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- Guide to Cape Town, South Africa April 3, 2020
- Guide to the Gardens Route, South Africa: Hermanus to Cape Town March 28, 2020
- Guide to the Gardens Route, South Africa: Mossel Bay to Cape Agulhas March 27, 2020
- Guide to the Gardens Route, South Africa: Knysna to Wilderness March 26, 2020
- Guide to the Gardens Route, South Africa: Nature’s Valley to Plettenberg Bay March 25, 2020
- Guide to the Gardens Route, South Africa: Storms River Mouth March 24, 2020
- Guide to the Gardens Route Road Trip, South Africa March 23, 2020
- Guide to Addo Elephant National Park Safari, South Africa March 19, 2020
- Guide to the Panorama Route, South Africa December 3, 2019
- Guide to Safari in Kruger National Park, South Africa November 20, 2019
- 4 Places to Play Pinball in San Diego July 25, 2019
- 6 Incredible Mountain Hikes Under 1 Hour From San Diego July 21, 2019
- Guide to Cabrillo National Monument, San Deigo July 17, 2019
- Find Four Pedestrian Bridges Hidden In San Diego June 30, 2019
- Barrio Logan, San Diego: Chicano Park & Las Cuatro Milpas June 26, 2019
- Binge on the Best Burritos in San Diego June 24, 2019
- Take a Taco Tour in San Diego June 19, 2019
- Tour the Kombucha Breweries of San Diego June 16, 2019
- Tour the San Diego Farmers Markets June 12, 2019
- San Diego’s 5 Peak Challenge Mission Trails Regional Park June 9, 2019
- Number One Attraction in San Diego, CA: Balboa Park June 5, 2019
- Your Guide to Exploring San Diego, California June 2, 2019
- Experience Meow Wolf in Santa Fe, New Mexico May 29, 2019
- Walk the Haiku Path at Santa Fe Community College May 26, 2019
- Drink the Elixir at Kakawa Chocolate House in Santa Fe, NM May 22, 2019
- Hike the Tree Spring Trail in Sandia Mountains, NM May 18, 2019
- Tinkertown Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico May 15, 2019
- World’s Largest Rattlesnake in Albuquerque, New Mexico May 12, 2019
- Museums of University of New Mexico in Albuquerque May 5, 2019
- Exploring Petroglyph National Monument Albuquerque, NM May 1, 2019
Tag Archives: roadside attraction
Jell-O Gallery Museum, Le Roy New York
There’s always room for Jell-O…roadside attractions on your itinerary. Am I right? This is the kitschy kind of stuff my dreams are made of. Did you know that Jell-O was first created in New York in 1897? A visit to … Continue reading
Kazoobie Kazoos, Beaufort SC
The right music can turn your road trip from a bore to so much more! On our way from Charleston to Savannah we decided to make a stop at a really quirky roadside attraction. As we were driving there I … Continue reading
Posted in South Carolina
Tagged american south, beaufort, charleston, factory tour, invention, kazoo, kazoo factory, kazoo museum, kazoobie kazoos, museum, music, road trip, roadside attraction, savannah, south carolina, southern, tour guide, travel
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Mapparium, Best of Boston
I’ve always been fascinated by geography and loved looking at maps or globes. Normally you look at these things from the outside, but if you know where to go you can look from within. The Mapparium [200 Massachusetts Avenue, The … Continue reading
Posted in Boston
Tagged 1935, acoustic, boston, christ, church, Church of Christ, earth, geography, globe, hall of ideas, hidden gem, history, library, map, mapparium, mary baker, mary baker library, off the beaten path, perspective, roadside attraction, Scientist, tour, travel, world
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Best of New Hampshire: Clark’s Trading Post
Lions and tigers and bears oh my! Well, scratch those first two, Clark’s Trading Post [110 Daniel Webster Hwy, Lincoln, NH 03251] its all about the bears. Opened since 1928, this quaint, classy, family owned theme park has one captivating … Continue reading
Posted in New Hampshire
Tagged bear show, black bear, circus, clarks trading post, Fun, lincoln, live free or die, new hampshire, nh, roadside attraction, segway, steam train, theme park, travel, wolfman
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Albany Roadside Attraction: Nipper
You may have spotted him driving down 787, or on your escapades trotting along Broadway, Nipper [Head down Broadway from Albany, towards Menands] the giant dog is a fixture in the Albany scene. After slurping some ramen at Tanpopo, I was heading towards the nearby … Continue reading
Posted in Albany
Tagged 518, albany, broadway, dog, Fun, nipper, nippertown, roadside attraction
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Road Trip from San Diego to Tucson
By car it takes just under six hours to make the trip from San Diego to Tucson. Six hours is quite a chunk of time, especially to spend driving on a relatively short vacation. Some people said that the trip … Continue reading
Posted in Arizona, California, San Diego, Tucson
Tagged art, az, ca, california, cave, date shake, dateland, desert, desert oasis, desert view tower, eat me, fallow deer, feed, Fun, goat, holtville, holtville hot springs, hot spring, in ko pah, in ko pah mountains, jacumba, lagoon, lizard, lorikeet, mineral water, miniature donkey, mountains, nectar, oasis, oddities, ostrich, ostrich ranch, picacho, reptile, road trip, roadside attraction, roadtrip, rock carving, rock sculpture, rooster cogburn ostrich ranch, san diego, sculpture, swimming, swimming hole, tucson, ufo, yum, yuma
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February Break: San Diego and Southern Arizona Adventure
Overview I am lucky enough to have traveled West this February with my best friend, my amazing Mother! We flew into San Diego and road-tripped to Tucson. It was an amazing experience. This is an overview of the cities we … Continue reading
Posted in Arizona, California, Phoenix, San Diego, Tucson
Tagged arizona, artsy, balboa park, cactus, cali, california, cheap eats, coronado, deert, dives, fauna, flora, garden, graffiti, hidden gem, jerry hall, la jolla, little cafe poca cosa, mexican, mexican cuisine, mural, national park, nature, off the beaten path, pacific beach, palm trees, phoenix, rattler, rattlesnake bridge, road trip, roadside attraction, saguaro national park, san diego, san diego zoo, sculpture, seaworld, snoran, sonoran desert, street art, tamale, topiary, topiary garden, tucson, uss midway, wealthy, wild west, wildlife
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Home of the Garabedians: The Bronx Christmas House
My family has had a tradition of visiting the ‘Christmas House’ in the Bronx for as far back as I can remember. I never knew what it was actually called until I googled it just now, the Garabedian House. You … Continue reading
Posted in Bronx, NYC
Tagged alvin and the chipmunks, baby jesus, bronx, christmas, christmas house, cinderella, garabedian, garabedian house, holiday spirit, holidays, jesus, kitschy, life-sized, michael jackson, nativity scene, pelham parkway, roadside attraction, statues, tina turner, tradition
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Roadside Attraction: Dead Frog Circus
For three years I have been making an annual trip to Northampton, MA to holiday shop. For three long years I have been filled with a burning curiosity about a truly bizarre roadside attraction. After three long years, I finally … Continue reading
Posted in Berkshires
Tagged 1927, chatham, circus, dead frog circus, frogs, holyoke, massachusetts, mice, museum, northampton, odd, peculiar, roadside attraction, strange, taxidermy, trapeze, turtles, unique, Wistariahurst, Wistariahurst Musuem
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Catskills Route-28 Oddities
Route 28 in the Catskills has got a lot of quirky and cool spots to visit, if you know where to look. Yesterday we started out with breakfast at the Bread Alone Bakery in Boiceville, and ooh it was good. The … Continue reading
Posted in Catskills
Tagged America’s Largest Kaleidoscope, art, bacon, bacon egg and cheese, bakery, boiceville, bread alone, bread alone bakery, breakfast sandwich, cars, Catskills, chocolate, chocolate croissant, coffee, counter culture, counter culture coffee, croissant, Emile Burnel Sculpture Garden, feed, Fun, furniture, Kaleidoscope, quiche, raspberry, raspberry danish, roadside attraction, robots, rockets, route 28, sclupture, Sculpture Garden, silo, steve heller, Steve Heller’s Fabulous Furniture, strange
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