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Illinois

Peregrine Took

(7,547 posts) Fri May 22, 2015, 09:35 PM May 2015

A while back we were driving back to Chicago from NC and wanted to visit Golconda, ILL... [View all]

We went through Padukah, Ky on the interstate and saw a sign "Golconda, Il 20 miles north. OK!
So we drove the required 20 miles north, got some gas and then looked around for a sign to Golconda....found one "Golconda, 20 miles south&quot !!!) What?
So we drove 20 miles back south from whence we had come....and found the pleasant, sleepy little town.
Can anyone explain the weird route?

Thanks very much.

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A while back we were driving back to Chicago from NC and wanted to visit Golconda, ILL... [View all] Peregrine Took May 2015 OP

You were traveling through another dimension, The Velveteen Ocelot May 2015 #1

It's like Brigadoon frazzled May 2015 #4

I don't believe it actually exists, and I ate lunch there once. ChairmanAgnostic May 2015 #5

Yikes - why didn't I think of that? Peregrine Took May 2015 #2

You definitely went through a warp. HubertHeaver May 2015 #3