| Commenting on unique place names can be a | | | | Taking "Name it Hell for all I care" to extremes, |
| tricky business as you risk alienating readers from | | | | this town is now popular for novelty-seeking |
| the respective areas along with your inbox bulging | | | | visitors with presumably "I've been to Hell and |
| with "What about here..?" and similar style emails. | | | | back" style shirts and memorabilia. |
| In dissecting the many weird and wonderful | | | | Disappointment Island (New Zealand). |
| names across the globe I decided on two rules in | | | | This is an uninhabited island not far from Auckland |
| advance, firstly that all the place names I selected | | | | Island, New Zealand. I imagine it is uninhabited as |
| would be free of double-entendres..well almost all. | | | | selling real estate on a place called Disappointment |
| The 2nd steadfast rule I wished to adhere to is | | | | Island would be a hard-sell for the even the most |
| that they must be genuine place names, some | | | | experienced of salesmen. |
| are towns whilst others are unincorporated | | | | Great Snoring (England). |
| communities, all have wonderfully unique names. | | | | This tiny village in England lies two miles from the |
| Top Ten Most Wonderfully-Named Places On | | | | equally wonderfully-named Little Snoring. Sleepy |
| Earth | | | | little villages indeed. |
| Boring (Maryland, USA) | | | | Ordinary ( Kentucky, USA.) |
| Not as mundane-sounding as it's name, Boring is | | | | If there was a new town to be founded near |
| named after one David Boring who was the | | | | Ordinary, it would surely have to be called |
| postmaster in the tiny community. | | | | Extraordinary, right? |
| Hold With Hope (Greenland) | | | | Lord Berkeley's Knob (Scotland) |
| Despite being in one of the coldest places on | | | | You would not want to pull over and ask |
| earth, Hold With Hope is welcomed with warmth | | | | directions on how to get there would you? Me |
| to our list. | | | | neither. |
| Last Chance (Colorado, USA.) | | | | Two Egg (Florida, USA) |
| So named as it was once the final opportunity for | | | | In America's sunshine state you can visit Two |
| travellers to get supplies for many a mile, this | | | | Egg, sunny side up. |
| wonderfully-named area must surely have a | | | | What Cheer (Iowa, USA) |
| saloon? | | | | This happy-sounding town rounds off our list and |
| Hell (Michigan, USA). | | | | get's three cheers from me. |