Place names considered unusual

[+ Avalon]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Place_names_considered_unusual

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fucking,_Austria

[OneFinger]

I live close to Happy Valley, OR and Boring, OR.

[+ pdxleo]

The 101 between Aberdeen and Quinault, on the Olympic Peninsula, passes thru Humptulips, WA

[+ azdr0710]

 

http://justsomething.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/hilarious-city-names-12.jpg

[BabyBoomer]

Intercourse, PA

 

~Boomer~

[+ Topseed]

The high school sports teams in Pekin, IL once were known as the "Chinks". I am not making this up.

[+ Avalon]

The high school sports teams in Pekin, IL once were known as the "Chinks". I am not making this up.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekin,_Illinois#High_school

[rvwnsd]

[rvwnsd]

[rvwnsd]

http://coloradoguy.com/turtleback-mountain/truth-or-consequences-new-mexico.jpg

[+ Avalon]

http://coloradoguy.com/turtleback-mountain/truth-or-consequences-new-mexico.jpg

 

Interesting story of how the town got its name

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_or_Consequences,_New_Mexico

[+ Pensant]

I’ve ridden bikes through Fucking, Austria twice, and have pics of me on either side of the sign. It’s a hamlet, and if in the US, they wouldn’t be able to keep the signs from being stolen.

 

Intercourse, Bird-in-Hand and Blue Ball are all close together off Route 30 in Lancaster County. Big tourist draws.

[Beancounter]

Fertile, Iowa.

[+ poolboy48220]

On a road trip we passed a tanker in a field marked "LIQUID PROTEIN". We took a picture of a friend pretending to drink from the tap.

 

There's this, in Michigan:

There's an annual bike trip that goes through there, the t-shirts always have some variant of "I rode through Hell!" on them.

[+ Charlie]

Intercourse, PA

 

~Boomer~

 

I have been there often, so of course one time I took advantage of the opportunity to do what the name suggested.

 

I have also been to Weed, California, a number of times, but never indulged.

[+ azdr0710]

On a road trip we passed a tanker in a field marked "LIQUID PROTEIN". We took a picture of a friend pretending to drink from the tap.

 

There's this, in Michigan:

There's an annual bike trip that goes through there, the t-shirts always have some variant of "I rode through Hell!" on them.

 

looks like Hell HAS frozen over.....

 

and a snowball DOES have a chance in Hell, evidently......

 

[+ quoththeraven]

How do you pronounce that?

[+ poolboy48220]

The internet says ZAY-zix.

 

I had a personalized car license plate where I tried to duplicate the sector Earth was in, according to Hitchhiker's Guide, Zed Zed 9 Plural Zed Alpha. I got ZZ9SZA, and every time l looked at it I read "Zsa-Zsa".