Sunday, July 28, 2019

Visiting the Center of the Universe













































On July 18, 2016 I had blogged about how Everyone thinks they are the Center of the Universe. That post mentioned that a manhole cover in downtown Wallace, Idaho had been designated by their mayor as the Center of the Universe. Early on the morning of July 17, 2019 I arrived in Wallace and visited the intersection with that manhole, as shown above.























The manhole is a running gag downtown. For example, there is a sign at the front of the Oasis Bordello Museum indicating they are located just 189 steps from the manhole.





































The most impressive building downtown is the Northern Pacific railway depot. A sign next to it explains how Harry F. Magnuson saved the downtown and depot from plans to destroy them by running Interstate 90 there.

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