Dixie Cup Water Tower – Lexington, Kentucky

Source: Tacky Travelers, http://tackytraveller.blogspot.com/2010/03/dixie-cup-water-tower.html

Source: davewirth blogspot, http://davewirth.blogspot.com/2012/01/week-in-ohio-and-kentucky.html

Many weird ideas for water towers also serve as advertising, and the Dixie Cup water tower is no different. High above the grounds of the (now replaced) Dixie Cup factory in Lexington, Kentucky, the giant replica of the easily recognizable, tiny cup is a cute method of landmarking. When the Dixie Cup company was sold to Georgia-Pacific, plans were made to take down the over sized cup, but the city refused stating that the airport used it as a point of reference.

Ypsilanti Water Works Stand Pipe – Ypsilanti, Michigan

Source: Pacific Pelican, http://pacificarchives.sf3am.com/photos/2010/1417/0511195414/

Source: Every Stock Photo, http://www.everystockphoto.com/photo.php?imageId=4524352

What could be weirder than an unmistakeably phallic water tower in the middle of a town? Ypsilanti, Michigan is well aware of the suggestive nature of this historic water tower and poke fun at it often. Despite its weirdness, it should be admired for its history – the water tower was built in 1890 and is on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. That’s not the only list its on – Cabinet magazine ranked it The World’s Most Phallic Building in 2003.