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Destinations & Attractions
Lucy the Elephant
guards the beach at Margate City, New Jersey
Exploring
La Jolla, California and several other perfect
road trip destinations. This new web site is a collection
of well-written travel articles providing insider tips
for visiting cities and towns all over America. The photographs
are beautiful and the information seems solid. A great
addition to trip planning resources. (10/14/07) 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 identification.
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
2005 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. (3/20/05)
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)
Corkscrew
Slot Canyon: This site provides insider tips,
satellite navigation maps, and general information for
exploring the Colorado River area of Arizona. (9/19/04)
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)
Square
Dancing Under the Midnight Sun: Saturday, June
19th in Fairbanks, Alaska (5/23/04)
2004
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.
Looking
for a Museum? Index of over 37,000 museums worldwide
with links & descriptions of thei collections
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.
Walking
the Ramparts: Visits to historic forts, listed
by U.S. state
Native
American Culture: Alphabetical listing of museums
& interpretive centers in the U.S. & Canada
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
Architecture: 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