First we begin with the Niagara Wax Museum of History - the WORST and therefore the BEST wax museum EVER. This is up there with the Tillamook County Pioneer Museum that displays the glass that Bill Clinton drank from alongside a Skeletor castle from the old He-Man cartoons.
Marni gave me the "bad use of caulk" tour:
Since Annie Edson Taylor was mentioned in a previous entry, here she is emerging dazed and confused from the falls after her rescue:
The first white man to view Niagara Falls (political correctness is not in this museum's vocabulary):
A re-enactment of Devil's Hole Massacre:
Next to a display of "The Three Most Beautiful Women in the World" (Mother Teresa was wearing cheap, mens' hirachis):
Drag Queen Di!
and Julia Roberts (Have I mentioned this wax museum was last updated 20+ years ago?):
As witnessed by signage like this:
Proofreading is necessary:
We did get our "horrorscope" before leaving:
JR re-enacting the Devil's Hole Massacre or was it the dead Maid of the Mist (photo by Marni Shindelman):
One of many contraptions featured all over the town of objects people went over the falls in:
More contraptions at the Dare Devil Mini Mart:
This one went down on my birthday!
Everything I heard about the town of Niagara is true (it's sad and depressing while the Canadian side looks so much more inviting):
But at least the US side has floating ice cream cones... (but alas the foliage died in the planters underneath):
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