Okay, this is a somewhat silly blog post for once, as opposed to my generally series demeanour and how-to-ish articles. But I’m a big fan of cool and crazy place names and have been compiling a list of such for quite some time, some of which I also have on my personal bucket list.
So here I thought I’d share some of these. If you have any suggestions, then let me know in the comments below, I’ll be sure to add them.
Accident, Maryland, USA
Alone, Brescia Province, Italy
Bloody Dick Peak, Montana, USA
Boring, Oregon, USA
Broken Dreams Drive, Arivaca, Arizona, USA
Bucket of Blood Street, Arizona, USA
Calamity Lake, Crystal Bay, U.S
Climax, Michigan, USA
Crack Is Wack Playground, Harlem, New York, USA
Crapstone, UK
Crazy Woman Creek, Wyoming, USA
Crying Child Island, Jacksonville Beach, Florida U.S
Dead Woman Pond, Texas, USA
Defeated, Tennessee, USA
Devastation Island, British Colombia, Canada
Dildo, Canada
Divorce Beach, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Notice the short path from Lover’s Beach to Divorce Beach…
Dog Slaughter Creek, Kentucky, USA
Dubious Reservoir, Oregon U.S
End of the World, California U.S
Fucking, Austria
Great Misery Island, Massachusetts, USA
Hell, Norway
Hell for Certain Road, Hyden Kentucky U.S
Hooker, Oklahoma, USA
Intercourse, Lancaster Country, Pennsylvania
Jot-em-Down, Georgia, USA
Kill, Ireland
Lake of No Return, Arkansas, USA
Lonely Island, Ontario, Canada
Middelfart, Denmark (PS! That’s also a common surname in Norway 😉 )
Mistake Island, Maine, USA
Nasty Pond, Georgia, USA
Nothing, Arizona, U.S
Ogre,
For those that may not know, “ogre” typically refers to various hideous man-eating giants in folklore and fairy tales or to a brutish and ugly person. However, truth to be told, the people of the little town Ogre were all nice and it seemed like a really peaceful place.
Peculiar, Missouri, USA
Pity Me, Durham U.K
Point No Point, USA
Shades of Death Road
Starvation Heights, Oregon, USA
Suicide Bridge, Maryland U.S
Termination Point, Washington, U.S
Titty-Ho, UK
Ugley
Unfortunate Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Useless Loop, Western Australia, Australia
Why, Arizona, USA
Whynot, North Carolina, USA
World’s End, Aylesbury, U.K
That concludes this list of crazy place names. What about you, do you know some other weird place names? Do share, I’ll be sure to add them to the list.
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