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I recall stopping in at the Starbucks down the road to do some work, and while examining the Nashville map, we wondered what they meant by "The Parthenon". Turn
by brailsafe 6y ago
I recall stopping in at the Starbucks down the road to do some work, and while examining the Nashville map, we wondered what they meant by "The Parthenon". Turns out of course that it wasn't anything else but The Parthenon.
- omnibrain 6y agoSimilar for us when we plotted our route from Joshua Tree to Grand Canyon and discovered there is a London Bridge on some reservoir lake along the way. (London Bridge in Lake Havasu City)
- ethanbond 6y agoThat is the London Bridge, just FYI. Like, the original masonry shipped from London and reassembled.
- pbiggar 6y agoI thought this was a joke, but nope: https://www.golakehavasu.com/london-bridge https://www.golakehavasu.com/london-bridge
- DonaldFisk 6y agoThe joke, at least on this side of the pond, is that the Americans thought they were buying Tower Bridge. The London Bridge at Lake Havasu is the New London Bridge, which has been replaced by the Modern London Bridge. Some pedestrian alcoves from the Old London Bridge were rescued, and are in Victoria Park and at King's College's Guy's Campus.
- hn_throwaway_99 6y agoFrom parent's linked article: > Contrary to popular belief, McCulloch was not under the impression that he was purchasing the Tower Bridge of London.
- compiler-guy 6y agoHence the term "joke" in the gp.
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