Archive for December, 2008
« Previous EntriesRoadside News: Dec. 31, 2008
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008Big Bopper Casket | Surfer Dude Nude – Not! | Red Badge of Shopping | Kids Bathe Lincoln
Lift High the 16.1 Million Colors Cross
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008Christians have been building giant crosses next to highways for some time, from early efforts in Hopwood, Pennsylvania, and Nelsonville, Ohio, to modern stratospheric titans in Groom, Texas, and Effingham, Illinois.
Now a new wrinkle has been added: color. The Open Door Baptist Church of Clear Brook, Virgina, erected a 100-foot-tall, 57,500-pound steel cross just [...]
Roadside News: Dec 29, 2008
Monday, December 29th, 2008Garbage Museum | Crow Infestation Tourism | Giant Fist of Joe Louis | 76 Ball | Swedish Goat Burns
Souvenir: Lincoln, The Great Emancigator
Sunday, December 28th, 2008When it comes to Abe Lincoln, tourist attractions haven’t been shy in finding ways to cash in and merchandise. We’ve seen all manner of misshapen statuary of our 16th President, commemorative plates, paperweights, and trashy keepsakes. Unlike Elvis Presley, there is no surviving estate with a lawyer army to crush off-brand souvenirs. But Lincoln is [...]
Roadside News: Dec. 27, 2008
Saturday, December 27th, 2008In the news: Obama and IL attractions | Mountain Dew Museum | Death Valley dark | Hip-Shaking Elvis | Y-Bridge Festival
New Home For Tucson Tiki Head
Friday, December 26th, 2008A 25-ton Tiki head in arid Arizona somehow seemed perfectly sensible as part of Tucson’s Magic Carpet Golf. But when the mini-golf course closed in late 2007, the head — as well as the attraction’s many other oversized sculptures — were imperiled by the same forces of change that have toppled Tikis in [...]
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Most Wanted
Photos needed! If you've taken your own shots of these, send 'em in!
- Abe Lincoln and Pig Statue, Taylorville, IL
- Andy Devine Room, Kingman, AZ
- Tomb of the Unknown Animal, Virginia Beach, VA
- Big Bopper's Casket, Hillsboro, Texas
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