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Daytona Beach, Florida - Daytona 500 Experience
A logo-carpeted "interactive attraction" that may be the noisiest museum on earth.
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- Directions:
- I-95 exit 261A. East on International Speedway Blvd about two miles. South side, outside of the entrance to Daytona International Speedway.
- Hours:
- Closed November 2010
- Status:
- Gone
- Miami, Florida - Jackie Gleason's Mausoleum
The final resting place of 1950s TV sitcom bus driver Ralph Kramden, aka Jackie Gleason.
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Our Lady Of Mercy Cemetery
- Address:
- 11411 NW 25th St., Miami, FL
- Directions:
- Our Lady Of Mercy Cemetery. Florida Turnpike exits 26, 28, or 29. On the north side of NW 25th St., between NW 112th and NW 117th Aves. Cemetery in Miami and Doral.
- Hours:
- Gates open daily 7:30-5:30 Local health policies may affect hours and access.
Panama City Beach, Florida - Man in the Sea Museum
A collection of diving bells, old bathyspheres, and even Sealab, are all arrayed around the parking lot, while many undersea artifacts are displayed inside.
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- Address:
- 17314 Panama City Beach Pkwy, Panama City Beach, FL
- Directions:
- Northwest from Panama City Beach on US-98/Panama City Beach Pkwy, a quarter-mile west of FL-79.
- Hours:
- W-Sa 10-4 (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 850-235-4101
- Admission:
- Adults $8.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
Hanauma Bay, Oahu, Hawaii - Halona Blowhole
Hawaii's version of the Old Faithful geyser.
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- Address:
- Kalanianole Hwy., Hanauma Bay, Oahu, HI
- Directions:
- On the southeastern tip of Oahu. Take US 1 east from Honolulu to exit 27, then continue east on Hwy 72/Kalanianole Hwy for another 7.5 miles. Look for the parking lot on the ocean side of the road.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii - Gandhi Statue
Statues for the tourists are strung all along Waikiki Beach, from the towering Duke Kahanamoku "God of Surfing" statue, to a dolphin and kid from a popular children's book, to various historical leaders of the islands. But here's a strange one: Cross the street inland, walk past the mass grave and towards the zoo, look under a large banyan tree, and you'll see a bronze sculpture of a bow-legged, scrawny guy. It's Mahatma Gandhi.
The figure of the Hindu spiritual leader, in sandals and strutting with his walking stick, was erected in 1990. It was donated to Honolulu by the Gandhi Memorial International Foundation, a non-profit group run by Yogesh K Gandhi, which was subsequently investigated by the FBI for mail fraud and by the US Senate for contribution laundering. His organization would hand out Gandhi World Peace Awards to prominent world leaders, and spring for the occasional nice Gandhi statue. He apparently closed up shop in 1999.
The statue's origin seem to be mostly forgotten, and the picturesque spot is used for gatherings about world harmony -- Gandhi's son was here spreading a "message of peace" in March, 2011.
[RoadsideAmerica.com Team, 04/10/2011]Gandhi Statue:- Address:
- Monsarrat Ave, Honolulu, Oahu, HI
- Directions:
- Kapiolani Park, at Monsarrat Ave. and Kapahulu Ave. in front of the Honolulu Zoo.
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