Attention civic boosters, if your town’s pride-and-joy water tower is decorated with a flat, plain-Jane painted logo or mascot, imagine how something like this could help you hit the big time! Your town’s tower could display a sparkling digital media extravaganza worthy of a glamorous international...

Photo: mediaroom.rwu.edu Wrapped up in a big red bow for a unique photo op, this new water tower was a “gift” from Roger Williams University to the town of Bristol, Rhode Island. (Wow! That’s the first time I’ve seen the words “university” and “gift” used...

To make your season bright…part 2! Again in 2009 we’ve rounded up some fantastic festive towers decorated for the holiday season! (See Part 1 here or the 2008 collection here and here.) The Southern Arkansas University Water Tower Candle, photographed by Sounds like “Jee” on Flickr. This...

Water towers and Christmas lights are a natural combo so again in 2009 we’ve rounded up some fantastic festive towers decorated for the holiday season! (See the 2008 collection here and here.) Beautiful dusk light accents this starry blue tower in Fresno, California by Matt (mistergoleta) on...

Just when we think our crush on the country, culture and people of England was getting out of hand, along comes a note from Ferrers (aka The Pie Man) to further stoke our Anglophile tendencies. He pointed us to the delightful BWTAS -  the British Water Tower Appreciation Society. The group “exists...

Who is Clemson University’s mystery water tower decoration donor? No one seems to know, but that person obviously saw an opportunity emerging as a humdrum water tower was scheduled for routine maintenance. Rather than just repainting the tower in its usual white, “Mr. Mystery Bucks”...

The folks from Circleville, Ohio, sure know how to whip up some soaring enthusiasm for their annual Pumpkin Show, first held in 1903. (While it sounds quaint, it has grown into an extravaganza that attracts 400,000 visitors!) The water tower, which holds a million gallons, was built in 1976 but it wasn’t...

Soccer Ball Water Tower, Mistlin Sports Park, Ripon, California (Thanks Adrian Mendoza, www.amenfoto.com) Basketball Water Tower, Hebron, Illinois (Thanks, dharder9475 on Flickr) Baseball Water Tower, Ellsworth, Illinois (Thanks, tlindenbaum on Flickr) Golf Ball Water Tower, Rend Lake Golf Course,...

The Water Tower House, Montgomery Hills, Maryland Dan Reed from Just Up the Pike, an excellent Montgomery County, Maryland blog, profiles this available-now dream home. (Perhaps this what is meant by the phrase “wet dream?” No, don’t think so!) 3 BR 3.5 BA Colonial, near schools, shopping...

2008: The old tower is dwarfed by its still-unfinished replacement. Cut down like a tree! For those of us who dysfunctionally enjoy watching big things fall, here’s the last misty moments of the 75,000-gallon Huntertown, Indiana water tower. A Michigan contractor charged the city a bargain price...