For more information, visit their website here. What’s more, you don’t have to travel the fictional Mockingbird Heights to get a tour of the house because, nowadays, you’ll find it in Waxahachie, Texas. If you’re thinking about going, the McKee’s do offer private tours of the Munster Mansion as well as weekly Murder Mystery nights. Most of the rooms even feature props and furnishings from the original show. Inside you’ll find some of the things you’ll remember about the show including Spot – the Munster’s fire-breathing pet stegosaurus who lives under the stairs – and the bedroom of odd-girl-out Marilyn – Herman and Lily Munster’s “ugly” niece – that’s all frilly and not a cobweb or dust ball in site. Watching and re-watching episodes of the show, they’ve painstakingly recreated every room in the Munster house right down to the cobwebs.Īnd they’ve done a spectacular job with their “living work” over the last 20 years. You see, in 2001, the couple started building their own Munster Mansion – an exact replica of the house that used to sit on 1313 Mockingbird Lane in the imaginary TV town of Mockingbird Heights. If you’re a big fan of the that frighteningly funny 60’s horror family sitcom “The Munsters”, chances are you’re still not quite as big a fan as Sandra and Charles McKee. Nearby There’s also a whole dome neighborhood of Flintstones-meets-the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair houses near Bruco where dome enthusiasts can even rent a dome of their own. And that makes sense because underneath this multipedal mammoth is 14,000 square feet factory space where the company called Monolithic Dome constructs prefab dome homes (among other buildings and dome things). Though some claim the cowboy boot wearing caterpillar with the “flirty eyes” is built out of Quonset huts, fact is, he’s actually made out of seven 60-foot domes. You really don’t have drive far from Stuckey’s for this one because almost directly across Interstate 35E you’ll see a giant (but cute) caterpillar named Bruco. So, whether you’re stopping for the night or just long enough to fill up the tank and grab a couple of Stuckey’s Pecan Log Rolls or pecan pralines and a cup of joe for the journey ahead, be sure to check out these things to see and do near Stuckey’s of Italy. That means you can really relax refresh and refuel at this Stuckey’s location. The Stuckey’s of Italy is a bit like that first building the Aycock Brothers built in that it shares a building with a gas station, convenience store, a couple of restaurants and even a motel. (Besides, there had already been a town named Egypt located in Wharton County, Texas.) Eventually both business and the population would grow in Italy with around 500 people living there in 1890 to 1926 in 2019. Penn who filled in the blank on the official registration form with “Italy”. The citizens became split on the matter until the issue was finally resolved by nearby Waxahachie postmaster Gabriel J. Others said it wasn’t really that hot, with one of the townsfolk saying it reminded him of the climate in Italy when he once visited there, so they should name it Italy. Some suggested it was as hot as Egypt, so that’s what they should name it. As a result, the good citizens of the unnamed town would gather together to decide what to call the place where they abided. Of course, the post office would need a name so people would know where to send their letters and such. Except for its name and a couple of pizzerias, the town of Italy, Texas, bears little in common with its eponymous European country.įirst settled around 1860, the town of around 2,000 people today actually got its “Old Country” name in 1879 when the Aycock Brothers built a hybrid house, store and post office.
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