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Before Starbucks Was FourBucks

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08 Apr
2014

KING COUNTY, WA – Starbucks – love it or hate it, you’ve seen them.  Heck, there are more than 20,000 […]

Posted in WashingtonTagged coffee, seattle, starbucks, Washington7,597 Comments

They Were Hoarding When Hoarding Wasn’t Cool

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07 Apr
2014

NEW YORK COUNTY, NY – I’ve been told more than once by people who have had the distinct privilege of […]

Posted in New YorkTagged Brothers, Collyer, death, Harlem, Hoarding, NYC7,632 Comments

Death of an American Icon

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05 Apr
2014

KNOX COUNTY, TN – Knoxville, Tennessee, the Volunteer State’s third largest city, takes pride in being the gateway to the […]

Posted in TennesseeTagged Andrew Johnson, death, Hank, Hank Williams, Knoxville, Tennessee5,198 Comments

The Toilet Bowl Building of Tysons Corner, VA

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03 Apr
2014

FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA – Its official name is the Tycon Courthouse, but any locals you come across will likely only know […]

Posted in VirginiaTagged architecture, Toilet Bowl Building, Tycon Courthouse, Tyson's Corner, Vienna, Virginia, wtf8,686 Comments

The Detroit Light Tunnel

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02 Apr
2014

WAYNE COUNTY, MI – In general, I have come to really despise air travel, at least when I am personally […]

Posted in MichiganTagged airport, Detroit, DTW, tunnel, wtf10,140 Comments

If You’re Going to San Francisco

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01 Apr
2014

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The Golden Gate Bridge, Lombard Street, Alcatraz, cable cars  – these are […]

Posted in CaliforniaTagged architecture, beaux-art, City Hall, earthquake, Harvey Milk, San Francisco7,472 Comments

The FIRST Terrorist Attack on New York City

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31 Mar
2014

NEW YORK COUNTY, NY – Those of a certain age will forever remember the shocking and devastating events of September 11, […]

Posted in New YorkTagged Galleanist, JP Morgan, terrorism, Wall Street3,049 Comments

There’s a Marina in Buffalo Shaped Like … a Buffalo

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28 Mar
2014

ERIE COUNTY, NY – Buffalo, New York might be one of the most overlooked and underappreciated large cities in the […]

Posted in New YorkTagged Buffalo, Erie Basin Marina, Erie Canal, Marina9,569 Comments

I’m Not Even Supposed to Be Here Today!

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27 Mar
2014

MONMOUTH COUNTY, NJ – But I was there last October.  Dreading the long, dreary forthcoming PA winter, I decided to […]

Posted in New JerseyTagged Clerks, Kevin Smith, Leonardo, New Jersey, Silent Bob7,971 Comments

Feeling Minnesota? The “Peanuts” Characters Sure Are

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26 Mar
2014

AAUGH!!!  Such was the collective response in 2000, when Charles M. Schultz, cartoonist and creator of everyone’s favorite schoolyard gang, […]

Posted in MinnesotaTagged Charles Schultz, Charlie Brown, Peanuts, Snoopy, St. Paul, Tivoli Too6,778 Comments

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