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Poll Results: Most Detour-Worthy?

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

In this unscientific user response poll, we asked: Which of the following would make you detour furthest from your travel route:

Obscure monument or grave
Muffler Man
Theme park with wild rides
Chance to drive on Route 66
Crusty coot with a tale to tell

The poll ran on RoadsideAmerica.com through the wild gas price arc of Summer and Fall 2008, [...]

Indiana Gets Second Sleepy Museum

Friday, November 14th, 2008

The Henager Memories and Nostalgia Museum in Buckskin, Indiana, was the loneliest museum in America when we reported on it last year. At the time it was averaging less than one visitor a day.
Now a new champion may have emerged in Hoosier-land.
The Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum opened on November 11 in Fort [...]

War Memorials Paint It Black, Mow Lawns, Battle Crows

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

Three war attractions in the news:
On Veterans Day, the town of Fruita, Colorado, unveiled its Western Slope Vietnam War Memorial Park. A centerpiece of the park is an old Huey helicopter mounted on a pole — a centerpiece seen at other memorials. But when visitors step on a platform beneath this Huey, according [...]

Mystic Caverns for Sale

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

John D. sent us a news story about an attempt to sell Mystic Caverns, Marble Falls, Arkansas, on eBay by its owner, Steve Rush. Rush has been running tours through the 2-cave combo attraction — Mystic Cave and Crystal Dome — since 1992. Attendance has trailed off, and Rush plans to move on to devote [...]

Supreme Court to Decide on Mummy Makers Monument

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

The Summum Pyramid in Salt Lake City.
The US Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments today from a religious group named Summum, which worships in a pyramid, practices mummification, and wants to erect a monument of its Seven Aphorisms in a public park.
This has caused considerable teeth-gnashing among those who see themselves as the [...]

Tex Randall And PETA: No Deal

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

Looks like another publicity gambit by PETA — smack in the heart of the meat belt.
According to their press release, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent a message on Nov. 10 to Danny Byrd, who owns the towering Tex Randall cowboy statue in Canyon, Texas. Tex needs repair work, and he also [...]

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