More and More Rushmore

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

On Fourth of July weekend, All-American vacationers from coast-to-coast proudly cut out of work early so they can flock to our nation’s most treasured patriotic sights.

Roadside News: June 22, 2009

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Amos Come Home – PA | Giant Head, Pot Head – SD | Air Runs Out for Moon Walker – OH | Middle 1800s American Idol – KY

Obama Head Rolls: TX to SD

Sunday, April 26th, 2009

The world’s largest head of Barack Obama is about to hit the road.

Other Lead heads watch for arrival of new President.
It’s the latest (and reportedly last) in a series of similarly over-sized presidential noggins sculpted by David Adickes. The head will leave his studio in Houston, Texas, take a serpentine journey through 10 states and [...]

Reluctant Pals of the Presidents

Sunday, October 26th, 2008

Mindful of the upcoming election, we decided it was timely to revisit the National Presidential Wax Museum.

Battling 1880 Towns?

Monday, October 13th, 2008

The Oct. 13-19, 2008 Sight of the Week is a great attraction we happened upon. Through Visitor Tips, we’d been aware for years of the Original 1880 Town in Murdo, South Dakota, a reconstruction of a prairie frontier community, with a bonus display of Dances with Wolves movie props. In August, driving west on I-90, [...]

Bone Pit Gawking Enjoys Mammoth Resurgence

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

People have stared at bones in pits ever since there have been bone pits old enough for detached viewing. Yet in recent years it has become an uncertain, even discouraged, activity.
Indian burial pits that had been attractions in places such as Salina, Kansas, and at the Fountain of Youth in Florida were reburied under [...]