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Thursday, April 21st, 2011Route 66 — “The Mother Road” — has become America’s longest attraction only relatively recently, and only because its businesses have learned to reinvent themselves.
Crashed Flying Saucer, Meet Mr. G-Man
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011When the FBI recently opened an online “vault” for its declassified documents, it spun Roswell into the news cycle like the hypersonic rim of an alien space saucer.
Castle Blood: Where Every Day Is Halloween
Friday, April 15th, 2011Halloween attractions rise from the dead every October only to fall back into the grave November 1st. No one has yet figured out how to trick-or-treat profitably 365 days a year, but some ghoulish attractions confidently display their outdoor skulls and props year-round as photo-ops for the macabre-starved.
Beaver Cow Chip Toss: Time For Another Hurl
Thursday, April 14th, 2011If you’re within a few hundred miles of Beaver, Oklahoma, stop by on Saturday, April 16, at 1 PM.
Space Shuttle Lottery: Well, We Got Some Of It Right
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011It was over a year ago that we predicted the destinations of the four surviving Spaces Shuttles, sure to become big roadside attractions and objects of bafflement in the space-starved years to come.
Mermaids in a Vegas Casino? Take The Kids!
Friday, April 8th, 2011In what may be the oddest family attraction in Sin City, the Silverton Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, is employing mermaids to swim in its 117,000-gallon aquarium of tropical fish.
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