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Subject: Roadside Attractions

Written By: quirky_cat_girl on 12/08/05 at 12:13 am

What are some of the unique roadside attractions near where you live?

Subject: Re: Roadside Attractions

Written By: whistledog on 12/08/05 at 12:47 am

There's not many roadside attractions here in my city, but in surrounding cities (within like a 2 hour drive), there are lots:

Colborne, Ontario - "The Big Apple"
http://www.roadsideattractions.ca/apple.jpg

Carrying Place, Ontario - The "Murray Canal Tug" (The Murray Canal was built to provide Boaters with a short-cut across the narrow neck of land that connects Prince Edward County with Lake Ontario)
http://www.roadsideattractions.ca/murraycanaltug.jpg

Gananoque, Ontario - The "Giant Muskie" (Gananoque is well-known for it's Muskie Fishing)
http://www.roadsideattractions.ca/gananoque.jpg

Tweed, Ontario - The "Drain Chicken"
http://www.roadsideattractions.ca/tweed.jpg

Perth, Ontario - "Mammoth Cheese" Tower (Commemorates the world's biggest cheese.

Subject: Re: Roadside Attractions

Written By: quirky_cat_girl on 12/08/05 at 7:18 am

Here is another one...



World's Largest Paint Can--Shippensburg, Pa (Andrew...can you confirm this...is it still there?)
http://www.wlra.us/wl/wlpaint.jpg


Here is a really cool website to find lots of neat roadside attractions
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/index.html

Subject: Re: Roadside Attractions

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/05 at 7:21 am

No visit to Milton Keynes is complete without seeing the concrete cows.

http://www.mkdayout.btinternet.co.uk/images/conc-cow-thumb3.JPG

Subject: Re: Roadside Attractions

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 12/08/05 at 9:17 am

Near me is an old indian burial mound

http://p.vtourist.com/2253855-Miamisburg_Indian_Mound_June_2005-Miamisburg.jpg

Also near is yet another Indian Mound, this one is shaped like a snake hence the name "The Serpeant Mound"
http://p.vtourist.com/249132-Things_To_Do-Columbus.gif


http://www.topiarygarden.org/images/Dscn0056a.jpghttp://www.artunframed.com/images/reynolds55/seurat18.jpg
It depicts in topiary the painting A Sunday On The Island Of La Grande Jatte. This was one of Georges Seurat's paintings. There are 54 topiary people, eight boats, three dogs, a monkey, a cat and a real pond.

http://www.longaberger.com/longaberger/images/visitUs/HomeOfficeFall.jpg
The Longaberger Basket Company headquarters (shaped like a basket) in Newark, Ohio


http://www.miamivalleytrails.org/images/carillon_park_small.jpg
Here is a sculpture called "The bicyclist" on a bike path near me that as I was driving by, the statue did not look like what I thought it looked like... if that makes any sense.

http://www.bellaire.lib.oh.us/imagesv3/Veterans/centerparkkapplerv3.jpg
This is a statue in my hometown of World War 1 soldiers that were killed.  It's a nice statue, it usually has a beer can in it's hand and a condom at the base of the statue.  :o


http://www.rense.com/1.imagesG/Miamisburg4.jpgThere are crop circles found in my hometown.  ::)

http://media1.break.com/content/images/bbpics/pic1315.jpg  A town nearby, named Beavercreek, celebrated it's 25th anniversary this past summer by putting up beaver statues all over town.  A few of the 250 pound, 7 foot tall statues got stolen. 

Subject: Re: Roadside Attractions

Written By: MLB on 12/08/05 at 4:24 pm

Just like ^^^ has The Big Apple, along Route 66 where I am in California about 15-20 miles before San Bernardino, there is a giant Orange, and they used to sell fresh fruit and orange juice to travellers.  It is no longer a working roadside stand but it is still a small "monument" to the big-time roadtrip era.  Looks a lot like that Apple too other than it's colored orange and it is a bit more round.

Subject: Re: Roadside Attractions

Written By: La Sine Pesroh on 12/08/05 at 4:36 pm

When I was a kid and we took our annual vacation up to Mandan/Bismarck, N.D. to visit our relatives, it seemed like no trip was complete without a stop at the World's Largest Buffalo in Jamestown, N.D.

http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~dedehaan/ian/Spring2004/buffalo%20North%20Dakota.jpg

Subject: Re: Roadside Attractions

Written By: La Sine Pesroh on 12/08/05 at 5:04 pm

If you should ever find youself traveling on I-80 across Nebraska, I'd highly recommend a visit to the Strategic Air and Space (formerly SAC, or Strategic Air Command) Museum, located halfway between Lincoln and Omaha. They have a vast collection of bombers dating back to WWII, and whatever your political views may be, they have some fascinating exhibits (including an SR-71 Blackbird reconnaisance plane that stares you right in the face at the entrance) and it's worth spending a couple of hours there.

http://media.graytvinc.com/images/sac_museum.jpg

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/377/693/1600/DSCF1048.jpg

Subject: Re: Roadside Attractions

Written By: La Sine Pesroh on 12/08/05 at 5:17 pm


What are some of the unique roadside attractions near where you live?

Subject: Re: Roadside Attractions

Written By: La Sine Pesroh on 12/08/05 at 5:22 pm

Oh yeah, speaking of "roadside attractions," I actually remember seeing this now-infamous truck stop, located east of El Paso on I-10 in Texas:

http://www.i69tour.org/friedchicken.jpg

;D

Subject: Re: Roadside Attractions

Written By: gemini on 12/08/05 at 5:52 pm


Near me is an old indian burial mound

http://p.vtourist.com/2253855-Miamisburg_Indian_Mound_June_2005-Miamisburg.jpg

Also near is yet another Indian Mound, this one is shaped like a snake hence the name "The Serpeant Mound"
http://p.vtourist.com/249132-Things_To_Do-Columbus.gif


http://www.topiarygarden.org/images/Dscn0056a.jpghttp://www.artunframed.com/images/reynolds55/seurat18.jpg
It depicts in topiary the painting A Sunday On The Island Of La Grande Jatte. This was one of Georges Seurat's paintings. There are 54 topiary people, eight boats, three dogs, a monkey, a cat and a real pond.

http://www.longaberger.com/longaberger/images/visitUs/HomeOfficeFall.jpg
The Longaberger Basket Company headquarters (shaped like a basket) in Newark, Ohio


http://www.miamivalleytrails.org/images/carillon_park_small.jpg
Here is a sculpture called "The bicyclist" on a bike path near me that as I was driving by, the statue did not look like what I thought it looked like... if that makes any sense.

http://www.bellaire.lib.oh.us/imagesv3/Veterans/centerparkkapplerv3.jpg
This is a statue in my hometown of World War 1 soldiers that were killed.

Subject: Re: Roadside Attractions

Written By: jackas on 12/09/05 at 8:45 am

I saw a book at Barnes & Noble yesterday called Roadside America or something along the lines of that.  It was on one of the Bargain Books shelves.

Subject: Re: Roadside Attractions

Written By: jackas on 12/09/05 at 8:52 am

There probably isn't ANYTHING worth looking at in Pensacola, but around where I'm originally from there is a lot.

This is a little more than an hour north of where I'm from .

Subject: Re: Roadside Attractions

Written By: jackas on 12/09/05 at 9:13 am

About an hour east, near Palm Springs. You can go inside these dinosaurs, although I have never done it. >:(

http://www.worldslargestthings.com/california/dinosaursSubheader.jpg

In La Puente, CA.

Subject: Re: Roadside Attractions

Written By: La Sine Pesroh on 12/09/05 at 9:49 am


There probably isn't ANYTHING worth looking at in Pensacola, but around where I'm originally from there is a lot.

This is a little more than an hour north of where I'm from .

Subject: Re: Roadside Attractions

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 12/09/05 at 9:54 am

Speaking of hotel suites, there is this one near Cincinnati that has "themed" suites.

Subject: Re: Roadside Attractions

Written By: jackas on 12/09/05 at 1:39 pm


Is that at the world famous "Bun Boy?"


Yeah, I guess it is.  I never knew that until now when I looked it up.  I've only seen this thermometer from the freeway.  Have you been there?

Subject: Re: Roadside Attractions

Written By: quirky_cat_girl on 12/09/05 at 7:45 pm


You live in Pennsylvania? A few years back I used to drive a truck cross country and I'd get out to PA quite a bit. There was this restaurant I remember seeing near a town called Emlenton (off Interstate 80), and they had a huge sign out front that proudly boasted that they had "AMERICA'S WORST APPLE PIE."

Subject: Re: Roadside Attractions

Written By: La Sine Pesroh on 12/09/05 at 10:33 pm


Yeah, I guess it is.

Subject: Re: Roadside Attractions

Written By: quirky_cat_girl on 12/09/05 at 10:35 pm


About an hour east, near Palm Springs. You can go inside these dinosaurs, although I have never done it. >:(

http://www.worldslargestthings.com/california/dinosaursSubheader.jpg

In La Puente, CA.

Subject: Re: Roadside Attractions

Written By: mandamoo on 12/10/05 at 6:43 am

This is "The Big Banana" situated in Coffs Harbour N.S.W. :)


http://www.travelmate.com.au/Images/Things/BigThings/banana.jpg

Subject: Re: Roadside Attractions

Written By: Howard on 12/10/05 at 6:53 am

http://www.marksmission.org/Statue%20of%20Liberty%20close%20up%202.jpg

The Statue Of Liberty in New York City

Subject: Re: Roadside Attractions

Written By: FussBudgetVanPelt on 12/10/05 at 8:01 am

On the Sunshine Coast :  Queensland's most overpriced and yet at the same time totally useless attraction :

"The Big Pineapple"  ::)

Subject: Re: Roadside Attractions

Written By: FussBudgetVanPelt on 12/10/05 at 8:01 am

And for reasons unexplained, in Tasmania, we have :

"The Big Penguin"  :o

Subject: Re: Roadside Attractions

Written By: jackas on 12/10/05 at 5:15 pm


I used to drive past it quite a bit. It's down at the bottom of a 15-mile downgrade on I-15 coming into California, right? stopped there once about 12 years ago, I thought it was way overpriced and the food wasn't that good.


Yep on the 15, right in the middle of the Mojave Desert.  You must have been coming from Vegas. :D  I'm assuming you remember the downgrade cause you were trying to drive a truck down it.

Subject: Re: Roadside Attractions

Written By: jackas on 12/10/05 at 5:17 pm




oh....that wigwam motel is awesome! I saw it featured on a "roadside attraction" special that I watched on PBS a few months ago.

Subject: Re: Roadside Attractions

Written By: La Sine Pesroh on 12/11/05 at 4:45 pm

Here's a couple of weird "roadside attractions" I've seen in my travels:

http://www.bluemoongear.com/FunnyPicsComics/ComicSignToadSuckPark.jpg

(in Arkansas)

http://www.sammonsays.com/artman/uploads/big-bone-lick-sign.jpg

(in Kentucky)

;)

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