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Old 08-16-2011, 09:31 AM
 
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Judging by the reaction I receive when encountering many people in the Kansas City area, I would have to say I would be the weirdest object in these parts. LOL
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Old 08-16-2011, 12:09 PM
 
Location: Huntington Beach, CA
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International Surfing Museum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Plus all the local characters that populate the city
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Old 08-16-2011, 12:20 PM
 
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Its interesting how you can find weird shaped objects that stand out in the cities you visit that you have to picture them. Below are a couple I came up with:

Boston: Citgo Sign
Chicago: Millennium Park Nugget
St Louis: Arch
Seattle: Space Needle
Philadelphia: Love Park
Washington DC: the monument
Minneapolis: Spoonbridge and Cherry
Dallas: Reunion Tower

Feel free to bring up more cities or if there are weirder than what I mention for my cities...
I would think the Seattle troll is most strange.
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Old 08-16-2011, 02:43 PM
 
Location: Center City
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I always found the Selena Memorial in Corpus Christi a bit odd:


All sizes | Corpus Christi::Mirador de la Flor | Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mike_s_etc/3606013256/sizes/z/in/photostream/ - broken link)


All sizes | SELENA | Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/haveclipperswilltravel/5392453422/sizes/z/in/photostream/ - broken link)
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Old 08-16-2011, 04:39 PM
 
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Seattle has a few pearls.

The Troll


The Experience Music Project, aka The EMP (Yes that's the foot of the Space Needle in the background.)


The Seattle Public Library
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Old 08-16-2011, 05:18 PM
 
Location: Minneapolis
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There is a clone to that Nomade just outside the MIT campus:
Huh, didn't know about that one. The same kind of thing but with numbers instead of letters, I guess. It looks quite a bit smaller than the one here. Ours is about 35 feet tall.
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Old 08-16-2011, 07:22 PM
 
Location: Boston, MA
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Hmm if Seattle's got the public library. Minneapolis got the theater:

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Old 08-16-2011, 08:32 PM
 
Location: The City
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.not just the cloth's pin, but the cute pigeon couple in the eye. | Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/35377409@N00/373999900/ - broken link)

I guess I never totally understood modern art, but now this too a few blocks away

With a huge brushstroke, work begins on Lenfest Plaza at Broad and Cherry - Philly.com


Next up, stapler and paper clip
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Old 08-16-2011, 08:44 PM
 
Location: Center City
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Houston has more than its share.

The Orange Show:


All sizes | Orange Show Folk Art Monument | Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/eschipul/3727800440/sizes/z/in/photostream/ - broken link)

The Beer Can House:


All sizes | Beer Can House | Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/roxyhollywood/5074695266/sizes/z/in/photostream/ - broken link)

The Flower Man's house:


All sizes | The Flower Man | Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sixesandsevens/357319382/sizes/z/in/photostream/ - broken link)

Pigdom:


Weird America - Pigdom - YouTube
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Old 08-18-2011, 02:39 PM
 
Location: The canyon (with my pistols and knife)
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Nobody's mentioned Cleveland yet, so I will: the big stamp sculpture thing.

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