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Arizona

Dragoon The Thing?
Timeless tourist trap on I-10. Do not reveal the secret identity of The Thing. [1:40, 5.2 mb Quicktime .mov]

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The Thing.
Grand Canyon West Grand Opening of the Skywalk
Video coverage of the media coverage of the Mar 2007 Grand Opening of the Skywalk, starring astronaut Buzz Aldrin. [3:08, 4 mb Quicktime .mov]

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Skywalk.
Grand Canyon West Drive to the Skywalk
You are there, in the rental SUV with us, as we navigate the dust-choked road to Grand Canyon West. [1:32 - 1.5 mb Quicktime .mov]

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Drive to Skywalk.
Paradise Valley Louis Lee's Rock Garden
Our camera roams the large and cluttered folk art pathways of the late Louis Lee. [1:43, 4.1 mb Quicktime .mov]

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Louis Lee's Rock Garden.
Tombstone

Good Enough Mine
Quick video tour of silver mine attraction under Tombstone. [1:16, 2.8 mb Quicktime .mov]

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Good Enough Mine.

California

Boron

The Late King of Toilet Seat Arts - Saddam Rant
From 1994, two years before his death, outsider artist John Kostapoulus is in prime form, loudly explaining his toilet seat connection with Saddam Hussein. [1:18, 4.3 mb Quicktime .mov]

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King of Toilet Seat Arts.
Felicity

Center of the World: Be it further resolved...
Our 2007 visit to the Center of the World triggers a special Proclamation by Mayor Istel, assisted by his wife Felicia. [1:52, 3.9 mb Quicktime .mov]

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Center of the World.

Connecticut

Old Lyme

Nut Lady sings her Nut Anthem
A backyard, acapella performance of the Nut Anthem by the late Elizabeth Tashjian in 1985. Nuts are Beee-u-ti-ful. [1:56, 2.5 mb Quicktime .mov]

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Elizabeth Tashjian sings.

Florida

Miami

Monkey Jungle - The Monkey Show 1956
From a time when tourists enjoyed seeing a chimp play the piano, walk on stilts, and chase other chimps with a rubber tomahawk. Vintage 16mm home movie, silent, 1956. [1:37, 2.1 mb Quicktime .mov]

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Liberace of the Monkey World.

Kansas

Hutchinson

Kansas Underground Salt Museum
A brief descent, almost 700 feet, to the salt mine, a new public tourist attraction. [1:15, 5.6 mb Quicktime .mov]

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Salt Museum.
Mullinville

M.T. Liggett's Political Sculptures
Feisty populist artist M.T. Liggett talks about Bill Clinton, G.W. Bush, and why he doesn't care what we show him saying in this 2002 video. Kids -- cover your ears! [4:54, 10.8 mb Quicktime .mov]

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M. T. Liggett.
Topeka

Truckhenge
Ron Lessman has fun telling us stories behind some of his junk art sculptures. The centerpiece is his Stonehenge replica made from old trucks. [2:30, 6.7 mb Quicktime .mov]

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Truckhenge.

Michigan

Ishpeming

World's Largest Chainsaw - Da Yoopers
Among the many delights at Da Yoopers Tourist Trap in the U.P. -- a giant working chainsaw named "Big Gus." [0:26, 896k Quicktime .mov]

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World's Largest Chainsaw.

Minnesota

Brainerd

Talking Paul Bunyan's Secret Revealed
Video of the Talking Paul Bunyan while he was still at the Bunyan Center, and a behind-the-scenes spoiler. [1:31, 2 mb Quicktime .mov]

Talking Paul Bunyan.

Missouri

St. Joseph

See the Bullet Hole! Tour
At the Jesse James Home, stand in the spot where the coward whatsizname shot the famous outlaw. [2:00, 5.4 mb Quicktime .mov]

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Jesse James Home.

Pennsylvania

Linesville

Pymatuning Reservoir - Spillway Action
At the spillway where the ducks are said to walk on the fish, massed carp are simply desperate for bread scraps. [1:30, 10.7 mb Quicktime .mov]

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Spillway.
Philadelphia

Insectarium - Model Cockroach Kitchen
The centerpiece of this insect education museum is a kitchen filled with live cockroaches. [1:00, 2.3 mb Quicktime .mov]

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Insectarium

South Dakota

Wall

Wall Drug - Sam the Gorilla Man
This coin-operated, animated monstrosity was retired by 2007, but here's how the always happy Sam looked and sounded in the Wall Drug yard in 1992. [0:39, 2.1 mb Quicktime .mov]

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Sam the Gorilla Man.

Texas

Gainesville Glenn Goode - We Fixed Her Blouse
Glenn describes the modifications needed to make a Uniroyal Gal more "holy." [1:20, 1.9 mb Quicktime .mov]

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Glenn Goode and fiberglass statue.
Gainesville Glenn Goode - Muffler Man Heads
Glenn explains the best way to make a Muffler Man head. [1:03, 1.4 mb Quicktime.mov]

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Muffler Man head mold.

Vermont

Putney

Santa Invites All to Visit Santa's Land USA
Even at the steamy height of summer, St. Nick welcomes visitors to come sit on his lap. [0:33, 2.1 mb Quicktime .mov]

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Santa Claus.
     

 

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