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Retired museum art conservator A. Clarke Bedford has spent years covering the exterior of his small suburban house, and his cars, with recycled, visually mesmerizing junk.
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- Address:
- 3810 Nicholson St., Hyattsville, MD
- Directions:
- Baltimore-Washington Pky exit at Hyattsville. Turn west onto MD-410/Riverdale Rd. Drive 2.5 miles. Turn left at the stoplight onto MD-500/Queens Chapel Rd. Drive a half-mile. Turn left (no stoplight) onto Nicholson St. Vanadu is the sixth house on the left. Private residence; easily visible from the street. Please don't touch the art.
- RA Rates:
- Major Fun
Our wistful gaze into the primordial ooze of dinosaur theme parks -- old and new. Round-Up of North America's Best Prehistoric Attractions.
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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]Don Aslett Museum of Clean:RoadsideAmerica.com Team Field Report
- 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
Couch from the movie Gone with the Wind. Dog-powered washing machine. A collection of antique phonographs. Hand soap dispensers.
[Jody High, 08/20/2019]Jefcoat Museum of Americana:- Address:
- High St., Murfreesboro, NC
- Directions:
- From VA Beach, take 64 East, toward Suffolk. Route 58 West, to 258 South. In Murfreesboro, take right on 158 (East Main St.), then about 1/2 mile, left on Union St (sign for Chowan University), then right on West High St., museum on left, old high school building.
- Hours:
- Sa 11 am - 4 pm, Su 2-5 pm, or by appt. (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 252-398-5922
- Admission:
- $5.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
- Eaton, Colorado - Washing Machine Museum
I have not visited, but I really want to. The museum only does tours by appointment, so my hope is that maybe if more people were interested they might open up for regular hours!
[Marcella Willis, 11/02/2018]Lee Maxwell Washing Machine Museum:- Address:
- 35901 County Rd 31, Eaton, CO
- Directions:
- I-25 exit 265. Drive east 11.5 miles to County Rd 31. The museum is three miles west of town on Lee Maxwell's farm, which is on the southwest corner of County Rds 31 and 74.
- Hours:
- By appt only. (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 970-454-1856
- Admission:
- Tours $75, up to 10 people.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
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The problem isn't a lack of interest; it's too much interest. Owner Lee Maxwell -- who is not a young man -- only opens his museum to tours by appointment (and charges $75) to slow down the traffic. His collection is impressive, over 1,500 machines, by far the largest in the world.