Some of the names on my layout…
A. Madonna Della Ferrostrada Cathedral (literally “Our Lady of the Railway”); inspired by the Madonna Della Strada chapel at the Loyola University of Chicago campus. The cathedral complex also contains the diocesan administration building and a high school, named after deceased friends.
B. The Jesuit Brewery. The Christian Brothers (my high school) make wine; it would be logical that the Society of Jesus would go for a stronger drink like beer.
C. Wisteria Lane, with appropriate warning signs for “Desperate Housewives”.
D. Lawyers Can Service; a company that services portable toilets. Their motto: “Call a Lawyer to Clean Your Can”. I’ve got around a dozen portable toilets with the appropriate signs.
E. The V. I. Lenin boat store, named after the birthplace of Solidarity in Gdansk, Poland.
F. Beck-Colbert Wind Farm, after the Fox News and Comedy Central commentators.
G. Bismarck Auditorium, built during the 1880 - 1914 era when Americans idolized the Iron Chancellor (hence Bismarck, ND; Bismarck Hotel, etc.).
H. Frate House; a freight house recycled into a museum. The spelling dates from the reformed spelling era prior to World War I.
I. Canine American and Feline American; dog and cat food companies.
J. CTA bus route 666, which serves a well known megachurch in Chicago.
I’ve also got a number of streets and honorary street names named after friends and their pets.
I’ve got the abundant directional signs to churches (blue) and tourist sites (brown) giving the directions to the real places, relative to my layout.