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The Tree House is a 4,000 year old redwood that is still alive despite a large room at the base. Enter through the gift shop ($2 per person/$5 for a family). It claims to be the tallest one-room house in the world.
Bring a couple of quarters for the working panoramic miniatures showing a logging camp and a blacksmith shop.
[John Francis, 07/14/2016]World Famous Tree House:RoadsideAmerica.com Team Field Report
- Address:
- 74800 N. Hwy 101, Piercy, CA
- Directions:
- On the west side of US 101 roughly midway between Piercy and Leggett.
- Hours:
- Sept. 2019: Gift shop reported closed. Local health policies may affect hours and access.
Steampunk-inspired indoor mini-golf with elaborate designs, sound effects, mechanical contraptions and bar and restaurant. How many skulls can you find in the Dia de Muertos hole? Closed Jan. 2024, may reopen with new theme/owners.
Roadsideamerica.com Report...
- Directions:
- In the Mission District, on the northwest corner of S. Van Ness Ave. and 22nd St.
- Hours:
- Jan. 2024: Closed
- Status:
- Closed
- Washington, DC - World's Oldest Working Elevator
Right on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC, is one of DC's oldest shops, Litwin's Furniture, in a tiny rowhouse that somehow escaped demolition. It posesses the World's Oldest Working Elevator, an Otis prototype, that Litwin still uses (it passes every inspection). Since there is no such thing as protection for historic utilities, if the elevator ever failed inspection it would probably have to be dismantled, and Litwin's has somehow hung on as a business despite the ominous presence of Starbuck's on the corner.
[BER, 07/09/1998]World's Oldest Working Elevator:- Address:
- 637 Indiana Ave. NW, Washington, DC
- Directions:
- Midtown, on Indiana Ave. NW between 6th and 7th Streets NW, just north of Pennsylvania Ave NW. Currently in Potbelly Sandwich Shop.
Imposing structure -- museum, library, and clubhouse of the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry -- that offers guided tours, in part to dispel the crazy theories cooked up in conspiracy novels and movies. Outdoor Sphinxes bring a touch of Egypt to DC.
Roadsideamerica.com Report...
- Address:
- 1733 16th St. NW, Washington, DC
- Directions:
- On the east side of 16th St. NW between S and R Sts.
- Hours:
- M-Th 10 am - 4 pm. (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 202-232-3579
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
- Clermont, Florida - President's Hall of Fame
Call me old fashioned, but despite the staggering array of presidential ephemera, I miss this museum in its original form some 20-25 years ago as the "House of Presidents," as I recall. When you paid admission, you were ushered into a small dark paneled room with a dozen or so chairs where you would sit down. The first 10 or so wax presidents stood just feet away from you, silent and staring out, which was a little creepy in itself. A light would come on the first president and an audio spiel would commence telling a bit about the president. This would continue until the last president was highlighted. You would then be ushered into another dark panelled room with the next series of presidents.
When you finished with the last room, you exited into a little shop where there was a hole cut into a wall -- you could peer into and see the audio equipment that played the spiels.
A 'score' of years later, I was a bit saddened to see those original figures now disheveled and stuck here and there amidst the huge collection of presidential items. These other things were quite interesting, don't get me wrong, but I felt sorry for these old wax Presidents, some of which were losing their wigs and fingers.
[Ron Jaffe, 10/24/2005]Presidents Hall of Fame:- Address:
- 123 N. US-27, Clermont, FL
- Directions:
- On the east side of US-27 just south of Citrus Tower Blvd.
- Hours:
- M-Sa 10-4. Su 12-4 (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 352-394-2836
- Admission:
- Adults $15.50
- RA Rates:
- Major Fun
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The Hall of Presidents in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, operated the same way (maybe it still does), with chronological groups of presidents telling the story of America "in their own voices." It took almost an hour to wade through all the rooms -- too slow for today's soundbite kids. The format eventually faltered in some places, and the Chief Executives clammed up...