MultiBrief: Here are the most oddly named towns in America
Hell (Michigan) or Dismal (Tennessee). Peculiar (Missouri) that they deserve special attention. Take Zzyzx (California) for example — a one-time natural spring resort in the Mohave Desert, now a popular birding site. It was named by someone who thought he was creating the last word in the English language. He was wrong. That word is Zyzzyva, the name of a tropical South American weevil. But wait! There’s more. Try to imagine why anyone would want to live in a town named Toad S...
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