Places that only sound fictional.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

NGorongoro Crater. "This picturesque dimple in the plains of Nurn, Mordor, is home to many strange and interesting animals."

In reality:

[brewerb]

Walla Walla?

I've heard they have interesting animals.

[GenesisNemesis]

Taumatawhakatangi­hangakoauauotamatea­turipukakapikimaunga­horonukupokaiwhen­uakitanatahu.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Taumatawhakatangi­hangakoauauotamatea­turipukakapikimaunga­horonukupokaiwhen­uakitanatahu.

[SYZ]

Taumatawhakatangi­hangakoauauotamatea­turipukakapikimaunga­horonukupokaiwhen­uakitanatahu.

Fuck me... at least Wiki makes its pronunciation clear:

tɐʉ.mɐ.tɐ.ɸɐ.kɐ.tɐ.ŋi.hɐ.ŋɐ.koː.ɐʉ.ɐʉ.ɔ.tɐ.mɐ.tɛɐ.tʉ.ɾi.pʉ.kɐ.kɐ.pi.ki.mɐʉ.ŋɐ.hɔ.ɾɔ.nʉ.kʉ.pɔ.kɐi.ɸɛ.nʉ.ɐ.ki.tɐ.nɐ.tɐ.hʉ.But

    

[SYZ]

If you're travelling through the UK, you might like to start your journey at Upton Snodsbury,
passing through Pucklechurch, and Barton in the Beans, with a quick stopover at Curry Mallet,
and finishing the day at either Nether Wallop or Great Snoring.

(But don't bother stopping at Wetwang or Droop if you know what's best for you.)

[Unsapien]

There's a country in the world that measures it's success in GNH instead of GDP.
I didn't think that was a real country until I watched a documentary about it.



I'm also wondering where you would get to if you took the right turn at Albuquerque.

[Dancefortwo]

If you're travelling through the UK, you might like to start your journey at Upton Snodsbury,
passing through Pucklechurch, and Barton in the Beans, with a quick stopover at Curry Mallet,
and finishing the day at either Nether Wallop or Great Snoring.

(But don't bother stopping at Wetwang or Droop if you know what's best for you.)

I think the Australians and the British have the funniest names for places.  In the US we have wonderful Native American names for many places which I love.   But we also have a few dumb names too.  

We have Truth or Consequences, New Mexico.  

[Dancefortwo]

Here's a place called Furnace Creek in Death Valley, California.   I've been there but I wasn't stupid enough to go in the summer when it was 130 degrees.  That's 54 C.  

I think the heat burned his hair off!   

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Indiana is a strange place. You go north to get to South Bend. There's no fort in Fort Wayne. And French Lick is badly, sadly, misnamed.

[Unsapien]

During WW1 they changed the name of Berlin Ontario to Kitchener to dissociate them from Germany. They had and still have a very large German community.

But Swastika Ontario still called Swastika.   ... of course it was called that long before WW2 and the Nazis came along.

[TheGentlemanBastard]

Some of my favorites:

Rough and Ready, California
Hooker, Oklahoma
Spread Eagle, Wisconsin
Tightsqueeze, Virginia
Intercourse, Pennsylvania
Reamstown, Pennsylvania
Cumming, Georgia
Climax, Michigan
Morehead, North Carolina
Tillicum, Washington

[trdsf]

Don't forget Dildo, Newfoundland and Labrador.  And Fucking, Austria.

[trdsf]

Meanwhile, in Kentucky, there's Big Bone Lick State Park.  And speaking of Licking, that's the name of the county immediately east of me.

[TheGentlemanBastard]

Don't know if it's true or not, but my high school social studies teacher used to tell his classes about Little Shit Creek in Oregon. The administration always hated him telling that story because he got to say 'shit' in class without getting in trouble.

There also used to be Cock Rock along the Columbia River. Long ago renamed to Rooster Rock and made into a state park.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Don't know if it's true or not, but my high school social studies teacher used to tell his classes about Little Shit Creek in Oregon. The administration always hated him telling that story because he got to say 'shit' in class without getting in trouble.

There also used to be Cock Rock along the Columbia River. Long ago renamed to Rooster Rock and made into a state park.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Little+S...AHoECAEQAA

[brewerb]

Hell?

(Michigan)

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Hell?

(Michigan)

((redundant))

[GenesisNemesis]

If you're travelling through the UK, you might like to start your journey at Upton Snodsbury,
passing through Pucklechurch, and Barton in the Beans, with a quick stopover at Curry Mallet,
and finishing the day at either Nether Wallop or Great Snoring.

(But don't bother stopping at Wetwang or Droop if you know what's best for you.)

I think the Australians and the British have the funniest names for places.  In the US we have wonderful Native American names for many places which I love.   But we also have a few dumb names too.  

We have Truth or Consequences, New Mexico.  

The origin of the town's name is sadly less interesting than I thought.

[Deesse23]

[Dancefortwo]

Don't know if it's true or not, but my high school social studies teacher used to tell his classes about Little Shit Creek in Oregon. The administration always hated him telling that story because he got to say 'shit' in class without getting in trouble.

There also used to be Cock Rock along the Columbia River. Long ago renamed to Rooster Rock and made into a state park.

There's a nude beach near Cock Rock......err... I mean, Rooster Rock.    



Photo from the other side.



Another quick edit: That little building up in the distance is Crown Point so one can look down on the Cock.

[SYZ]

Then there's Poop Creek in Oregon.

Anybody remember the paddles?    No?  Oh dear.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Every bit as weird as I hoped.

[SYZ]

Australia has some funny place names of its own too...

Mossy Nipple Bend
Boobs Flat
Mount Buggery
Prickly Bottom
Cock Wash
Bong Bong
Crack Pot
Titwobble Lane
Humpty Doo
Mouldy Hole
Stinky Bay
Sausage Gully
Poowong
Wee Creek

... and yes, they're all legitimate, gazetted names.     

[LeeLarson]

Bald Knob, Arkansas

I have always wondered if they have one of those small town festivals and, if so, what are they celebrating.