Title: Cool Place Names
Post by: Max Rockatansky on March 22, 2021, 09:53:02 PM
Post by: Max Rockatansky on March 22, 2021, 09:53:02 PM
Hell's Backbone Road and Box Death Hollow Wilderness came up tonight in a road chat I participate in. Both are located on the Grand Staircase of the Colorado Plateau and have really "cool" names (at least I think so). What other places out there have what would be considered cool or unique names that are worth mentioning?
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: SkyPesos on March 22, 2021, 09:56:38 PM
Post by: SkyPesos on March 22, 2021, 09:56:38 PM
Fucking, Austria (before it got renamed)
Hell, Michigan
Hell, Michigan
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: Roadgeekteen on March 22, 2021, 10:11:22 PM
Post by: Roadgeekteen on March 22, 2021, 10:11:22 PM
Intercourse, Pennslyvania
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: kevinb1994 on March 22, 2021, 10:18:33 PM
Post by: kevinb1994 on March 22, 2021, 10:18:33 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on March 22, 2021, 10:11:22 PMAs the old joke goes, to get to Paradise, you have to go through Intercourse. ;)
Intercourse, Pennslyvania
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: kevinb1994 on March 22, 2021, 10:20:00 PM
Post by: kevinb1994 on March 22, 2021, 10:20:00 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on March 22, 2021, 09:53:02 PMSpeaking of which, there's a Shades of Death Road in North Jersey, while South Jersey has a place called Good Intent and a road with the same name leading to it.
Hell's Backbone Road and Box Death Hollow Wilderness came up tonight in a road chat I participate in. Both are located on the Grand Staircase of the Colorado Plateau and have really "cool" names (at least I think so). What other places out there have what would be considered cool or unique names that are worth mentioning?
How about Boring, Oregon? There's one in Maryland, too, and Maryland has a Moot Point Road as well.
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: Steve.S on March 22, 2021, 10:26:02 PM
Post by: Steve.S on March 22, 2021, 10:26:02 PM
Bat Cave, NC.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210323/264eaddb35cb5f51e5ba75688bf187b8.jpg)
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210323/264eaddb35cb5f51e5ba75688bf187b8.jpg)
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: kevinb1994 on March 22, 2021, 10:27:00 PM
Post by: kevinb1994 on March 22, 2021, 10:27:00 PM
Quote from: Steve.S on March 22, 2021, 10:26:02 PMNote to self: Fire Alfred!
Bat Cave, NC.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210323/264eaddb35cb5f51e5ba75688bf187b8.jpg)
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: kevinb1994 on March 22, 2021, 10:32:25 PM
Post by: kevinb1994 on March 22, 2021, 10:32:25 PM
I'll also contribute Buttzville, NJ, which a radio station made a big stink (pun intended) about once.
Also, there's Butts Station in Virginia, and Butts County in Georgia. Georgia also has, just for kicks, Cumming (which also exists in Iowa).
Also, there's Butts Station in Virginia, and Butts County in Georgia. Georgia also has, just for kicks, Cumming (which also exists in Iowa).
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: SkyPesos on March 22, 2021, 10:36:13 PM
Post by: SkyPesos on March 22, 2021, 10:36:13 PM
Just read an article online about someone biking from Poo Poo Point, WA to Pee Pee, OH.
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: kevinb1994 on March 22, 2021, 10:39:05 PM
Post by: kevinb1994 on March 22, 2021, 10:39:05 PM
Quote from: SkyPesos on March 22, 2021, 10:36:13 PMOh, I just read about the Ohio place name. I was like "˜dafuq'.
Just read an article online about someone biking from Poo Poo Point, WA to Pee Pee, OH.
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: Big John on March 22, 2021, 11:16:21 PM
Post by: Big John on March 22, 2021, 11:16:21 PM
Embarrass WI
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: kevinb1994 on March 22, 2021, 11:19:38 PM
Post by: kevinb1994 on March 22, 2021, 11:19:38 PM
Quote from: Big John on March 22, 2021, 11:16:21 PMIllinois too. Apparently, Minnesota as well. May have had something to do with the early territorial history of the region. I'll note that Illinois was a Country, then a County, and finally, a Territory, before it became a state.
Embarrass WI
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: dlsterner on March 22, 2021, 11:21:18 PM
Post by: dlsterner on March 22, 2021, 11:21:18 PM
As a young tyke on family vacations, I would sometimes be amused when we crossed the Pee Dee River in the Carolinas.
Later on, I remember needling somebody (in a friendly way) when I found out that they were from Bumpass, Virginia.
Later on, I remember needling somebody (in a friendly way) when I found out that they were from Bumpass, Virginia.
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: kevinb1994 on March 22, 2021, 11:22:42 PM
Post by: kevinb1994 on March 22, 2021, 11:22:42 PM
Quote from: dlsterner on March 22, 2021, 11:21:18 PMHa, I read about the place name in Virginia earlier. I'm familiar with the Pee Dee, there's a Great Pee Dee and a Little Pee Dee. It was once called the St. John("˜s). Not to be confused with other rivers of the same name, of course, and I live near the one in Florida!
As a young tyke on family vacations, I would sometimes be amused when we crossed the Pee Dee River in the Carolinas.
Later on, I remember needling somebody (in a friendly way) when I found out that they were from Bumpass, Virginia.
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: Scott5114 on March 22, 2021, 11:31:33 PM
Post by: Scott5114 on March 22, 2021, 11:31:33 PM
I always thought Hext, Oklahoma, on old US 66, sounded pretty badass.
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: tolbs17 on March 22, 2021, 11:43:25 PM
Post by: tolbs17 on March 22, 2021, 11:43:25 PM
Okay, OK
Kill Devil Hills, NC!!
Kill Devil Hills, NC!!
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: kevinb1994 on March 22, 2021, 11:49:28 PM
Post by: kevinb1994 on March 22, 2021, 11:49:28 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on March 22, 2021, 11:43:25 PMOoh, I forgot about the OBX-how about Nags Head? Kitty Hawk?
Okay, OK
Kill Devil Hills, NC!!
Also, New Jersey has a Kittatinny Mountain. It seems to have given its name to Picatinny Arsenal.
I almost forgot about Horseheads, in Upstate New York.
Scranton has a Nay Aug Gorge.
Horseshoe Curve near Altoona.
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: SkyPesos on March 22, 2021, 11:50:20 PM
Post by: SkyPesos on March 22, 2021, 11:50:20 PM
George, Washington (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George,_Washington)
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: kevinb1994 on March 22, 2021, 11:59:21 PM
Post by: kevinb1994 on March 22, 2021, 11:59:21 PM
Peach Bottom near the Mason-Dixon Line.
Ship Bottom in LBI.
Blue Anchor in South Jersey.
Ship Bottom in LBI.
Blue Anchor in South Jersey.
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: dlsterner on March 23, 2021, 01:14:43 AM
Post by: dlsterner on March 23, 2021, 01:14:43 AM
Let's not forget Lake Titicaca (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Titicaca) in South America, and Shitterton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shitterton), a hamlet in England.
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: TheHighwayMan3561 on March 23, 2021, 01:17:54 AM
Post by: TheHighwayMan3561 on March 23, 2021, 01:17:54 AM
Quote from: Big John on March 22, 2021, 11:16:21 PM
Embarrass WI
There's also an Embarrass, MN, which routinely lands at the "coldest town in the state" lists every winter morning along with nearby Tower.
The Passagassawakeag River in Maine made me snicker.
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: webny99 on March 23, 2021, 11:46:14 AM
Post by: webny99 on March 23, 2021, 11:46:14 AM
Quote from: kevinb1994 on March 22, 2021, 11:19:38 PMQuote from: Big John on March 22, 2021, 11:16:21 PMIllinois too. Apparently, Minnesota as well.
Embarrass WI
Read that wrong at first - thought you were joking that those states should be embarrassed as well!
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: kurumi on March 23, 2021, 12:20:18 PM
Post by: kurumi on March 23, 2021, 12:20:18 PM
Dead Horse Point State Park, Utah (well worth the side trip, the views rival what you find at a national park.)
Seremban 2, Malaysia. A newer development near the city of Seremban, on the site of an old palm plantation. I don't recall seeing this sort of "sequel" naming anywhere else. (There is also a Seremban 3.)
Seremban 2, Malaysia. A newer development near the city of Seremban, on the site of an old palm plantation. I don't recall seeing this sort of "sequel" naming anywhere else. (There is also a Seremban 3.)
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: NWI_Irish96 on March 23, 2021, 12:22:39 PM
Post by: NWI_Irish96 on March 23, 2021, 12:22:39 PM
Cool, California
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: Max Rockatansky on March 23, 2021, 12:23:04 PM
Post by: Max Rockatansky on March 23, 2021, 12:23:04 PM
The ghost towns of; Big Bug, Total Wreck and Vulture City in Arizona.
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: tolbs17 on March 23, 2021, 12:24:59 PM
Post by: tolbs17 on March 23, 2021, 12:24:59 PM
Tick Bite, NC (South of Grifton)
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: jmacswimmer on March 23, 2021, 12:29:31 PM
Post by: jmacswimmer on March 23, 2021, 12:29:31 PM
Accident, MD. My dad always joked to use extreme caution driving thru this town :-D (and FWIW, the speed limit drops from 55 to 25 on US 219 passing thru town)
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: CoreySamson on March 23, 2021, 12:30:38 PM
Post by: CoreySamson on March 23, 2021, 12:30:38 PM
A couple Texas ones:
Scissors
Notrees (out in the middle of the desert!)
Ransom Canyon
Lone Star
Cut and Shoot
Scissors
Notrees (out in the middle of the desert!)
Ransom Canyon
Lone Star
Cut and Shoot
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: JayhawkCO on March 23, 2021, 01:26:56 PM
Post by: JayhawkCO on March 23, 2021, 01:26:56 PM
Toad Suck, AR
(https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/im_jSQgCh3OY/v0/1000x-1.jpg)
Chris
(https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/im_jSQgCh3OY/v0/1000x-1.jpg)
Chris
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: kenarmy on March 23, 2021, 01:31:07 PM
Post by: kenarmy on March 23, 2021, 01:31:07 PM
Rolling Fork, MS
Slaughter, LA
Slaughter, LA
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: JayhawkCO on March 23, 2021, 01:34:23 PM
Post by: JayhawkCO on March 23, 2021, 01:34:23 PM
I'm a little bit shocked that this thread has gone on this long without someone mentioning Dildo, NL.
Chris
Chris
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: kphoger on March 23, 2021, 02:44:17 PM
Post by: kphoger on March 23, 2021, 02:44:17 PM
Well, considering almost everyone on here is choosing place names that imply they're still stuck in junior high...
French Lick, IN
Hooker, OK
French Lick, IN
Hooker, OK
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: CtrlAltDel on March 23, 2021, 02:50:17 PM
Post by: CtrlAltDel on March 23, 2021, 02:50:17 PM
On US-81 in Nebraska:
(https://i.imgur.com/4K4bVmu.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/4K4bVmu.png)
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: SkyPesos on March 23, 2021, 02:56:15 PM
Post by: SkyPesos on March 23, 2021, 02:56:15 PM
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on March 23, 2021, 02:50:17 PMthis is a shame (https://imgur.com/a/Cfr4BKA)
On US-81 in Nebraska:
(https://i.imgur.com/4K4bVmu.png)
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: Steve.S on March 23, 2021, 03:16:20 PM
Post by: Steve.S on March 23, 2021, 03:16:20 PM
Show Low, AZ:
https://goo.gl/maps/trNo3Gk9J1gyu5BH7 (https://goo.gl/maps/trNo3Gk9J1gyu5BH7)
https://goo.gl/maps/trNo3Gk9J1gyu5BH7 (https://goo.gl/maps/trNo3Gk9J1gyu5BH7)
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: 1995hoo on March 23, 2021, 04:16:55 PM
Post by: 1995hoo on March 23, 2021, 04:16:55 PM
Penistone, England (not pronounced the way it looks, naturally).
Another one that, sadly, is not pronounced the way it looks (it's pronounced like Bumpus, as in the family with the dogs who lived next door to Ralphie in A Christmas Story).
Not far from Bumpass, however, you'll find Cuckoo, Virginia (https://goo.gl/maps/sGSk6z8wP5aabJ39A).
Quote from: dlsterner on March 22, 2021, 11:21:18 PM
.... Bumpass, Virginia.
Another one that, sadly, is not pronounced the way it looks (it's pronounced like Bumpus, as in the family with the dogs who lived next door to Ralphie in A Christmas Story).
Not far from Bumpass, however, you'll find Cuckoo, Virginia (https://goo.gl/maps/sGSk6z8wP5aabJ39A).
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: Jim on March 23, 2021, 04:21:39 PM
Post by: Jim on March 23, 2021, 04:21:39 PM
I've always wanted to drive through Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!, Quebec.
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: kphoger on March 23, 2021, 04:22:34 PM
Post by: kphoger on March 23, 2021, 04:22:34 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on March 23, 2021, 04:16:55 PM
Cuckoo, Virginia (https://goo.gl/maps/sGSk6z8wP5aabJ39A).
What's cool about the name? It's just a bird, or a synonym for a crazy person. Am I missing something?
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: 1995hoo on March 23, 2021, 04:26:22 PM
Post by: 1995hoo on March 23, 2021, 04:26:22 PM
Quote from: kphoger on March 23, 2021, 04:22:34 PMQuote from: 1995hoo on March 23, 2021, 04:16:55 PM
Cuckoo, Virginia (https://goo.gl/maps/sGSk6z8wP5aabJ39A).
What's cool about the name? It's just a bird, or a synonym for a crazy person. Am I missing something?
I always found it mildly amusing for the cited reason.
Then, of course, there's Lititz, Pennsylvania:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE-SpAKDF4o
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: oscar on March 23, 2021, 04:40:22 PM
Post by: oscar on March 23, 2021, 04:40:22 PM
Quote from: Jim on March 23, 2021, 04:21:39 PM
I've always wanted to drive through Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!, Quebec.
I drove through and stopped there, hoping (to no avail) to find some amusing postcards to send to my nieces. But really nothing noteworthy there other than the funny name.
Flin Flon, Manitoba was also a letdown.
The former Asbestos, Quebec (now Val-des-Sources) made more of an effort to make the most of its notorious former name.
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: Big John on March 23, 2021, 04:49:58 PM
Post by: Big John on March 23, 2021, 04:49:58 PM
Quote from: kphoger on March 23, 2021, 02:44:17 PMBeaver, PA
Well, considering almost everyone on here is choosing place names that imply they're still stuck in junior high...
French Lick, IN
Hooker, OK
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: jmacswimmer on March 23, 2021, 04:52:18 PM
Post by: jmacswimmer on March 23, 2021, 04:52:18 PM
Quote from: Big John on March 23, 2021, 04:49:58 PMBig Beaver, PAQuote from: kphoger on March 23, 2021, 02:44:17 PMBeaver, PA
Well, considering almost everyone on here is choosing place names that imply they're still stuck in junior high...
French Lick, IN
Hooker, OK
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: kphoger on March 23, 2021, 04:54:42 PM
Post by: kphoger on March 23, 2021, 04:54:42 PM
Quote from: Big John on March 23, 2021, 04:49:58 PM
Beaver, PA
Not very funny.
Quote from: jmacswimmer on March 23, 2021, 04:52:18 PM
Big Beaver, PA
Freaking hilarious.
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on March 23, 2021, 05:29:18 PM
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on March 23, 2021, 05:29:18 PM
Weed CA
Joder NE (Spanish for "f*ck")
Guarroman, Spain (Guarro means "dirty")
Neuquen, Argentina (sounds like neuken which is Dutch for "f*ck")
Bezons, France (sounds like baisons which means "we f*ck")
Fuqing, China (it doesn't sound like you think, though)
Puta, Azerbaijan (Spanish for "slut")
Zorra ON, Canada (Spanish for "bitch")
Shit, Iran
Poo, Spain
Now for some non-teeny ones:
Obama, Japan
Taft, Iran (of all places!)
Codroipo, Italy (perfect anagram of the signature Italian blasphemy, porco Dio "damn God", literally "God is a pig")
Arnac-la-Poste, France (Arnac sounds like arnaque, "scam", so it sounds like "to scam the post")
Joder NE (Spanish for "f*ck")
Guarroman, Spain (Guarro means "dirty")
Neuquen, Argentina (sounds like neuken which is Dutch for "f*ck")
Bezons, France (sounds like baisons which means "we f*ck")
Fuqing, China (it doesn't sound like you think, though)
Puta, Azerbaijan (Spanish for "slut")
Zorra ON, Canada (Spanish for "bitch")
Shit, Iran
Poo, Spain
Now for some non-teeny ones:
Obama, Japan
Taft, Iran (of all places!)
Codroipo, Italy (perfect anagram of the signature Italian blasphemy, porco Dio "damn God", literally "God is a pig")
Arnac-la-Poste, France (Arnac sounds like arnaque, "scam", so it sounds like "to scam the post")
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: kphoger on March 23, 2021, 05:37:59 PM
Post by: kphoger on March 23, 2021, 05:37:59 PM
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on March 23, 2021, 05:29:18 PM
Zorra ON, Canada (Spanish for "bitch")
or Mrs Zorro
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: Dirt Roads on March 23, 2021, 06:23:17 PM
Post by: Dirt Roads on March 23, 2021, 06:23:17 PM
Quote from: cabiness42 on March 23, 2021, 12:22:39 PM
Cool, California
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on March 23, 2021, 02:50:17 PM
On US-81 in Nebraska: [McCoolsville] https://i.imgur.com/4K4bVmu.png (https://i.imgur.com/4K4bVmu.png)
I had a bunch of cousins that lived in Coolville, Ohio. Some folks still think that Coolsville of Scooby Doo fame was named after this town. Always thought it was "cool" that my aunt and uncle had kids that ranged from twins that were a year younger than my mom to a daughter who was just a few days older than I am. (Ruht roy!)
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: Scott5114 on March 23, 2021, 06:27:54 PM
Post by: Scott5114 on March 23, 2021, 06:27:54 PM
Quote from: kphoger on March 23, 2021, 02:44:17 PM
Well, considering almost everyone on here is choosing place names that imply they're still stuck in junior high...
This is a thread for cool place names, not funny place names, anyway. None of the ones in the OP are remotely funny, they're just awesome.
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: Steve.S on March 23, 2021, 06:35:06 PM
Post by: Steve.S on March 23, 2021, 06:35:06 PM
Truth or Consequences, NM:
https://goo.gl/maps/inhZPwYgKkMz2imT7 (https://goo.gl/maps/inhZPwYgKkMz2imT7)
https://goo.gl/maps/inhZPwYgKkMz2imT7 (https://goo.gl/maps/inhZPwYgKkMz2imT7)
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: SkyPesos on March 23, 2021, 06:38:10 PM
Post by: SkyPesos on March 23, 2021, 06:38:10 PM
I think this one is well-known already: Santa Claus, IN (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Santa+Claus,+IN/@38.1205348,-86.9590334,13.52z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x886e5823aa0500a5:0xaadc2636a6588dbe!8m2!3d38.1200529!4d-86.9141614)
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: hotdogPi on March 23, 2021, 08:30:38 PM
Post by: hotdogPi on March 23, 2021, 08:30:38 PM
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on March 23, 2021, 05:29:18 PM
Joder NE (Spanish for "f*ck")
I'm not entirely sure this one actually exists. It could easily be a USGS employee from decades ago having fun.
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: kphoger on March 23, 2021, 09:30:41 PM
Post by: kphoger on March 23, 2021, 09:30:41 PM
Quote from: 1 on March 23, 2021, 08:30:38 PMQuote from: CNGL-Leudimin on March 23, 2021, 05:29:18 PM
Joder NE (Spanish for "f*ck")
I'm not entirely sure this one actually exists. It could easily be a USGS employee from decades ago having fun.
It's real, but just barely.
Quote from: Our Heritage Guest Ranch – History
A depot, section house and water tank were built on the new railroad about a mile north of [the] Rosenbergs, and a store and residence followed to make the Adelia village. It was about midway between Crawford and Ardmore. The town was named for the experience the Rosenburg brothers had with the Native Americans in 1874. Adelia is roughly translated to "brotherhood." ... About 1907, the railroad moved the depot and section house about 3 miles farther north, and other buildings were moved or torn down. This area was on a higher grade, helping the trains to move after stopping to fill with water and coal. The water tank and switch were then called Joder Siding and it became a train-loading place for livestock.
Quote from: BNSF Railway – Station Listings by Segment
Looks like the disused siding is still visible here. And I think this is a picture of the siding from 2010.
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: Jordanes on March 23, 2021, 10:25:33 PM
Post by: Jordanes on March 23, 2021, 10:25:33 PM
Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! in Québec.
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: Jordanes on March 23, 2021, 10:32:02 PM
Post by: Jordanes on March 23, 2021, 10:32:02 PM
Quote from: Jim on March 23, 2021, 04:21:39 PM
I've always wanted to drive through Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!, Quebec.
Oh, you posted this before I did...whoops. But I actually have driven through it. :wave:
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: Jordanes on March 23, 2021, 10:35:54 PM
Post by: Jordanes on March 23, 2021, 10:35:54 PM
Quote from: Dirt Roads on March 23, 2021, 06:23:17 PMQuote from: cabiness42 on March 23, 2021, 12:22:39 PM
Cool, CaliforniaQuote from: CtrlAltDel on March 23, 2021, 02:50:17 PM
On US-81 in Nebraska: [McCoolsville] https://i.imgur.com/4K4bVmu.png (https://i.imgur.com/4K4bVmu.png)
I had a bunch of cousins that lived in Coolville, Ohio. Some folks still think that Coolsville of Scooby Doo fame was named after this town. Always thought it was "cool" that my aunt and uncle had kids that ranged from twins that were a year younger than my mom to a daughter who was just a few days older than I am. (Ruht roy!)
...but do you know where Scooby Doo's name came from? It's something you'd never think of. :bigass:
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: oscar on March 23, 2021, 10:45:58 PM
Post by: oscar on March 23, 2021, 10:45:58 PM
Quote from: Jordanes on March 23, 2021, 10:32:02 PMQuote from: Jim on March 23, 2021, 04:21:39 PM
I've always wanted to drive through Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!, Quebec.
Oh, you posted this before I did...whoops. But I actually have driven through it. :wave:
See also replies 36 and 39 above (on page 2 of this thread).
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: Jordanes on March 23, 2021, 10:46:13 PM
Post by: Jordanes on March 23, 2021, 10:46:13 PM
I'm surprised no one has yet mentioned Kalamazoo. A friend didn't believe it was a real place...and when I was there a few years ago, I bought and sent her this post card:
https://imgur.com/pSpv2Jo
https://imgur.com/pSpv2Jo
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: GenExpwy on March 24, 2021, 03:53:19 AM
Post by: GenExpwy on March 24, 2021, 03:53:19 AM
Algeria has a pair of Tits.
https://www.google.com/maps/@26.9395028,1.4824672,6415m/data=!3m1!1e3
https://www.google.com/maps/@22.952987,5.2391533,3313m/data=!3m1!1e3
https://www.google.com/maps/@26.9395028,1.4824672,6415m/data=!3m1!1e3
https://www.google.com/maps/@22.952987,5.2391533,3313m/data=!3m1!1e3
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: Dirt Roads on March 24, 2021, 07:39:52 AM
Post by: Dirt Roads on March 24, 2021, 07:39:52 AM
Mentioned in several other similar threads, but Lizard Lick is still here in North Carolina.
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: kphoger on March 24, 2021, 10:12:44 AM
Post by: kphoger on March 24, 2021, 10:12:44 AM
Quote from: Jordanes on March 23, 2021, 10:46:13 PM
I'm surprised no one has yet mentioned Kalamazoo. A friend didn't believe it was a real place...and when I was there a few years ago, I bought and sent her this post card:
https://imgur.com/pSpv2Jo
Along those lines, a lot of people don't realize this is a real place (https://goo.gl/maps/T2QzfW3khKzn7bMPA). And I think it has a cool name.
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: webny99 on March 24, 2021, 01:25:30 PM
Post by: webny99 on March 24, 2021, 01:25:30 PM
Quote from: kphoger on March 24, 2021, 10:12:44 AM
Along those lines, a lot of people don't realize this is a real place (https://goo.gl/maps/T2QzfW3khKzn7bMPA). And I think it has a cool name.
Indeed (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timbuktu#In_popular_culture).
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: kphoger on March 24, 2021, 01:32:34 PM
Post by: kphoger on March 24, 2021, 01:32:34 PM
Quote from: webny99 on March 24, 2021, 01:25:30 PMQuote from: kphoger on March 24, 2021, 10:12:44 AM
Along those lines, a lot of people don't realize this is a real place (https://goo.gl/maps/T2QzfW3khKzn7bMPA). And I think it has a cool name.
Indeed (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timbuktu#In_popular_culture).
Yeah, except that I wouldn't have expected 150 fifteen-year-olds to be an accurate representation of the geographical knowledge of all Britain. Still, though, the point remains.
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: TravelingBethelite on March 24, 2021, 03:27:55 PM
Post by: TravelingBethelite on March 24, 2021, 03:27:55 PM
Hard to beat this place. [/u] (https://goo.gl/maps/1xhjaVPUJJKnpFCb9%5Bu)
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: kphoger on March 24, 2021, 03:30:55 PM
Post by: kphoger on March 24, 2021, 03:30:55 PM
Quote from: TravelingBethelite on March 24, 2021, 03:27:55 PM
Hard to beat this place. (https://goo.gl/maps/1xhjaVPUJJKnpFCb9%5Bu)
Your link doesn't work. You meant this: https://goo.gl/maps/jBzTRHpQ5Cgr9UqP7
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: hotdogPi on March 24, 2021, 03:38:53 PM
Post by: hotdogPi on March 24, 2021, 03:38:53 PM
From the Who's On First department:
"I'm going to central Massachusetts."
"Where?"
"Ware."
"Yes, I'm asking you where."
"Ware is the name of the town, near the Quabbin Reservoir."
"The town name should be there as soon as you enter it."
"I'll send you a photo, and you'll understand."
(There's also one in the UK.)
"I'm going to central Massachusetts."
"Where?"
"Ware."
"Yes, I'm asking you where."
"Ware is the name of the town, near the Quabbin Reservoir."
"The town name should be there as soon as you enter it."
"I'll send you a photo, and you'll understand."
(There's also one in the UK.)
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: andrepoiy on March 24, 2021, 07:05:52 PM
Post by: andrepoiy on March 24, 2021, 07:05:52 PM
Quote from: Jim on March 23, 2021, 04:21:39 PM
I've always wanted to drive through Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!, Quebec.
I have been and it's a rather unremarkable town. Except for the name of course.
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: kphoger on March 25, 2021, 09:19:51 AM
Post by: kphoger on March 25, 2021, 09:19:51 AM
No members of the Lollipop Guild or Oompa Loompas running around? Who would have guessed!
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on March 25, 2021, 09:22:12 AM
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on March 25, 2021, 09:22:12 AM
Now for place names I actually find cool:
Baraboo, WI
Nafarroa, the Basque name of Navarre, Spain. I personally prefer it over the Spanish name Navarra.
Lol, a hamlet in Department no. 24 (Dordogne), New Aquitaine, France. Yes, it's real (https://www.google.es/maps/@44.9521057,0.7597669,3a,22y,79.05h,77.52t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sEMlKUqF1kxSEn-PYhloEgg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)!
Baraboo, WI
Nafarroa, the Basque name of Navarre, Spain. I personally prefer it over the Spanish name Navarra.
Lol, a hamlet in Department no. 24 (Dordogne), New Aquitaine, France. Yes, it's real (https://www.google.es/maps/@44.9521057,0.7597669,3a,22y,79.05h,77.52t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sEMlKUqF1kxSEn-PYhloEgg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)!
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: Max Rockatansky on March 25, 2021, 09:28:52 AM
Post by: Max Rockatansky on March 25, 2021, 09:28:52 AM
Quote from: kphoger on March 25, 2021, 09:19:51 AM
No members of the Lollipop Guild or Oompa Loompas running around? Who would have guessed!
My wife thought it was "Lollipop Kids" here entire life until I pointed out what the lyrics really were. Conversely I always wondered what lollipops had to do with facilitating commerce in Munchkin Land.
There was a movie theory that I came up with high school that was Oompha Loompas were the same as the Lurkers from the Phantasm movies. More so the theory was that the Tall Man was also Charlie years after he had been driven mad by his chocolate empire at the Wonka Factory.
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: kphoger on March 25, 2021, 10:21:50 AM
Post by: kphoger on March 25, 2021, 10:21:50 AM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on March 25, 2021, 09:28:52 AM
My wife thought it was "Lollipop Kids"
Everyone did.
Everyone still does.
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: Max Rockatansky on March 25, 2021, 10:33:48 AM
Post by: Max Rockatansky on March 25, 2021, 10:33:48 AM
Quote from: kphoger on March 25, 2021, 10:21:50 AMQuote from: Max Rockatansky on March 25, 2021, 09:28:52 AM
My wife thought it was "Lollipop Kids"
Everyone did.
Everyone still does.
People believe a lot of weird things about The Wizard of Oz still I suppose. Despite being debunked by HD quality video almost everyone I know still thinks there is a hanging Munchkin.
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: tolbs17 on December 17, 2021, 01:12:09 AM
Post by: tolbs17 on December 17, 2021, 01:12:09 AM
Efland, North Carolina.
It sounds like Fuckland!
[Removed unnecessary size increase. -S.]
It sounds like Fuckland!
[Removed unnecessary size increase. -S.]
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: Scott5114 on December 17, 2021, 01:29:04 AM
Post by: Scott5114 on December 17, 2021, 01:29:04 AM
Quote from: tolbs17 on December 17, 2021, 01:12:09 AM
Efland, North Carolina.
It sounds like Fuckland!
You must really like Effingham, Illinois.
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: tolbs17 on December 17, 2021, 01:48:05 AM
Post by: tolbs17 on December 17, 2021, 01:48:05 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on December 17, 2021, 01:29:04 AMYeah... as well as Fucking, Austria (which got renamed to Fugging).Quote from: tolbs17 on December 17, 2021, 01:12:09 AM
Efland, North Carolina.
It sounds like Fuckland!
You must really like Effingham, Illinois.
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on December 17, 2021, 08:11:53 AM
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on December 17, 2021, 08:11:53 AM
Recently I was shocked to find a town in Northeastern France named Rombas. To me it sounds like robotic vaccuum cleaners :sombrero:.
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: CtrlAltDel on December 22, 2021, 12:32:50 PM
Post by: CtrlAltDel on December 22, 2021, 12:32:50 PM
There's a McCool Junction in Nebraska.
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: kurumi on December 22, 2021, 08:32:28 PM
Post by: kurumi on December 22, 2021, 08:32:28 PM
Near Nagoya, in Gifu, is a cute little place known as Shikke:
(https://i.imgur.com/AQGQATT.jpg)
Here's the breakdown for those 2 kanji: https://jisho.org/search/%E5%B0%BB%E6%AF%9B
Yup, it's "butt hair" (though that term is pronounced a little differently)
(https://i.imgur.com/AQGQATT.jpg)
Here's the breakdown for those 2 kanji: https://jisho.org/search/%E5%B0%BB%E6%AF%9B
Yup, it's "butt hair" (though that term is pronounced a little differently)
Title: Re: Cool Place Names
Post by: zachary_amaryllis on December 23, 2021, 12:44:03 AM
Post by: zachary_amaryllis on December 23, 2021, 12:44:03 AM
joes, and last chance, colo -- been through both.
tho my personal fave is pahrump, nv. its either dad's butt, or the sound it makes.
i think they're both in washington county, iirc. they are both way out in bfe.
tho my personal fave is pahrump, nv. its either dad's butt, or the sound it makes.
i think they're both in washington county, iirc. they are both way out in bfe.