sheila, I kid you not. There is a huge sign on the road with the name Pennis on it. People were stopping to take photos of it. It is near the Skeabost Country House Hotel and Lough Snizort on the Isle of Skye. Next time you are there look for the sign.

Oh alright.... 40+ miles west of my home in Northern Minnesota you can go from Fertile MN to Climax MN.

living near lancaster Pa, I have been to Intercourse, Blue Ball and Bird In Hand many times! Also in pa there is a scotland, egypt, and Lebanon (my hometown) and also a California university. Also you cant forget about the Hershey Highway

Here's a few more:

Gun Barrel City, Texas
Rough and Ready, California
Dismal, Tennessee
Lollipop, Texas

and the town's name that I chuckle at every time I drive through it on the way to Austin -Dime Box, Texas

Been there -- close to Trondheim, Norway is the little town called Hell.

And, Surfergirl, along Germany's Romantic Road there's a sign that points to Hellenbach.

Next time I go to New Zealand I definitely want to visit this place - Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapiki maungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu

It translates roughly to: The brow [or summit] of the hill [or place], where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, who slid [down], climbed [up] and swallowed mountains, [to travel the land], [who is] known as the Land Eater, played [on] his [nose] flute to his loved one.

Imagine if all names where this descriptive!

Federico

I can't believe that no one has added a list of some of the special names from my home province of Newfoundland!

Communities with names like:

Heart's Content
Little Heart's Ease

just have to conjure up mental imagery of the weary sailor home from the sea.

While names such as:

Exploits
Salvage
Baie d'Espoir

have got to get you pondering lonely ships tossed on cold forbidding seas and stalwart sailors going to the bottom of the icy Atlantic with last fleeting thoughts of home and hearth.

And then there are the just plain interesting and/or quirky:

Goobies
Come By Chance
Pushthrough
Garnish
Tickle Cove

And the all-time favourite, of course -

Dildo

Linda

Muff, Ireland

How about Bangkok's full name??

Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit

Which translates, roughly to The city of angels, the great city, the residence of the Emerald Buddha, the impregnable city (of Ayutthaya) of God Indra, the grand capital of the world endowed with nine precious gems, the happy city, abounding in an enormous Royal Palace that resembles the heavenly abode where reigns the reincarnated god, a city given by Indra and built by Vishnukarn.

No wonder the locals call it "Krung Thep" for short

Wart, Germany

No, we didn't go there - just saw a signpost on the road.

Speaking of strange or funny place names....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3492672.stm

I'm rather fond of European towns' names turning up in the most un-European environments possible. I admire the immigrants' (I presume) desires to remember the old home town, but really...?

Paris, Texas - Oui oui y'all;
Aberdeen, Washington - You'll have had yer spotted owl?
Glasgow, Montana - the only thing named Clyde is the bartender;
Moscow, Idaho - KFC, not KGB
Rome, NY - Eternal at least for now;
Naples, Florida - Better drivers?
Toledo, Ohio - <i>What</i> were they thinking?

More...?

A cute story about places with strange names...
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/Wo...ffiles261.html

I'm surprised you missed Florence, Oregon, Gardyloo. Or maybe, like I, you had nothing clever to say about it.

Hmmm... More loggers, less loggias? Or... Mangia at Mo's? Struggling here.

Hopeulikit, between Augusta and Savannah, Georgia.

I did not.

Flushing, New York
Hicksville, New York

ttt

Chugwater, Wyoming