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Twin Arrows Restored, Route 66 Fans Rejoice

Monday, September 28th, 2009

We’ve watched with resignation the gradual decay of the Twin Arrows east of Flagstaff, Arizona. The two big shafts — telephone poles, actually — were left to rot when the trading post that owned them closed in 1998. It wouldn’t be long, we thought, before they collapsed in a puff of desert dust, and then [...]

Roadside News: July 14, 2009

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

No Jackson Behemoth for Vegas – NV | The Bucket Was On My Bucket List – TN | Cider Barrel Rules – MD | Magical Monoliths Rise Again in Texas – TX

Roadside News: April 8, 2009

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

Moogseum – Prog Rock Mecca? – NC | It’s a Bloody Replica – DC | Most Magnificent Elvis – TN | Stonehenge-By-The-Sea – MA

America’s Dairyland Braces For Great Wall

Friday, December 19th, 2008

Don Trent wants to build a mile-long replica of the Great Wall of China next to a highway in Spring Valley, Wisconsin. He lives there in a former elementary school, along with a large collection of Chinese artifacts. No one really knows how Don got his collection, or whether or not his artifacts are real, [...]

Green Tech May Unleash Spook Light Invasion

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

Will light bulbs of the future be powered by cars, trains, and landing planes? It’s happening right now in the happy cartoon animation on the web site of Innowattech. This Israeli company wants to embed piezoelectric materials (quartz crystals) into asphalt and concrete, and when tires run over them, electricity will be produced by the [...]

Miami To Get Massive Orange Rubber Spiky Thing, Maybe

Saturday, December 6th, 2008

Miami wants to develop a downtown arts district, but it has a problem: there’s an ugly sewage pumping station in the middle of it, and it’s too expensive to move. So the city announced a design contest to make the sewage station artistic. 143 proposals were submitted, most of them attempts to gussy up the [...]

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