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Roadside America was an indoor miniature village and railway covering 8,000 square feet (740 m 2). Created by Laurence Gieringer in 1935, it was first displayed to the public in his Hamburg, Pennsylvania, home. The miniature village's popularity increased after stories were published about it in local newspapers, which prompted Gieringer to ...
A Route 66 museum is a museum devoted primarily to the history of U.S. Route 66, a U.S. Highway which served the states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois, in the United States from 1926 until it was bypassed by the Interstate highway system and ultimately decommissioned in June 1985.
A roadside attraction is a feature along the side of a road meant to attract tourists. In general, these are places one might stop on the way to somewhere, rather than being a destination. In general, these are places one might stop on the way to somewhere, rather than being a destination.
Many of the oldest roadside attractions still can be visited today. When travel by car became more affordable for many Americans in the 1920s and 30s, road trips were invented!
Building-sized bugs, 55-foot wind chimes, and massive furniture are among the roadside oddities you won’t want to miss on your next cross-country trip.
The Thing Museum) is an Arizona roadside attraction extensively advertised by signs along Interstate 10 between El Paso, Texas, and Tucson, Arizona. The object, supposedly a mummified mother and child, is believed to have been made by exhibit creator Homer Tate for sideshows.
The landmarks on U.S. Route 66 include roadside attractions, notable establishments, and buildings of historical significance along U.S. Route 66 (US 66, Route 66).. The increase of tourist traffic to California in the 1950s prompted the creation of motels and roadside attractions [1] as an attempt of businesses along the route to get the attention of motorists passing by. [2]
U.S. News rounded up some of America's most unusual roadside attractions, from the downright cool to the borderline weird. Situated in the remote desert of Southern California lies one of America ...