Roscoe, Illinois: Historic Auto Attractions
RoadsideAmerica.com Team Field Report
- Address:
- 13825 Metric Drive, Roscoe, IL
- Directions:
- I-39/I-90 exit 3. West on Rockton Rd, then after one mile look for the small oval Historic Auto Attractions sign on the right. Turn right onto Metric Drive. At the end of the street, on the right.
- Hours:
- Summer Tu-Sa 10 am - 5pm, Su 11 am - 4 pm (Call to verify)
- Phone:
- 815-389-7917
- Admission:
- Adults $12, Seniors $10, Students (ages 6-15) $7, Under 6 free
- RA Rates:
- The Best
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Historic Auto AttractionsMuch more than cars. Probably the largest collection of JFK assassinationabilia on the planet, in a massive mash of pop culture and you-are-almost-there history. Also: Bonnie and Clyde's death hats! Roadsideamerica.com Report... [09/17/2008]
Historic Auto Attractions: For many years the most memorable piece of Presidential confectionery on public view has been a slab of Grover Cleveland's wedding cake, a brick-like bit of eye candy for those who visited his birthplace... [06/06/2012] Complete Story...
Historic Auto Attractions: Wayne Lensing shops hard so the rest of us don't have to. We talked with the automobile/pop culture collector after learning that he'd just bought the Dallas taxicab that Lee Harvey Oswald hopped into after he (allegedly) shot JFK. [06/11/2010] Complete Story...
Historic Auto Attractions: November 22, is the 45th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. In remembrance, Wayne Lensing is giving the public a special viewing -- of the shoes worn by Jack Ruby when he shot Kennedy's assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald. [11/18/2008] Complete Story...
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Historic Auto Attractions To celebrate the upcoming 10th anniversary of Historic Auto Attractions, owner Wayne Lensing has announced that he's running out of room and will spend close to $1 million to triple its size by 2012.
Wayne just can't stop buying things. He reportedly just purchased a 60-seat silent movie theater with a 1200-pipe organ and intends to fit it in, somehow.
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