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electricbugs2
10/27/22 6:57:29 PM
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Places like North Pole, Alaska where Christmas decorations are up year round and the McDonald's has a candy cane as it's sign, or places like Roswell, New Mexico where everything is alien themed and the McDonald's is a UFO. Shit like that.

Would like to know if there's others.

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Lost_All_Senses
10/27/22 6:58:29 PM
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Does it have to be related to McDonald's?

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VampireCoyote
10/27/22 6:59:21 PM
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Branson with Yakov Smirnoff

and a few other weird Branson things

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Fimbulvetr
10/27/22 6:59:35 PM
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Lost_All_Senses posted...
Does it have to be related to McDonald's?

LMFAO! SLAMMIN

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electricbugs2
10/27/22 7:01:08 PM
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Lost_All_Senses posted...
Does it have to be related to McDonald's?
Not specifically, it's just that when you find these kinds of places through Google, the wacky local McDonald's is always one of the first things that comes up.

VampireCoyote posted...
Branson with Yakov Smirnoff

and a few other weird Branson things
Exactly the type of thing I'm looking for thanks.

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theAteam
10/27/22 7:01:24 PM
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Loveland, CO getting like 10 million letters around Valentine's Day and having that giant heart statue where couples put padlocks on it.

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Ryven
10/27/22 7:01:32 PM
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Vulcan, Alberta IIRC has statues of the Enterprise and a bust of Spock.

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Butterfiles
10/27/22 7:02:11 PM
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Weed, California

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modena
10/27/22 7:03:42 PM
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I've been to Roswell and North Pole so I know what you mean. One place that comes to mind is Helen Georgia, it's a town that resembles an old German town.

Tombstone as well.

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electricbugs2
10/27/22 7:10:17 PM
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theAteam posted...
Loveland, CO getting like 10 million letters around Valentine's Day and having that giant heart statue where couples put padlocks on it.
Lol when I first looked this place up I was like "This looks pretty normal", then I entered Valentines Day with the name. Good call lmao.

Ryven posted...
Vulcan, Alberta IIRC has statues of the Enterprise and a bust of Spock.
Yep, also a good one. My old college roommate would nerd out over this.

Butterfiles posted...
Weed, California
...because of the name??

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Flockaveli
10/27/22 7:11:51 PM
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Salem. They're especially flooded with tourists around Halloween and businesses still don't know how to handle it.
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theAteam
10/27/22 7:15:34 PM
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Flockaveli posted...
Salem. They're especially flooded with tourists around Halloween and businesses still don't know how to handle it.

I'm flying into Boston on Monday for a work event which they brilliantly decided to do at a hotel in Salem.

They had to book out a hotel outside of town and we all have to commute into there.

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electricbugs2
10/27/22 7:15:49 PM
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modena posted...
I've been to Roswell and North Pole so I know what you mean. One place that comes to mind is Helen Georgia, it's a town that resembles an old German town.

Tombstone as well.
Helen looks awesome! I knew about Tombstone and I'm going to Arizona in the Spring but I'm not sure if we'll have enough time to go :( We have a similar place in BC called Barkerville, except prospector based instead of old west.

Flockaveli posted...
Salem. They're especially flooded with tourists around Halloween and businesses still don't know how to handle it.
Another one that totally slipped my mind. Should have been obvious, thanks!

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FigureOfSpeech
10/27/22 7:20:35 PM
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Intercourse, PA

Penistone, UK

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electricbugs2
10/27/22 7:22:28 PM
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FigureOfSpeech posted...
Intercourse, PA

Penistone, UK
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Zikten
10/27/22 7:23:15 PM
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I went to North Pole as a little kid but I don't actually remember. But there is a family video of me with a bunch of other kids listening to Santa talk

In WA state there is a town called Leavenworth. It's all about tourism with a gimmick. It pretends to be a German town. And yes I think the McDonald's looks special too. But I forget how

I used to live in WA and went to Leavenworth over the years. Usually at Christmas time

But I haven't been in years
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theAteam
10/27/22 7:25:05 PM
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Swastika NY

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Medussa
10/27/22 7:25:05 PM
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Wall, SD?

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Norman_Smiley
10/27/22 7:30:31 PM
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10-15 years ago Forks Washington was all about Twilight. Now its like 1/20th of its peak.

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electricbugs2
10/27/22 7:34:59 PM
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Zikten posted...
I went to North Pole as a little kid but I don't actually remember. But there is a family video of me with a bunch of other kids listening to Santa talk

In WA state there is a town called Leavenworth. It's all about tourism with a gimmick. It pretends to be a German town. And yes I think the McDonald's looks special too. But I forget how

I used to live in WA and went to Leavenworth over the years. Usually at Christmas time

But I haven't been in years
I've only been as far as Auburn so that's a new one for me, and close by to boot. Looks like it's near Wenatchee, which I do know about because they have a ridiculously good junior hockey team there lmao.

Edit: Looking it up, yeah, Bavarian McDonalds. Dece.

theAteam posted...
Swastika NY
Probably warrants a name change lmao.

Medussa posted...
Wall, SD?
That's certainly a different thing for your town to be famous for but I can dig it.

Norman_Smiley posted...
10-15 years ago Forks Washington was all about Twilight. Now its like 1/20th of its peak.
Not really even my thing even when that series was at it's peak lol.

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electricbugs2
10/27/22 8:19:42 PM
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Bumpage

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toreysback
10/27/22 8:23:36 PM
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Zikten posted...
I went to North Pole as a little kid but I don't actually remember. But there is a family video of me with a bunch of other kids listening to Santa talk

In WA state there is a town called Leavenworth. It's all about tourism with a gimmick. It pretends to be a German town. And yes I think the McDonald's looks special too. But I forget how

I used to live in WA and went to Leavenworth over the years. Usually at Christmas time

But I haven't been in years

this is Frankenmuth, MI's schtick as well.

Hell. MI might be more well-known, but busloads of tourists flock to frankenmuth all the time

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modena
10/27/22 8:29:01 PM
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Carmel By The Sea,California is pretty neat too. The touristy spot looks like walking in a movie set.

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Payzmaykr
10/27/22 8:34:01 PM
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theAteam posted...
Loveland, CO getting like 10 million letters around Valentine's Day and having that giant heart statue where couples put padlocks on it.
Wasnt aware of this. I was in that city the other day, actually.

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Eat_More_Beef
10/27/22 8:36:19 PM
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Maybe not exactly what you're looking for, but North Bend, WA was where Twin Peaks was filmed so the cafe leans into that.


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electricbugs2
10/27/22 8:42:24 PM
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toreysback posted...
this is Frankenmuth, MI's schtick as well.

Hell. MI might be more well-known, but busloads of tourists flock to frankenmuth all the time
At least three of these setups mentioned in this topic lol. Guess the US loves it's Bavarian architecture spots.

modena posted...
Carmel By The Sea,California is pretty neat too. The touristy spot looks like walking in a movie set.
This is a good one. Building's kind of give an Assassin's Creed vibe IMO. Also, that's quite a name.

Payzmaykr posted...
Wasnt aware of this. I was in that city the other day, actually.
I don't think they lean into it nearly as much as the other places mentioned in the thread, like I said until I added Valentine's Day to the search it just looked like an average Colorado town.

Eat_More_Beef posted...
Maybe not exactly what you're looking for, but North Bend, WA was where Twin Peaks was filmed so the cafe leans into that.
Still have yet to see this show sadly. Was a little before my time, but I do want to watch it someday.

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