The Detours series celebrates lesser-known locales worth visiting across the state. Why go to Italy to get an awkward photo of yourself pretending to hold up a tilted tower when you can head to the Panhandle? Just outside Groom, a town of about 550 situated along a fragment of historic Route 66, a water tower stands tall and askew, with two of its four legs floating above the ground. Ralph Britten bought it in 1981 for his truck stop, then decided to use a smaller tank instead. Making the best of the situation, he and his sons attached a kickstand of sorts to one side of the empty tower and buried it deep in the ground, hoping the off-kilter structure would serve as an eye-catching advertisement for…
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