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Roadside News: Jan. 14, 2009

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

Hippie Museum | Touching the Janitor | All Not Sheltered from Fallout | Littering Hot Dog Man | Tidal Bowl

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 [...]

Regal Ware Museum: More Than Percolators

Monday, November 17th, 2008

We admit that our interest in kitchenware is usually on a back burner, unless there are miracles involved. But that attitude will have to change with the recent opening of the West Bend/Regal Ware Historic Museum in West Bend, Wisconsin.
The West Bend and Regal Ware companies make cooking aids, and the museum showcases nearly [...]

The Upside of Upside-Down

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008

Displaced and discombobulated at Top Secret
With Election 2008 upon us, we decided to feature the future home of the next US President as Sight of the Week. But what the — ? The White House has been scooped up, whisked to Wisconsin Dells, and dropped like something with toxic cooties. What evil force could [...]

Ed Gein, Liberace, Teddy R. Star In “Odd Wisconsin”

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

Relics related to a cannibal, an ex-President, and Mr. Showmanship are highlights of “Odd Wisconsin,” a long-term, rotating exhibit that opens on October 3 at the Wisconsin Historical Museum in Madison. This unleashing of marvels is part of a trend that we first noticed back in 2004, in which otherwise mainstream venues dig into [...]

Born To Be Marketed: Harley-Davidson Museum Opens

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

Considering the number of motorcycles on American highways — and the number of tips we receive from people carefully posing their motorcycles in their photos — it’s surprising that America has lagged in offering a really good motorcycle-themed attraction. That is, if you discount the occasional human skeleton on a motorcycle, or a motorcycle [...]

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