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Results: Weird Town, U.S.A.

Published on 07/10/2020
By: Harriet56
2411
Trivia
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If you've ever wanted to travel America in search of the strangest towns, consider this a travel guide to the weirdest small towns in America. Right now, many of us are not travelling, but when we start up again, these towns will probably only be on your "must see" list, if you like weird. First up, Whittier, Alaska, a town 58 miles southeast of Anchorage where everyone lives together, in one building. The 14-story Begich Towers is home to the 214 people of Whittier, AK. It was originally an army barracks, but the tower grew to include a police station, a post office, store, church, video rental shop, playground, bed and breakfast, and health center. Would you like to visit this town?
If you've ever wanted to travel America in search of the strangest towns, consider this a travel guide to the weirdest small towns in America. Right now, many of us are not travelling, but when we start up again, these towns will probably only be on your
Yes
33%
798 votes
No
63%
1526 votes
I have been there
2%
57 votes
I live/lived there (in that one building)
1%
30 votes
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Slab City, California is an isolated desert community, created by transient, freedom-seeking people, all living off the grid in trailers, tents, lean-tos, and broken-down school buses in a remote patch of the Sonoran Desert, on the eastern shore of the Salton Sea. There are 150 people who permanently live there, but squatters and RV owners sometimes visit to pass the time. Decommissioned and uncontrolled, Slab City is known as a "lawless" town, but they actually do have their own set of rules and regulations. Would you like to visit this place?
Slab City, California is an isolated desert community, created by transient, freedom-seeking people, all living off the grid in trailers, tents, lean-tos, and broken-down school buses in a remote patch of the Sonoran Desert, on the eastern shore of the Salton Sea. There are 150 people who permanently live there, but squatters and RV owners sometimes visit to pass the time. Decommissioned and uncontrolled, Slab City is known as a
Yes
26%
630 votes
No
71%
1709 votes
I have been there
2%
48 votes
I live/lived there
1%
24 votes
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3.
Hell, Michigan is a small town located in the southeastern part of the state close to Ann Arbor. Originally a milling town––and later a town full of bootleggers––the town Hell has really embraced its name. As the story goes, Hell got its name after one of the city's founders was asked what he wanted to name it in the 1840s; he responded "You can name it Hell for all I care," and it stuck. The town has profited off the name, though. They've embraced hell and Satan––you can even get married in a devil church. You can buy a plot in Hell (as the website says, "buy a piece of Hell,") get a Gravedigger Sundae at The Creamatory at Screams, and even have a burger at the Hell Hole Diner who's pastries are "to die for." Hell also has a fake university called Damnation University––Dam U for short. Would you like to spend a few days and nights in Hell?
Hell, Michigan is a small town located in the southeastern part of the state close to Ann Arbor. Originally a milling town––and later a town full of bootleggers––the town Hell has really embraced its name. As the story goes, Hell got its name after one of the city's founders was asked what he wanted to name it in the 1840s; he responded
Why not!
31%
745 votes
No way!
65%
1561 votes
I have...
3%
74 votes
I actually live/lived here
1%
31 votes
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Of the 14,234 residents of Gibsonton, Florida, a sizable portion of them were carnival workers and sideshow human attractions looking to spend the off-season in a warm, welcoming climate. Residents affectionately call their home "Gibtown." There was even once a local police chief who was a dwarf and a fire chief who was an eight-foot-tall giant. The town even had zoning laws that allowed them to have animals, like elephants, tigers and monkeys at their homes. The fourth season of American Horror Story, called Freak Show, took much of its inspiration directly from Gibsonton. Now, as circuses have largely shut down, the town still is home to many of the former circus folk. Would you enjoy seeing this town?
Of the 14,234 residents of Gibsonton, Florida, a sizable portion of them were carnival workers and sideshow human attractions looking to spend the off-season in a warm, welcoming climate. Residents affectionately call their home
Yes
40%
968 votes
No
56%
1358 votes
I have seen it
3%
61 votes
I live/lived there
1%
24 votes
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5.
Casey, Illinois, has been around since 1834 and is about 2.16 square miles in size. What is special about this town, however, is that it is known for housing "Big things," or objects that far out-proportion their intended size. There is a pencil that stands at 32 feet, 6 inches, for example, and a rocking chair approximately 56 feet tall. Casey has plenty of big things to visit, but most impressively, there are at least 8 items that have been officially certified by Guinness as the world's largest of their kind. Would you like to visit this "Big" small town?
Casey, Illinois, has been around since 1834 and is about 2.16 square miles in size. What is special about this town, however, is that it is known for housing
Yes
41%
993 votes
No
56%
1342 votes
I have been there
2%
49 votes
I live/lived there
1%
27 votes
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Monowi, Nebraska is a town that I'm 100% sure no one here has ever lived in. There is literally one person who lives in Monowi, NE. Her name is Elsie Eiler, and she's 84 years old right now. She used to live in Monowi with her husband, Rudy, but he passed away in 2004. Elsie is the mayor, the town bartender, and the sole librarian. She pays taxes to herself. Because of the novelty of the town, she's had visitors from 47 states and 40 other countries. Would you want to visit this town?
Monowi, Nebraska is a town that I'm 100% sure no one here has ever lived in. There is literally one person who lives in Monowi, NE. Her name is Elsie Eiler, and she's 84 years old right now. She used to live in Monowi with her husband, Rudy, but he passed away in 2004. Elsie is the mayor, the town bartender, and the sole librarian. She pays taxes to herself. Because of the novelty of the town, she's had visitors from 47 states and 40 other countries. Would you want to visit this town?
Yes
39%
951 votes
No
59%
1412 votes
I have been there
2%
48 votes
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