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http://www.norfolkwindmills.com/images/newcanal.jpg

it is off the 1-10, somewhere between new orleans and slidell. any ideas?

― charltonlido (gareth), Sunday, 16 November 2003 11:17 (twenty-two years ago)

it is the real barad-dur

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 16 November 2003 11:59 (twenty-two years ago)

it is just a house.

― RJG (RJG), Sunday, 16 November 2003 12:00 (twenty-two years ago)

It's the Moomin's secret nuclear power plant.

― jel -- (jel), Sunday, 16 November 2003 12:25 (twenty-two years ago)

its the muppet castle for cali-disney

― nathalie (nathalie), Sunday, 16 November 2003 13:39 (twenty-two years ago)

looks like the home of White Castle burgers....

― Orbit (Orbit), Sunday, 16 November 2003 19:46 (twenty-two years ago)

I forget what it is, tho I've seen it like a billion times.

― hstencil, Sunday, 16 November 2003 19:52 (twenty-two years ago)

It looks like an Army Corps of Engineers structure, probably a pumping station for the levees around N.O.

― Skottie, Sunday, 16 November 2003 21:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Creepy quasi castles are a big part of why I never go to Slidell.

― adam (adam), Sunday, 16 November 2003 22:14 (twenty-two years ago)

charltonlido,

It doesn't look familiar, but I am confused:

I-10 (the "I" is not a roman numeral but actually an abbreviation for "Interstate") runs east and west, just north of Slidell. You take 59 north from New Orleans to get to Slidell.

(ps: mark s always crax me up)

― gygax! (gygax!), Sunday, 16 November 2003 23:00 (twenty-two years ago)

i understand that the i is interstate and not roman

i was under the impression that the I-10 dropped into new orleans, like this:

http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?ed=M7tNO.p_0TqT&csz=new+orleans&country=us

― charltonlido (gareth), Sunday, 16 November 2003 23:14 (twenty-two years ago)

charltonlido, i am indeed the one who is confused. my apologies.

― gygax! (gygax!), Sunday, 16 November 2003 23:18 (twenty-two years ago)

three years pass...

perhaps it really is just a house?

― Storefront Church (688), Monday, 15 January 2007 10:28 (nineteen years ago)

Is it this place?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/raijsi/220503668/

― Edward Trifle (Ned Trifle IV), Monday, 15 January 2007 10:57 (nineteen years ago)

And again...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kakapolearns2fly/45422062/

― Edward Trifle (Ned Trifle IV), Monday, 15 January 2007 10:59 (nineteen years ago)

almost certainly

― Ste (Fuzzy), Monday, 15 January 2007 11:01 (nineteen years ago)

Seems to have been slightly damaged by Katrina. And basically, yes, 'just' a house.

― Edward Trifle (Ned Trifle IV), Monday, 15 January 2007 11:04 (nineteen years ago)

so... is it near New Canal? (the image is called newcanal.jpg)

― StanM (StanM), Monday, 15 January 2007 11:04 (nineteen years ago)

yes i think it must be, as route 11 is parallel with i-10 at this point

― Storefront Church (688), Monday, 15 January 2007 11:35 (nineteen years ago)

it's a funny house

― RJG (RJG), Monday, 15 January 2007 12:34 (nineteen years ago)

its a future post apocalyptic landmark

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Monday, 15 January 2007 14:08 (nineteen years ago)

I am affixing papier-mache battlements to my roof tomorrow!

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 02:58 (nineteen years ago)

Great idea! Scan them first for us, ok? ^_^

― StanM (StanM), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 10:52 (nineteen years ago)

Here's a shot from inside...
http://www.bwcutters.com/images/product_images/castle_med1.jpg

― Ned T.Rifle (nedtrifle), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 11:03 (nineteen years ago)

Entrance view from the other side:

http://www.zeenz.nl/images/uploads/neverland.jpg

― StanM (StanM), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 11:09 (nineteen years ago)

I wonder if they've ever redone that stretch of the I-10. I would always get caught trying to figure out if it was a house or not and then the car would go all bumpy and shit and i'd be all 'aaaah!'.

The Taco Bell in nearby Slidell, where I'm sure conversations about who the hell would build a castle for a house occur weekly, has talking trash cans! It politely thanks you for depositing your half eaten tacos and empty Fire sauce sachets.

― The Ultimate Conclusion (lokar), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 19:36 (nineteen years ago)

they're funny trash cans

― RJG (RJG), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 23:56 (nineteen years ago)

"take my bin bag, PLEASE!"

― The Ultimate Conclusion (lokar), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 02:14 (nineteen years ago)

I've seen that a few times. I always assumed that it was just a house.

― B.L.A.M. (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 04:55 (nineteen years ago)

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