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Quack-Founded Town With Last Name in the Alphabet, Zzyzx, CA

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:14:43 -0600

Feature: From 1944-1974 the pseudo-town/resort was the private fiefdom of "medicine man" Curtis Howe Springer, who made millions selling bogus health cures through his syndicated radio show. ...

John Dillinger Museum, Hammond, IN

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:46:45 -0600

Feature: Many one-of-a-kind, and occasionally bloody, items from Indiana's most famous criminal. ...

Kaskaskia Dragon, Vandalia, IL

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:02:44 -0600

Feature: Buy a token at the liquor store across the street, drop it in the coin box, watch out for the flame. ...

Auman Museum of Radio and TV, Dover, OH

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 19:29:32 -0600

Feature: One man's collection of every model of television, from its birth through the 1950s. ...

Groom Cross: Titanic Texas Tribute, Groom, TX

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 20:37:37 -0600

Feature: Fend off your personal demons and allow a heaven-scratching vision to guide you off of the Interstate. ...

Louisville Mega Cavern, Louisville, KY

Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:47:43 -0600

Feature: Former mine and secret nuclear survival bunker for 50,000 Fort Knox soldiers and state VIPs. ...

iPhone App 1.5 Bonus: Canada! And…No Subscriptions

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:48:04 -0600

Just released: the latest update to the Roadside America App for iPhone, v1.5. We thought this would be a nice holiday bonus for iPhone users. Major improvements include the addition of Canada attractions, the reworking of where maps appear, and the end of "subscriptions."

The Heidelberg Project, Detroit, MI

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 19:45:23 -0600

Feature: Tyree Guyton's colorful junkscape of art-encrusted houses has run afoul of Detroit's politicians in the past, but today is a paragon of post-suburban visionary art. ...

The - A Christmas Story - House, Cleveland, OH

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:08:16 -0600

Feature: The house where the Parker family lived in the classic 1983 holiday film is open for guided and self-guided tours. ...

Aquarena Springs DVD – Ralph the Diving Pig

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:13:51 -0600

It's hard to find an American tourist attraction more legendary than Aquarena Springs, San Marcos, Texas. Where else could you see a pig swim with mermaids, or Glurpo the Clown smoke underwater?

Aquarena Springs, San Marcos, TX

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 07:58:06 -0600

Visitor Tip: It's hard to find an American tourist attraction more legendary than Aquarena Springs, San Marcos, Texas. ...

Needs Two Roofs, Will Sell One Finger

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:24:27 -0500

It hasn't been easy for Johnny F. Baker, founder of Baker's Junction Railroad Museum in Smithville, Indiana. By his own reckoning he has survived bone cancer and over 30 operations, lost his hip and leg bone and a few other parts, and had his right foot torn off and reattached.

New Home, Old Fans For Assassination Bullet And Human Hairball

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 11:17:06 -0500

There's only one collection in the world that showcases both a human hairball and the bullet that killed Abraham Lincoln -- and it's also an official American National Historic Landmark.

Vampire, Mermaid, Monkey’s Paw Are New Pals For Museum Ghosts

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:31:52 -0500

"I believe ghosts can be anywhere, I just don't believe they're everywhere," says Vince Wilson, curator of the National Paranormal History Museum in Harper's Ferry, West Virginia.

Welcome Back, Tacoma’s Unwelcome Goddess

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 11:56:56 -0500

Gods are notoriously fickle, but so are their human constituencies.

Valley Of The Giants: Empire State Big

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 08:53:01 -0500

Two visionary women want to transform a sleepy region of upstate New York into a tourist destination known as "The Valley of the Giants."

Odd, WV: On the USPS Chopping Block

Sun, 14 Aug 2011 13:18:31 -0500

The U.S. Postal Service has announced plans to close thousands of post offices that it believes are no longer worth keeping open.

U.K. Loves Reagan. G.W. Bush…Not So Much

Sun, 07 Aug 2011 20:25:36 -0500

WorldTourWatch: A statue of Ronald Reagan was unveiled in London, England’s Grosvenor Square on July 4th.

Seven Years Away, Johnstown’s Best Friend Comes Home

Sun, 07 Aug 2011 14:14:56 -0500

If Morley's Dog had a proper name, it washed away along with everything else in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, when a dam burst and destroyed the city in 1889.