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Anxious America, Bigger Button Museum

Tuesday, December 6th, 2016

Buttons don’t just hold clothes together; they hold forth with announcements, art, and opinions. It’s those kinds of pin-back buttons that are made at the Busy Beaver Button Co., which in late November 2016 moved to a new location.

Michael Delligatti, Father of the Big Mac (1918-2016)

Wednesday, November 30th, 2016

Michael Delligatti can eat all the Big Macs he wants in heaven, having passed away today at the age of 98. He invented the Big Mac nearly 50 years ago.

Spiderwebman II, We Hope

Saturday, November 26th, 2016

Will Knight, proprietor of Knight’s Spider Web Farm, says he hopes to revive his attraction in 2017 after a devastating fire burned down his web barn.

Sleep Well, Button King (1930-2016)

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2016

Dalton Stevens, who said he never did get much sleep, now has gone to his eternal rest.

One Log House To Transcend Its One Loggedness

Monday, November 21st, 2016

The new proprietors of the Famous One Log House, a vintage tree-home along California’s Redwood Highway — land of the Drive-Thru Trees — want to diversify the flora of their plant-based attraction.

We’ll Cross That Bridge When We… Oh Wait. Never Mind.

Monday, November 14th, 2016

Among the Seven Deadly Sins of roadside attractions, Procrastination is perhaps the worst.

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