A full, 360-degree rainbow paints the mist over Niagara Falls

You have probably heard about this, but a month or so ago there were some images/videos/articles posted online about a full 360 rainbow that was viewed. It was quite neat. Here are a couple of reports: Washington Post – A full, 360-degree rainbow paints the mist over Niagara Falls Daily Mail – Where’s the pot…

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UK tabloid mocks ‘Movieland Wax Museum of the Stars’ in Niagara Falls

This is old news, but I never did post about it. From Global News: A wax museum in Niagara Falls, Ont. was mocked Tuesday by a British newspaper for featuring figures that “bear only a passing resemblance to the stars they’re supposed to be.” The Daily Mail took jabs at the Movieland Wax Museum of…

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The battle of Niagara: The US plans that could tempt tourists away from Canada

From the Daily Mail: Every year millions of visitors flock to see the dramatic Niagara Falls that separate New York state from Ontario. But while 12million people head to the Canadian side, just six million choose to view the spectacular waterfall from the American side. However, all that is set to change as the US…

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‘Prince of the Air’ conquers Niagara Falls tightrope in the first of EIGHTY-ONE skywalks 600ft in the air

From the Daily Mail (it includes some nice pictures): He is called ‘Prince of the Air’ and in the first of a planned 81 death-defying walks he truly lives up to his name. Wirewalker Jay Cochrane ticked the first walk off his long list as he treaded the two inch wire between the Skylon Tower and…

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Articles regarding Nik Wallenda’s wire-walk

I’ve been on vacation for the last week and a bit. We didn’t really do anything other than do some work around the house. I saw all the articles about Nik Wallenda, and meant to post some of them, but never got around to it. In case you’ve missed some of them, here is a…

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World tunes in to Fear Factory faces

From the Welland Tribune: When Frank LaPenna received a text message saying the website for his business was seeing some unusually high numbers, he didn’t think too much of it. One of his employees wanted to let him know that the Nightmares Fear Factory website, which was typically getting 600 hits per day, had received…

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Give us back our big baby: Marine park in bizarre tug-of-love case over 17-foot killer whale

From the UK Daily Mail: Two theme parks are waging an international custody dispute in court – over a 17-foot killer whale. SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida, is demanding the return of Ikaika, a two-tonne, captive-born orca that it sent to Marineland in Niagara Falls, Canada, in 2006. But Marineland has defied the call – and…

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Media requests flow over falls photos

From the Niagara Falls Review: It has been more than three decades since Russ Glasson last set eyes upon the mighty cataracts of Niagara. But during the past week, the iconic tourist attraction has figured prominently in the life of the semi-retired 75-year-old Weatherfield, Conn., resident. Last year, Glasson posted a small collection of 41-year-old…

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