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Metropolis, Illinois

Car in front of Superman Museum (Tourist Trap?)

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KShai1715 on 18June2021 at 10:33 AM
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I went there!
There is a big Superman statue and Lois Lane is sitting on a park bench nearby.
There’s a small, but well-packed museum/shop.
It was fun and neat and I’m glad I stopped there on my way through Illinois to Atlanta in 2016.

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  disperser on 18June2021 at 10:44 AM
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  The museum/shop wasn’t open (that I could tell, but I didn’t try the door).
  
  I also didn’t see a statue of Lois Lane sitting on a bench nearby. I’ll have to look into it because I’ll be annoyed if I missed it.
  
  The only Lois Lane statue we saw was the statue in the above slide-show which is standing (and three blocks away). Perhaps they removed the park bench version.
  
  It’s a quick and silly but neat display and it was a fun place to visit and spend a few minutes.
  
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  disperser on 18June2021 at 10:54 AM
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  Here’s some additional history about the statue:
  
  https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/11594
  
  And the Lois Lane statue:
  
  https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/25618
  
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doesitevenmatter3 on 18June2021 at 4:07 PM
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Superman and Lois!!! YAY! What a cool place to visit!
HA on the car trunk! 😮 😛 I bet Superman knew that AND could open locked car trunks! 😉
(((HUGS))) Happy Friday!!!

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  disperser on 18June2021 at 4:55 PM
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  Yeah, he could open them . . . just didn’t know enough to wear them under his pants.
  
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    doesitevenmatter3 on 19June2021 at 2:57 AM
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    HA!
    
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AnnMarie on 18June2021 at 7:29 PM
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Pretty impressive to have Superman and Popeye ‘residents’ of Illinois! Are there others you know of?

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  disperser on 18June2021 at 11:19 PM
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  We have all sorts of characters in Illinois … many are elected to political office.
  
  But if you mean along the lines of Superman and Popeye …
  
  … the only other one I know of is Dick Tracy in Naperville, Illinois:
  
  https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-statue-move-st-0918-20150917-story.html
  
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  disperser on 18June2021 at 11:28 PM
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  Actually, I don’t know if it ever got put up again. I can’t find any mention of its current location. This link shows it where it was in 2010, but google maps street views isn’t showing it there.
  
  https://www.yelp.com/biz/dick-tracy-monument-naperville
  
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