

A friend of mine coaches High School basketball there.

[texanwitch]

58. Cut and Shoot, Texas

[BikeWriter]

63. I've been there often. My oldest lives in Splendora.

[BikeWriter]

59. Goldthwaite, Texas. Goat and Dove country in West Texas.

[Redstone]

110. How about Dime Box?

Redstone

[BikeWriter]

149. Dime Box is close, as is San Saba.

[jobycom]

382. Who hasn't? It's a Central Texas Mecca. nt

[w8liftinglady]

153. I ate at the dairy queen there a long time ago

[BikeWriter]

156. We used to hunt dove, quail, and frogs there every year...

We visited most of the small towns around there, too. There are lots of good folks in that goat brush.

[jobycom]

384. Driven through it often, but don't remember it well. Is it the one with

the old brick downtown buildings that come right up to the main road, with the golden Christmas lights? It's on one of my favorite routes to Albuquerque, but the towns flash by so fast.

[Cats Against Frist]

60. Saybrook, IL

Maybe.

[Redstone]

117. How about Old Saybrook (Connecticut)?

I live there. Wonder if the town in Ohio was named after this one, which used to be called only Saybrook. (The "old" was added in 1947, when the northern part of the town broke off and became Deep River.)

Redstone

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

61. Branford CT

[RandomKoolzip]

99. Branford C.T. Marsalis

COnnecticut pathetic shit deep creep ass pass

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

139. Pass my mass I couldn't pass for mass.

I got nothing comin' out of my ass this fast.

[Redstone]

130. Feh. I lived there for four years when I first moved to CT.

Not "feh" because it's not a nice town; it certainly is (and I was renting a house right on the water (in Indian Neck), which was the cat's ass for a 26-year-old single guy).

Just "feh" because it's not exactly out of the way.

Got another?

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

140. When did you live there, man?

We all three grew up there.

[Redstone]

163. 1981 through 1984.

But I think I'm older than you guys. You were probably in high school then.

Redstone

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

165. Well, more like grade school.

Chavez and I grew up in Hotchkiss Grove....just down the street.

[Redstone]

170. Well, damn. Grade school? Mary T. Whatshername Elementary?

Thanks SO much for making me feel REALLY old.

Redstone

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

315. Frederiksted, St Croix

[GalleryGod]

62. Gold Hll , NV.

Also...Winnemucca and Tonopaugh.

[hyphenate]

135. Been to Tonopah

:)

[XemaSab]

252. I see your Winnemucca and Tonopah

And raise you Pahrump!!!!

[artv28]

550. I've been

from Tuscon to Tucumcari
Tehachapi to Tonapah

[tyedyeto]

583. I've had 2 speeding tickets in my driving lifetime...

one was when I was 19 in 1971 and the other was in 1999 in Tonopah. Speed trap city!

[spindrifter]

65. Hell, Michigan and Wellington, Texas

[knitter4democracy]

423. Been there. Small discussion above.

:hi:

[RockaFowler]

66. I've Lived in 2 small towns

Davisburg, MI. Population 1000 or less.

East Hampton, CT. If you blink, you will miss the town. My Grandparents had the biggest house in town until the late 80's.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

67. Fertile, Minnesota.

[DainBramaged]

69. Garfield, NJ

[lizziegrace]

100. Bergen County?

Garfield Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps. They were the Stanford Marching Band of the drum corps world.

[DainBramaged]

159. You bet, town is now a slum and it lost it's character years ago

All the neighborhoods are run down. Population of 29,833 in 2004. My mother lives next town over. Says always big problems and gang stuff going on there.

This stat tells it all.

Single-family new house construction building permits:
1996: 1 building, cost: $14,000
1997: 0 buildings
1998: 1 building, cost: $90,000
1999: 7 buildings, average cost: $63,100
2000: 0 buildings
2001: 1 building, cost: $157,300
2002: 0 buildings
2003: 1 building, cost: $201,500
2004: 1 building, cost: $141,500

[LibertyLover]

564. I'll see you Garfield , NJ

and raise you Cresskill, Dumont, Demerest and Closter, NJ!

[LiberalEsto]

674. Been there

My brother lives next door in Lodi

[BuddhaGirl]

73. Wadesville, Indiana

n/t

[Tom_Foolery]

311. Been there. n/t

[BuddhaGirl]

349. I've been to Owensboro

:hi:

[Catchawave]

74. Hollis, NH

[jonnyblitz]

160. my sister lives there. i have been there lots.

I have posted on DU many a time from her big ass house there.

[Jean Louise Finch]

240. I've been there a billion times!

I grew up nearby.

[MissMillie]

308. Many, many times

sorry!

[YankeyMCC]

Many times

a friend lives there and I visited there a lot in 2004 dropping election lit.

[Catchawave]

508. So, have you guys stopped in at:

Dolly's Place ? *snort*

:hi:

[Ellen Forradalom]

75. Szilvásvárad, Hungary

In the hills north of Eger.

On edit: Sorry, missed the "U.S. only."

[Robb]

176. I've been to Karlovy Vara

Which, I know, is in Chzechoslawhatchit, but hey. :silly:

[Straight Shooter]

76. Dungannon, Virginia.

You get there by crossing a rickety old-time bridge over the Clinch River. Great little restaurant with a jukebox and all the perfectly greasy fries you can eat. A one-room post office. In the meadow is a tiny little log cabin style church with stained glass windows.

That was a long time ago, so I'm guessing things have changed. It remains one of my favorite places in my memory, though. I've considered moving there from time to time. :)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

562. Check it out:

http://www.homes.com/Content/ListingDetail.cfm?PropId=27899832

$279,900
Dungannon, VA
Price Reduced

MLS ID # 9776
melindawhite.com
4 br,2 full ba
2786 sq. ft.
22.00 acres

Pretty good deal! Can't buy a cheesy townhouse for that price in the DC area.

I haven't spent much time in that part of VA; but I'd like to. My parents drove from Knoxville to DC a couple of times when we were kids; and I remember being enchanted with the countryside. :hi:

[DawgHouse]

78. Gans OK

Salute! :)

[Gormy Cuss]

79. Chebeague Island, Maine

Also Fort Gorges and Cow, Little Chebeague,and Hope Islands in Casco Bay.

on edit: also Pumpkin Knob (island)and Littlejohn islands.

[SiobhanClancy]

178. Been to Chebeague Island...

I lived on Peaks Island for a while years ago,which is very near to Chebeague,as I'm sure you know. Also Cliff,Big and Little Diamond,etc:)

[Gormy Cuss]

435. I figured Peaks would have been too easy...

Too many year rounders, never mind the summer people. :hi:

[whatsername]

81. Mooselookmeguntic, Maine

Don't know how to attach photo. Beautiful place.

[Gormy Cuss]

87. Been there.

:hi:
It's a lake in the Rangeley region. Have camped at Middle Dam on the nearby Richardson Lakes too.

[nutsnberries]

400. me too! (nt)

[haydukelives]

82. Escalante, Utah

very beautiful

[eeyore]

85. Spectacular!

I was there the year that Clinton named it a National Park. Took Route 12 all the way north!

[XemaSab]

254. It's lovely there!

:D

[cynatnite]

86. Cherokee, OK n/t

[lizziegrace]

88. Been there. n/t

[cynatnite]

106. Didn't think many people went to that dried up little down n/t

[qnr]

104. Been there n/t

[Nicole]

190. Been there n/t

[Dinger]

89. Eland, Wisconsin

Where I live, home of the Dairy Princess murder. A movie was made on this, and is called "Midwest Obsession."

[xmas74]

103. I think I've been through there.

Over by Wittenberg, isn't it? Not too far from Wausau?

[Dinger]

111. Holy Shit Yes!

Where are you from?

Here's a little link:

http://www.elandhappenings.com/

[xmas74]

112. Born in Kenosha,

lived in Florence and Tipler (along w/ a few places in the UP). Uncle used to live in Antigo, grandfather used to live in White Lake. I once (for a few months as an adult) lived in Medford.
Now I'm in Missouri near the KC area.

[Dinger]

121. That Is Really Cool

It's a small world, that's for sure.

[xmas74]

123. And White Lake is a very small place.

Just as small is Alvin. I swear one side of my family owns that town. My greatgrandfather was the first postman in Alvin.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

91. No Name Key, Florida

Off of Big Pine Key in the Florida Keys. Famous for a fantastic little bar called No Name Pub that dates back to the old Keys days when fishermen used to sign and tack a dollar bill on the wall when the catch was good so they would have beer money on the leaner days.

[SiobhanClancy]

134. I lived in Marathon for 12 years..

and have spent a few very happy hours in the No Name Pub. You never know where you'll meet a fan of the place...I worked at BU in Boston for a couple of years,and one day I got into a conversation with the Dean of Students. I happened to mention that I'd lived in the Keys for years and he said,"Say,did you ever go to the No Name Pub?":)

[tinfoilinfor2005]

171. Of course, Siobhan, I remember now that you used to live

in the Keys. Every Keys resident has had at least a few of those happy hours at the No Name Pub that you speak of. And of course the garlic wings and pizza which are legendary. But those five foot high bar stools are still lethal!

[LostinVA]

285. Been there several times, ate at the Pub, kayaked....

[underpants]

821. Been there- there is a dollar with my name on it there

real good pizza too

[TK421]

98. Leonardo, New Jersey....where a portion of the movie "Clerks" was filmed

[dog_lovin_dem]

102. Moonshine, Illinois.

nt.

[lizziegrace]

119. Where is that?? n/t

[dog_lovin_dem]

152. It's about 90 miles

southeast of Champaign. It's "famous" for it's diner...the only business located there! If you travel a little farther south you will find Flat Rock and Birds. Needless to say, it's a LONG way from Chicago!

[LibDemAlways]

108. I have been to Trona, California.

When I was a toddler, my dad was doing some work for the military at China Lake near Ridgecrest out in the Mojave Desert. He took me along when he went to see the famous Pinnacles of Trona made out of calcium carbonate and rising from a dry lake bed. Many years later I drove through Trona one New Years Eve after making a day-long trek from Lone Pine to Death Valley and back to Los Angeles through the Panamint Valley.

[Redstone]

167. Lone Pine! My absolute favorite California town!

And the Panamint Valley...have you been to Darwin Falls?

Redstone

[Kali]

194. Had relatives in Lone Pine

[LibDemAlways]

198. I don't remember having been to Darwin Falls, but I

may have when I lived in Ridgecrest for a year when I was two. My parents documented trips to Death Valley and Whitney Portals with their old 8 mm camera. I'll have to ask my dad if he remembers visiting Darwin Falls. The last time I drove through the Panamint Valley was that New Years trip. It was pitch black and there were few other cars on the road. The stars were awesome.

[catchnrelease]

215. Darwin Falls!

Wow, I haven't thought about that place for ages! Went on a field trip to Death Valley and one night we camped "in" Darwin and some of us hiked back to the Falls. Too wierd to see a green oasis with waterfall in that deserty area.

My sister lived in Big Pine for many years and I spent more time than I can say wandering around the places in the Owens Valley, Mono Basin, etc. Love the Eastern Sierra more than any other place I've been.


How about Shoshone, CA or Red Oak, Iowa?

[Redstone]

299. Did you ever go through Saline Valley? I've wanted to go there

for a long time, but the locals say it's advisable to be armed when you travel there. Lots fo Manson types still around the Saline Valley, they say.

I've been through Shoshone, but it was at night.

Redstone

[catchnrelease]

642. Not Saline Valley

Didn't ring a bell, so looked at my old notes from the class. (It was in 1992---I save everything!). We camped on our last night in Greenwater Valley, but don't remember anything about Saline Valley. I wouldn't be surprised that there are some dangerous places and people out in those sparsely populated areas.

Shoshone is interesting....lots of chalky/limestone hills that people carved rooms into, to live in during the depression I was told. All abandoned now, altho' I wouldn't go looking around there by myself either.

[Allenberg]

114. Kennerdell, PA

Small moutain village.

Also, Laneville, which consists of one road, and about 25 trailer homes.

[LibDemAlways]

116. How about Swoyersville, PA

where my dad grew up?

[datasuspect]

118. west bumfuck

[Susang]

248. See my post #247

Though it's really more like North Bumfuck. ;-)

[datasuspect]

279. hey - how ya been?

[Rowdyboy]

120. Sebastapool, Mississippi and Pineapple, Alabama

[liberalhistorian]

126. Well, here are two that

I can remember right off the bat: Summit, SD, and Rushville, NE. There are plenty more, I just have to sit down and think about them.

[hyphenate]

128. In Nevada

there is a small town called Beatty that's pretty small and slightly isolated. Right next to it (5 miles away) there is a great ghosttown called Rhyolite. In the early 20th century, Rhyolite was a thriving mining town for silver. When the silver mines dried up, it became a ghosttown virtually overnight.


Massachusetts is a small state, and virtually every corner of it has been scoured by people. The closest I think I could come to towns where not too many have traveled are off the beaten trek, and will name Clinton, Mass. and Sterling, Mass. as two that probably not too many people have been in.

[Redstone]

183. I got all four of yours.

Beatty and Rhyolite when I was doing ghost-town trips, and Clinton and Sterling Mass, because I have relatives up in that area.

Who'd have thought we'd have common towns most of the country apart?

Redstone

[hyphenate]

291. That is definitely weird

but since it appears that you are extremely well travelled, there is a good chance you have been to many towns and holes-in-the-wall that most of us have seen along the way.

When I drove cross country four times, I'm sure I hit my share of small towns, but many of them aren' very memorable, sad to say. I did enjoy those trips, the most recent was 3 years ago, February 2003, when I moved, and even though you travel a well known route, you sometimes have to get off to take a break. I think it definitely helps coasties understand some of the people who are inland--many of them are the same as the rest of us, and that while we might not see eye-to-eye on everything, we basically all want peace and happiness for our families. That's not including the redneck or freeper population, though!

[Kali]

199. Husband broke down in Beatty when he was a younger man

had to load his international PU into a moving van to get it home (with motorcycle in back of PU)

[hyphenate]

294. Rough town to break down in!

There isn't a lot around except for Death Valley nearby.

It reminds me of Baker, CA on the 15 going to Vegas. I broke down there and it was miserable.

[swag]

129. Grass Range, MT.

http://image.maps.yahoo.com/mapimage?MAPData=3Yh7K_hyzy0M5_MR.p9ANmJFmK9qnvBUAOW3yHtrmqrCqJWJvNBSSs3jvwpEkhjK2zDeST9CL8xgNE1EmhL4vrqfaY.ttuSJFw.NsA50

[erinlough]

131. My favorite.....Climax, Michigan eom

[mwooldri]

141. I live near Climax, NC.

It's near High Point too. (near Greensboring as well).

[mwooldri]

144. Llanfairpwllgwyn- gyllgogery- chwyrndrobwllllan- tysiliogogogoch

Sorry the system won't allow me to put the whole word in together without a space.

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

Been there when I was a kid going on holiday to Wales. And yes, it's a .com address also.

And yes I had to copy and paste it. Most people refer to it as Llanfair.

[SmokingJacket]

840. I've been there.

can tell you what it means too. It's lovely up there.

[knitter4democracy]

424. That's where my accoutant lives.

It's a cute town.

[DanCa]

133. I've been in the town sample. And when your ride thru it :

A sign says "Your In" Sample.

[SiobhanClancy]

142. Peculiar,Missouri...

other rather obscure towns I've been in:
Augusta,KS
Shattuck,OK
Derby Line,VT
probably many others,but the most out of the way place I've been is Nuuk,Greenland

[xmas74]

146. Been to Peculiar a few times.

But have you ever been to Tightwad?

[SiobhanClancy]

150. Tightwad?

No..never heard of it:) I've only been to MO a few times(my mom was from Carthage),but I bet there's a good story about the origin of that name.

[xmas74]

295. Tightwad.

It's in Henry Co-not too far from Warsaw and Truman Dam.

[Burma Jones]

143. Salem, Kentucky

Troy, Tennessee

Union City, Tennessee

Rio, Illinois

Oneida, Illinois

Tilene, Kentucky

[lizziegrace]

145. Been to Union City

Many years ago. Troy sounds familiar too, but it may just have been on a highway sign.

[Burma Jones]

148. Troy's about 10 miles south of Union City

it's the ancestral home of my Mom's side of the Family

[hopein08]

147. Waterford, PA & Guys Mills, PA

[lizziegrace]

151. LaPlata, Missouri n/t

[bertha katzenengel]

377. I didn't know there was a LaPlata, Missouri.

LaPlata is the seat of Charles County, where I live.

Imagine my surprise at seeing that name pronounced "La Play-ta." I grew up in So. California and assumed it was pronounced "La Plah-ta." How is it pronounced in MO?

[lizziegrace]

448. It pronounced "La Play-ta"

and it's south of Kirksville on HWY 63.

[fishwax]

154. Belfry, Montana

(home of the bats)

Bill, Wyoming
Ault, Colorado
Lone Wolf, Oklahoma

I'm sure I can think of more ...

[Nicole]

196. I've been to Lone Wolf

On my way to Quartz Mountain lodge.

[fishwax]

208. cool, that's why I was there too

:)

[Nicole]

220. Probably the reason 90% have been there. n/t

[fishwax]

231. hehe ... can't imagine another reason, i guess :) n/t

[greendog]

780. I've been to Ault

n/t

[w8liftinglady]

155. Arden texas-only place to buy liquor in tom Green County

[Justitia]

157. Marshall, Indiana

[B Calm]

487. I live just up the road a spell..

[Justitia]

689. wow, I assumed probably NO ONE had heard of Marshall!

:hi:

[Briarius]

621. Drove through the Marshall Arch many a'times

:D

[Justitia]

688. OMG - the Marshall Arch!!! Town of 300 folks, on a good day.

My hubby's family is from there, I can't believe anyone else has been thru the Marshall Arch from this board! There is only 10k in the entire Parke County. I swear almost everyone there is related to my husband's family in some way or other.

Unbelievable! I am really surprised.

:hi:

[Briarius]

749. lol, I'm FROM Parke County!

from Mansfield, we'd go through the arch on the way to Turkey Run.

Small world!

:hi::bounce::hi:

[Justitia]

752. Hubby graduated from Turkey Run HS, was a park ranger at Turkey Run

His mom retired from the Turkey Run school system and his dad is retired from Eli Lilly.
Their family has always farmed as well.
His parents and his brother & family still live on that main street that runs thru the arch - Marshall Road.
I've been to Turkey Run (the lodge & park) many times with him, it sure is beautiful.

Small world is right!

[BikeWriter]

158. I'll try Coal Hill, Arkansas. Grampaw and Dad were born there.

[UrbScotty]

161. Davis, WV, and Kayenta, AZ (nt)

[Awsi Dooger]

243. Been to Davis many times

Davis and Thomas. In the Canaan area. I used to visit many summers in the early to mid '90s, staying either at a state run campground in Canaan Valley or at a timeshare called Land of Canaan. I would play golf every day at a very good course in Canaan, literally overrun by deer. When you played near dusk, the deer would be on the golf course and I'd use them for target lines. Damn, that was fun and I should visit there again soon.

Davis and Thomas are little towns where I'd go to grocery shop and eat.

[UrbScotty]

512. Have you been to Blackwater Falls State Park?

I think that's what it's called.

Beautiful.

[Awsi Dooger]

540. Yes, thank you for reminding me of the name!

Agreed, it's beautiful. I have pictures somewhere. Need to transfer them to digital. Now I'm itching to go back.

[distantearlywarning]

302. Been through Kayenta many times

It's one of the only towns of note on the drive between Flagstaff, AZ and Durango, CO.

[Burma Jones]

371. Gotta go through Davis to get to Blackwater Falls

Been there...

[Kali]

411. Spent a couple summers in Polacca, just down the road from Keams Canyon.

[Jara sang]

719. I've been to Kayenta

Little crossroads on the Navajo Nation.

[CanuckAmok]

162. "Why, Arizona"

Why not?!

[Kali]

201. Most everybody in AZ has been through Why

no tricky question, what are the two towns on the border you generally go through if you've been to Why?

[CanuckAmok]

204. Hmmm, can't remember. Okay: Ellicottville, New York.

aka "Smellicottville". I threw up in my mouth when I was there.

[SmokingJacket]

841. that's near Sinclairville, aka Stinkerville.

Don't you disrespect upstate New York! ;-)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

164. Ripon, Wisconsin.....n/t

[TheMightyFavog]

234. The "Birthplace of the Republican Party"

Been there.

[barb162]

418. I was there

:hi:

[AngryAmish]

168. New Sodom, Wisconsin

[fudge stripe cookays]

169. Burdett, Alberta n/t

[TheMightyFavog]

173. Galloway, WI

I'll bet no one has been here!

[TheMightyFavog]

174. How about Porterfield, WI?

End of Line.

[uppityperson]

175. Excursion Inlet, AK; Port Hadlock, WA; Kindred, ND; Sidney, NE

[greendog]

676. I've been to Sidney, NE

Stopped at Cabela's.

[Dees]

177. Auxvasse, Missouri.......n/t

[StellaBlue]

179. Jelenia Gora

Poland


drove there from Prague, via Dresden.

[2bfree]

180. Pettus Texas

:)

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

181. Gas, Kansas and Rock, Kansas

[hfojvt]

230. I was darn close

I was in Iola just last summer.

[Dr. Death]

182. Floyd, Arkansas

[Ladyhawk]

184. Corn, Oklahoma?

It's full of Mennonites.

[bertha katzenengel]

379. Been there -- my father and uncle were born there.

And yes, all my OK family are Mennonites. :hi:

[Ladyhawk]

541. Well shucky darn (in honor of Corn).

We went through that town while on a whirlwind choir tour to (of all places) Kansas. I imagine we went through another small town that no one else has been to. I'll have to look at the old map and see. :)

[bertha katzenengel]

558. HAH! "shucky" darn... i get it

I may be slow, but I do poor work. ;)

[Spider Jerusalem]

186. Ludlow, California....

population something like 7 when I was there. There were only two telephones in the whole town (on a party line exchange, with the numbers Ludlow 1 and Ludlow 2). Pretty godforsaken place to break down (which is the only reason I was there at all).

[maveric]

187. Fitzwilliam NH. Rindge NH. Mt. Nancy NH.

We'd camp at Mt. Nancy where the "town" consisted of a general store, restaurant and campground on Rt. 302 in the White Mountains. The campsite was right behind the "town". We got rowdy one night and the store/restaurant/campsite owner came down to quiet us down. We gave him some shit and he flashed his badge to us. He was the Mayor of Mt. Nancy and the county sheriff too.
Made a beleiver of us and we quieted down.
There are some tiny little towns in NH that even NH residents never heard of.

[MissMillie]

310. I've been to both Fitzwilliam and Ringe

I grew up just over the border in MA.

[maveric]

600. Ever been to "Cathedral in the Pines"?

Its in Rindge.

[MissMillie]

667. Yes, my friend's sister got married there

and if I remember correctly, they used to hold sunrise services on Easter morning.

[undeterred]

188. Bradford PA

I upgraded a Unix server to be Y2K compliant on December 31, 1999.

[Beausoir]

189. Carlos, Minnesota n/t

[saged52]

192. Pleasantville, Iowa

I was born in a small town very near Pleasantville. Now I live near another small town - Pocahontas, Illinois.

[Nicole]

193. Nowhere, Oklahoma

Nothing is there but a gas station/convenience store.

[YankeyMCC]

359. Not me

but my Dad used to have to go to OK for training and he once brought back a sign for Nowhere, OK a gift store sort of thing. He used to drive around OK while he was down there (sometimes for weeks) and I think he passed through.

[u4ic]

195. Marianna Lakes, AB

consisting of one gas station/restaurant, one house and a few trailers for the riggers. :rofl:

[NaturalHigh]

197. St. Louis, Oklahoma.

It's been so many years ago that I don't even remember why I was there.

[Nicole]

209. I never heard of it

I had to look it up.

[NaturalHigh]

214. Honestly, I do not even remember the place.

It's been over twenty years since I was there. The only thing I distinctly remember is being surprised that it had a post office.

[Nicole]

218. I'm surprised it has a post office also.

The info I read states a pop. of 212.

[NaturalHigh]

227. Where are you getting your info about the town?

I'd be interested in looking at it.

[Nicole]

229. Here you go

http://www.city-data.com/city/St.-Louis-Oklahoma.html

They are too small for a website of their own.

[NaturalHigh]

233. Thanks.

:)

[Maine Mary]

200. Brighton, Me

It was a difficult decision (these are all towns in my former legislative district) But Brighton, though not the smallest with it's 60+ voters will, I'm sad to say probably never be found again on any map. And it's off the beaten path

Runner up Dennyston has 22 registered voters and had 100% voter turnout for the past 3 major elections. Everybody HAD to show because State law says that the ballot clerks can go home ONLY after they've collected and counted all the ballets. And these old ladies made sure that was done by 6pm or so.

Gosh, I have town after town, after plantation, after uorganized territory, that I KNOW probably most of the folks here have never visited

But Brighton fits. You'd have to visit to see what I mean :-)

[Kali]

202. Dragoon, Arizona

it has a post office, so it is real. Its not that much in the middle of nowhere, yet in many ways yes it is.

[tyedyeto]

276. Isn't that where the Amerind Foundation and Museum is located?

If so, I've been there.

[Kali]

416. heh - if you arrived and left via exit 318 from I-10 you didn't get there

the "town" (hamlet?) is a couple miles on passed the Amerind.

You drove past our place when you went through Texas Canyon though. :hi:

[Patiod]

320. Been to the Dragoon Saloon in Tombstone

but that probably doesn't count

[Kali]

420. Saw that last time I was in Tombstone - its kind of new, I think

there used to be a Dragoon Saloon in Dragoon. It's a "What Not Shop" now. - or more likely, Shoppe.

[Patiod]

431. The one in Tombstone is owned by the Mayor

He was running for Mayor when we met him at the Dragoon, which looked pretty new. My SO was an English major, and gave him some help on a flyer he was sitting there putting together. The next day, he was nice enough to give us a tour of some of his mines in the area. Hard-core Republican, but so is everyone there -- they're all convinced the Dems want to take their guns away!

We had such an amazing time on that vacation, mostly because of the people we met at places like the Dragoon.

[Whoa_Nelly]

203. Tok, Alaska

Healy, Alaska
Circle, Alaska

[Kali]

207. No fair -every town in Alaska is in the middle of nowhere.

Though I would love to go see a bunch of them. Spent a winter in Anchorage in 76/77

oh god I'm old.

[haydukelives]

211. Been to Tok and Circle

on vacation. After school I would love to spend a year nursing somewhere in Alaska

[Awsi Dooger]

244. Been to tiny Tok

Nice pizza place, in a wooden building. I stayed at a campground and the owner couldn't believe I signed up for two nights. That should tell you how much there was to do in Tok. The area was so muddy they had huge areas to line up and spray off your vehicle with big hoses, including hoses on lifts for the RVs.

I was zonked after driving from Miami to Prince Rupert in northwest Canada and then taking a cruise on the inland passageways ferry system for 9 or 10 days, stopping at Ketchikan, Sitka, Juneau and Skagway. I made it to Tok through all the mud and bumpy roads and I simply needed a breather for two days before resuming the remaining 4 or 5 weeks. That was an awesome trip! Although my old Ramada camper didn't make it, the camper literally coming off the frame not long after Tok.

[Whoa_Nelly]

246. Broke in Tok

That's the BIG joke there...if you go broke in Tok you ain't goin' anywhere for a while

[free_spirit82]

268. Been to all three places.

n/t

[greendog]

557. Been to Tok

n/t

[driver8]

205. Adak, Alaska

Lived there for two years as a kid.

[StaggerLee]

389. stopped there back in 1991

As a merchant mariner working for Military Sealift Command.

I heard the horror stories about the weather...I hear the wind can be horrendous.

( The weather was fine when I visited)

:hi:

[driver8]

498. Adak's nickname was "Birthplace of the Winds"!! Believe me,

that place could get pretty windy!!

There were these big wooden barriers along the road by the beach to keep stuff from blowing in off the ocean and damaging houses.

When the sun was shining, however, Adak was amazingly beautiful.

[Initech]

206. Paducah, Kentucky

[Common Sense Party]

213. Tons of people have been to Paducah.

You can hardly get from Nashville to St. Louis without gassing up in Paducah.

[Initech]

404. How about staying there for more than a week?

Yup, I've got relatives there.

[ScreamingMeemie]

798. MrG does too! We've been there for over a week!

:hi:

[Burma Jones]

368. I've been to Paducah many many times

It's the major urban center of Western KY

[Ramsey]

535. Been there done that

My godparents lived there when I was growing up. They ran the local paper.

[Common Sense Party]

210. Mercedes, Argentina.

Ashley, North Dakota.

[haydukelives]

212. Craig, Colorado

[donheld]

502. Been there -- nice little town

:hi:

[alarcojon]

216. Arkansaw, WI

[Sugarcoated]

217. Lavrock, PA

[Patiod]

322. There used to be a lavrock station near Glenside

I used to live in Jenkintown

[HEyHEY]

219. Hampton, New Bruwnsick

[barb162]

221. Morganton, NC

[LostinVA]

286. Morganton's big by Western, NC standards

Off a decently big highway. Had a college GF who lived there.

[xmclt]

338. Morganton, NC

About an hour away from Asheville, NC on Interstate 40.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

494. Welcome to DU, xmclt!

:hi:

[libnnc]

632. welcome xmclt...

my honey-bunny has finally become a DUer!!

:hi:

Ladies and Gents, may I introduce xmclt, my partner of 12 years.

[xmclt]

683. Thanks for the intro

Thanks honey bunny!
:spank:

[strategery blunder]

223. Hmm, let's see...

Nenana, Alaska.

Lower 48:

McKenna, Washington.

Or, for that matter, Yelm, Washington.

I might think of some others...

[barb162]

224. Orvieto, Italy

[Ediacara]

225. Hecla, Montana

And I've actually been "fairly close" to HavocMom's town, though never actually there.

[CottonBear]

226. Honeydew, CA on the Lost Coast of California. n/t

[XemaSab]

255. Took a geology field trip there

:D

[CottonBear]

365. It is so remote and beautiful there! I traveled on to the Lost Coast

and hiked for several days. It was magnificient and I didn't see another soul except for sea lions and birds! I have friends who live up in Mendocino COunty near the town of Westport. Northern California has got to be one of the most beautiful places on earth! :)

[regnaD kciN]

228. Kanasket, Washington...

(NT)

[hfojvt]

235. okay you said US only, so Durchhausen is out

How about Broadland, SD or Bloom City, Wi or Blackhawk, Wi
Yale, SD, etc.

[unsavedtrash]

236. Ada, Ohio and Floyd, Virginia

[madinmaryland]

292. Hey, I grew up in Ada.

We make all of the footballs for the NFL!

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

367. Ada and Floyd!

I know them! Lovely couple...

[Nikia]

738. Visited Ohio Northern

College towns are too easy.

[yellowdogmi]

237. Duck NC or Lost Springs WY

One is great the other I wouldn't wish on a freeper. Oh yeah I would. Can you guess which is which?

[LostinVA]

287. EVERYONE goes to Duck!

Seriously. At least people from VA.

[Patiod]

442. Drove through Lost Springs -- have photos from Lusk

There's a deserted drive-in at Lusk, and we stopped to take pictures.

Wouldn't wish that area on a Freeper - it is BLEAK.

[yellowdogmi]

491. suitable for freepers.

On new years day several years ago, we got pulled over three times between denver and rapid city for a headlight out. You are right it is bleak.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

492. Been to Duck.

Quack Quack.
Duck, you're heading to "Kill Devil Hills!"

[Catchawave]

511. Duck NC....overpriced and overrated...

Real Outer Banks visitors go to Rodanthe :)

[alittlelark]

238. White Oaks, NM

[Hugin]

324. I've been there!

How's about Totavi, NM... Ever been there?

I'll bet you have and didn't even know it!

LOL!

[alittlelark]

239. Las Animas, NM

[XemaSab]

256. Been to Las Animas

:D

[Hugin]

328. Ditto...

Hey, XemaSab... I can see the broccoli!

Yay!

Honestly, if you'll send me the other avatar, I might be able to get it to work.

Was it a seagull?

[Kali]

426. Been there.

I bet New Mexico could be a contender for the number of little towns out in the middle of nowhere!

[Tikki]

241. Finley WA....

Somis CA....

[clyrc]

242. Hominy, Oklahoma, where mom was born,

Slick, OK, where my dad's dad was born, and Maumee, Arkansas, where my mom's mom was born.

And outside of the States, I bet no one else has been to Khatt, Ras al Khaimah, UAE.

[Awsi Dooger]

245. Warland, Wyoming

Oh, I'm sure DUers have been there. It's just a town my family laughs about because we broke down there during a summer trip in the late '60s and had to spend 4 or 5 days. That may be a world record for tourists in Warland. I remember we stayed at a Best Western with a bar, and my professorial dad looked so ridiculous sitting at the bar next to the western locals.

[Susang]

247. Felch, Michigan

I know it's hard to believe, but yes, Felch exists.

I think I win. Reluctantly. :scared:

http://travel.michigan.org/city/?city=G3035

[AlienGirl]

261. I've been there many, many times! Also to Ralph.

Ever go boating on the Groveland Mine pits?

Tucker

[Susang]

388. No, not much of a boating enthusiast

I try, but I have this irrational fear of drowning. :scared:

[Moochy]

253. Port Costa, California

[XemaSab]

257. What county is that in?

:shrug:

[Moochy]

259. Contra Costa

It's about 3 miles up the delta from where I-80 crosses the Carquinez Straits. (Carquinez Bridge)

Wow wikipedia rocks for non-controversial stuff :)
for politics, um not so much..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Costa,_California

Port Costa was founded in 1879 as a crossing point for railroad ferries. For a time, it was the United States' busiest wheat-shipping port and had a reputation as a colorful, sometimes violent community. After California's wheat output dropped in the early 20th century and other industries rose in Contra Costa County, Port Costa lost population and importance. Since the late 1960s, it has mainly been a small shopping venue for antique hunters.


This pic is looking southwest, and the mountain on the right side of the horizon is Mount Tamalpais, in Marin.

[tyedyeto]

264. Been to Port Costa years ago

My mom would go there antique shopping when I was in high school back in the 60's and I'd go along occasionally.

[XemaSab]

258. I've got a few

Nevada: Salt Wells and Pioche.

Arizona: Clifton and Arivaca.

Oregon: Adel and Wallowa.

Washington: Tiger and Concunully.

California: Beegum, Kelso, and Ft Bidwell.

[tyedyeto]

265. Arivaca, AZ... just down the road from me

[XemaSab]

267. What town are you in?

'Cause I've probably been there. :D

[tyedyeto]

270. Sahuarita

[Kali]

428. Sahuarita isn't a town its a Pecan Grove.

Oh wait, it has a frigging LAKE now...nevermind.

[tyedyeto]

570. I'm on the other side of the freeway from the pecan groves.

And the only 'lake' is in Rancho Sahuarita, also on the 'other side'.

[greendog]

781. I've been thru Adel, OR

It's just down the road from Sheldon NWR in Nevada.

[lakemonster11]

260. Middleton, TN

[XemaSab]

262. Oh, and Lesser Slave Lake AB for the Canadian bonus.

:D

[RebelOne]

263. Warrior, Alabama

It's one of those towns that if you blink when going through, you have missed it.

[GrpCaptMandrake]

414. Zip City, Alabama

Great song by the Drive By Truckers by the same name. They're familiar with the area.

ZIP CITY
(Cooley / DBT)

Your Daddy was mad as hell
He was mad at me and you
As he tied that chain to the front of my car and pulled me out of that ditch that we slid into
Don't know what his problem is
Why he keeps dragging you away
Don't know why I put up with this shit
When you don't put out and Zip City's so far away

Your Daddy is a deacon down at the Salem Church of Christ
And He makes good money as long as Reynolds Wrap keeps everything wrapped up tight
Your Mama's as good a wife and Mama as she can be
And your Sister's puttin' that sweet stuff on everybody in town but me
Your Brother was the first-born, got ten fingers and ten toes
And it's a damn good thing cause He needs all twenty to keep the closet door closed

Maybe it's the twenty-six mile drive from Zip City to Colbert Heights
Keeps my mind clean
Gets me through the night
Maybe you're just a destination, a place for me to go
A way to keep from having to deal with my seventeen-year-old mind all alone
Keep your drawers on, girl, it ain't worth the fight
By the time you drop them I'll be gone
And you'll be right where they fall the rest of your life

You say you're tired of me taking you for granted
Waiting' up till the last minute to call you up and see what you want to do
Well you're only fifteen, girl, you ain't got no secretary
And "for granted" is a mighty big word for a country girl like you
You know it's just your Daddy talking
Cause He knows that blood red carpet at the Salem Church of Christ
Ain't gonna ever see no wedding between me and you

Zip City it's a good thing that they built a wall around you
Zip up to Tennessee then zip back down to Alabama
I got 350 heads on a 305 engine
I get ten miles to the gallon
I ain't got no good intentions

[free_spirit82]

269. Climax, Georgia

population: a little over 200

[RubyDuby in GA]

376. Is it anywhere near Cumming, GA?

That one always makes me giggle and I'm 31 years old.

[free_spirit82]

602. :) Unfortunately, no....it's right in the SW corner of the state.

[Lochloosa]

394. Been there....

try again

[free_spirit82]

605. Sorry, that's all I got.

All of my obscure Alaskan towns have already been named too. :(

[KitchenWitch]

271. McGregor Minnesota

Cosmos Minnesota
Rio Wisconsin
Delafield Wisconsin

[GaYellowDawg]

273. Piney Flats, TN

Anyone?

[RetroLounge]

274. Chetek, WI

home of, well not much...

RL

[Rosie1223]

475. Been there

my sister has a vacation home near Chetek.

[sbj405]

275. Wrangell, AK

[lakemonster11]

542. I've been there.

[sbj405]

547. Have you been to all three bars in town?

[lakemonster11]

649. Nope, I was there in Junior High!

[ET Awful]

277. Bisbee and Bumblebee, Arizona

:P

[tyedyeto]

278. My S/O is in Bisbee right now

Works there during the week and comes home on the weekend.

[Kali]

432. Nice commute -

what work is in Bisbee? Medical? Border Patrol?

[tyedyeto]

571. A construction project.

I still have my week by myself then when the weekend comes..... watch out!

[Patiod]

323. Ate at Dot's Diner in Bisbee

It was full at the time -- 6 patrons!

And a friend of ours went to High School in Bisbee -- he is currently dating his high school girlfriend, after hooking up with her at their 25th class reunion

[Kali]

433. Shady Grove!

I want to do that!

[tyedyeto]

572. But did you go to Elmo's? Or The Grand?

That's where it's happening!

[Patiod]

665. We wandered through the whole town

A few of the big old hotels looked really interesting, but it was an odd time -- like 2:30 -- past lunch, but not early enough for a drink or dinner.

The vibe was SO different from Tombstone, which was hard-core Freeperville. The busty bartender at Kate's was packing heat at work, and several people complained that things were getting crowded near their house or trailer because they could see other housing a few miles away. Bisbee, on the other hand, resembled an artsy town like New Hope, PA, in the 1970's.

[ScreamingMeemie]

281. Ettrick, WI

Reedsberg, WI....Family roots are there

French Island, WI/MN

[Clintmax]

282. Marceline, Missouri

The birthplace of Walt Disney. Any of you been there? I have several times.

[LostinVA]

283. NC: East Bend and NJ: Dividing Creek & Shell Pile

[Lumily]

288. Haw River, North Carolina.

[mzteris]

305. been there.

:hi:

[ncrainbowgrrl]

493. Been there also!

:hi:

[Strong Atheist]

289. Gambier, Ohio for ..... four years .... lol. nt.

[knitter4democracy]

427. Hi!

I went to the Naz across town. I still miss that bookstore and deli.

:hi:

[Strong Atheist]

474. Naz?

I remember the bookstore (Where "When the Wind Blows" was in the children's section; typical) and the deli, and the post office, and the few other buildings in town (don't blink! you'll miss it), but I don't know what "Naz" is... Mt. Vernon was a stiff hike away (I did it twice...).

I was going to Kenyon, the gates of hell ...


http://www.forgottenoh.com/Kenyon/kenyon.html

weird place to say the LEAST ...

[Hand]

533. Gates of hell...

That's a new one on me--but we always called that rock between the gates the Scrotum Pole... :rofl:

[Strong Atheist]

650. Ah, brings back memories... not all good.

Edit: noticed your other post.

[knitter4democracy]

662. Mount Vernon Nazarene College

I'll never forget some seniors scaring the crap out of me with a Gates of Hell story until I figured out that it was all made up. *sigh* I wasn't the brightest sometimes.

I took a class at Kenyon for when I was a Spanish major. It was odd compared to what I was used to. I'll never forget the time when the three of us from the Naz came to class but no one from Kenyon did and so the prof had class anyway. Boy, did he like to tease us. Now I can see why. It's not like the Naz is anything to write home about other than all the odd Christian college stuff.

[Strong Atheist]

684. Sorry, don't remember it. But I always was one to only

pay attention to what I wanted to pay attention to....:blush:

[knitter4democracy]

687. Wait!

When did you go to Kenyon? The Naz has only been on the south side of Mt. Vernon since 1968 (and barely anything until the late seventies, from what I heard). That might explain not knowing about it.

[Strong Atheist]

694. Nope. No such excuse.

:(

I was there in the eighties.....

just very unobservant ....

[knitter4democracy]

736. Well, it's not like the Naz is all that much.

Kenyon's way cooler.

It just doesn't get all the voting machines it needs when Republicans want to carry Ohio while the Naz gets more than it should have. *sigh* There's evil in that place, trust me.

[Strong Atheist]

799. Lol! Not sure where you meant the evil was, but I

can say that some of it was at Kenyon!:toast:

[Hand]

531. Holy crap... me too!

Class of 1970. We were the stoner class! :hippie:

[Strong Atheist]

651. Was that all male back then? nt

[Hand]

701. Right up to my senior year.

The first women arrived in fall of 1969; they had a pretty rough time, needless to say. The place was incredibly backward vis-a-vis women, and the new women's dean (Doris Crozier) was a first-class dimbulb.

I heard recently that Bob Bennett is retiring this year from the Classics dept. He was my Junior Honors adviser way back when (in fact, I was his first Honors student). He was also, of course, the first openly gay faculty member. If he'd come out of the closet during the time I was there, he'd have been sacked about a nanosecond later. So yeah, mixed memories, decidedly. I was lucky enough, however, to spend most of the four years working with Bill McCulloh in Classics--lovely man. :toast:

[Strong Atheist]

705. I went when it was co-ed, of course.

He was also, of course, the first openly gay faculty member. I have a very embarrassing story involving a biology teacher there. She was a plant biology teacher, and unknown to me was a lesbian and had little ways of putting it in the public realm. Being the unobservant person that I am I may have missed a bunch of those signals, but one day I noticed a pendant that was very stylized that she was wearing. It looked like a strange flower (you can see this coming, can't you?). So, since it was plant biology, that is what I figured it was, and asked her what flower it was. She probably thought that I was a wise-ass, but she answered anyway (in front of a female friend of mine) that it was ..... the HUMAN female .... parts. These days I could probably handle it, but then I was EXTREMELY embarrased.... my friend didn't let me forget it either ...

[Beware the Beast Man]

293. Turkey City, PA.

The rule in PA seems to be that if a town has "City" in its title, it usually has a population of less than 100.

[Patiod]

333. There are SO many tiny isolated towns in the middle of PA

A lot of ghost towns, too, that were all but abandoned when the coal mines shut down.

My dad was born in coal country in a tiny little town

There was lots of KKK activity in those areas back then, and Pennsylvania still has one of the highest concentration of hate-group activities in the US - much of it in Central PA.

[Beware the Beast Man]

335. Yep. Punxsutawney comes to mind.

I went to college not far from there (Clarion).

[SCDem]

297. Harmony, CA

population was 17 when I stopped there years ago

[Momgonepostal]

413. Been there!

A friend and her husband moved there but the town didn't want to change the sign number because they thought it looked more quaint with a smaller number.

[SCDem]

438. Well it's in a beautiful location

but a little to far away from anything (well except the Ocean) for my taste.

[Momgonepostal]

506. True...

She and her husband both commuted into SLO for work, which for me is a bit farther than my ideal. They were also west of Highway 1 and there were lots of building restictions on their land because it was on the coast. It's a very pretty drive, though.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

298. Wacker, IL

If my brother and his family every move away, the population of the town will be cut in half.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

303. Bacon Hollow, Virginia

[mzteris]

304. TY TY

Georgia.

[MissMillie]

306. Templeton, MA; Paradise, MT

Bow, NH

[Bassic]

307. Notre-Dame du Nord, Québec

:P

[distantearlywarning]

309. Pumpkin Center, AZ. and Bondad, CO.

n/t

[Tom_Foolery]

313. North Springs, TN; Red Boiling Springs, TN; Livia, KY; Nortonville, KY;

Maceo, KY.

[SCDem]

314. how about Hazzard, KY

Went on a road trip there - my brother wanted to go there because he thought it was where they filmed Dukes of Hazzard.

[Tom_Foolery]

316. Been there...

A lot of people thought that, I think.

[SCDem]

321. Yep

When we got there it was seventeen degrees below zero - we were scared of the hotel in town - it seemed like all the downtown businesses were closed out of buisiness so we got back on the Toll Road and went to the next town that had a nice hotel.

[yellowdogintexas]

479. I have cousins in Hazzard, KY> nt

[yellowdogintexas]

477. been to LIvia, Nortonville, and Maceo many times. nt

[mdmc]

317. Cornwall on Hudson, NY

yeah, boy. 50 miles north of NYC, tucked around the mountian from West Point Military Academy. What! No DU'er has ever been there, but me. PEACE, God.

[fight4my3sons]

330. Been there, my husband went to NYMA.

He lived in Cornwall with his ex for three years. Worked at the Citgo/ Dairy Mart or whatever it is. It is a beautiful village. There is a little bar he took me to when we first dated where you can get a nacho board. It was about six years ago I don't know if it is still there.

[mdmc]

334. Painters Tavern is still there

NYMA is in the Town of Cornwall, the Dairy Mart is in the Village of Cornwall. Alas, Painters is in Cornwall on Hudson! I didn't think any other DU'er had snuck over to that tiny part of NY. Peace!

[fight4my3sons]

336. Yes! that's it!

We are originally from Poughkeepsie, so it's not that far away :-) Now we live in Maine, but how could I forget those Nachos? We had climed Storm King and were starving. If we could have afforded it, I think we would have looked to live in that area, but it was too expensive.

[Jokerman]

318. Fickle Indiana, population seven...saaaaaaalute! n/t

[progmom]

327. 's-Hertogenbosch

Also just called Den Bosch. It's in the province of Noord Brabant in the Netherlands.

on edit: dammit - i don't follow directions well, do i?

[u4ic]

582. They have a great show jumping meet there

but I've never been. :hi:

[fudge stripe cookays]

801. Don't worry!

I missed the (USA only!) portion too! :blush:

[Patiod]

329. Sinclair, WY and Madera, PA

Sinclair is right outside the Snowy Mountains in South-Central Wyoming

Medera is an old coal-mining town outside Coalport PA

[fishwax]

640. I've been to Sinclair

i've spent a fair amount of time traveling southern wyoming :)

[Patiod]

664. Actually, I meant Saratoga - but you've probably been there too

I drove my SO crazy during our trip, because I kept saying "let's go into Sinclair" -- and he would roll his eyes: "you mean Saratoga???" Somehow during our travel planning, I got the two towns confused, and it stuck in my head.

We were staying at a tiny dude ranch about a half hour outside of town, and Saratoga was all the entertainment that was available -- we had a DAMNED good lunch at the Wolf Hotel. I assumed a steak sandwich would be much like that which is available on every street corner here in Philadelphia - chopped meat. But no, it was an amazingly tasty, tender STEAK. Cool old place.

[fishwax]

679. that sounds cool

You can definitely get a good steak sandwich out in Wyoming. I've been to/through Saratoga as well, but only driven through when I was a kid. I haven't been there as often, unfortunately, as I have to Sinclair--they aren't too far apart, but the scenery around Saratoga is much more pleasant :))

I'm glad you enjoyed it :hi:

[fight4my3sons]

331. Check, VA

Anyone? maybe you've been there? I'm kinda looking for someone that may frequent this site, but I haven't talked to in some years :-)

Floyd,VA would work too

[Orsino]

332. Nimrod, CO

Just east of Denver on I-70, if I recall. Not much there. Worth stopping to mail something, though, if only for the postmark.

[QuettaKid]

337. Quetta, Pakistan.

Hence the name.

[xmclt]

339. China Lake, CA

Desert, dry, boring, and a navy base.

[Redstone]

343. Been all through that area. Randsburg, Jo'burg, Red Hill...

I like those old mining towns.

Redstone

[Saphire]

340. Pear Ridge, Texas

[tyedyeto]

341. Le Grand, CA; Hornitos, CA

[Momgonepostal]

415. Been to Hornitos, quite a few times

Cool town.

[tyedyeto]

566. Yes, it is

Lived in that territory (Mariposa County) for many years.

[XemaSab]

613. I used to go through LeGrand EVERY DAY for work

And Hornitos is right around the corner from there. Had my life tarantula outside Hornitos. Good times, good times.

[tyedyeto]

619. Used to take my kids to elem. basketball games in Le Grand

even tho we lived in the foothills. Was always thick tule fog on the way home untill we got 'above the fog'.

[XemaSab]

630. I lived in Oakhurst

but worked on Redington Ranch out White Rock Road. We'd drive via Mariposa every day. :P

[Flying Dream Blues]

342. Dime Box, TX

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

344. Spiceland, IN

:party:

[Indy_Dem_Defender]

552. Been there!

[LynzM]

345. Rock Cave, West Virginia

On a missions trip when I was about 13...

We brought everything, including a kitchen sink, on that trip!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

569. I've been pretty close to it...

on the way to Seneca Rocks. :hi:
Gorgeous country!

[LynzM]

608. Ooh... Seneca...

On the list of places I'd like to get to, sometime. :hi: back at ya!

[seemunkee]

661. Do you climb?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

669. Just hike...

And ever since Mr GoG's neck surgery we've taken things pretty easy.
The last time we were in he Seneca area, we visited the caverns, which are stunning!

[seemunkee]

675. Every been up to Dolly Sods when the blueberries are ripe?

Great place to hike.


I've been up Seneca many times.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

703. I visited Dolly Sods once when the teaberries were ripe...

I stayed nearby in a cabin owned by the National Speological Society, and had breakfast in some cool local woman's house, who earned extra cash by feeding hikers for a couple of bucks apiece. Fresh eggs and goat's milk for your coffee! So many years have passed that I can't remember the season; but I was entranced with the place. I've also visited in the fall. It's magnificently wild!

A high school friend of mine camped there in late November once, and got snowed in. That same weekend, a jetliner crashed into a mountain not too far from Dolly Sods...killing all crew and passengers aboard, including my friend's English teacher.

Here I am, rambling again! It's funny how the thought of one place can trigger so many memories!

[azmouse]

346. Boyertown, PA

It's where I went to high school. Just hated the place.

[Patiod]

364. But there used to be a really good diner there

My college roommate grew up in Schwenksville (Upper Perkiomen HS) and insisted we have breakfast there once (don't remember why - it's not THAT close to Schwenksville).

[azmouse]

373. The one that everyone seemed to eat at was Savilles.

But it's been over 20 yrs since I lived in the area so I don't remember others.

BTW... How are the Phillies going to do this year? I'm a Dbacks fan myself but
I have a lot of family that still lives in PA and they are Phillies phans!

[Patiod]

378. We have season tickets, so I hope the Phils will do well

Just so long as they don't trade Chase Utley or Pat Burrell, I'll be happy -- a little something for the ladies!

Where are you in AZ -- my roommate from Schwenksville works at the AZ Humane Society in Phoenix

[azmouse]

385. In Glendale.

It's a city of 220,000 people on the west side of Phoenix. But like all big city metro areas
you can't tell when you leave one city and go into the next. Phoenix metro is huge... about 70 miles
across.

We have Luis Gonzalez and Chad Tracy to look at with the Dbacks! I met Chad once and he looks
even cuter in person!

[Patiod]

392. My friend is in Goodyear, which USED to be rural

Every time I go out there, it gets closer to the monster that is metro Phoneix

Here's my two favorite reasons for going to the stadium:

Chase Utley


and Pat Burrell

[WeRQ4U]

348. Beach, Max and Cole Harbor, North Dakota

I've also been to many other tiny little towns in ND, considering I grew up here.

[blockhead]

751. Been to all those...

[WeRQ4U]

767. Considering you're from Minot, Max and Cole Harbor are a given...

Beach too, if you've ever gone to Montana via I-94. Welcome to DU by the way.

[blockhead]

837. thanks for the welcome

I've been here over 4 years, just a low post count.

[YankeyMCC]

352. Show Low, AZ

North Waterford, ME
Millinocket, ME
Edwardsville, IL
Belleville, IL

[distantearlywarning]

355. I've been to Show Low.

It's actually a fairly large town for that part of the state.

[tyedyeto]

574. Been to Show Low several times but...

not since the fire that went thru there a couple of years ago.

[YankeyMCC]

654. I have to go back

there in Feb. Last time I flew in on Great Lakes airline from Phoenix. But I'm thinking of driving from Phoenix when I go back. Can you say what kind of drive that would be?

I'm told it's about 4 hours, is that correct? But also what kind of drive is it in terms of terrain, difficulty, sights (I'm more interested in natural sights but historical sites are good too).

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

638. Edwardsville and Belleville are part of Metro East.

On the Illinois side of the Mississippi across from St. Louis, MO.

Been two both, in fact my first real boyfriend was from Granite City, IL and he went to high school in Belleville. Believe it or not, he was a seminarian and after we broke up he went to SIU in Edwardsville. He never did become a priest.

[YankeyMCC]

653. I'm a SIUE Alum

I went there at night to get my Masters.

I lived right across the street from the "worlds largest catsup bottle" (http://www.catsupbottle.com/) in Collinsville and I remember during the summer have to drive up to Edwardsville with my windshield wipers on not because of rain but because of the Bugs. :)

[miss_american_pie]

353. Emlenton, PA

[SKKY]

357. I've been to Trona. Near China Lake. Smells like rotten eggs!!!

[Redstone]

396. That's because the town's reason for existence is mining the dry lakes

for minerals. Some of that stuff is pretty gross, expecially when they break it up for processing.

Redstone

[NV Whino]

362. Green Mountain Falls, CO

and Cripple Creek. LIved in Green Mountain Falls as a kid. I used to wave to the narrow gage train heading for Cripple Creek.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

363. I forget the name -- city near Dallas where HP has/had a big factory

Ring any bells?

[Spider Jerusalem]

478. Plano?

[bicentennial_baby]

366. in MA:

Leyden, Green River Village, Lake Pleasant

[Deep13]

672. Native Masshole, never heard of those towns.

:shrug:

[bicentennial_baby]

808. well, i was born in the first one

during a blizzard...it's actually pretty big, just lightly populated.

the other is a speck of a town that is so small, all of the residents' mailboxes fit on the covered bridge that is in the center of it.

oh, and both in NW MA. :)

[ProfessorGAC]

369. Geez, Lots Of Them

The small towns with the good, cheap golf courses, south of where i live. Towns of 2, 3, 5, 8, thousand people. Too numerous to mention, i would guess.

It's possible Kevsand and Davsand have been to some of them, though.

The one outside the U.S. but still on the continent, might be Saskatoon.
The Professor

[scarlet_owl]

372. Allerton, IL.

Population: 300. I lived there during my high school years. My mother still lives there.

[Rosie1223]

476. Beautiful Park there

I grew up in CU.

[scarlet_owl]

504. Allerton park is very far away from Allerton the town.

I think they're named after the same guy. Allerton is about 10 miles south of Homer, just inside Vermilion County.

[bertha katzenengel]

374. Susanville, California

[LeftyMom]

462. Been there.

My Dad used to work for the Dept of Corrections and had a job interview in Susanville for a promotion.

[bertha katzenengel]

467. Interesting.

My grandfather was a prison guard. He lived in Susanville.

:hi:

[LeftyMom]

469. My dad used to run prison kitchens.

At the Correctional Officers' Training Facility in Galt, then that was then the women's prison in Stockton (they converted it to a men's facilty and sent the females to Chowchilla a while back.)

[XemaSab]

617. I've been there a Brazilian times.

:eyes:

[bertha katzenengel]

660. Yeah?

I like it. It was the first place I'd ever seen orange rocks. I don't know why, but I like inland No. CA in the summer.

[XemaSab]

722. Inland Northern California

is really beautiful. :D

[RubyDuby in GA]

375. GA - Hopulikit

Yep, it's pronounced like you think: hope u like it

It's right outside of Statesboro and its an unincorporated town. Needless to say, it's little sign used to get stolen just about every other day.

[HERVEPA]

380. Tengboche (Nepal)

www.tengboche.org

[bikebloke]

381. A couple towns off the cuff

Whangarei, New Zealand
Akaroa, New Zealand
Kiruna, Sweden
Linschoten, Nederlands
Allschwil, Switzerland
Sarnat, India
St. Louis, France
Pokhara, Nepal
Katoomba, Australia
Afula, Israel
Pagan, Burma
Essaouira, Morocco

Yeah, I know. I need to get out more...

[Midlodemocrat]

383. Midlothian, VA, Monroe, CT.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

573. I've been to Midlothian...

I passed through on the way to a wedding gig in the middle of nowhere west of Richmond.

[Midlodemocrat]

707. Cool. Next time, you have to stop and visit!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

711. You're on!

In fact, last summer I met another Midlothianite at a chamber music camp where I coach. He's a good Dem too. We can have a party! :party:

[SharonRB]

387. Flatbrookville, New Jersey

A camp my grandparents owned was located there. It's on the border of NY, PA and NJ, not far from the Delaware Water Gap. The government bought the property to make a recreation area, but they never did it. Go figure!

[JVS]

390. Salem Illinois

[XNASA]

397. I've been there many times.

Mrs. XNASA is originally from neighboring Mt. Vernon.

[Lochloosa]

391. Two Egg, Florida

Ha! gotcha

[NV Whino]

543. Is there a One Egg, Florida?

What kinda eggs?

[Maraya1969]

831. Well I'll be. There really is a Two Egg, Florida. And here is the map

http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?searchtype=address&country=US&addtohistory=&searchtab=home&formtype=address&popflag=0&latitude=&longitude=&name=&phone=&cat=&address=&city=two+egg&state=fl&zipcode=

[Puglover]

395. Plevna Montana

n/t

[Butterflies]

398. Granville, New York

It's upstate right next to Vermont. I was there about 15 years ago, and I remember there was a big prison. The men in the town either work at the prison or at the rock quarry.

[redwitch]

810. been there.

but the prison is actually next town over. :-)

[nutsnberries]

399. Weld, Maine

:) pretty

[Gormy Cuss]

510. Sure is.

the lake and Mt. Blue state park are both nice.

[nutsnberries]

521. so, i'm not the only one...

I can't remember if it was Mt.Blue or Tumbledown Mountain that I hiked with some friends and we got caught in a rainstorm and spent the night in a tower to get out of the rain. I woke to find that some critter had gotten into my backpack and ate my cocoa mix. ;( I wasn't so mad about the cocoa as I was knowing that some little thing had been in my backpack!

The view from the tower in the morning was lovely though. :)

[Taverner]

403. Laos: Luang Phabang...

Indonesia: Lake Toba
Thailand: Kudbak, Thanhakohn, and a bunch of other places in the Northeast corner that never get visited ;)

[CottonBear]

405. Philomath, GA. The name means love of learning.

~ PHILOMATH ~

Philomath, located in the southeastern part of the county, was settled by Virginians and North Carolinians. Early settlers included the Daniels, Glenns, Milners, and Robinsons. Philomath was originally named Woodstock. The town acquired the name by an early settler, who had just read one of Sir Walter Scott's novels.

In the early years of the settlement, the closest post office was at States Rights, a stagecoach stop on the Atlanta-Augusta route. Citizens traveled four miles on horseback to get news from the other states. When the post office was finally established in town, there was much confusion because another town in Georgia was named Woodstock.

Before the Civil War, community suppers were very popular events. Held in the upper story of the town store, the ladies competed to see who served the 'prettiest dish.' Woodstock was famous for the John W. Reed Academy, which was a male boarding school. A great deal of activity centered around this academy. Students lived in small cottages located in the back yards of the settlers. The young men ate their meals with these families. Alexander H. Stephens, a frequent visitor to the school, suggested the village be called Philomath -- meaning "love of learning."

Although the post office was then called Philomath, people still referred to the village as Woodstock. People traveled from all over to attend Commencement Week at the academy where they heard band music and speeches by Alexander H. Stephens, Ben Irwin, and Robert Toombs. The large two-story academy building was eventually torn down and replaced by a one-story building that was used as a community school until Oglethorpe County schools were consolidated.

The famous SSS Tonic was invented by a Philomath native, Mr. Rankin. President Woodrow Wilson was a frequent visitor to Philomath as a child. His father was often a guest preacher in Philomath and the family would stay at the Globe. In later years, President Wilson and his mother would spend vacations there.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaogleth/towns.htm

The town is on the NAtional Register of Historic Places.
http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/GA/Oglethorpe/state.html
Philomath Historic District (added 1979 - District - #79000740)
GA 22, Philomath
Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential
Architect, builder, or engineer: Multiple
Architectural Style: Greek Revival, Other
Area of Significance: Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Military, Education, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture
Cultural Affiliation: American,rural
Period of Significance: 1750-1799, 1800-1824, 1825-1849, 1850-1874, 1900-1924
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government, Religion
Historic Sub-function: Library, Post Office, School, Single Dwelling2, Specialty Store
Current Function: Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Religion
Current Sub-function: Museum, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling2

[Taverner]

407. Here's one I'm sure NO ONE has been to - Drawbridge, CA

[BrotherBuzz]

524. Hewell Howser gave me the nickel tour

;)

[tyedyeto]

577. Ahhh... Hewell Howser!

Used to watch California Gold on the PBS station out of Sacramento (channel 6) when I lived near Yosemite. He was a different sort of personality but he would go to some very cool places .

[BrotherBuzz]

584. Hewell's personality is spot on if you understand his target audience.

California history is taught to fourth graders in California. 'Nuff said? ;)

[tyedyeto]

586. Used to watch him on a regular basis but didn't know that was his target

Makes sense now that you mention it. LOL

[Momgonepostal]

409. Mona, Utah nt

[GrpCaptMandrake]

410. Looneyville, West Virginia

Left Hand, West Virginia (just down the road from Looneyville).

[Little Star]

417. Lake Chargoggagoggmanchaugagogg ...

Lake Chargoggagoggmanchaugagoggchaubunagungamaug in Webster, MA.
aka: Webster Lake (wonder why?)

[Little Star]

429. Webster also has

Indian Ranch! Webster's a real swinging place! lol!!

http://www.indianranch.com/

[KamaAina]

419. Kaunakakai, HI

the "metropolis" of the island of Moloka'i, pop. ~2500. Its one main street Ala Malama still has the wooden storefronts from the plantation era -- even for the major banks (there are no fast-food chains there!)

[CornField]

430. Two: Okay, Oklahoma & Wapanuka, Oklahoma

Don't blink or you'll miss em. ;)

[swimboy]

434. Arvonia, Virginia

[China_cat]

436. Ten Sleep, WY

Mebane, NC
Mars, PA
Permerend Overwhere, Friesland

[Patiod]

440. Been to Mars

One of my friends from Penn State grew up there.

Missed Ten Sleep on our way through Wyoming -- hit Laramie, Sinclair, Rawlins, Casper, Gillette, Wheatland, Chugwater and Cheyenne (which seems to be practically Suburban Denver at this point...)

[China_cat]

451. Not hard to miss Ten Sleep

You can walk from one end of town to the other in less than 10 minutes, the library only opens 3 half days a week and you can only get 2 tv stations...and need cable to get them. But you missed Dirty Sally's. Best hot fudge sundaes on continental North America.

Mars is home, btw.

[PRETZEL]

450. played HS baseball against Mars,

also spent more than my fair share of time in Moon also.

[China_cat]

452. Seneca Valley?

[PRETZEL]

453. no, it was Mars HS from what I remember

granted it was 30 yrs ago, has Mars HS merged into Seneca Valley? Mars was a small Class A school like my old HS, Cornell.

[China_cat]

454. No, Evans City, Zelionope and (can't remember the 3rd)

merged into Seneca. Mars still has it's own school pulling from Cranberry.

[PRETZEL]

470. looking at their web site my guess is it's Harmony TWP

that may be the third township involved in Seneca Valley. Only guessing though

[China_cat]

520. Harmony never had its own schools

Kids from Harmony went to Zelienople until Seneca opened.

[miss_american_pie]

485. Nope the Cranberry kids go to Seneca

Seven Fields kids, I think, go to Mars. That may have changed.

:hi:

[China_cat]

488. Considering that Seneca didn't even open until 3 years after I

got out of school, it's hard to keep up. However, my oldest went to Mars and he keeps up with friends from school which is how I know that it's still there. But they ARE getting some kids from lower Cranberry twp into MHS since they built that new connecter road out to rt. 19.

[miss_american_pie]

490. Oh wow

I wonder if they re-did the district since I graduated.

Do they complain about the traffic? it's still a mess, even with the new roads.

[China_cat]

518. People in Zelie are complaining about the traffic.

It's REALLY bad.

[PRETZEL]

666. I can understand

That whole area surrounding the turnpike and 79 has exploded. I'm not so sure the regional planners had ever invisioned the amount of both pedestrian and commercial traffic that that area could handle.

[miss_american_pie]

486. Mars is still Mars

Seneca was Southwest Butler School District, until hmm, mid-80s sometime.

[Patiod]

459. Actually, the friend I was thinking of lived in Moon Township

But I did know people in Mars as well.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

495. Been to Mebane, NC..

I live in Chapel Hill, NC.

[China_cat]

522. Is the Villa Teo still there?

[fishwax]

641. I was going to say Ten Sleep

but I decided to limit myself to one per state, and chose Bill, Wyoming, instead. :)

[Deep13]

437. Leicester, MA

If you've been there, what about Shutesbury, MA?

[LSK]

439. Redstone, Colorado

:hi:

[donheld]

500. Been there

:hi:

[Redstone]

546. I never made it there. But I did go to Redstone, AL and Redstone, NH.

Redstone

[Guy Fawkes]

443. Oregon, Wi.

Brooklyn, Wi.

[rustydog]

445. Ronan, Montana

[greendog]

559. I get to Ronan at least...

...twice a week.

[Radical Activist]

447. Liberty Illinois

[pointblank]

449. Muscatine Iowa nt

[IA_Seth]

456. Been there! Actually have family there.... n/t

[pointblank]

458. Nice place actually, bit boring though.

I spent spring break there one year in high school. Funny story actually.

[IA_Seth]

465. Lol, sounds like a blast!

How did that end up happening? Share your story.

FYI, not sure how familiar you are with Iowa in general...it isn't all as boring as Muscatine can be!

[pointblank]

516. Not real familiar with Iowa, but I live right below ya

in Missouri. Im sure Iowa can be fun, just as Missouri can. Here is my Muscatine story...you will proabably find it boring, but to me its funny to think about now.

Anyway, I was sixteen and a friend I went to high school with talked me and another friend to go up to Muscatine where his mom and stepdad lived to spend the spring break week. I hadn't known the guy long and apparently he had lived there a few years back (he was 2 years older than me) and he hyped us up with all these stories of wild parties he used to go to there, how easy we could get beer, how easy the girls were and what a great time we would have yadayada. So being 16, we thought it would be different, but fun. We quickly realized after we got there that this guy just didn't want to go up there alone and wanted to have friends with him and was going to tell us exactly what we wanted to hear to get us to go with him...and we fell for it. His mom came to pick us up in St Louis and she was going to drive us back at the end of the week. We were at his guys mom and stepdad's mercy for 7 days basically.

Long story short...This guy's stepdad turned out to be satan himself. As soon as we got there we left our suitcases in the guestroom and his mom took us out to eat. While we were out, his dad went through our suitcases and found the beer and vodka we had stashed in there. He confiscated it and when we got back we got yelled at and were forbidden from borrowing the car while we were there. He also threatened to call our parents and the authorities if he saw any liquor around the house for the whole week. I think his mom was abused by this asshole because she bowed to every rule he laid down on us. Real religious freeper asshole type this guy was. Needless to say the week was ruined. They lived ina rural area up a big hill overlooking the Mississippi about five miles or so out of town (maybe you know the area?), so walking anywhere was pretty much out of the question. The one time we did get out by ourselves, we took his mom's car while the stepdad was asleep one night and we tried like hell to get someone to buy us beer...waited outside of 7-11's, tried to buy it ourselves etc. etc...NOTHING worked. I could go on with the ironies and the bad luck we had, but you get the idea.

We spent the whole week with no beer, mostly in the house with a super nintendo and some board games. hell on earth. Worst spring break ever.

I know, I know I was only sixteen and I shouldn't have been drinking liqour right?

Well fuck that. Whenever I went to my aunts house and stayed, or even when I was at home at that age I was allowed to drink as long as I didnt drive and I was somewhat supervised and I think thats how it should be. Kids are gonna do it - or at least try if they are forbidden IMO. I turned out pretty OK I think!

[IA_Seth]

523. Lol, thats great...Sounds like Iowa! n/t

[Ariana Celeste]

460. Conconully, WA?

I dunno they have a website so maybe more people go there than I thought. However when I lived in WA the only people I talked to who knew that Conconully existed were family friends that have gone with us. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.

[XemaSab]

622. I already said Concunully

:P

[Ariana Celeste]

693. My bad!

With my dial up, can't always "View All" on large threads, so I try to skim... looks like I missed it. ;)

:hi:

[puerco-bellies]

463. Anza, California.

Think pegmatites, and lizards.

[Dark]

464. Opp, Alabama. n/t

[donheld]

466. Hemingford Nebraska

why would anybody want to go there?

[spacelady]

590. Hemingford Home, Nebraska was a focus of Stephen King's "The Stand"

[spacelady]

591. Oops, Delete.

[ThreeCatNight]

471. Big Bone Lick KY.....nt

[Ramsey]

536. Been there too

I've been all over KY

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

716. My favorite park...Here's my second favorite

...like this thread wasn't long enough without images!

[Mutley]

472. Parkton, MD

[GoddessOfGuinness]

581. I know Parkton!

When I was in college in Baltimore, we used to like to drive along York Road for kicks when we needed a break from studying. I'll bet ElShiva knows it too...She's from Monkton.

[Mutley]

652. I went to that high school just past the one streetlight

high up on York Rd. Hereford High School. :bounce: I'm so glad someone else knows about Parkton! :D

Where'd you go to college? I'm at Towson now.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

673. I was at Peabody

about a thousand years ago... :D

[Debbi801]

755. been there, but i've got the home town advantage. (nt)

[kwassa]

473. Mexico, Maine, Poland, Maine, and Rome, Maine. Versailles, Ohio.

Milan, Ohio, and of course, Lima, Ohio.

[Awsi Dooger]

645. I was in Mexico and Poland last summer

Actually that section of Maine has many more foreign named little cities than that. There's even a comical famous road sign pointing to all of them and giving distances. I took a picture of it last July.

[YankeyMCC]

655. I take my family camping around there every summer

In the Oxford hills areas.

[havocmom]

Redstone, believe it or not, I am sure two other evilDUers have been here

to my little village. DUers are EVERYWHERE! :thumbsup:

[Redstone]

551. Well, Gaw Damn. I was hoping to be the first DUer to figure out

where you were and drop by! (I'd have brought a case of beer with me, and will some day when I get out West again.)

Redstone

[havocmom]

594. Beer? BEER? Dah-link, ve vill have vine. Maybe even bubbly!

unless Mrs R hates old grape juice?

But, if it is summer, beer would work for you grown up types. Me 'n lil R will suck down real raspberry tea or cherry ices! He's not afraid of big, cuddly, silly dogs is he? The 90 Pound Hound LOVES wee people. Will try to rustle up some old arrowheads of at least some flint chips from the knapping of such things for that handsome lad of yours.

The DUers who have been by, well, have just been by. Nobody STOPS here. ;) Believe it or not, this is actually 'on the way' for some people heading toward civilization that starts back up a ways from here. We are just the Twilight Zone in the no man's land between the worlds. I looked at us on Google Earth - we are all fuzzy there too. :shrug:

Got any old National Geographic? (hint to secret location)

[Redstone]

604. Yes, the little guy likes big dogs. Our neighbor had a Great Dane

that was bigger than he was when we first moved here, and he wasn't afraid.

And yes, Mrs R likes wine. Furthermore: "Cherry ices?" Those sound like damn fine refreshment to me.

Now I'm intrigued. I have the National Geographic from the 1800s throught 1995 on CDs; I'll get them out tomorrow and look for stories about Wyoming. That'll be fun.

Redstone

[havocmom]

606. 1800s through 1995? Yer not gonna believe this...

but those are TOO old.

Check early 199? Do you really want me to make it THAT easy for you?

Here's a hint... sorta like the 'thrill that'll get ya when ya get yer picture on the cover of...' National Geographic ;)

[Redstone]

607. Gotcha. I'm on it first thing in the AM.

Redstone

[fishwax]

777. I think I've been there

well, I'm not positive I know which town it is, but knowing it's in my old home state I got curious.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

744. Is that Redstone, CO ?

Been there.

[Redstone]

759. No, it's Redstone as in my name: Redstone. I sign my posts, which

few other people do, so that's why you thought I was mentioning a town. But I have been to Redstone, alabama, and Redstone, New Hampshire.

Redstone

[havocmom]

762. Ah, not, that'd be Redstone the chap who started this silly geography test

:D

[Redstone]

763. Silly it may be, but everyone seems to like it. I thought I'd get

a dozen or so responses (really!)...but closing in on 800 now?

It's alive! ALIVE, I tell you! It can't be stopped!

(But I am really enjoying the responses.)

So, havocdad says he's been all those places in Vermont? OK, have him tell me which one has the round school house, and which one has the church that's never locked, and has a woodstove right in the middle of it.

Redstone

[havocmom]

782. Church? School? LOL

Oh, the things you need to know!

I love this thread too, but even with DSL, it is murder to open now!

Got my lo-cal pinpointed? If yes, por favor, don't go public. I might end up with crosses burning in my yard if the word got out that not only am I a liberal, but I conspire with other liberals! ;)

[mwdem]

480. Hugoton, Kansas

[yellowdogintexas]

481. in KY: Powderly, Pegram,Dot, Tiny Town, Keysburgh, Allensville nt.

[Ramsey]

537. Have NOT been to any of these

I have relatives all over the state, but never heard of those towns!

[yellowdogintexas]

773. Powderly is in Muhlenburg County. Dot and Keysburgh are

both in Logan County, and Pegram, Penchum and Tiny Town are in Todd County.

There are other, larger communities than these also..this is a very rural area:

Allensville pop 200
Guthrie pop 1300
Elkton pop 2500
Trenton pop 500
Fairview pop 300
Sharon Grove pop 200
Clifty pop 600
Daysville pop 50
Penchum a store and a bunch of farms
Kirkmansville probably about 100 people

Lickskillet there may be 10 people there..used to be a grist mill there and the old dam is still on the river ...

If the qualifying criterion is the presence of a post office, some of these would not qualify, but most of them do have post offices, and some of them used to but no longer do.

[Tom_Foolery]

757. How about Whitesville, KY?

Have you been there? If you've been to Maceo and Livia, I suspect you have. I lived in Whitesville for four years, and I'm glad I left.

[yellowdogintexas]

766. oh yes, and South Carrollton too.

There are a score of little teeny towns between Owensboro and Central City; I passed them many a time going back and forth to college.

[donheld]

482. Creede Colorado -- If you haven't been GO!

[TheCentepedeShoes]

746. Been there !

One of our favorite places to visit. Even "thought" about moving there at one time. Looked at the Firehouse B&B (across from the Creede Hotel, next to TruValue) but the owner wanted WAY more than we could swing. Stayed at the hotel, ate at the Mucker's Bucket and at that place across from the hotel. Was never there when the theater was operating (due to summer busy season in my business, had to take vac in late spring or early fall). I've got pictures just like yours. Funny - we went there twice when on vac from Florida, but since we moved to Texas and could just drive on up, haven't been at all.

[yellowdogintexas]

483. more: Paradise, KY before Mr Peabody's Coal Train done

hauled it away.

and bunches of other wide spot in the road in Muhlenberg County, Todd, Logan, Christian, Warren and Barren Counties.

OMG!!!I forgot PIGG, Kentucky
and Pencham, Haydensville, Sharon Grove, Dunmore, Gordonsville, Olmstead...

I haven't even gotten into Tennessee yet!

Adams, Cedar Hill, Barren Plains, Whites Creek

[DemBones DemBones]

791. I love that song. Never been to Paradise KY but many times to Paris KY.

Making the trip from Rome to Paris!

[B Calm]

484. Wirt, Minnesota

[mikeytherat]

489. Lonetree, Wyoming -- Poulation: 60

mikey_the_rat

[Arkansas Granny]

496. Has anyone been to Toad Suck, AR?

[DawgHouse]

587. Oh many times!

I even have a Toad Suck Daze tshirt :)

[Arkana]

507. New Braintree, MA.

I challenge anyone, even MA DUers, to tell me that they know it exists.

[LynzM]

628. I've been to Braintree....

But *New* Braintree? Nope. :hi:

[Deep13]

670. Been there.

Near Rutland and Paxton.

[Celeborn Skywalker]

517. Lordsburg, New Mexico

[Ally McLesbian]

529. That's right on I-10!

Anyone who drives between El Paso and Tucson gets to go through that town!

[tyedyeto]

578. My bro, s-i-l and I would drive there just to buy fireworks

Can't get them in AZ.

[Frank Cannon]

727. Sorry. Been there.

It's not exactly off the beaten path.

[Ally McLesbian]

526. I've driven through Trona, California, but...

I could name the Nevada ghost town of Berlin. At least a 4 hour drive from Reno, best known for its ichthyosaur (marine reptile) fossils. It's a state park, in fact.

Another Nevada town to mention: Rachel, best known for Area 51 paraphernalia.

[tyedyeto]

580. Is that the place that's not too far from Austin.

We went to a dinosaur place with those but the place was closed that day. Could still see some of the 'diggings' thru the dome and some fossil were just on the grounds. Had lunch there.

[Ally McLesbian]

633. You are right

Austin and Ione are two other abandoned mining towns close by.

[Ramsey]

527. Anchorage, KY

Actually, I grew up there.

[Ronnie]

530. Turkey, Texas

It was my father's hometown.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

748. Been there, too

Ever go to the Bob Wills weekend thing? Never have, myself. Sounds like fun.

[Ronnie]

770. No.

I haven't been there since I was a child. I remember thinking it looked like a movie set.

[Maddy McCall]

532. Bobo, TX.

I bet NO ONE'S been to Bobo.

[Missy Vixen]

534. Grace, WA, Startup, WA, or Index, WA n/t

[lakemonster11]

544. I've been to Index.

[XemaSab]

623. Startup and Index are practically on the freeway.

:eyes:

[Missy Vixen]

648. I've been to both of them, though

Here's another one: How many have been to Duvall, WA?

Julie

[lakemonster11]

828. I've been to Duvall many times.

I even played an interminable softball game there once.

[ThatsMyBarack]

539. Here are two places I've been through:

1. South Park, CO. I've driven through it on the way from Colorado Springs to Breckenridge. I kept looking for weird little cartoon people, but didn't see any.

2. Minong, WI. That's where I went to Camp Birch Trail (all girls) from 1980-1983.

[Redstone]

548. OK, I've found a few more: Goffs, Bagdad, Amboy, and Bonny Doon, CA.

Anyone else who's been to all of them, I'll send you ten bucks.

Goffs is the most remote of the bunch: It consists of a store / saloon and two trailers. Oh, and eight mailboxes by the side of the road, but God knows how far those people drive to get their mail; there's literally not another house in sight. And you can see a LONG way out there in the high desert.

I found one of my pictures of Goffs:



Charming place, what? Exciting, too.

Redstone

[Oeditpus Rex]

646. Send me $2.50

I've been to Bonny Doon.

On Ice Cream Grade Road.

GORgeous country.

[Redstone]

656. Mrs R lived in Bonny Doon for about 10 years, and I drove through there

and didn't even know she was there!(It was about five years before I met her.)

Redstone

[YellowRubberDuckie]

553. Slapout, Loyal/Omega, Cashion, Kingfisher, All in Oklahoma...

Anyone, Anyone? :shrug:
Duckie

[Fox Mulder]

554. Minnesota towns:

Cyrus
West Union
Osakis
Nelson
Gutches Grove
Round Prairie
Long Prairie
Little Sauk
Morris
Donnelly

South Dakota:
Gettysburg

Wisconsin:
Winter

Canada (Ontario):
Elliot Lake
Espanola

[Generic Brad]

844. Amboy, MN

Last time I was there - 13 people. And none of them had a PC.

[Guava Jelly]

555. glen elder kansas

i won

[greendog]

563. Polebridge, MT

n/t

[LibertyLover]

565. Petra and Jerash

in Jordan and Byblos in Lebanon.

[NNadir]

575. Nowhere, Arizona. Aosta, Italy.

The Hague, the Netherlands.

Yes, I have been to the The Hague. I didn't Dick and George there, but maybe someday someone, with access to the prison, will be able to see them there.

[NNadir]

576. Vandevort, Arkansas.

I was there when a young man by the name of Bill Clinton was running for Governor.

[Gatchaman]

579. Mance, Pennsylvania

[GoddessOfGuinness]

585. How about Lost River, WV?

If you haven't been there, go b efore it gets hyper-developed!

[Cocoa]

588. Tecumseh, MO

anyone?

[knitter4democracy]

663. I've been to Tecumseh, MI.

Does that count?

[Guy Fawkes]

589. Beloit, Wi.

Total shithole.

[Burma Jones]

593. I've been to Beloit

I went to Knox College and went to Beloit College to go to a party

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

713. Been to Beloit and Galesburg

nt

[Burma Jones]

732. Did you notice any Difference?

:evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin:

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

783. Now that you mention it, no...

[fudge stripe cookays]

800. I like Beloit.

My dad's ancestral family settled around there, so I love feeling close to them there.

Where are you from so I can call it a shithole?

:P

[spacelady]

592. Fairbury, Nebraska n/t

[huskerlaw]

691. Been there!

Many times. I have family that lives just a bit south of Fairbury.

[Shine]

595. Pataskala, OH

:)

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

714. I got drunk in a barn in Pataskala once

...long time ago

[Shine]

723. Wow, that's funny!

I lived there, long ago, when I was a girl. I've been out here on the west coast ever since '76, for 30 years.

Greetings to you, Jeff in Milwaukee, from California!
:hi:

Shine

[lizziegrace]

764. I've got friends in Pataskala, OH

:hi:

[Burma Jones]

596. Sharon, Connecticut

[fight4my3sons]

671. Is it on the border with Northern Dutchess Co, NY

I'm pretty sure I've been there :-)

[Burma Jones]

704. Pretty Close

I love the Hudson Valley.......

[fight4my3sons]

813. That's where I was born and partially raised.

My parents were divorced, so my mom took me out West for a while. Most of my family still lives in the Hudson Valley.

edit: forgot a word.

[obxhead]

597. Glenwood, FL

[doc03]

598. Key, Ohio

[mwdem]

599. Keyes, Boise City, Felt, Oklahoma

[Jara sang]

721. I went through Boise City last Sept.

We got gas there. I asked the lady working at the gas station where the hell they bought food and supplies way the hell out there. We were on our way to Clayton, NM and then to Taos. It was very flat and lots of pronghorn.

[fishwax]

779. I was on a bus that broke down in Boise City once

we had to wait for another bus to arrive, and then transfer all our luggage to the new one. In the meantime, I got to sample the Boise City cuisine (well, not really, but I ate at the Pizza Hut). Used to work with a family from up there too :)

[mwdem]

601. Clayton, Gladstone, Springer, New Mexico

I drove the Santa Fe Trail a few years ago.

[XemaSab]

609. Chapeno and Falcon

TEXAS.

(Good times, good times. Had my life Ringed Kingfisher in Chapeno.)

[enigmatic]

610. Dime Box, Texas and Ruby, Arizona

Out of many, many places I've been to across the US..

[tyedyeto]

615. Ruby... a 'ghost town' on a dirt road beyond Arivaca.

They wanted 12 bucks for a tour of the place. We said 'NO WAY!' and drove on down the bumpy road.


Edit for spelling

[enigmatic]

625. It's an very, very cool place

There's another ghost town west of Phoenix called Vulture that's alot like Ruby; very eerie..

[eyepaddle]

611. Baudette Minnesota, Mizpah MN or perhaps

Venice Louisiana

[anarch]

614. Slanesville, WV

[carpetbagger]

634. Used to drive through there often.

Right turn across from the general store, though Points, back route to Keyser.

[havocmom]

616. Been through Brusett, MT

Havocdad says the winter olympics will be there someday!

Pie Town 'It's all downhill from here!'

[havocmom]

624. Havocdad enters Podunk, MA

And, Redstone, he has been to your towns in Vermont.

And for Zombie Wook: Yak, MT

Havocdad is in the other room rattling off names of places even Redstone would have trouble with ;) You guys gotta meet someday!

[Briarius]

627. Mansfield, In

also Norway IL, and lots of two house towns on US36 and RT66 between Indiana and Colorado/California.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

629. Another good one: Malvern, OH

Where my stepson and his wife were married...

[CC]

635. Colora

Maryland
Christmas and Bithlo in Florida

[TOhioLiberal]

636. Altoona, Pa.

Got an uncle and a bunch of cousins there. Used to go to visit every summer.

[Patiod]

680. One of my best friends lives in Hollidaysburg

We used to say she was from "suburban Altoona" and call her an "Altoid"

[carpetbagger]

637. Teller AK, El Indio TX, Bemis WV, Chicago IL n/t

[ashling]

639. Henrietta, Texas

I was born there

[catchnrelease]

643. Rankin, TX

Have friends that live just outside of Rankin. A former oil industry town that's almost a ghost town now. Pretty forlorn.

Tuba City or Teec Nos Pos on the Navajo Indian Reservation/AZ?

[leftstreet]

647. Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

On a lake.
Beautiful.

[Redstone]

657. I've heard that it's stunning. Would like to see it some day.

Redstone

[libpunkmom]

775. Got married there ..divorced

3 years later

[leftstreet]

830. Got married there, too! No divorce. Y.E.T.

:D

[JVS]

668. THIS THREAD IS HUGH!!!111!111!!1!!!!11!!!!

[LiberalEsto]

677. Zarephath, NJ

Zarephath is a tiny religious community and home of Alma White College.
It's located on the Millstone River in Franklin Township, NJ, near New Brunswick.

I lived just upriver from Zarephath over 30 years ago in an old house on Weston Causeway, on an island between the Millstone River and the Delaware-Raritan Canal. The house is no longer there.

I've also lived in Middlebush, NJ, a couple of miles from Zarephath.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

836. I've driven past the exit

Does that count?

[wildhorses]

681. Cat Square

does it have to be incorporated?




if not I could go on....

[tsakshaug]

682. Flasher ND

Zap, ND
Cucumber NC
(both) Level Cross, NC (yes there are 2)
Liverpool, IL

[wackadoo wabbit]

685. Woodridge, NY

It used to be the center of the Borscht Belt (back in the '50s), but now it's pretty much a ghost town.

[skygazer]

686. Sorry Redstone, I've been to all three of them

The ones in Vermont. My son went to school in Athens for a while - there were 3 kids in his class. LOL

[Redstone]

699. So you've seen the license-plate shed in Victory, haven't you?

Redstone

[skygazer]

709. There's a similar one in Northfield, Mass.

Not far from the drive-in.

[maxsolomon]

690. washington state: waterville

indiana: farmer's retreat
kentucky: nada

[huskerlaw]

692. Sparks, NE

population, like, 3.

[ellie]

695. I can't believe no

one has been to Christmas, MI.

I have also been to Texas, OH and Bono, OH.

[Xithras]

696. Dogtown California

Or do you require that the towns actually still have people living in them? ;)

[BrotherBuzz]

708. Been to Dogtown

I suspect the population will drop to zero when that pesky little fault under them lets go.

Interesting, a 16th century English iron breastplate was found there in the 1920's - evidence of Drake's visit?

[Xithras]

718. Whoops, I forgot there are two Dogtowns in California.

The one I was referring to is on highway 395 south of Markleeville on the eastern side of the Sierras. Nobody has lived there in about 120 years :)

[XemaSab]

724. I've been to both Dogtowns

:P

[Redstone]

743. I've been to a lot of ghost towns in California. Including Volcano.

Redstone

[tyedyeto]

802. There's also a Dogtown close to Coulterville, CA

Basically abandoned mining area, but last time I went thru, there were still 2or 3 occupied houses.

[kwassa]

697. New York City, New York, and Los Angeles, California

I'll bet no one here has been to either of those places!

[Catchawave]

734. ...or Chicago ?

Heh.

[raptor_rider]

698. Flora Vista, NM

very unknown even here!

[arbusto_baboso]

702. Searchlight, NV and Stanstead Abbotts, Hertfordshire, UK

Probably Searchlight has been visited by some DUers.

But I betcha noe of y'all have been to Stanstead Abbotts!

[Redstone]

706. I've been in Searchlight!

I know that, because it's marked on one of my old maps, but damn if I can remember what was there. If anything.

Redstone

[Awsi Dooger]

761. Searchlight is the home of Pinkie Reid

aka Harry Reid. It's a tiny blip off the left side of the road while driving from Las Vegas to Laughlin, actually closer to Boulder City than either of those. I've driven past dozens of times but only stopped once or twice, and only after reading Harry Reid was from there. Maybe one little casino.

[Parrcrow]

710. Chelsea, Oklahoma

[momophile]

712. Maple, WI nt

[Catchawave]

715. Dillon, SC

[ncrainbowgrrl]

729. Ah, good old South Of The Border.

(Been there- wish I hadn't!)

[Catchawave]

731. Drat ! Forgot the I-95 travelers !

My road trips to Miami from Virginia always include a SC spend-the-night, just wish it was AT South of the Border ONE time :) Cheap cigs/firework/pee-poop the dog :hi:

[ncrainbowgrrl]

733. Cheap beds too! (funny story!)

My ex's parents got the standard room... They were all ready to go to sleep for the night when they both sat down in the middle of the the bed. All of a sudden, they heard an awful noise. Then, as the story goes, they found themselves lying on the mattress...which was now on the floor. The frame had completely broken apart. If I remember the story correctly, they were so tired that they almost didn't bother going back to the main check in area, and seriously thought about remaining exactly where they were until morning!

[Merrick]

717. Dogdick, Delaware

Named for the enormous dog penis in the middle of the town that you can see from a mile up the highway.

[Jara sang]

720. Nicodemus, Kansas / Austin, Nevada / Valentine, Nebraska

http://www.nps.gov/nico/

[greendog]

772. I've been to Austin, Nevada and Valentine, Nebraska

n/t

[Frank Cannon]

728. Uncertain, Texas.

On the "banks" of Caddo Lake. It actually seems like it's in the lake (actually, a swamp), and you'll run into at least one or two alligators getting there.

But the general store in Uncertain has Moon Pies and cold RCs ready for you, once you make it there.

[texas1928]

730. I have been to Grosvenor and Nimrod, TX.

[Nikia]

739. Attica, OH

If anyone has been there I guess that I am going to have to go even more remote.

[greendog]

774. I've been thru Attica..

...it's on 224.

[ikojo]

741. I'll be surprised if anyone on DU has been to these towns

Witt Illinois
Hillsboro Illinois

[saged52]

756. surprise, ikojo!

Been to both towns - Hillsboro many times - have driven through Witt.

[ikojo]

760. OMG!!! What on earth were you doing in Hillsboro

Illinois? and Witt, that's all there is to do, is drive through it. I am so glad my mom and dad HATED that place and moved away, if only to Springfield IL.

[saged52]

769. I totally understand!

Honestly - I would be afraid to even stop in Witt! However; my husband's daughter lives in Hillsboro - (and his ex-wife) - and he happens to work at that nearby power plant. Be very thankful your parents decided to move!

[rateyes]

742. Cayuga, TX....Jolo, WV....Honaker, VA

Took a picture outside one of the snake-handling churches in Jolo.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

747. Sopchoppy, FL and

South Bound Brook NJ and

Moscow, PA

[DemBones DemBones]

792. Friends of mine live in Sopchoppy.

Love the fishing.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

750. Lake City, CO

On hwy 149 between Creede and Gunnison. Cute little village, up in the mountains. Links to Alferd (Alfred?) Packer, famous cannibal.

[haydukelives]

794. been there, done that

[AzDar]

758. Hazard County, Kentucky...Stinking Creek, Tenn...Tombstone, AZ...

On Edit: I see many intrepid DU'ers have passed through Hazard...LOL

[Patiod]

814. We helped the Mayor of Tombstone get elected

In 2 days and 2 nights in Tombstone we:
- Met a bunch of Cornish miners who were in town to scatter a friend's ashes
- Went to a "funeral"/memorial service for a Cornish miner, which was held in a bar
- Got a photo of my SO with a bartender who had DD breasts (and was packing heat) and a drunken German touris, up on the lid of the piano at Big Nosed Kate's
- Helped the owner of the Dragoon Saloon write campaign material for his Mayoral bid
- Toured his 2 abandoned silver mines
- Toured his house, which has a movie lot out back, which feature a 1/2 size replica of the town

We had never set foot in the town before...

[lizziegrace]

765. DuBois, WY n/t

[greendog]

768. I've been thru Dubois

n/t

[lizziegrace]

804. When I was 9

we spent a week at a ranch there. I didn't think anyone had even heard of it. Population is what, 17?

:hi:

[Ronnie]

771. Bakersfield,

Texas.

[Redstone]

778. Ha! You had me there, until I read the body of your post.

I think that EVERYBODY'S been through Bakersfield...but the one in California.

Redstone

[BlueStateGirl]

784. Leadville, Colorado.

[DemBones DemBones]

785. Poetry, Georgia, and Hanging Dog, North Carolina

are probably the two nobody else has been to, and have great names, but here's a few others I'll venture few have been to. I have lived in some of these out of the way places.

Demopolis, Alabama

Trenton, Florida

Lucy, Tennessee

Colliersville, Tennessee

Zion, Illinois

Bell, Florida

Armuchee, Georgia

Coosa, Georgia

Deep Creek, Virginia

Rock Run, Alabama

Ball Play, Alabama

Two Egg, Florida

Steinhatchee, Florida

Antioch, Illinois

Cedar Key, Florida

Pennville, Georgia

[DemBones DemBones]

788. Bell Buckle, TN -- how could I forget! And Hamlet, NC. nt

[UncleSepp]

786. Two Egg, Alabama

Also Tillman's Corner. Well, Tillman's Corner isn't so hard to get to by accident.

[fortyfeetunder]

790. Freeman, VA

and there are some other obscure towns, like Blackstone, Lawrenceville, and Skippers.

[blitzen]

793. Flora, Oregon

[Heidi]

795. Tahlequah, Oklahoma.

But surely others have been there. :shrug:

[gordontron]

796. West Sound on Orcas Island, Washington

[Bzzzz]

797. Cadiz, IN n/t

[southlandshari]

803. A couple, just for starters...Sherard, MS and Salem, AL

Lots more where that came from - will see if others have been to either of those first!

:hi:

[Redstone]

812. I may have been through Sherard but don't remember...is it between Jackson

and Hattiesburg, or between Hattiesburg and the Gulf coast? If so, I probably have.

Redstone

[southlandshari]

815. Neither

It is a tiny town up in Coahoma County in the Mississippi Delta, south of Memphis.

:hi:


Fun thread, sweets!

:hug:

[tibbir]

805. How about Bunkie, Louisiana?

[SmokingJacket]

843. I'm pretty sure I ate at a McDonalds there... nt

[Dying Eagle]

806. Shantytown,WI

[LynneSin]

807. Unityville Pennsylvania and English Center Pennyslvania

Unityville is the home of the annual Buckwheat Pancake and Sausage Festival

My dad was born & raised in English Center

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

809. Phu Bat, Cambodia

or

Morong, Philipines

[kskiska]

811. Port Roberts, Washington

You have to drive through Canada to get there.

[Left_Winger]

816. Tuxedo, NC

It's the type of town that has both city limit signs on the same pole.

[Redstone]

817. I've been in Tuxedo, New York. Does that count? It's right up the road

from where my father lived for a while in the improbably-named, but real, Sloatsburg.

Redstone

[Caution]

818. Nahant, MA

only one road in, 1 square mile in size, nothing of interest in the town other than a couple of decent private beaches (residents only) and a Northeastern research facility. The only reasons anyone goes there are:

1.) Got lost
2.) have relatives living there
3.) studying oceanography at Northeastern University
4.) grew up there (me!)

[Redstone]

827. Well, there was a public beach there in the 1906s, because our

grandmother used to take us there. She was a funny little old Irish lady who would sit on the beach under an umbrella, fully clothed, with a scarf and a hat.

But hey, she never got a sunburn!

Redstone

[Nikia]

819. Some much more remote Ohio villages

Mexico and Cromers. I don't think that they are on any major highway.

[Misunderestimator]

820. Red Oak, TX

[Burma Jones]

822. Kick

:spray:

[Misunderestimator]

824. cute

[dpbrown]

825. Paris, Arkansas

Heafford Junction, Wisconsin
Ontonagon, Michigan

[Xipe Totec]

826. Van Horn, Texas n/t

[Ptah]

829. Pendroy, Montana n/t

[Maine Mary]

833. Oh my Dear Redstone

If you only knew the towns around here. Having run 5 campaigns in this rural district I think I managed to find almost every door over the years. Sometimes I had to drive 120 miles on tar, 25 on dirt and walk a foot path after that to find 2 or 3 homes.But I found everyone I could in my former legislative district and asked them to please vote for me. These were good times and I miss the contact.

I've been through 81 unorganized territories, but 5 of then had more then a few people....I'm thinking of Carrrabbasset Vallley (Bode Miller's School-CVA) Salem, Rockwood, Freeman and Lexington. Then there are the Plantations like Highland, Brighton, Dennyston, Pleasant Ridge, The Forks & The West Forks. I won't go into all the towns I represented but they were many and sparse. Kingfield was my largest town with a population of 1100, followed by Jackman (about 900) and then Bingham (about 800)

So long boring story short, the only reason you might have seen this area is unless you were on your way to Quebec. :shrug: I don't know what else to say except that it's a beautiful ride and was given "National Scenic Byway" status. Also we have class 4 and 5 rivers if you like whitewater.

If you want to know more you might be able to google it. Kennebec/Chaudier or Rt 201 or North of Bingham or I don't know but I hope it helps. Crap- The Appalachian Trail!!! Moxie Falls!!! ect.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

835. Tidioute, PA

I think it only has around 800 residents. Scary conservative.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

838. Zicavo - on the island of Corsica

It's a town with about 200 inhabitants in the mountains of southern Corsica, where pigs run free in the streets and where the air smells sweet because of all the mountain herbs growing naturally. It's where my grandmother was born.

[AKPacker]

842. I will bet

no one has been to Lorring Alaska!