I mentioned in my post about The Doughnut Vault that prior to heading to Chicago I was looking to find some places that seemed a bit more off the beaten path.
When I came across the Shit Fountain I knew that I had found possibly one of the oddest sites.
The fountain is located outside of a private home at 1005 N. Wolcott Avenue. It was created by Chicago artist Jerzy S. Kenar due to being pissed about locals not cleaning up after their dogs.
Earlier in the month I wrote about a Conde Naste Travel article: Odd Hotel Assistant Jobs That Really Exist.
The article mentioned some pretty strange jobs which were definitely interesting to hear about as well as a good laugh!
I just came across another article with a very similar topic. The article, from Forbes Travel Guide is about Five Hotels With Unique Concierges.
We’re all used to seeing the concierge desk at hotels but how about the fish valet? Yes, there really is a fish valet at one hotel in Vancouver.
Conde Naste Traveler put together an entertaining slideshow featuring some of the most interesting (bizarre) hotel assistant jobs that exist around the world.
Here are the jobs:
Continue reading Odd Hotel Assistant Jobs That Really Do Exist 
Back in December I wrote about 14 Festivals To Attend Before You Die from Fodor’s.
We finally got to attend one of the festivals that made the list (in September), Oktoberfest. We had an amazing time, drank a ton of beer and would definitely love to go again at some point. Fodor’s list included festivals from all around the world including the odd La Tomatina in Spain.
I love visiting strange sites and attractions and enjoyed learning about the weirdest things about each state recently.
A couple of days back I came across a list of fun festivals from Buzzfeed. After looking over the list of 15 Bizarre Festivals Only Found In the U.S., I wasn’t too surprised that I had only heard of a couple of them.
Continue reading 15 Bizarre Festivals Only Found In the U.S.
Kim sent me an amazing article that I had to share.
I’ve never thought about pets climbing mountains but here is a story about Rupee, the first dog to ever climb Mount Everest.
Continue reading Bizarre News: Meet The 1st Dog To Climb Mount Everest
While planning our trip to Easter Island I picked up a copy of “A Companion To Easter Island” by James Grant Peterkin. I had been in touch with James and ordered the book from him directly. (James would also end up being our guide for two of our days on EI)
I’ve always been interested in visiting bizarre, odd and weird sites around the world. I’ll even go out of my way to visit one if it seems like it might be worthwhile.
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Here are some places I’ve visited and mentioned on the blog:
A few days ago I read a Lonely Planet article that had a list of “Oddest Food Museums”.
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Continue reading Lonely Planet- Oddest Food Museums
I mentioned in my post about The Doughnut Vault that prior to heading to Chicago I was looking to find some places that seemed a bit more off the beaten path.
When I came across the Shit Fountain I knew that I had found possibly one of the oddest sites.
The fountain is located outside of a private home at 1005 N. Wolcott Avenue. It was created by Chicago artist Jerzy S. Kenar due to being pissed about locals not cleaning up after their dogs.
The New York Daily News had a slideshow a few months back of bizarre restaurants around the world. I found the slide show to be (for the most part) very interesting. It features 11 restaurants, some unique and worthy of a visit, others really weird and ridiculous.
Here is the list:
Here are a couple of more pictures from the slideshow:
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| Cabbages & Condoms Restaurant |
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| Special Enjoyment Restaurant |
Check out the complete slideshow HERE
***Photos from this post were taken from the Daily News slideshow***
