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Georgia's giant collection of telephone equipment and memorabilia.
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- Address:
- 135 N. Bailey Ave., Leslie, GA
- Directions:
- Half way between Cordele and Americus Exit 33 from I-75 in Cordele on to US Hwy. 280 west - 17 miles to Leslie.
- Hours:
- M-F 9 am - 3:30 pm. (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 229-874-4786
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
Where the colorful kid brother of Jimmy Carter hung out, spoke his mind, and drank beer. You can still drive up to the old gas pumps out front.
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- Address:
- 107 W. Church St., Plains, GA
- Directions:
- Downtown, on the north side of US Hwy 280/W. Church St. just west of Hwy 45/N. Bond St.
- Hours:
- M-F 8:30 am - 5 pm, weekend times vary. (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 229-824-5373
- RA Rates:
- Major Fun
- Eureka, Illinois - Ronald Reagan Museum, Berlin Wall Slab
Over 2,000 Reagan relics, the second largest collection on earth. Outside, a slab of the Berlin Wall.
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Ronald W. Reagan Museum at Eureka College
- Address:
- 300 E. College Ave., Eureka, IL
- Directions:
- At the Donald B. Cerf Center on the campus of Eureka College.
- Hours:
- M-F 8-5; fewer hours and days during summer recess. (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 309-467-6475
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
What this place is doing in my little town is beyond me, but Historic Auto Attractions is essentially a warehouse of pop culture and automotive artifacts that must've cost millions upon millions of dollars to acquire. Among the highlights: the Grateful Dead's infamous tour bus, one of John Dillinger's Studebakers that was used in an Indiana robbery (as well as the gun that killed him), Hitler's personal staff car, a plethora of Presidential Limousines, three Batmobiles, a Ghostbusters' car.
An entire exhibit dedicated to the JFK's assassination is the museum's centerpiece, with parts of the grassy knoll fence and the secret service car behind the president's in the motorcade, among others.
Lots of personal cars and accessories from celebrities as well -- Elvis, Johnny Cash, Howard Hughes, Buddy Holly, Al Capone. It's a lot of highly valuable stuff you always thought was in Chicago or Washington ... not in lowly Roscoe.
[Andy, 06/02/2008]Historic Auto Attractions:RoadsideAmerica.com Team Field Report
- Address:
- 13825 Metric Drive, Roscoe, IL
- Directions:
- I-39/I-90 exit 3. West on Rockton Rd, then after one mile look for the small oval Historic Auto Attractions sign on the right. Turn right onto Metric Drive. At the end of the street, on the right.
- Hours:
- Tu-Su 10-5, Off-season by appt. (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 815-209-5864
- Admission:
- Adults $28, 7-17 $17, Senior/Military $23
- RA Rates:
- The Best
Historic bone yard home yours for the asking: New funeral museum to rise in its place
The caretaker's home near Springfield IL's historic Oak Ridge Cemetery is the subject of a tug-of-war: the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency wants to keep it, the Illinois Funeral Director's Association wants to knock it down.
In its place, the funeral directors want to build a museum (perhaps they've seen the National Funeral Director's Museum in Texas). Oak Ridge Cemetery has the grave of President Lincoln -- but his tourist appeal has lagged in recent years compared to other, more recently dead, people.
The funeral directors hope the museum -- which will display pieces of Lincoln's and George Washington's coffins -- will attract more visitors to the cemetery. We're not sure who's been digging out chunks of presidential coffins, but perhaps that will be explained by the exhibit.
Preservationists cry that not only is the doomed house listed on the National Register of Historic Places, but that the proposed 5,000-square-foot museum will dwarf area homes and detract from the neighborhood.
The funeral association counters that it offered to give away the house to anyone who wanted to move it someplace else, and even offered to throw in $5,000 for expenses, but there were no takers.
If anyone wants a historic graveyard caretaker's house they should contact the Illinois Funeral Director's Association quickly; it's scheduled to be demolished in July.
[06/28/1998]- Directions:
- Was SE of Illinois State Fairgrounds, at the entrance to Oak Ridge Cemetery where Abraham Lincoln is buried.
- Hours:
- Closed in early 2009.
- Status:
- Gone
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