Ever been to a town you're SURE nobody else on DU has EVER been to?

[XemaSab]

Last week I was in Lodoga, California. :D

Where have y'all been? :hi:

[Roon]

1. Little Philadelphia

Ohio

[JitterbugPerfume]

92. I have driven through there

honest!

[Roon]

105. It's a cute little town

I got stuck there for a week-end when I was driving truck.

[Catshrink]

2. Crianlarich, Scotland

[mwooldri]

57. On the way to Fort William or Oban, depending on which way you go.

Never stopped there - yet.

Mark.

[mwooldri]

delete

[Catshrink]

88. Oban

ferry to Mull.

Or the way I ended up going.... Oban --> Corran --> Lochaline --> Fishnish

I remember why I had to stop in Crianlarich -- I wasn't used to driving on the left side and hit a curb. I had a flat and stopped at a pub. The bartender changed my tire and made me a great sandwich. Boot? Bonnet?

[swimboy]

253. Oban

Some of my people are from there. As well as nearby Glenelg.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

243. Been there!

[yewberry]

274. Spent a week in Pitlochry

and went all over Stirling.

I guess it is a small world after all.

[NV Whino]

310. I love Pitlochry

We were suppose to spend a day there and ended up spending three.

[LynzM]

3. Rock Cave, West Virginia

Also, Carbon, Indiana.

:hi:

[davidinalameda]

59. Sistersville, WV

[Lasher]

152. I've been through Sistersville many times.

Nice scenic route from Parkersburg to Wheeling.

[davidinalameda]

279. it's the only route from Parkersburg to Wheeling

I grew up there

[Lasher]

302. Sometimes I would go down the Ohio side

That's a nice drive too. Ever had lunch at the Wheeling fish market?

[davidinalameda]

377. Route 7 is a pretty good drive

never been to the fish market

[doc03]

272. Been there n/t

[MountainLaurel]

93. Invercargill, New Zealand n/t

[distantearlywarning]

182. I've been there. :-)

[Lasher]

156. I've been to Rock Cave.

Didn't get to see much though. I was working and it was the vampire shift.

[LynzM]

197. Cool....

I didn't really see the town... I was about 14 and went on a church mission trip down there, so we basically lived in the church basement while we were there...

[960]

4. Been there.

If there's a shithole town in CA I've at least been there - probably lived there.

[XemaSab]

7. .

:toast:

[azmouse]

5. Blandon, PA

[WinkyDink]

166. Berks County is well-traveled! Love the Leesport Mkt!

[City of Mills]

6. Kokadjo, Maine

Maybe Maine-ah his been there?

[bluedigger]

8. Been there. nt

[canoeist52]

14. been there too... great canoeing and fishing

[lazyriver]

192. Twice a year. Best moose watching ever. About two hours from home.

[JTG of the PRB]

9. Ward, Colorado

I'm sure somebody here has been there, but I wanted to mention it. That place is weird with a capital WEIR.

[greendog]

17. I lived in Ward one winter.

It was a little strange but I had fun.

[JTG of the PRB]

18. Now THAT would an an experience!

I've visted a few times, driven through many times... People think Boulder is weird, but Ward is way beyond weird.

[greendog]

20. That was 20 years ago.

Ward was the place for people who didn't fit in anywhere else.

It's good to hear it hasn't changed. :D

[fizzgig]

98. sounds like it's roadtrip time for me

:D

[underseasurveyor]

149. heh lived in Allenspark, Co

And yea Ward is a W-I-E-R-D place.

Or to be more specific, we lived on hwy 7 about 7 or 8 miles west of Allenspark in the Tahosa Valley. Loved that place.

On the peak to peak hwy there use to be, maybe it's still there, just south of Ward a few miles a great little locals bar... in the middle of freaking nowhere. Had some fun times there.

[county worker]

10. Check out Loraine, CA I used to live down the road from there.

[XemaSab]

22. That is somewhere I have NEVER been

I've been to Keene, though. :hi:

[arcadian]

11. Shep, Texas

BTW, I've driven on that road from Ukiah to I-5 around Clearlake. Thats near Lodoga.

[NightWatcher]

12. Nashville

Nashville, Georgia that is.

How about Enigma, Ga too?

[rockymountaindem]

13. Imatra, Finland

Anybody?

[greendog]

15. Akutan, AK. and Polebridge, MT.

[Kali]

111. My parents have been to Akutan.

But not me.

[greendog]

118. Cool. Did they take the Tustumena or did they fly in?

Guess the only other way would be to hitch a ride on a fishing boat.

[Kali]

136. flew, I'm sure - then boat to Akun

archeologists

[MajorChode]

408. Been to Polebridge, got the hat to prove it

Just last August.

Drank a beer at the bar, ate lunch at the general store, hiked around the lake.

[canoeist52]

16. Ordzhonikidze, Ukraine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordzhonikidze,_Ukraine

[Sky Masterson]

Glen Elder, Kansas

:D

[quakerboy]

291. Right on the way to Topeka

if you are my crazy father and hate "the big roads"

[mcctatas]

19. Slab City WI

they had a bar called 'The Morgue"

[poiuytsister]

30. We drive thru there on our way up north,

or as we Cheeseheads say, "up nort dere, eh?"

[mcctatas]

47. I drive through it on my way 'up nort' too!

too funny :P

[yellowdogintexas]

21. Pigg, Kentucky. Clifty, KY. Allensville, KY. Sharon Grove, KY. Tiny Town, KY, Dot, KY

Daysville, KY , Keysburg, KY

I could go on and on and never leave the county I grew up in. LOL

I sometimes think Kentucky is the champion location of wide spots in the road

[MorningGlow]

24. How about...

Monkey's Eyebrow, KY. Always loved that one.
:rofl:

[yellowdogintexas]

258. haven't actually been there but I know where it is, which is more than most folks

can say.

[davidinalameda]

65. I'm originally from West Virginia

Middlebourne

Shiloh

Friendly

Bens Run

Wick

Josephs Mills

Proctor

Natrium

that's just of the top of my head

[doc03]

275. I think I have been to most of those

not sure about Wick or Josephs Mills

[davidinalameda]

280. those are in the back part of the county

Josephs Mills is off route 18 and 74

[doc03]

307. I live in Ohio about 8 miles from Wheeling WV

my father grew up near Hundred in a place called St.Cloud. My mother was from a place called Long Drain. I had an Uncle that was Postmaster in Knob Fork, he passed away years ago.

[Mike 03]

23. Let's try this one: Mexican Hat, Utah. Anybody?

[bluethruandthru]

48. Yep... Ever been to Tooele, Utah? n/t

[Mike 03]

58. No, never. But I'm so impressed someone knows about Mexican Hat.

This is a very fun thread. I love it.

[CreekDog]

69. Mexican Hat a million times

between Bluff and Monument Valley.

just miles from one of the best overlooks in the Southwest:

Muley Point Overlook

[poiuytsister]

358. This has got to be one of the most beautiful pictures

I have ever seen. Breathtaking.

[Mike 03]

390. Absolutely gorgeous photograph. NT

[CreekDog]

66. Toele? Many times, even stayed overnight at a church thing over there

but the real test is: how do you pronounce it?

TOE EL LA or something like that.

amateur pronunciation is: TULEY? :wtf: :rofl:

[bluethruandthru]

101. It's pronounced:

too - will - a

:)

[Common Sense Party]

125. Yup. I have a meeting there in a couple weeks, too. n/t

[likesmountains 52]

74. Oh, many, many times

[kiva]

78. Yup, was there one year in May--

the cacti were blooming, and it was a great drive.

[blondeatlast]

94. Been there! Driving from MT to AZ when we moved in the early '70s.

Actually had a terrific hamburger there.

[Kali]

113. I think when I was a little kid.

[Common Sense Party]

131. I've been there long ago. I usually turn towards Monticello, though

on my way to Albuquerque.

[underseasurveyor]

150. OMFreakin G

I've been there:wow: Tiny tiny town and the rock formation looked like a the little mexican hat sitting up there. I NEVER EVER thought I'd ever know ANYONE that's ever been there.

[distantearlywarning]

183. Yes.

River rafting a few times - Mexican Hat is a put-in point.

[Midlodemocrat]

25. Yup. My hometown. I'd stake my life on it.

[Inchworm]

28. Careful, killer

DUers are everywhere!

;)

[Midlodemocrat]

31. Not here. It puts the 'wards' in backwards.

[Inchworm]

33. But ya'll probably still have all your teeth!

:)

[Midlodemocrat]

34. Yup. I do.

:thumbsup:

[Inchworm]

35. I met someone here at the co-op extension that I thought..

Now that's one cool dude!

A month or two after I found out he was a DUer ;)

blew my mind.

:hi:

[Common Sense Party]

126. And where would that be?

[poiuytsister]

26. Wawa Ontario

When I was in high school and Poiuyt was in jr high we took a family trip around the great lakes in a motor home. It broke down in Canada and we spent a month there that weekend waiting for parts to be delivered.

It has a giant goose statue. Honk, eh?

[u4ic]

144. I have. Many, many times

:hi:

[DeepBlueC]

247. By reputation it's where hitchhikers get stranded...

Lots of people have stories about getting stuck in Wawa.

[poiuytsister]

359. Really? We were there in 1966.

Is roping in tourists and unsuspecting travelers some sort of cottage industry there?

[DeepBlueC]

366. Dunno

I have never been there but many of the Ontarians of my acquaintance roll their eyes upward with the mention of Wawa and talk hitchhiking horror stories. I knew a lot of hippies and I'm sure they made the *best* of the lost time. Could be they just forgot to leave after a day or two.

[KamaAina]

27. Blue Eye, Ark.

or, if you prefer, Blue Eye, Mo., just across the line.

[backtoblue]

204. Ever been south of hwy 7 from branson

to Booger Hollow, AR? Not much to it, but the scenery is pretty.

[DemBones DemBones]

381. There is a Booger Hollow, GA, too. nt

[FriendlyReminder]

436. Yep, drove through Blue Eye a couple of years ago. Figured the average home price

was around $15k

[AwakeAtLast]

29. Bone Gap, IL

You have to be going there to go through it.

[Inspired]

32. Renwick, Iowa

[Common Sense Party]

133. I've been NEAR Renwick many times, but I don't know if I ever made it

TO Renwick. I've been to Fort Dodge, Humboldt, Webster City, Algona. My grandma used to live down in Boone. And I used to drive US 169 a great deal.

[Inspired]

361. You know the area well! I have an uncle in Humboldt.

[Critters2]

260. I've been there! Used to live in Eagle Grove. nt

[Inspired]

360. No kidding? How about Holmes or Kanawha?

It's such a small world!

[no name no slogan]

36. Shevlin, Minnesota

My dad is from there.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

242. I've been to Shevlin.

[jonnyblitz]

37. Shohola, PA or Medway, ME. nt

[rug]

79. I'm in Shohola at least once a week.

They have a one lane bowling alley in the tavern.

[jonnyblitz]

163. my tattooist friend lived there. He was born in Port Jervis, NY,

worked in a tattoo parlor in Middletown, NY and lived across the border in Shohola,PA.

[abq e streeter]

38. Weed, New Mexico

[TheCentepedeShoes]

51. I went to HS

with someone who was born there

[Kali]

115. Been there.

Ate in the rather biblical cafe.

[abq e streeter]

188. So you've known Weed in the biblical sense

isn't there a Harold and Kumar scene to that effect?

[rucky]

340. Went to Summer camp there.

:)

[bif]

39. Hora Sfakion, Creete

[CatholicEdHead]

40. Deer Creek, Oklahoma

[TheCentepedeShoes]

53. Is that down on 99

in Lincoln Co?

[CatholicEdHead]

89. No, in Grant County, near the KS border near Medford and Blackwell

along OK 11.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

164. I used to live

in Braman. We would go to Blackwell for movies and to eat out

[RoyGBiv]

135. Been there ...

... many times. They were always rivals during high school basketball playoffs.

Every been to Gerty, OK?

[Haole Girl]

41. Semarang, Indonesia

Interesting place, that had an entire floor of a hotel full of dead bees. :scared:

My younger sisters and I still refer to it as "The Killer Bee Hotel."

[Blue-Jay]

42. Goofy Ridge, IL

It's a real place. No shit.

http://maps.google.com/maps?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=goofy+ridge+IL&um=1&ie=UTF-8&split=0&gl=us&ei=WJ7aSZu7DZqeMvL_iNMI&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1

[lizerdbits]

43. Caroga NY

I could be wrong, some people on the lake rent their houses for summer vacations.

[madinmaryland]

44. Dola, OH

[Nikia]

246. That's where Hardin Northern High School is right

I've been there for athletic events.

[Jackeens]

45. Ballybunnion, Co Kerry.

Although.....you never know :-)

[fishwax]

46. Wyarno, Wyoming

[bluedigger]

49. Dallas

Dallas, Maine, that is...

[Bennyboy]

50. Washington CA!

Coolest town ever!

[Adsos Letter]

148. Been there....

drove the Relief Hill road from North Bloomfield to Washington many, many times in my younger years. Used to stop at the little general store in Washington for a candy bar each trip. Right smack in the middle of Gold Country! :hi:

[hobbit709]

52. Murted, Afyon and Pamukkale Turkey

Krk, now Croatia, back when I was there Yugoslavia.
Saalfelden Am Steinernen Meer, Austria.
Alberobello, Italy.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

54. Tidioute, PA

Used to vacation there as a kid.

[KitchenWitch]

55. Cisco Utah

No services.

[CreekDog]

63. been to Cisco

if you miss the exit from I-70 east to the River Road (UT128 to Moab), then you've been to Cisco. :hi:

[Common Sense Party]

128. Yup. I've turned around in Cisco a time or two.

[femmocrat]

56. Wyano, PA n/t

[SoxFan]

60. Gravette, Arkansas

[Flaxbee]

61. Atyrau, Kazakhstan

...pretty sure :hi:

[mwooldri]

62. Unless anyone here's been in the Top Gear audience - then Dunsfold, UK. nt

[spindrifter]

64. Kruje, Albania

[pink-o]

67. Anderson, California.

What a hole. It's a 'burb of Redding.

[XemaSab]

99. One of the best Mexican places in the county USED to be there

Taqueria Uruapan.

They burned down. :(

[pink-o]

313. twenty years ago, I worked at a Mexican restaurant right on the Sacramento River

called "Amigos". Definitely not one of the best, but close to home and good Margaritas!

[eyesroll]

68. Arnhem, Netherlands.

:hi:

[DFW]

425. I live an hour's drive from Arnhem

Been there dozens of times

[CreekDog]

70. Sumpter, Oregon

now what do i win? :D

[Vanje]

281. I lived down the road from Sumpter

My Grandfather mined there.
When he was just off the boat from Sweden.

[CreekDog]

352. wow interesting place

not much out that way.

[Vanje]

372. NE Oregon is beautiful country

Lots of thick piney woods and mountains. Elk herds, Big trouts.

[CreekDog]

374. yes, it sure is...i love it there

:hi:

[jonnyblitz]

71. Hobart, Tasmania, or Muscat, Oman. I would say Gander,

Newfoundland but i believe ghostofgiants aka primate1 has been there.

[Brother Buzz]

72. Witter Springs, CA

The post office closed.

[LuckyTheDog]

73. Paris, lL

Nobody else has ever been there.

[Critters2]

261. Been there. I used to live in Bement, took kids to church camp

in Merom, IN. There were several ways to get there, and one took us through Paris.

[LuckyTheDog]

304. It is one sad place (nt)

[Oldtimeralso]

293. I Had A Girlfriend That Was Born There. n/t

[Footay]

324. I'm in Paris a couple of times a month

I have a client there.

[realisticphish]

75. Glass Rock, OH

Tiny town known mainly for slag heaps (seriously, hence the name), consisting of a tractor store, a closed gas station, and a few ancient houses.

Had a friend who lived there :D

[rug]

76. Meat Cove, Nova Scotia

[hippywife]

77. McBee, SC? n/t

[Bossy Monkey]

103. Many many times. I can even pronounce it. n/t

[hippywife]

208. That tells me you have been there. LOL n/t

[DemBones DemBones]

80. Itta Bena, Mississippi

[Shell Beau]

220. Been many a times. I grew up in the delta. It wasn't too far from my town.

[Mike 03]

81. Sedona, AZ? I'm sure a ton of you have been here, but just curious? NT

[CreekDog]

87. Sedona, of course, but what about Wikieup?

:hi:

[blondeatlast]

96. Best bathroom stop between Phoenix and the Nevada state line!

Seriously; there's a quick mart with the cleanest--and yet most overused--toidies in the country!

I've been there dozens of times.

[Kali]

143. Before it was woo.

[blondeatlast]

227. Yup. me too, even before the tourists found it.

I've loved in AZ a LOOONG time. I even remember farmland between Mesa, tempe, and Phoenix.

[Kali]

394. I remember farmland IN Tempe!

Kept a horse at Smith's farm on the corner of 68th (College) and Mckellips back in the 70's. Do you know Papago Stables is STILL there on the river?

[distantearlywarning]

184. Spent most of my summers as a teenager there.

Oak Creek is fabulous!

[distantearlywarning]

185. Milford Sound, New Zealand. n/t

[hellbound-liberal]

82. Okeechobee, Florida or, for that matter, Yeehaw Junction, Florida!

Anybody?

[CreekDog]

86. Yup, it's where you get on the turnpike from 60

my grandparents lived in Vero Beach. that was a familiar sign on the way to Orlando.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

165. Ever eat at the Desert Inn

in Yeehaw?
And Okeechobee has a place, I can't remember the name right now, starts with a K, I think.

[RebelOne]

170. Been to both places. n/t

[Tommy_Carcetti]

191. Been to both Okeechobee and Yeehaw Junction

Some nice folk up in Okeechobee. And anyone who's exited on State Road 60 to cut to the West Coast has been through Yeehaw.

[hellbound-liberal]

236. Damn! I am shocked that you all have been there. I spent my high school years there in the 70s

Okeechobee was so small we didn't even have a McDonalds. We had to drive 30 miles to Ft. Pierce when we wanted a Big Mac! I actually went back in 2007 to meet up with one of my teachers from 30 years ago. I didn't see anyone else that I knew and I couldn't even find the house I used to live in!

[csziggy]

288. Been through both - Yeehaw Junction was where we'd get on the Turnpike to go to Miami

I grew up in Bartow so we'd just take 60 east and there we were.

Okeechobee - my parents almost bought a chicken farm somewhere near there. We drove down to check it out. None of us were impressed so they didn't get into the chicken business. Thank whatever powers there might be!

[TheCentepedeShoes]

348. Can't count the number of times

I've been thru Yeehaw going from Tampa to Delray to see the FIL.
First time I was there, though, was in the 70's and taking a couple of MG gear boxes down to the driving school at the track in Jupiter where the at-the-time BF was helping someone get some race training, but had encountered a problem. It was about 10 at night and I got mixed up getting on the turnpike and headed north. Found one of those turnarounds only the FHP is "supposed" to use and got myself going in the right direction.

[monmouth]

433. I love Okeechobee, like going back to the 40s/50s..

[EastTennesseeDem]

83. Blue Goose, TN

[Xipe Totec]

84. Moscow, Texas

[fizzgig]

85. yuma, co

i've been there once and hope to never go back :scared:

[Sebastian Doyle]

107. There's a Yuma in Colorado?

Wasn't the one in Arizona enough? :scared:

[fizzgig]

110. i could not get out of there quickly enough

reeked of freepers

[abq e streeter]

267. That wasn't Musgrave's district was it? ( The wild west's version of Michelle Bachmann)

[fizzgig]

270. yes it was

my district, too. i was so happy when that witch lost :D

i had to drive through fort morgan (her home town) to get there and it felt like my skin was trying to crawl back home.

[abq e streeter]

277. Wasn't sure exactly where she's from....been through Ft Morgan on I-76 lotsa times

at least they finally got rid of her, but jeez, how insane do those people there have to be to have ever elected her in the first place? Congrats on getting rid of her but I can understand the skin crawling ....

[blondeatlast]

90. Coolidge/Eloy/Eleven Mile Corner, AZ; Boulder, Montana; Winfield, KS (my birthplace). nt

[av8rdave]

129. Been to Coolidge and Eloy

[Kali]

142. Coolidge/Eloy/

Casa Grande/Toltec/Picacho/Florence...
:hi:

[blondeatlast]

196. I almost just bought a home in Picacho but job opprtunities stopped me.

I used to hike Picacho Peak like once a month; love that area.

[Wetzelbill]

234. Been to Boulder

[JitterbugPerfume]

91. Wartburg Tennessee

[LearnedHand]

116. Been there

Right down the road from where I used to live in Oak Ridge. BTW, if you're in Wartburg, it's pronounced "Watt-burg."

[enigmatic]

95. Alsask, SK

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsask,_Saskatchewan

[blondeatlast]

102. Is there really a pool in the grain elevator?

Knowing what I do about grain elevators (not much, but a little bit more than the average person), I can see how it could be done.

[enigmatic]

117. It's the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saskatchewan_Wheat_Pool

[blondeatlast]

195. Ah, that makes sense. I was born in KS so grain elevators I know about

and I really can see how with a bit of retrofitting a swimming pool could be made into one.

Tha picture is fantastic, btw, just a beauty.

[enigmatic]

255. There's an abandoned Canadian Forces Base down the road there

I found it by accident when I passed thru Alsask; it was unguarded (Alsask is very isolated) and my aife and I went inside and took a bunch of pictures and wandered around for a couple hours. Very eerie, but very cool. too..


http://www.pinetreeline.org/photos/p1-04.html

[Evoman]

289. been there.

Did some insect collections in that area.

[enigmatic]

416. I should have known

That's some desolate country there..:hi:

[nickinSTL]

97. Gauersheim, Rheinland Pfalz, Germany

small town in Germany my ancestors came from. I'd be surprised if anyone on here's been there.

[Kali]

139. believe it or not I think I have

My friend and I drove from Wiesbaden to Turckheim (around Colmar) on "back roads" (the Weinstrasse!) and I had to look on a map but the name sounded so familiar - pretty sure we ate a good schnitzel lunch there.

[yy4me]

172. Saw the castle in the middle of the river, does that count?

[Kali]

209. Burg Pfalzgrafenstein

Kaub

not too near Gaursheim

[nickinSTL]

224. uh...there's no castle anywhere near Gauersheim...

or river, for that matter...not close, anyway

[nickinSTL]

223. hmm...it's not right on the Weinstrasse

and it's off the most direct route between Wiesbaden and Colmar...but it's not too far off, so it's possible.

Gundersheim is on the route...could that have been it?

[Kali]

238. Not sure and we were wandering around - definetly NOT taking direct routes.

I do know it wasn't too far from Wiesbaden before we needed to stop and eat. We never get far.:rofl:

[nickinSTL]

249. heh.

could have been Gauersheim, then. Not a big town, and I never ate there.

[MrScorpio]

395. I've been close, I used to live in Bitburg

[BlueJazz]

100. Parramatta, Australia (I was born there)

[Xipe Totec]

104. Plenty!

Dr. Cos, Necaxa, Cacalilao, Papantla, Tajin, Mier, Soto La Marina, Poza Rica, Panuco...

[Lydia Leftcoast]

106. Dazu, China; Toba, Japan; Middleboro, Manitoba; Washfield, England; Warroad, Minnesota

At various times

[bluedeminredstate]

108. OK

Georgetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

My grandmother's hometown and site of all my childhood summers. Population: 500. Beautiful place. think Anne of Green Gables without the sand dunes...

[wickerwoman]

109. Carhuas, Peru?

Gisborne, New Zealand?

Kunshan, China? (great hairy crabs, bad everything else)

[Kali]

112. You may have driven through:

Dragoon, AZ.

[XemaSab]

119. I don't believe so

I've been to Clifton, though.

Interesting place.

[Kali]

132. Going from Tucson to Cochise Stronghold the shortest way passes through,

also back road way to go to the west side of the Chiricahuas (and the Monument)

Clifton is a pretty cool old town. I've been through a few times. And of course the mine is teh hugh!

[XemaSab]

235. I've been to Paradise and Ruby

:D

[krispos42]

114. I found Nemo

Nemo, South Dakota. :-)

[MadHound]

120. I found Nemo too!

Nemo, Missouri:P

[krispos42]

124. Now we need somebody from Nemo, Texas...

...and the trifects is complete!

[begin_within]

121. Beihai, Guangxi, China

[Duer 157099]

122. Lodoga? I go there for garage sales every weekend!

Why do you think none of us have ever been there?

(ps: just kidding. I had to look it up on a map - but it's not far from other places I've been)

[donheld]

123. Rico, CO

[fizzgig]

140. i'm willing to bet i drove through there once

but i can't say for certain

[abq e streeter]

186. Near Dolores and Cortez, right ? Been there--beautiful country isn't it?

[Common Sense Party]

127. Once lived in Mercedes, Argentina

Provincia de Buenos Aires, but out in the western sticks.

[av8rdave]

130. Long Green, Md

[blueraven95]

387. Is that actually considered a town?

Right near Loch Raven park, right?

[Dem2theMax]

134. Buck Meadows, CA. When I LIVED there, population was 32.

Best two months of my life, spent working as a waitress, between my Jr. and Sr. years of high school.
Eight miles from the gates of Yosemite, huge swimming hole, with waterfall, a few miles from the cafe.
Pure bliss.

Someone on DU might have driven through Buck Meadows. But I doubt anyone else from DU ever lived there. LOL.

[XemaSab]

138. I went through there last year

I lived in Oakhurst for a year and a half.

It made drugs seem like a good idea. :D

[Dem2theMax]

146. LMAO! I cannot believe anyone on here has even heard of the place -

let alone has driven through it. You went right by the place where I worked. You have to. It's on the highway.
I've been through Oakhurst. So I guess we are even. ;)

If you ever go through again, stop by Rainbow Pool, the swimming hole. It's fantastic. Find a local, ask them where it is, you really can't miss it. You can swim in behind the waterfall. Pretty neat.

[Chan790]

137. Oakland Gardens, CT.

One of those strange little old New England villages, emphasis on little. (0.11 sq. mi, 4 streets, no municipal government, governed and municipal services by the city of New Britain, pop. >50. It has a post office though.)

I actually know for a fact that at least 3 other DUers have been there as it is impossible to get to Hartford, CT on I-84 East or Rt. 4 East without driving through Oakland Gardens. Not one of those DUers can find it on a map without cheating though. I'd put $20 on that.

[Kali]

141. Avanos, Turkey and Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico

Hell I bet there aren't any DUers who have been to Mata Ortiz but I bet there are a few who own pottery from there.

[u4ic]

145. Lintlaw, Saskatchewan

population 187

[Adsos Letter]

147. Fort Bidwell, California.

[XemaSab]

158. I've been there

:hi:

[PufPuf23]

335. Done work there

Did a archeological report for a timber harvest plan on a parcel north of Fort Bidwell owned by the Carr family in late 1980s.

[underseasurveyor]

151. Melvin, Iowa

NO one's ever been there.

[Lasher]

153. Itaewon, South Korea

Or how about Bradshaw, WV?

[MrScorpio]

155. I've been to Itaewon more times than I can count

[Lasher]

157. Party time!

US Army, Camp Nabors, 1969 - 1970

[MrScorpio]

154. Spa, Belgium

[WinkyDink]

167. How about Knokke on the coast? Belgium doesn't get its due!

[yy4me]

173. Been here too. Right next to Ostende, No? It was a cold and

rainy day so we did not see much but the road along the beaches was beautiful. I was never sure how to pronounce the name. Yes, Belgium is overlooked. It is a glorious place to visit, no matter what you are interested in.

Been to St Bavo's Cathedral in Ghent? Amazing.

[WinkyDink]

187. Yes, Ghent, Bruges, other places. Had a friend from here who worked in Rixensart, outside

Brussels. For Kraft. Bringing processed cheese product to Europe!

My husband and I were in Ghent once during a festival. Lunch was unlimited moules et frites! (In Liege once we counted over 11 dozen in one meal!).

Also? Best. Beer. Ever.

[yy4me]

169. Been there, How about Durbuy, Belgium? Everything in that small

country is fascinating. is so overlooked and underrated. Maybe it is best that way. I've been there 3 times and covered most of the country. It is a small country with a big heart, beautiful places to visit, great food and best of all, wonderful people.

Maybe we should not spread the word and keep this to ourselves. I hope to go back someday and don't want to find a thing changed.

[Haole Girl]

230. I've been to Spa

Loved it! :hi:

[Drunken Irishman]

159. Yes. Elsinore, Utah.

[fujiyama]

160. I travelled along the Oregon and California coasts

I stayed in a small town called Gualala.

But we have a fairly well traveled group of people. I'm sure someone has to Gualala or Lodogo. I think we need to find a more remote place outside of the US.

[NV Whino]

229. Gualala

Been there. Done that. I love Gualala.

[LaurenG]

161. Rabbit Hash Kentucky

The mayor is a dog. http://www.rabbithashusa.com/index.php

[DemBones DemBones]

162. Hanging Dog, NC

[WinkyDink]

168. Coaldale, PA.

[azmouse]

305. We've certainly covered some of the same ground!

:)

My grandmother and my in-laws were all from the coal regions.


Eastern PA is a beautiful part of the country.
I was born and raised in Berks Co. My family lived in that area since the 1750s.

[RebelOne]

171. Warrior, Alabama. It's up on a flat-top mountain near Birmingham. n/t

[DemBones DemBones]

382. How about Rock Run, Alabama?

[Rhythm]

174. Cottonville, NC

I lived for almost 7 years ('92-99). It's about 5 miles south of Norwood, in Stanly County. The only things there are a general store and a Baptist church.

And yes, as a matter of fact there ARE usually two old guys sitting out front playing checkers... why do you ask?! *L*

:hi:

[ccharles000]

175. Loris, South Carolina

it is my dads hometown. We went there when we went to the beach.

[Systematic Chaos]

176. My mother's home town, Crumpler, WV?

Anyone actually been there? When I went back in the late 70s I think it had like 9 people and a gopher. There were lots of really old houses up on the hillsides which looked abandoned but may not have been.

[nuxvomica]

177. Sortino, Sicily, and Jordans Landing, PA

The latter place isn't even on the map.

[In_The_Wind]

178. Mount Marion, N. Y.

I mail most of my letters from there.

[Bertha Venation]

179. Clinton, Oklahoma and Clinton, Tennessee

The former is the town nearest to where my dad grew up.

The latter is Mrs. V.'s hometown.

[MajorChode]

409. Been to Clinton, OK many times

My wife has relatives near there. We fly into the Clinton airport usually about once per year as it's also a pretty good fuel stop, and I've also flown into the old AFB in Burns Flat.

[Arkansas Granny]

180. How about Hornet, Missouri? That's my hometown.

[jakefrep]

181. Preetz, Germany

Tonder, Denmark
Suederluegum, Germany
Ploen, Germany

[abq e streeter]

189. No one's mentioned Bumble Bee Arizona yet?

[blondeatlast]

201. Been there several times on day trips; I find the old mining towns intriguing. nt

[Kali]

203. Yo!

[Haole Girl]

231. Been there

:hi:

[Vanje]

283. Passed through there

once.During a birding trip.
On the way to somewhere else

[Tommy_Carcetti]

190. Fort McCoy, Florida

Drove through it last week. In the middle of the Ocala National Forest.

[csziggy]

290. I think I bought a horse near there about 30 years ago

The address was listed as Anthony but it was off 315.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

325. That sounds about right.

It's big horse country up there.

[csziggy]

339. Oh yes - lots of horses! I'bve bought, sold and shown horses in Marion County for many years.

[Lars39]

193. Buena Vista, TN

Or as the locals call it: Byuny. :D

[MissMillie]

194. yes, I grew up in one

Templeton, MA

I've also been to Paradise, MT

Bow, NH

[guitar man]

198. If anybody here is from Sparks, Oklahoma

I'd have a hard time believing it. ;)

[backtoblue]

199. I'm pretty sure I live in one....

in NW Arkansas

[Patiod]

200. Medera or Beccaria, PA

Where my dad lived when he was a kid. Coal country

Posed this question to a colleagues who had grown up in upstate PA, and here she used to drive to Medera to get her hair cut.

[blondeatlast]

202. Possibly the most fun Lounge thread ever.

I'll bet no one has ever been there, either (snicker).

[backtoblue]

205. Eureka, CA anyone?

[fizzgig]

216. drove through there once

my dad had to see it because the kid sitting next to him on the plane told him about it.

[swishyfeet]

318. Been there

Grandparents lived there

[PufPuf23]

322. Eureka is a relatively big town on the Pacific Coast Highway

US 101. The freeway was never built so 4th and 5th streets are one-way US 101 through town.

Eureka is county seat of Humboldt county.

I was born in a hospital in Eureka many years ago which was demolished soon after and replaced(old vs "new" Saint Josephs.

Bonus Point: What was the original name of Stantons?

[XemaSab]

326. Bridgeville

:D

[PufPuf23]

337. Zenia, Fort Seward, Alderpoint, Whitethorn for SE Humboldt

Bridgeville is on a relatively main drag HW 36.

Bridgeville has been sold twice that I know of as an entity, once IIRC on ebay.

Also add Carlotta, Mad River, Forest Glen, Wildwood, Harrison Gulch along HW 36 to Red Bluff

[Zomby Woof]

206. Mijas, Spain

You didn't say which country.

[Rambis]

207. New Market, Iowa (nm)

x

[Bennyboy]

210. Innskip California!

Not far from the thriving metropolis of Butte Meadows CA.

[XemaSab]

215. If I dreamed I was doing a wetland delineation up there

does that count? :D

[DisgustipatedinCA]

301. I've been there...used to live in Magalia/Paradise n/t

.

[Adsos Letter]

404. My uncle was the CDF Foreman at the Magalia CDF inmate camp.

[XemaSab]

422. My uncle was the manager of Latour Demonstration Forest

:P

[ashling]

211. Henrietta, Texas

where I was born.

[suninvited]

218. Been through Henrietta

drove from Wichita Falls to Whitesboro one night and had to go through Henrietta.

[VenusRising]

312. Woohoo!!

The fake waterfall that emerges from the cemetery. :woohoo:

[VenusRising]

311. Been there.

I'm from Wichita Falls. :hi:

[SteppingRazor]

212. McBaine, Missouri -- population, 15. n/t

[last_texas_dem]

213. Nome, TX

There are a number of little southeast TX towns that I'd figure few to no DUers have ever frequented. Then again, I recall a DUer referencing Sour Lake a while back, so you never know...!

[MajorChode]

410. I'm not far from there right now.

I'm in a hotel near IAH.

[RubyDuby in GA]

214. Hopeulikit, GA

Yeah. It's pronounced Hope you like it.

The locals say the signs get stolen alot.

[HamdenRice]

217. More than I can count. Serowe, Botswana

* Nyefueh's Town, Liberia (wiped off the map by the civil war so you couldn't go there now if you wanted to);

* Greenville, Liberia (largely destroyed; I've heard it's being rebuilt);

* Mokolokwe, Bophutatswana;

* Kgabalatsane, Bophutatswana;

* Jane Furse, Lebowa (African town, strangely named after some white lady).

And these are places I've at least stayed over night in.

[suninvited]

219. Natty Flat, TX

my father lived there as a boy.

[Shell Beau]

221. Probably 90% of Mississippi's little towns.

[bikebloke]

222. Humahuaca, Argentina

And I'll top myself with Neot Hakikar, Israel.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

225. Morong, Baatan or Phu Chi, Cambodia

Phu Chi no longer exists, or at least it's residents don't

[skygazer]

226. Nah - Redstone's been in all the little Vermont towns that no one else has heard of

And Oedi's been in all the weird little California towns I've been in.


:shrug:

[Celeborn Skywalker]

228. Reserve, New Mexico.

[abq e streeter]

263. I don't suppose Uncle Bill's tavern (saloon?) is still around?

[Celeborn Skywalker]

265. Oh damn, someone else has been there!

And to answer your question, yes it is still around, at least as of 2007 it was.

[abq e streeter]

266. Actually never been there, but heard many stories of drunken times in Uncle Bill's

from buddies working down there. Have been to lots of places in SW NM but not Reserve....Have played the Buffalo Dance Hall in Silver City, and the Hanover Outpost , the Buckaroo Bar in Ruidoso ( long time ago)....but never got to Reserve, but heard so many stories about Uncle Bill's back in the day, I felt like I knew it well. Had a mad crush on a girl from Reserve about 20 years ago too.....I bet she's even prettier now at 40 than she was at 20...But yeah, so far you're still good with someplace no one else here has been to....

[Kali]

268. I've driven all around through there a couple of times.

Pie Town!

[NV Whino]

232. Helen, Ga

Green Mountain Falls, CO

[csziggy]

282. I've never been to Helen, GA but my BIL and his wife spend the week after Christmas there

Every year. So I've seen pictures, which is close enough for me.

[NV Whino]

309. You're not missing a thing.

Trust me.

[csziggy]

315. Yes, they mostly go for a quiet vacation

But they go when it is cold!

[NV Whino]

334. I can't imagine going in the winter.

It's bad enough in the summer. Although it is an "alpine village." Gawd, I even worked at one of those silly shops.

[csziggy]

343. Knowing them, they go in the winter because no one will be there!

They are very quiet, private people.

[DemBones DemBones]

383. Been to Helen more than I care to remember since

it is so close to Unicoi Falls State Park. Helen wasn't too bad in the beginning but I hear that now it is jampacked with people much of the time.

[RebelOne]

429. Been to Helen many times. After all, I live in Georgia. n/t

[Wetzelbill]

233. Pleven and Plovdiv, both cities in Bulgaria

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleven

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plovdiv

[hellbound-liberal]

237. Intercourse, Pennsylvania is where we spent our honeymoon

It's just east of Bird-In-Hand.:D

[rug]

239. and near blue ball

[jannyk]

300. I bought a handmade quilt there a few years ago n/t

[MajorChode]

414. One thing I've always wondered....

If you're in Blue Ball and you want to get to Paradise, is the shortest way through Intercourse? Someone told me you can take the Hershey Highway and get there a lot quicker, but that made no sense to me until my wife said she got into a jam in White Horse.

[rug]

240. Carthage, Indiana

My wife grew up there.

[raptor_rider]

241. Flora Vista, NM

Just a very tiny town.

[ember dawn]

244. Splendora, tx eom

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

245. Xcaret, Mexico; Helmsdale, Scotland; Ong, Nebraska.

[Dinger]

248. My Town

Eland, Wisconsin

[whistler162]

250. Moosonee Ontario

[amyrose2712]

251. Vineland, NJ or Deer Lodge, TN

[skooooo]

252. Boonville, Indiana?

[swimboy]

254. Elephant Butte, New Mexico

:P

[Kali]

262. I've been there a couple of times.

[abq e streeter]

264. Played there ; both the Dam Site, and on a boat for a 94 rock promotion

[laconicsax]

256. Tieton, WA and Keno, OR

[madmom]

257. Pleasant Bend Ohio

[Critters2]

259. Eagle Grove, Iowa. nt

[Inspired]

362. You've been to Renwick.....I've been to Eagle Grove! n/t

[Sandrine for you]

269. Hé Hé : Montréal,you self-loving americans...

[La Lioness Priyanka]

316. i love montreal

:P

[Zavulon]

396. I used to live in Laval and Dollard des Ormeaux.

Bref, I've been to Montréal hundreds of times.

[doc03]

271. Fly, Ohio n/t

[PBS Poll-435]

273. Phoenix, OR

:P

[swishyfeet]

319. If it's on I-5 I've been through it

Probably a bunch of us have.

I'm just bothered I'm otherwise 0 fer Oregon at this point. Dammit!

[PBS Poll-435]

320. Yep

Next to Talent & Medford

[laconicsax]

329. Been there literally hundreds of times.

Lived in Ashland for a while. Drove through Phoenix every day on my way to and from work. Stopped there from time to time to get a milkshake at the Jack-in-the-Box, took my dog there to stay with a coworker while I was going to be out of town for a while.

[PBS Poll-435]

331. :-)!!!

I sure miss Oregon.

[laconicsax]

347. I don't...but then again I still live here.

[PBS Poll-435]

375. Try Texas

Famous for their Bushes.

:gag:

[laconicsax]

376. Maybe another time.

[doc03]

276. Amberg, Germany n/t

[Adsos Letter]

379. HAH! I was stationed in Amberg...

Pond Barracks, How Btry, 3/2 ACR, 1974-75. Went through 2 REFORGERS, and LOTS of time at Graf... :D

[doc03]

386. Had to be the same place I was

I don't remember it being called the Pond Barracks. I have an Amberg city map and it is called Ritter Von Mohl Kaserne, the Rads called it the Kaserne. I was in Troop K, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry, I haven't typed that in a lot of years. I was there from February 1969 to March 1970. The barracks surrounded a rectangular parade field. I believe there were either 2 or 3 buildings on each side of the parade ground and one on each end. The building on the entrance end was the chow hall. Troop K was in the first building on the left side, I think, we had the bottom 2 floors, the top floor was a missle squadron. I think How Battery was in the third building on the left or the end opposite to the chow hall. I'm not sure that was 40 years ago, I would sure like to go back and see what it looks like today. The old town part of Amberg was really neat it was surrounded by a wall and had big stone entrances like a castle and narrow cobblestone streets. There was a German barracks near downtown called the Kaiser Wilhelm Kaserne. When I arrived in Amberg I went straight to Grafenvier, what a mud hole that was in February, I also went to Hohenfels later. We spent 3 tours on the Chec border

[Adsos Letter]

403. We are, indeed, speaking of the very same place...

yup, as you looked from the Mess hall towards the EM Club at the other end, How Btry barracks was in the third building on the left.

They decided to finally remodel those old barracks about 1/2 way through my tour, so we spent 8 months in the one storey, open bay, garage-type barracks at Vilseck. I spent many, many hours out on the tank trails at Graf, in every type of weather you can think of.
And, when they moved me into an FO slot, I ended up helping direct fire for the various arty units that rotated through Graf for their periodic live-fire deployments...which meant many, many nights and days out on the bunker line directing everything from 120mm mortars to 175mm field guns. Our battery was 155mm, M109-A1's, the first issue of the long tubed M109 series of tracks.

Initially, as a gun bunny, I didn't have to rotate through border patrol at May or Rotz, but when I was moved into FO slot I did do one deployment with the Sheridans at the border. Other than that; 2 REFORGER Deployments, and tons of time at Graf...and I hated my time in the military also (for the most part; there were some cool times, and some good times, but, overall...not so much).

Here are the only photos I have scanned into the computer from that time, although I have a lot more in boxes. I suspect you will recognize the scenery: :D

MAIN GATE INTO OLD AMBERG


LOOKING TOWARDS THE MESS HALL FROM HOW BTRY.


THE VILS RIVER


YOURS TRULY< ATOP OUR GUN, "HENRY'S HEROES."


It has, indeed, been a long, long, time...they tell me you can zip right across the border now; quite a change from back in the day..."Toujours Pret," man... :patriot:

[abq e streeter]

278. Probably some other Duers have been there, but Muleshoe, Texas

[Vanje]

284. I havnt been to Muleshoe

but a good friend of mine is from Muleshoe.

[quakerboy]

285. Any takers for Ordway Colorado?

how about Crane Oregon

[csziggy]

286. Two Egg and Gretna, Florida - two tiny towns

Though Two Egg is much farther off the beaten path than Gretna.

Looking at Google Maps - from the street view of Two Egg it looks like the other store closed. But Gretna, well it must have been Saturday and everybody in the area was at the 7-11 store! I've never seen that many vehicles at one time in Gretna as are in that street view!

[TheCentepedeShoes]

349. Two Egg

is up in the panhandle.

[Evoman]

287. Chivilcoy, Argentina. Or Kyle, Canada (in Saskatchewan).

[pengillian101]

292. Ever been to a town you're SURE nobody else on DU has EVER been to?

Blackberry, Minnesota

[Lil Missy]

294. Underwood or McClellan IA. That's where my freeper uncle and cousins live. Or Treynor IA.

[Oldtimeralso]

295. Grant Michigan anyone?

[1gobluedem]

306. Where is that?

I live in Michigan and I've never heard of Grant. But Grant is one of our family names.

[Oldtimeralso]

371. 25 Miles NNW of Grand Rapids

A little town of around 800, My Grandfather retired there. It was a small town with a lot if Dutch immigrants. Some of his friends from the Netherlands farmed in the area.

[Oldtimeralso]

296. My Wife's Home Town, Melrose Iowa. n/t

[old mark]

297. Crockett, California.

1975.
I'm not even sure if I was really there.....


mark

[NV Whino]

308. I've been to Crockett

It's just down the road a piece.

[old mark]

317. So there really is such a place.....

Is there still a bar called Rose's there?
Right across from the sugar mill.

mark

[NV Whino]

333. Couldn't tell you abotu Rose's

Haven't been there in ages. You know how it is, it's one of those places you drive past.

[JCMach1]

298. Loco Hills, NM

[JCMach1]

299. Skiatook, OK

[MajorChode]

415. Been there. Lived in Owasso for 8 years.

[Lucian]

303. Padua, MN.

[WillParkinson]

314. New Franken Wisconsin

Where they have the bar, "The New Franken Stein".

[swishyfeet]

321. Liberal Oregon

Yes, the town.

[derby378]

323. Brady, Texas

The geographical center of Texas, I believe. Quiet little town.

ChickMagic and I stayed there to participate in a Tripoli rocket launch somewhere between Brady and Eden. Wasn't too impressed with Eden - seemed like a dreary town where the private prison was the main industry.

Remind me to tell you how I accidentally spooked the local military units there someday. :evilgrin:

[LynneSin]

327. I swore no one from DU had every been to my hometown of Marysville, PA

but then I found out that one of the kids from the upper street where I lived was also a DU poster.

And trust me, where I come from was freeper breeding ground

[graywarrior]

328. Errol, NH

[TK421]

330. Skippack, Harleysville PA

Well, maybe not so much Harleysville

[cloudbase]

332. Beira, Mozambique.

Among other wonderful garden spots.

[maddezmom]

336. Villa de Leyva, Colombia

Beautiful!

[mtnester]

338. Shawnee, Ohio, Dumontville, Ohio, Lockville, Ohio, Outville, Ohio

small small bergs..each unique

[crim son]

341. St. Goar, Germany.

My MIL grew up there. What a cute little town.

[yy4me]

364. Been there, remember the Castle and the Teddy Bear shop!

[Kali]

365. floated past in a boat

:P

[DFW]

428. I've been there. Right on the Rhein

Near Koblenz. Gorgeous place when the rain stops!

[rucky]

342. Show Low, AZ

Russia, OH (pronounced ROO-shee)

[Sebastian Doyle]

363. Been to Show Low.

Not since 1979 though, so I imagine it's a lot different now.

[Kali]

368. Been to Show Low lots of times, had family up there,

[blondeatlast]

399. Show Low a bunch of times. nt

[TX Screwball]

344. Oyster Creek, TX

[TheCentepedeShoes]

350. Sounds like it's

near Lake Jackson

[TX Screwball]

354. Very near.

I was raised in Clute, which is near Lake Jackson and probably haven't heard of DU either.

I love living near Austin because of all the years I lived down there.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

357. I have

been to Clute. Have distant relatives (or maybe had, they were elderly in the 1960's) in Clute. Can't recall the names
My aunt lived out on the lake outside of Lake Jackson, uncle worked for the chem plant in Freeport
I think the creek across the road from their house was called Oyster Creek
Remember This Way and That Way?

[TX Screwball]

370. You bet I do.

Did you know that when they designed the street pattern of Lake Jackson it is supposed to look like a rose from an airplane?

Dow Chemical is where everybody(myself included)worked in that area.

That is Oyster Creek, but the town is a bit east of Lake Jackson.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

345. Hell, I LIVE in a town that nobody else on DU has been to.

Grapeland TX. NOT Grapevine, that is the DFW airport.

[pengillian101]

389. Hell's bells, who wants to live in a town/city?

We're in a township. Closest town is miles away. Many folks don't live in towns/cities.

[Kali]

397. I get my mail in a tiny hamlet, but it is 6 miles from the house.

[MajorChode]

417. I'll be flying almost over Grapeland today

If you see me, wave.

[BarbaRosa]

346. Reserve NM

I think it took about two weeks for them to get the word that we survived Y2K.

[Kali]

369. Already posted above.

a couple of us have been there.:hi:

[doc03]

351. Key, Ohio n/t

[CreekDog]

353. Benton Hot Springs, CA

[TheCentepedeShoes]

355. Lake City

Colorado

[northzax]

356. Arguut, Mongolia

about 450 miles ESE of UB. population? ah, who cares, somewhere in the sub-200 range when the herders are in town.

c'mon, anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

in case you're wondering, it's right about here:


View Larger Map

[Goblinmonger]

367. Pisek, North Dakota. I win. n/t

[DeepBlueC]

373. White Creek, N.Y.

[BulletproofLandshark]

378. Rileyville, Virginia

[DemBones DemBones]

380. Dupe (not a town!)

[DemBones DemBones]

384. Totnes, England. Monterrigione, Italy. San Felipe, Philippines.

Budleigh-Salterton, England. Volterra, Italy. San Marcelino, Phillipines.

[LanternWaste]

385. Honey Grove, TX

Honey Grove, TX

20 years ago it was a beautiful little town-- the kinds one thinks of when envisioning the perfect, quiet, rural place to settle down and raise a family.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

388. China Grove, TX

"You can hear the music at night..."

"Down around San Antone..."

And no, they don't have a statue of the Doobie Brothers. I was disappoined. That song put them on the map so to speak.

[Mike 03]

391. Can it be a town in Canada? How about Airdree, a short drive from Calgary?

Some others:

California:

Walnut Creek
Orinda
Monrovia

[Kali]

398. OMG my best friend in 8th grade moved to Monrovia.

Traumatic time to separate teen girls. The letters we used to write:eyes:

[Mike 03]

401. Aw, I understand. There was a lot of activity in Monrovia, and lot of the students there, at the

various schools, experienced a lot of difficulties.

Plus, add to that the joggers attacked by mountain lions, the exploding meth labs, and it's no wonder it was not an easy place to grow up in.

(Although I found it better than Pasadena)

[soleiri]

437. hey now!

Monrovia has a great friday night farmer's market.
At least they did a few years ago.

[soleiri]

438. I've been

to Walnut Creek and Monrovia.

[Genevieve]

392. Montepulciano, Italy

[greatauntoftriplets]

393. Macatawa, Michigan.

There isn't much of it.

[bif]

400. Hessel, Michigan

[NYC_SKP]

402. Hoopa?

Have you been up there?

How about Holt, Tranquility, Mendota, Burrell, hmmmmm, Five Points?

They're buried in the San Joaquin valley

[Adsos Letter]

406. The Hoopa I am thinking of is up on Mad River, in N. California...

my uncle was CDF Foreman at the Mad River Station.

[NYC_SKP]

413. Yes, and it's tribal land.

And has two different pronunciations depending upon whom you ask.

HOOP-ah, or hoopAH

:patriot:

[PufPuf23]

435. I am a Hoopa Valley HS graduate

Hoopa is on the Trinity River not the Mad River and is a relative metropolis locally.

Nearby towns at ends of roads: Hyampom, Pecwan, and Denny

Townsites within the Trinity Alps Wilderness area that had stores and were served on regular mule packroutes 150 years ago: White Rock, Old Denny, Marysville, Red Cap Central

[XemaSab]

407. I may have been to ALL of them

It's amazing how many hole-in-the-walls are buried in The Valley. x(

And on edit: I raise you Le Grand. :P

[NYC_SKP]

411. Been there.

How about La Grange (or Coulterville)?

[XemaSab]

412. That's right on the 49

I have been there a few times. :P

[Lethe]

405. Nix, Tx

the only way you've been to this town was on the way to a certain state park

[auntAgonist]

418. Elmira, Ontario. Or, Punkeydoodles Corners Ontario in Wilmot Twshp.

[MajorChode]

419. Pituffik, Greenland

[auntAgonist]

420. Vegreville, Alberta. Home of the Pysanka. (pic)

I've driven through Vagreville many times.

EggFacts

· Egg Width: 25.7 feet
· Egg Height: 18.3 feet
· Total Height: 31.6 feet
· Material: Alumuinum skin
· Turns like a weathervane
· Weight: 5,000 pounds
· Star Patterns: 524
· Triangular Pieces: 2,206
· Visible Facets: 3,512
· Nuts and Bolts: 6,978
· Internal Struts: 177
· Man Hours: 12,000

[Adsos Letter]

421. Roy, Washington

[XemaSab]

423. Tiger, Washington

:P

[FriendlyReminder]

439. Been through there many times on my way to Yelm. Just DO NOT SPEED!

[litlady]

424. Knaresborough, England and other little Yorkshire towns...

Can't think of any specifically in the US, though I've driven through at least half of the states so I am sure there are some.

[DFW]

426. Zagorsk, Russia? Or Motrico, Euzkadi (Spain)?

Or Szentendre, Hungary, maybe?

[Corey_Baker08]

427. GREENVILLE,OHIO USA?

Hometown of Annie Oakley....

[MrsBrady]

430. my family is from Perryton, TX

not just in the reddest county in Texas, but the entire country.
So red, it makes national news.

I actually know some of the people in the article.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122671283257730271.html?mod=rss_Politics_And_Policy
(look at the slide show)

"Mary Jane Lofland, a Perryton native who runs the Freedom Express bail-bond service, wonders if a sense of waning power could explain why people seem so offended when they find out she's a Democrat. Last year, Ms. Lofland became the local Democratic Party's first chairman since 2000 and has tried to raise its profile."
Way to GO, Mary Jane!!!!!!

This place used to be solid Blue, I don't know what happened. It really benefited from Roosevelt's New Deal.
How easy people forget. The WPA, the rural electrification act, etc.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

443. Damfino

Just a hello from Potter, Mrs B :hi:

[MrsBrady]

444. I grew up in Dallas county, live in Tarrant now

my Dad's in Amarillo....

But all of my Mom's people are in/from Ochiltree and in Beaver, just over the border in OK.

Check out the Wheatheart Democrats, if you have a chance.

:hi: back at you

[HERVEPA]

431. Deboche, in Khumbu, Nepal

[nytemare]

432. Zachu, Iraq.

:D :(

[taterguy]

434. Midlothian, Virginia

[FriendlyReminder]

440. Here ya' go. Easy one first........Humptulips, WA.

Now the hard one.......

Taholah, WA.

[soleiri]

441. Kimberly, Nevada

The mining town my mom was born in.
I may be cheating since it no longer exists.
It went poof after the mine closed down sometime in the late 1940's or early 1950's.

When we visited it was a giant dusty hole in the desert.

[Initech]

442. Smithland, KY