Archive for July, 2008
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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008Considering 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 made […]
The Long And The Lat Of It
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008An invisible grid criss-crosses our earth and gives at least some of our roadside globes a distinctive look. It tells our space robots where we are, and fuels the current fashion for longitude and latitude tourism. And it’s in the news. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports that the 45th parallel (that’s a latitude) sign on […]
Hartman’s Rock Garden For Sale
Monday, July 21st, 2008For an asking price of $57,900 — less than the cost of a high-end sedan or pickup truck — you could be the owner of H.G. “Ben” Hartman’s yard of miniature buildings and sometimes-enigmatic sculptures. The real estate page with the offer even features a nice photo of Ben’s mighty castle, and a tip of […]
No Second-Rate Souvenirs For The Second Amendment
Sunday, July 20th, 2008We recently visited the gift shop at the NRA National Firearms Museum, which claims to stock over 500 gun publications, more than any other store in the U.S., and, therefore, most likely, the world. It also has a wall of replica guns and paint ball weapons for sale, but these each cost in the multi-hundred-dollar […]
Tip Criteria, Pt. 1: Food, Trains, Beauty
Thursday, July 17th, 2008We receive hundreds of tip submissions on tourist attractions every week. Many are simple eyewitness acknowledgments of the continued operation or existence of a place already well documented. More substantial updates, with new info and a photo or two, may be added to the site. And then there are the new places, which are always […]
San Jose – Road Trip Exhibition
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008If you’ve convinced yourself you can’t afford to drive very far this summer, and you live in the San Francisco Bay area, you probably need to go to the San Jose Museum of Art to see an exhibition called Road Trip. It may inspire you to hit the asphalt after all, or at least use […]
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