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Monday, May 05, 2008

POTD: Helium Time Columns, Amarillo

The Helium Time Columns Monument and Museum, located in Amarillo just outside the Don Harrington Discovery Center, definitely ranks as an unusual Texas sight. The four columns are filled with books and memorabilia about life in 1968. Why 1968? Why, that was the 100th anniversary of the year when helium was discovered.

To make things a little more unusual, the books are sealed in a helium-filled atmosphere, one that's not to be opened until the year 2550.

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