FUNNIEST AND ODDEST PLACE NAMES ON EARTH

NORTH POLE

A town in both Alaska and New York, North Pole is all about

Santa Claus. Famous TV landscape painter Bob Ross lived

in North Pole, Alaska, while the New York town is home to

Santa’s Workshop: a theme park with live reindeer,

Santa, and a parade led by Frosty the Snowman.

NO NAME

A small Colorado town, No Name was named when highway

developers planned an exit in the yet-unnamed area. Temporarily

writing “No Name” on the sign, this strange place name soon

stuck. Nearby you can find No Name Creek, No Name Canyon

and the No Name Tunnel.

MUFF

Situated near the border of the Republic of Ireland and

Northern Ireland, Muff city has grown in recent years.

Locals can join the Muff Diving Club (one of Ireland’s most

successful) and visitors can attend the annual

Muff Festival filled with live music and parades.

MOON

Just northwest of Pittsburgh, Moon is a Pennsylvanian

township likely named for its river’s crescent bend. Local

legend says a crescent moon used its end to plough farmers’

fields but killed many of the witnesses.

MARS

Budding astronauts can skip the G-force training, opting

instead to visit Mars, Pennsylvania. This strangely-named

town has a non-functional spaceship and locals are called

Martians. Now going to the Moon (PA) doesn’t seem so strange!

INTERCOURSE

The word intercourse used to refer to the fellowship shared

within a faith community. The word’s history makes this

eastern Pennsylvanian town’s strange name especially

ironic since it’s in the middle of Amish country.

HALF.COM

Halfway between the equator and North Pole, Halfway, Oregon,

renamed itself Half.com in 1999 at the height of the

dot-com bubble. Website Half.com promised $110,000

and 20 computers for the school to a city which renamed

itself after the company for a year.

GEORGE, WASHINGTON

George, Washington is the only town in the United States to be

fully named after a President. In a nod to George’s fame for

chopping down a cherry tree, George’s streets

are named after cherries.