Dana Bell

Speaking of transportation and travel, my boss gave me a paperback a week or two ago about travel in texas. Titled "52 More Offbeat Texas Stops", it includes a collection of historic sites, museums, events and generally odd destinations. Bob Phillips has the scoop on such things as a hat shop (where they clean hats), an Aggie bootmaker, a cow calling contest, a medicine ball maker and someone who makes television aquariums.

There are several museums, whether they have that in the title or not, including the Toilet Seat Museum, Edison Museum, a Music Box Collection and the Airpower Museum. Museums always interest me. Whatever your interest, there's probably a museum about it somewhere, if not right here in Texas.

Though not in the Lone Star State, one of the most interesting sites, internet site that is, I've seen was the bubble gum collection. I've seen several matchbox/matchbook collectors in my time and I'm sure there a matchbox museum somewhere. But, have you ever heard of a vintage toaster collection? You can find that at http://www.toaster.org/. What about coathangers or odd socks? Yup. Check out http://www.museumstuff.com/museums/unusual.html for these and other unusual collections.

Someday, I might have my own collection open to the public. We collect bells. If you'd like to donate an unusual, or not so unusual, bell to the collection, my address is 607 Pam Drive, Tyler, Texas 75703.

Huh?

My name?

Dana Bell