Weirdest Street Names

[Fearnest]

Zzyzx road in California. It leads to Zzyzx Springs, which has a pretty interesting story in itself.

Ah, one of my fave milestones on the road between Barstow and Vegas...


I live just down the street from "NASCAR Drive" and "Puppy Drum Court."

[Sorcha Griannon]

Zzyzx road in California. It leads to Zzyzx Springs, which has a pretty interesting story in itself.

Ok, I bite, having passed this road several times going to and from Vegas...What is the story?


Sorcha

[Yaish]

A wiki link was posted earlier, but I'll summarize.

Basically, Zzyzx Springs was founded by an eccentric religious fundamentalist health nut. He squatted some government land and buildings, built more buildings, and charged his followers to come out and eat all natural foods, stay in spartan rooms, and undergo various 'treatments'. He eventually lost the land (he never owned it, he just sort of 'claimed' it) but the Springs are still there, and now the land is administered by the UC system I believe.

[staticsan]

I regularly drive down an East Parade that is on the west side of a suburb divided by a railway line. There's no West Parade, either. At least, I don't think there is...

Wade.

[Macman]

We've got a Dingley Dell.

[TheSp8]

Close to the where I grew up in middle TN is Possum Trot Rd.

YMOS,
Tony

[ozone]

Here's the link regarding zzyzx road:

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

[KiltedKnight]

Here's the link regarding zzyzx road:

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

What wikipedia gets wrong is that it wasn't that he wanted to have the last word in the English language but that since he was promoting the mineral health springs he wanted "The last word in health spas" to set his business apart from the others in the business.

Chris.

[cloves]

we have a Sesame Street.

[cessna152towser]

My favourite has to be Teapot Street, in the village of Morebattle.