Why Does A Water Tower In Kentucky Say “Florence Y’All”? (Cool Weird Awesome 368)
What's In A Name Week continues with the story of a water tower in northern Kentucky that was supposed to be an advertisement, but ended up becoming a local landmark.
Brookeville, Maryland, America’s Capital For A Day (Cool Weird Awesome 367)
What's In A Name Week continues with the story of Brookeville, Maryland, and how on this day in 1814, this small town gained a prominent visitor - President James Madison - and a new nickname: U.S. Capital For A Day. Plus: the story of Glen Campbell, Pennsylvania, a town that, in case you were wondering, was not named for singing star Glen Campbell.
The Oomphalapompatronium Is An Instrument That Lives Up To Its Unusual Name (Cool Weird Awesome 366)
What's In A Name Week continues with a look at the Oomphalapompatronium, a creation of Boston-area musician, composer and inventor Len Solomon. And it definitely fits the name.
Every Town Has A Name, Even Nameless, Texas (Cool Weird Awesome 365)
A town in the Texas Hill Country wanted a post office but couldn't get the feds to agree to any of their suggested names, until they said, let it be nameless!