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Destinations
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Lucy
the Elephant guards the beach at Margate City,
New Jersey
Extraordinary
Wildflower Resource - Kris Light is an elementary
teacher in Oak Ridge, Tennessee who has built an incredible
database that can be used for wildflower dentification.
Her site has photos of nearly 700 wildflower varieties
in Tennessee and hundreds more in the western states.
(1/14/07)
Roadside
Architecture: This is one of the most amazing
sites on the Web for roadside attractions. For several
years, Debra Jane has been traveling around the country
(her dogs compete in agility course events), and one
of her passions is locating, photographing and writing
about phenomena like over-sized ketchup bottles, unusual
eateries, Paul Bunyans & other giants, bottle houses
and merry-go-rounds of every type and function. This
is a site that will make you chuckle as you wander the
back roads with Debra as your guide. (5/21/06)
Legends
of America: This new site by Kathy Weiser will
enthrall history and nostalgia buffs and enrich roadtrips
in the American West. This site is chock full of historical
photographs, anecdotes, legends, tall tales, and ideas.
(8/7/05)
Want
to visit a Time Machine? This excellent site
provides a photo gallery and descriptions of restaurants
and bars built in the 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s in southern
California and southern Nevada. There is really a fun
site and one that we urge you to consult if you are
at all interested in funky or quirky destinations on
your next road trip! (5/1/05)
Travelocity's
2007 Local Secrets Report: A brand new site
that profiles 578 unusual and somewhat whacky destinations
in every state in America and a few in Canada. There
is also a "26 Top Local Hot Spots" list picked
by Amy Ziff, the editor-at-large for Travelocity. (3/20/07)
Pennsylvania
Summer Blues: "Endless Mountains Blues
Festival" in Elmhurst the second weekend of August,
2005, benefits the National Childhood Cancer Foundation
"Burning
Man" Photos: Photographs by Steve Saroff
taken in Black Rock Desert, Nevada, between 2000 and
2002: Folk Art, "Mad Max" cars, counter-culture
happenings. (10/17/04)
Society
for Commercial Archeology: Maintains an excellent
list of links and non-Web resources for locating vintage
neon signs, old diners, unusual highway-themed architecture,
and efforts to restore old highways and drive-in theaters
(9/12/04)
Texas
Twisted: One of the best road trip sites on
the Web is produced by Wesley Treat and features zany
events and attractions in the Lone Star state. Be sure
to check out his "Roadside Headlines," where
he covers news stories that rarely, if ever, make it
into the mainstream media. In addition, the great graphic
design & offbeat outlook on Texan behavior makes
this one of our favorite places to find a laugh or two.
(7/04/04)
Write
Your Own Travel Guide: World66.com is a very
innovative site using "open code" so that
anyone can edit just about any page to describe destinations
and attractions all over the world. We've linked to
the section about North America. (6/27/04)
Extreme
Factory Tours: The sixth annual Manufacturers
Days in York, Pennsylvania is a four-day event, June
16th to 19th, 2004. This year, the "Factory Tour
Capital of the World" invites guests to tour over
thirty factories, including Harley-Davidson, Pfaltzgraff,
Snyder's of Hanover, several wineries, and Wolfgang
Candy. Click
here for a schedule. (6/6/04)
Enchanted
Highway: Remarkable sculptures of geese, deer,
and a very large tin family created by Gary Greff line
the highway near Regent, North Dakota (just off Exit
72 on Interstate 94). (5/30/04)
2010
Quartzite Show: One of the largest hobby, craft,
classic car and gem show in the world occurs each January
in the Arizona desert just east of Blythe, California
on Interstate 10. Click
here for RTA's story about this famed show.
Geoglyphs:
Ancient & mysterious stone creations on CA Highway
95 near Blythe, California
Lucy
the Elephant, Cowtown Rodeo (in operation
since 1944), and the Leamings Run Gardens are
three unique tourist destinations in southern New Jersey
described by documentary filmmaker Clay Mikolasy.
Autumn
Color Reports & Destinations: Links for
great fall road trips
Winter
Road Trips: Links for cold weather destinations
and resources
Fort
Monroe, Virginia: Continuously garrisoned by
the Army for over 150 years, Fort Monroe is a fascinating
study in living history.
Art
& Music Festivals: Comprehensive list of
venues world wide.
Old
Warbirds Never Die: They keep on flying at the
Planes of Fame Museum at California's Chino Airport.
Alaskan
Travel Coupon Book: Two-for-one deals and some
free attractions in America's "last frontier."
Motel
Ardchitecture: Fascinating photographs &
articles from 33 U.S. states
Family
RoadTrip: Produced by WGBH Boston, this site
features descriptions of ten U.S. destinations from
Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts to Disneyland, California.
Other stops include Yellowstone, Great Smoky Mountains,
and Six Flags amusement park in Texas.
Need
for Speed?Travel columnist Anita Dunham-Potter
reviews "Dragster," the tallest roller coaster
in the world at Cedar Point, Ohio.
Canadiana!
An extraordinarily comprehensive photographic database
of odd and amazing roadside attractions all over Canada.
The work site features bizarre
statues, airplanes
on pedestals, and the
world's largest truck.
Texas
Road Trips: A superb collection of articles,
photos, and great information about historic buildings.
The site also includes lots of little-known facts --
did you know that Texas has over 48,500 bridges, more
than any other state?
Factory
Tours! Scroll halfway down this page for a great
list of factory tours compiled by Marshal Brain, who
wrote the How Stuff Works series.
Wildflower
Sighting Reports for California, Arizona, Nevada, New
Mexico, & Texas: This outstanding service
of DesertUSA.com includes logs and user-contributed
photos
Roadside
America: Offbeat (but right near the road!)
tourist attractions
Mile
by Mile: This commercial site includes a list
of itineraries in the United States and Canada. Businesses
located along the routes provide information and descriptions
of attractions and places to eat and stay. There's also
a fun travel trivia game and a good photo gallery of
views from the routes described.
Links
for Exploring the Deserts of the Southwest:A
truly outstanding list of Web sites
Really
Tacky Roadside Attractions! This is one of the
best collections we've seen, compiled by Steve, a self-described
"tackaholic." 11/01
Preservation
Directory: It's taken Tim Cannan about a year
to create this remarkable site dedicated to historical
preservation in the United States. The directory is
divided into seven sections and seeks to be the one-stop
shop for those looking for primary source material.
It is also one of the best sites we've found for finding
information about possible destinations for roadtrips!
10/01
Cool Site!
If you have a hankering for info about any
U.S. state, start your Web search at 50states.com.
You'll find links galore in an easy-to-navigate format.
ARIZONA & NEVADA The
Hoover Dam bypass project: Re-routing Hwy 95
over the Colorado River
CALIFORNIA & NEVADA Explore
Ghost Towns in California and Nevada: A list
with photos and descriptions
NEBRASKA The
Great Platte River Road Archway Monument, which
arches over Interstate 80 near Kearney, Nebraska, is
the only historical attraction that spans an Interstate
highway. Thanks to Greg Smith of Omaha, Nebraska, for
recommending this unique attraction. Greg adds, "FYI,
the Great Platte monument appears in the new Jack Nicholson
movie About Schmidt."
Destinations
& Attractions