Archive for April, 2009

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Wolfman Perks at Clark’s Trading Post

Friday, April 17th, 2009

Post-Apocalypse car! Backwoods shack! Free eye patch! Those are just a few of the perks awaiting a qualified candidate who lands the job as Wolfman at Clark’s Trading Post, Lincoln, NH. The attraction’s veteran mangy barbarian, Bill Farrand, has terrorized the steam train at Clark’s for 15 years, and is retiring. The role calls for [...]

Roadside News: April 16, 2009

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Apache Leap Doom – AZ | Libbo Museum’s 30th – NV | Diagnosing Dead Abe – PA | Rocky Marciano Statue – MA

Celeb Motorcycles Roar On

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

Motorcycles and road trips are inseparable companions. But recent news stories suggest that more celebrity/unusual cycles are becoming part of the attractions — and that the marriage is sometimes more akin to a shotgun wedding. Indy Jones’ Harley Softail Motorcycle. Some displays are perfectly natural, such as the current Indiana Jones motorcycle exhibit at the [...]

Want A Dinosaur? Or A Sphinx?

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

The relocation — or “adoption” as it’s known locally — of the giant statues formerly at Magic Carpet Golf in Tucson, Arizona, is nearly complete. But if you yearn for two of the biggest statues, the toothy dinosaur or the sedate Sphinx, they’re still available. “Each would take 20 grand, maybe more, to move,” said [...]

Roadside News: April 13, 2009

Monday, April 13th, 2009

Confusion Hill Bypass – CA | Hard Rock Park – SC | Nearsighted Eyeglass Statue – MA | Wax Michelle Obama – DC

Ohio Drivers Continue Civil War Carnage

Sunday, April 12th, 2009

John Grate lived to be 103. His eternal memorial only lived to be 59. Grate was Ohio’s last living Civil War veteran. He died in 1949 in the town of Atwater, was buried in the local cemetery, and had a six-foot-tall marble monument erected in his memory. It was destroyed in March of this year, [...]

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