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Proof that Les is more. Reminds me of one of those little free libraries. Just did a drive by; looks like there's some fun stuff inside.
[Roger Crook, 11/08/2019]The Les Vilda Presidential Museum and Library:- Address:
- 102 N. Main St., Wilber, NE
- Directions:
- The outhouse and its sign, which is as big as the outhouse, stand in a grassy lot on the east side of Hwy 103/N. Main St. just north of E. 1st St.
- Admission:
- Free
Was Abraham Lincoln really the illegitimate child of a North Carolina servant girl? This attraction says, "Yes!"
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Bostic Lincoln Center
- Address:
- 112 Depot St., Bostic, NC
- Directions:
- Bostic Lincoln Center. 60 mi. west of Charlotte, US Hwy 74 Exit 182 north onto Broadway St, left on Main St./Business US Hwy 74 at Depot St. in Bostic.
- Hours:
- Th 1-4, F-Sa 10-1. Visits to the birth site must be arranged in advance. (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 828-245-9800
- Admission:
- Free, donations appreciated.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
- Onsted, Michigan - Ike's Train Car of Terror
Former luxury railroad car of America's Commander in Chief is now a haunted Halloween attraction. Is VP Nixon one of the demons?
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Stagecoach Stop Western Resort
- Address:
- 7203 US-12, Onsted, MI
- Directions:
- On the south side of US-12, on the east edge of the dirt parking lot for Stagecoach Stop Western Resort.
- Hours:
- Open Oct. weekends only, (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 419-654-5799
- Admission:
- Free to look. $10 admission.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
Oak Ridge exists because of the atom bomb, but its science museum tries hard to get out from under that mushroom cloud. Among the exhibits: an Apollo moon box and the fingernails of a U.S. President.
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American Museum of Science and Energy
- Address:
- 511 E. Main St., Oak Ridge, TN
- Directions:
- TN-62/S. Illinois Ave. into town. Turn north at the stoplight onto S. Tulane Ave. Turn right at the Reality Center onto Wilson St. Turn right at the second stop sign. You'll see the museum ahead on the left.
- Hours:
- Su-M 1-5, Tu-Th 9-5, F 9-8, Sa 9-5 (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 865-294-4531
- Admission:
- Adults $8.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
Generations jazzed on rockets, astronauts, NASA, and Lunar cheese will enjoy these moon mission tourist attractions. A map of Roadside America's Space Race recommendations.
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