Virgin Mary of the Underpass

If you happened to be in Chicago around in the spring of 2005, you might driven past the Virgin Mary of the Underpass at Fullerton Street. It seems wherever Mary pops up she brings the drama! After hundreds of people flocked to see the Virgin Mary, or "salt stain" as some pagans have put it, Mary was painted over, then unpainted, then painted again. The city cited safety reasons in covering up Mary for the final time. The only thing I know for sure is that salt stains can make some beautiful shades of blue.

Virgin Mary of the Grilled Cheese

The sightings of all sightings. A Miami woman who hung onto this sandwhich for 10 years got $28,000 for it on ebay! GoldenPalace.com, an online casino, confirmed that it had the winning bid. Now if you're an online casino, how are people going to get to see...Oh nevermind.

To me it looks more like a Greta Garbo of the Grilled Cheese, but who am I to argue with an online casino? Damn, they don't make classy Hollywood ladies like this anymore, do they?

Mary and Jesus in Funyuns

Here's law clerk John Mize holding a Funyun he found under his car seat that resembles the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus. Seems like a nice little thing to pull out and show your friends once in awhile, but John decided to put the Funyun on ebay and got $609 bucks for it. When I check under my car seat I usually find a slew of parking tickets, a pen cap, and a Todd the Wet Sprocket CD. Certainly nothing worth $609!

Virgin Mary of the Fence Post

Back in 2003, something strange was happening with one of the fence rails at Coogee Beach, in Australia. When looked at during a certain time of day and at a particular angle and distance (whew!) the fence took the shape of the Blessed Virgin. Soon after its discovering, though, local hooligans vandalized "Rail Mary." The fence has since been replaced, but Mary never quite looked the same. I can see why Mary would want to hang out there, what a view this beach has!