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In 1998, the North Georgia Astronomers group wanted to show the residents of Gainesville and its surrounding areas exactly how massive the solar system was (3.6 billion miles from the Sun to Pluto) and created a 1:2 billion scale model that spanned 1.8 miles across Hall County. The model is made of several granite stones (quarried from Elberton, the home of another famous roadside attraction, the Georgia Guidestones) with bronze markers identifying each heavenly body. The markers and their locations are as follows:
-The Sun Is represented by a 27.5-inch diameter stainless steel globe in Gainesville Square.
- Mercury, Venus, and the Earth are also in Gainesville Square.
- Mars is across the street at the corner of Washington and Main.
- The Asteroid Belt is outside of the Hall County Library on Main Street. - Jupiter is in Rock Creek Veterans Park on Main Street.
- Saturn is in Ivey Terrace Park.
- Uranus is in Wilshire Trails Park on Wilshire Road (the halfway point of the walking trail).
- Neptune is off of Pearl Nix Parkway at the entrance to Longwood Park.
- Pluto is at the southernmost part of Longwood Park, between the flagpole and John Morrow Parkway, across from Gainesville High School.At the far end of the model is a granite bench labeled "Time Machine" where the North Georgia Astronomers encourage visitors to take and share pictures of themselves with the NGA. The bench is between Pluto and a marker directing visitors to the Alpha Centauri galaxy...12,500 miles away.
[Todd Knaperek, 01/03/2015]Scale Model of the Solar System:- Address:
- Bradford St. S., Gainesville, GA
- Directions:
- The Sun stands on the northwest corner of Bradford St. S. and Spring St. SE, at the edge of Gainesville Square.
- Admission:
- Free
Over 6,000 vacuums, dust busters, and rug beaters, collected by spic-and-span businessman Don Aslett, are part of his mission to spread the virtues of cleanliness.
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Don Aslett's Cleaning Center
- Address:
- 711 S. 2nd Ave., Pocatello, ID
- Directions:
- Southwest side of town near the train tracks. On the west side of S. 2nd Ave. between E. Carter and E. Lovejoy Sts.
- Hours:
- T-Sa 10-5 (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 208-236-6906
- Admission:
- Adults $6.
- RA Rates:
- Major Fun
Cleanliness is nearer to godliness, at least in elevation, at the Museum of Clean, which has expanded to a third floor. 84-year-old museum founder Don Aslett -- a former janitor and successful businessman -- was on hand for the grand opening of the floor, which is exclusively devoted to sweepers and vacuums. One of the machines on display is Aslett's favorite, a professional model used by hotels, but absent from the display is a Roomba, which Aslett says is an inferior vacuum.
Aslett said that the fourth floor, scheduled to open in 2020, will feature washing machines and soap. The fifth floor, to open in 2021, will display devices used in science and medicine, making surfaces so perfectly clean that they're germ-free. "This is not a how-to-clean museum," Aslett told the Idaho State Journal. "It's a be-clean museum."
[RoadsideAmerica.com Team, 12/23/2019]- Pocatello, Idaho - Museum of Clean
Don Aslett and his brother, Larry, were both on hand to show us around the day we were there. The passion they both share with the creation and operation of the museum is amazing. Who knew people collect vacuum cleaners, washing machines and other tools used in everyday life? Kids love all the displays set up to wash windows, vacuum and sort clutter. Very well done displays about cleaning, de-cluttering and creating beautiful living spaces. Anyone looking for ideas on how to make their space livable needs to visit.
[Barb, 07/10/2014] The mission of this 75,000-square-foot, $6 million museum is to sell the idea and value of clean and to put clean into the minds of all who visit. When I walked in its founder, Don Aslett, started a tour that lasted two hours and kept me interested throughout!
The museum includes antique vacuum cleaners, carpet sweepers, brooms, washing machines, toilets, tubs, soaps and other cleaning products, a totem pole made from mop buckets, and much more. It has to be the most unique museum I've ever visited.
[Peter S. Tannen, 09/16/2013]We've spoken with Don before, and he has a sincere love of clean and loathing of mess.
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June 2021: Photo added.