[Watches the tumbleweed roll across The Weird World of Ebay]

Heard about this last night, as I snuggled into bed listening to The World Tonight on Radio 4. Someone has bought a Texan Ghost Town on ebay.

Now, my first thought was "why is it that you can sell an American town on ebay, but not Belgium?" But then, US & UK ebay seems to have more room for the totally bizarre (an entire section, in fact!).

So what's so special about this town?

The winning buyer will take over an icehouse [tavern] created from the frame of the old general store, a pavilion, an 85-year-old dance hall, a tractor shed and a three-bedroom house, together with peach and pecan orchards.

What? No church! Don't all little American towns have a church? (Searches other news sites for further details) No, apparently it has no church but it does have a schoolhouse that was attended by a former President. RTE

I'll finish off with a quote from the RTE article, which just sums ebay up;

An eBay spokesman said: 'You can buy pretty much anything on eBay, but this is certainly one of the more unusual listings we have had on the site. For someone, this could be the ultimate Christmas present and will also make a fantastic investment purchase for buyers too.'

That's what keeps this place in existence, the weird and the unusual. Oh look, ebay sounds like it's sellers!