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Dread House, Dream House

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

Themed hotel rooms are a sure-fire lodging gimmick, bound to attract vacationers and honeymooners looking for “a little something different.” This summer, two extreme and horrifying examples of the genre are available for overnight sensory overload.
The John V. Morse Room at the Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast in Fall River, Massachusetts can be reserved year-round, [...]

Roadside News: June 3, 2009

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

Metal Otter, Dead Indians – MN | Great Hunt Clean-Up – UT | Accordion Due Respect – NV | Bat About Face – TX

Endangered Species Alert!

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

Medusirena is a fire-eating, glass-walking, belly dancing Mermaid. (No, her talents are not demonstrated simultaneously!) She performs swimmingly at Fort Lauderdale’s nautical-themed Wreck Bar during Friday night Happy Hour.

Star Trek Gambles For Quickie Vegas Opening; Loses

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

Everyone: remove your rubber Klingon foreheads. Star Trek: The Experience, is not re-opening yet, apparently stuck in that little room between the clown make-up and anti-clown make-up universes.
The Nevada attraction, which closed September 2008 at its old location in the Las Vegas Hilton, was supposed to reopen in the city’s Neonopolis mall this Friday, sensibly [...]

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

Roadside News: Feb. 21, 2009

Saturday, February 21st, 2009

Hard Rock Park | Wind Power in the Wild West | Carver Plans to Age Indian Heads | Commando Frogmen Memorial

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