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Thursday, March 20th, 2014You may not know Derek Costello, but if you’ve been to Niagara Falls you probably know his work. His prehistoric beasts are at Dinosaur Park Mini Golf. His wax celebrities are at Movieland. His historical figures are at the Niagara Wax Museum of History.
iPhone App 1.5 Bonus: Canada! And…No Subscriptions
Monday, December 12th, 2011Just released: the latest update to the Roadside America App for iPhone, v1.5. We thought this would be a nice holiday bonus for iPhone users. Major improvements include the addition of Canada attractions, the reworking of where maps appear, and the end of “subscriptions.”
EdgeWalk: High Thrills Or Low Blows?
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011Canada’s newest attraction, the EdgeWalk, tethers visitors to cables and lets them teeter over the edge atop the CN Tower, a quarter-mile high above Toronto.
Raising Dough – Giant Pierogi
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010Jeff Lohaud is a Minneapolis-based artist with a dumpling dream: a vision inspired by the Eastern European version of stuffed dough called a pierogi. His ambition is to raiseĀ $100,000 to fund the creation of a 17-foot-tall cast bronze sculpture of a pierogi, perched atop a formidable metal fork. The masonry base will display the […]
Furniture Fuels Roadside Funtasms
Thursday, June 25th, 2009We’ve long been impressed with Jordan’s Furniture stores in Massachusetts, which offer mad mixes of water shows and Mardi Gras and thrill rides in places that sell, basically, furniture.
Show Me Your Papers!
Monday, June 1st, 2009Starting on June 1, all Americans who visit Canada have to show a passport if they want to get back into the U.S. Well, almost. According to The Canadian Press, “those without proper documents are given a paper that says: ‘Noncompliant.’” After this wrist-slapping they’ll be allowed to re-cross the border, but only “for the […]
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