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- 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
Nick Pahys Jr is someone we will never forget. His One and Only Presidential Museum was a shrine not only to his self-described shocking discovery -- that John Hanson was the first president of the United States -- but also to Nick Pahys Jr. The One and Only Presidential Museum was small, yet a visit could last hours; Nick would filibuster nonstop, pausing only momentarily if you managed to squeeze in a question. It must have been exhausting to be Nick Pahys Jr. When he died on October 24, 2017, the One and Only Presidential Museum passed into the offbeat history books, and John Hanson lost his one and only champion.
[RoadsideAmerica.com Team, 10/24/2022]One and Only Presidential Museum:RoadsideAmerica.com Team Field Report
- Directions:
- Far eastern Ohio.
- Hours:
- Oct. 2017: RIP Nick. Museum closed.
- Status:
- Gone
The 34th President from the 34th state attracts visitors to Abilene, his boyhood home, every year. Although not designed for selfies, many people take them with the 11-foot-high bronze statue of General Eisenhower.
[Julie Roller Weeks, 09/20/2022]Ike's Boyhood Home, Museum, Statue, and Grave:- Address:
- 200 SE 4th St., Abilene, KS
- Hours:
- Grounds open dawn-dusk (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 785-263-6764
- Admission:
- Museum $12.
The museum is next to the Tomb of McKinley and his wife. There's also a planetarium, dinosaur exhibit, and an old time Main Street from the time when McKinley lived. $10 to see it all.
[Clark W, 10/26/2021]Robot Mr. and Mrs. McKinley:RoadsideAmerica.com Team Field Report
- Address:
- 800 McKinley Monument Drive NW, Canton, OH
- Directions:
- William McKinley Presidential Library and Museum. I-77 exit 106. Drive east on 12th St. NW for a half-mile, cross the little bridge, then turn right onto Monument Rd NW. Drive a quarter-mile, then turn right onto 7th St. NW. Cross the little bridge, then immediately turn right. You'll see the tomb straight ahead; the museum is just to the left of it.
- Hours:
- M-Sa 9-4, Su 12-4 (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 330-455-7043
- Admission:
- Adults $9.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
- Primm, Nevada - Bonnie and Clyde's Death Car
Bonnie and Clyde's Death Car has been moved from Nevada to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Museum in California through February 2022 -- as part of a special "FBI: From Al Capone to Al Qaeda" exhibit. Joining it on display are relics from other famous crimes and criminals, such as the parachute bag and boarding pass of mysterious hijacker D.B. Cooper; the raft and paddle used by the inmates who escaped Alcatraz in 1962; Richard "the shoe bomber" Reids shoes; an engine from one of the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center; one of the Unibomber's unexploded (and now deactivated) bombs; and John Dillingers death mask. According to the exhibit's press release, "This is the first time that many of these remarkable, historic artifacts and criminal evidence have been on public display together."
[RoadsideAmerica.com Team, 07/31/2021]Bonnie and Clyde's Death Car:RoadsideAmerica.com Team Field Report
- Address:
- 31700 Las Vegas Blvd S., Primm, NV
- Directions:
- Buffalo Bill's Resort and Casino. Just across the state line from California. I-15 exit 1, northeast side. Occasionally moved to the casino across the highway, and sometimes on loan elsewhere. Call before you visit to make sure that the car is there.
- Phone:
- 702-386-7867
- RA Rates:
- The Best
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If you arrive via the interstate, thank Ike for signing into law the federal legislation that made them possible.