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- Minneapolis, Minnesota - Museum of Questionable Medical Devices
Road report and review of a Museum of medical quack devices, miracle cures, and other therapeutic frauds foisted on the sick and gullible in the last 100 years. Before the museum closed, entertaining curator Bob McCoy would use a Phrenology machine to read the lumps on your skull if you asked.
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- Status:
- Closed
Pete watched over a dam spillway and prime fish-gobbling spot. The dam and pelican were removed in early 2023, but Pete was back on view by late June. 16 feet tall; built in 1957.
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25 E. Mill Ave.
- Address:
- Pelican Rapids, MN
- Directions:
- From US-59/N. Broadway turn east at the stoplight onto MN-108/E. Mill Ave. You'll immediately see a post office on the left; park there or nearby. Pete is just behind it.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
- Havre, Montana - Underground Tour
The underground town was built in response to a need to protect Asian railroad workers [in the 19th century]. The railroad employed a lot of Asian workers, who were not always welcome in some towns. They were apparently safe on railroad property. Tunnels were built from the railroad property to beneath several sections of town to house businesses for them. There are tunnels to underground stores, shops, residents, etc. Some areas of Havre still have the glass blocks in the sidewalks above to allow sunlight into the tunnels.
Think of this as a smaller version of the underground tour in Seattle, which was the result of raising the city streets 10-15 feet, with the former 1st floors winding up below street level.
[BobA, 07/24/2007]Havre Beneath the Streets:- Address:
- 120 3rd Ave., Havre, MT
- Directions:
- West side of town, on the corner of 1st St./US Hwy 2 and 3rd Ave. Ticket office is on 3rd Ave. south of Norman's Ranch Wear.
- Hours:
- Daily 9:30-3:30; fewer days off-season. (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 406-265-8888
- Admission:
- $15/person
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
This titan was welded together from over 2,000 steel automobile wheel rims; its head alone weighs over a ton.
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- Address:
- 412 Main St., Dunseith, ND
- Directions:
- On the west side of US-281/Main St. just north of its intersection with ND-5/96th St. NE.
- RA Rates:
- Major Fun
- Hettinger, North Dakota - Last Marker of the Yellowstone Trail
Cone-shaped sandstone pillar erected some time between 1912 and 1926 marked America's oldest "organized highway." Once there were hundreds; now there's only this one.
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- Address:
- 604 Adams Ave., Hettinger, ND
- Directions:
- Downtown, on the north side of US-12/Adams Ave., just west of its intersection with 7th St. N.
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