BY Anna Green. Representatives from their sister city Thunder Bay, Ontario, are always invited.Unsurprisingly, New Prague was established by Czech immigrants, although over the years the pronunciation has become “New PRAY-ge.” The town still honors its heritage, and you can find several restaurants serving up traditional Czech food.Early French explorers were so frustrated by how difficult it was to travel this area by canoe that they named it the Embarrass River (the town name came later). This tiny community is really named after the biblical figure Nimrod, who appears in the Book of Genesis. Thus the Nowthen Post Office, and eventually the city of Nowthen was born. The US is a treasure trove of eccentric places. The city embraces weird and uses it to make millions off of tourists each year.

Here's a list of towns with some of the most unique -- if that's what you'd call it -- names around to inspire your next quirky road trip.We hear you could get quite a few interesting photo ops. But how many of these weird 18 names are you familiar with?Some of these other names seem more odd to me than that. ... Minnesota (MN) - Assumption - (It makes an ass out of you and umption) And by well-named, I just mean strange. He had a medical condition that gave him heavy eyelids, and his indigenous name was “Ish-Tak-ha-ba,” which translates to sleepy eyes. 15 U.S. Town and City Names With Unusual Backstories. Ah-gwah-ching, Minnesota – From the Ojibwe language: Agwajiing "Outdoors" County and City of Anoka; Bejou, Minnesota - From the Ojibwe language: Bizhiw "bobcat, lynx". Whether honoring its founders, a local landmark, or its reputation for rowdy bar-brawling, the funniest town names in all 50 states show a sense of … Check out their other 17 choices for weirdest Minnesota town names:I don't know about you, but I'd go with 'Nimrod' as the weirdest town name in Minnesota. So, I did some research with some maps and came up with plenty of weird names for cities, bodies of water, and mountains.

Before Nowthen was a town, it was part of the unincorporated area known as Burns Township. You May Of Heard Of The Faraway Lands Of Dildo, Canada Or F*cking, Austria. Jun. Of The Future Read this: 27 Parents Explain Why They Regret The Names They Gave Their Children Read this: 52 Weird Names Of Places In The United States That You Just Can’t Believe Are Real Read this: Here’s Your Ever-Changing U.S. Map Of The Most Popular Girls’ Names Cataloged […] He was known for his skilled, peaceful diplomacy.“I would assume the early settlers saw a lot of dignity in that, and assumed it would be appropriate to name our town after that,” said Christina Andres, executive director for the Chamber of Commerce and Convention and visitors bureau in Sleepy Eye.Today, a statue and granite obelisk stand in the town, honoring his memory.This community was named after a brand of chewing tobacco back in 1896.

Some of these other names seem more odd to me than that.

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Opinions differ as to how the town got its name. Their first postmaster, Jim Hare, wrote to the Post Department requesting to establish the Burns Post Office, but his application was rejected because it was too similar to the Burnstown Township Post Office. Picture this: You’re on a Minnesota road trip, minding your own business and having a good time, when you see a sign for Climax. It's easy to overlook strange place names when they're familiar, but as an Italian, I'm shocked that Americans live in cities and towns with these names. Check out their other 17 choices for weirdest Minnesota town names: Ball Club, Blue Earth, Clam Falls, Clappers, Climax, Embarrass, Good Thunder,Little Canada, Luck, Motley, Mound, Ottertail, Nimrod, Pillager, Sleepy Eye, Staples, Twig, Winner. Hare had a habit of starting and ending his sentences with “nowthen.” So when he suggested several new names and ended his letter with “nowthen” they mistook it as a suggestion. Aahh, weird Wisconsin, how I love you. This got me thinking that there must be plenty of other cities throughout the world with equally strange names.

In 1902, wealthy Minneapolis businessman Marion Willis Savage purchased a plot of land in the town, and soon after purchased the Standardbred pacer Dan Patch, who went on to break the world record in the mile at the 1906 Minnesota State Fair.“At the time he was one of the most famous athletes in the world,” said Emily Gunderson, City of Savage communications manager.If you haven’t figured it out by now, the real celebrity was the horse, although the town bears the name of the human who brought residents their beloved Dan Patch.In 1916, both the horse and owner became ill, and Savage died just one day after Dan Patch did.“The claim is that he died of a broken heart, or the shock of losing his beloved horse,” Gunderson said.The city of Savage is still pretty enamored with the dynamic duo, and in 2018 it erected a statue of man and horse in front of the public library.This one is actually a ghost town, so it looks like they pulled the trigger a bit too early with the name.Minnesota settler John LaDue migrated to Polk County from Fertile, Iowa, and thought the land looked so similar to his hometown that he decided to name the new settlement after it.A more recent fun fact: Fertile was just named the Native Americans named the river in this area Kenesca-Seba, or Clam Shell River, and the falls were dubbed Cobbekonta, or Little Falls.
The following are state, county, townships, cities, towns, villages and major city neighborhoods of Minnesota with placenames of indigenous origin in the Americas. And more importantly, why? I don't know about you, but I'd go with 'Nimrod' as the weirdest town name in Minnesota.