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Category: Roadside Attractions

Odd and interesting roadside attractions

16 May 2017

The Thing? Arizona: What Is It?

Written by Steve Johnson
May 8, 2017: Driving along I-10 through eastern Arizona is to be deluged with road sign after road sign advertising, “The Thing?” What is “The Thing?” It’s a basically some kind of mummy. It’s not a real body, but something made up to look like a real mummy… “The roadside area was the creation...
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03 May 2017

Season 1, Episode 4: Tombstone, White Sands and Pistachios

Written by Steve Johnson
We left Tucson, AZ, the day after Easter Sunday, pushing further east towards our ultimate destination in Nappanee, IN. Today’s drive took us through, Tombstone, AZ, White Sands, NM, and the “world’s largest pistachio” just outside of Alamogordo, NM. Places mentioned in this video: Tombstone, AZ: Not many towns better exemplify the spirit of...
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24 March 2017

Jimi Hendrix’ Grave, Renton, WA

Written by Steve Johnson
Considered by many to be the greatest guitar player of all time, Jimi Hendrix passed away on September 18, 1970, while touring through London, England. When news made its way to his father, James “Al” Hendrix, the plans for a long-lasting memorial began to take shape. Al requested that Jimi’s body be brought back...
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15 April 2015

James Dean’s Last Stop | Blackwell’s Corner

Written by Steve Johnson
blackwells corner ca
James Dean made his last stop at Blackwell’s Corner, a gas station located on the intersection of Highways 33 and 46, just outside of Lost Hills, CA. After finishing an apple and Coke, he and his racing mechanic Rolf Wütherich, got back into the Porsche 550 Spyder, and sped down Highway 46 (then called...
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28 May 2014

Indian Motorcycle Factory Tour, Spirit Lake, IA

Written by Steve Johnson
The Indian Motorcycle Factory Tour in Spirit Lake, IA offers a unique, up close and personal look at how one of the most storied motorcycle brands in the world is made. Polaris Industries, the owner of Indian Motorcycles, assembles each motorcycle, along with their Victory brand of motorcycles, at their facility in Spirit Lake....
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23 May 2014

Wall Drug Store, Wall, SD

Written by Steve Johnson
Like many other roadside attractions in the State of South Dakota, Wall Drug Store has signs along the highways beckoning travelers to visit. But Wall Drug Store is perhaps the most prolific sign-posting highway haunt of them all. Along the I-90, there’s about one Wall Drug sign every mile from both directions, east to...
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20 May 2014

Carhenge, Alliance, NE

Written by Steve Johnson
Carhenge of Alliance, NE is one of those strange places that begs the question, “Why?” It makes you wonder who, when, and why a structure of old automobiles was erected into a circle out in the middle of empty Nebraska farmland. Was it a boy scout troop looking to earn badges? Was it aliens...
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17 September 2013

Mitchell Corn Palace: The House That Corn Built

Written by Steve Johnson
corn palace
When corn is your life, when it’s supports your community, provides your sustenance, and is why your mom and dad ever found a reason to get together and give birth to you, it makes sense to erect a palace made of corn. Mitchell Corn Palace is not exactly made of corn, it’s just layered...
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15 September 2013

Green Giant Statue of Blue Earth, MN

Written by Steve Johnson
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Just off the I-90 in Blue Earth, MN, stands a 55 1/2 foot tall statue of the “Jolly Green Giant”, the corporate symbol of Green Giant brand of frozen and canned foods. It was actually a Facebook friend of mine, Stephen Johnson, a fellow craft beer aficionado (who happens to share my name), that...
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