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- Green River, Wyoming - Greater Green River Intergalactic Space Port
No sign anymore... gate locked 11/24/2020.
[Josh Fulton, 12/01/2020]- Address:
- Airport Rd, Green River, WY
- Directions:
- I-80 exit 91. Bear right at the first stoplight onto WY-530, toward Flaming Gorge. Drive south on WY-530, through town, for 5.5 miles. Turn left just after the blue Adopt-a-Highway sign onto the unmarked road to the airport.
- Hours:
- Often gated, and the sign is often in storage.
- Status:
- In Transition
Dover, Ohio - Famous Endings
Be sure to ask for a tour from the owner!
[Jennifer Kefer, 12/01/2020]The Famous Endings collection is the personal obsession of John Herzig, funeral director.
Toland-Herzig Funeral Home
- Address:
- 803 N. Wooster Ave., Dover, OH
- Directions:
- Inside the Toland-Herzig Funeral Home.
- Hours:
- M-F 9-5 (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 330-343-6132
- Admission:
- Donation $5.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
- Rockville, Connecticut - New England Motorcycle Museum
This is the newest and largest motorcycle museum on the East Coast. It's a 150,000-square-foot facility inside a 200-year-old textile mill.
[Mike, 12/01/2020]The museum displays the personal collection of Kenny "Kaplan America" Kaplan. It includes a 1937 BMW with an engine so powerful that it once set its rider's leg on fire.
- Address:
- 200 W. Main St., Rockville, CT
- Directions:
- West of downtown, on the north side of W. Main St., between Orchard and Maple Sts.
- Hours:
- M-F 9-5 (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 860-454-7024
- Admission:
- Adults $10.
Fitzgerald, Georgia - The Wild Chickens of Fitzgerald
The wild chickens (Red Junglefowl) that roam the streets and parks of the south Georgia city of Fitzgerald can be seen at any time. Native to India, they were released as part of a wildlife restoration project in the late 1960s. They now thrive in this southern city founded by Union Veterans. They're even honored with their own annual festival.
Fitzgerald is also in the process of honoring the bird by constructing the world's tallest topiary structure (at 62 feet).
[Brian Brown, 11/30/2020]- Address:
- Main St., Fitzgerald, GA
- Directions:
- I-75 exit 82 (Ashburn), then 25 miles east on Hwy 107 into town.
- Hours:
- Festival third weekend in March Local health policies may affect hours and access.
Cambridge, Ohio - A Very Dickens Christmas
This is the most extraordinary holiday lights display and community gathering I've ever observed. The Guerney County Courthouse is the only government building with a light display in the country. It features 25,000 dancing lights set to a soundtrack of holiday and contemporary music. The town also has hundreds of Dickens characters on display from the first Sunday in November through New Year's. Horse-drawn carriage rides are offered. It's a beautiful sight!
[Jennifer Kefer, 11/30/2020]It's an extravagant Christmas display that lasts two months. The brainstorm of resident Bob Ley, it has grown since 2005 to include nearly 200 Victorian dummies -- many made by volunteers out of wood, clay, styrofoam, and bubble wrap -- and has co-opted the town's main government building into a sound-and-light show projection screen.
- Address:
- 647 Wheeling Ave., Cambridge, OH
- Directions:
- Midtown, on the north side of US-22/Wheeling Ave. at 8th St.
- Hours:
- Nov-Dec. Best at night. Local health policies may affect hours and access.
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We contacted our sources in Green River. They told us that the Space Port gate is only unlocked when fly-in events (terrestrial) are held there. We were also told that the sign is frequently stolen, but that the town is currently working to design one "less likely to grow legs."