Best Road Trip Ever & Road Trip 66
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Road Trip, Roadside Attraction, South
New Orleans is filled with spirits, liquid and ethereal. Here is a quick overview of some of the great haunts.
detailspreview Midwest, Missouri 66, Road Food, Road Trip, Roadside Attraction, Route 66
Yep, this bar and BBQ joint is chockfull of atmosphere. Formerly the 1929 Munger-Moss Sandwich Shop, and now a popular spot for bikers and bar-b-que.
detailspreview Road Trip, Roadside Attraction, South
Howdy! Few can forget the beloved Sheriff of Mayberry. That's especially true for the citizens of Mt. Airy, the boyhood hometown of Andy Griffith, whose streets and hometown characters bear a striking resemblance to the fictional Mayberry.
detailspreview Oklahoma 66, Road Trip, Roadside Attraction, Route 66, Southwest
The west end was a location in "Grapes of Wrath" starring Henry Fonda, where Grandpa dies and is buried. (The bridge had been there only six years at that time.)
detailspreview Road Trip, Roadside Attraction, West
Talk about a head of state. Once upon a time, Ol' Abe stood watch at Sherman Summit, the highest point on his namesake coast-to-coast highway, Lincoln Highway.
detailspreview California 66, Folk Art, Road Trip, Roadside Attraction, Route 66, West
Even though Elmer's teeming forest of bottle trees stands alongside one of those desolate stretches of old Route 66 between Barstow and San Bernadino, he says it doesn't have much to do with the famous roadway.
detailspreview Road Trip, Roadside Attraction, West
It's a sprawling pink and white motel complex on the edge of town, with pictures and paintings of the Madonna family that owns it (and big stars who knew them) liberally sprinkled around the lobby.
detailspreview Oklahoma 66, Road Trip, Roadside Attraction, Route 66, Southwest
Built by Hugh Davis in the 70s as a surprise (?!) anniversary gift for his wife Zelda, who collected whale figurines. It is one of the best known landmarks on Route 66. The big whale speaks to a simpler time, when a swimming hole didn't need all kinds of fancy wave machines and gadgetry.
detailspreview Road Food, Road Trip, Roadside Attraction, Southwest
What a great idea! Travel trailers as motel rooms. Those aluminum marvels from postwar America that embodied the notion of "let's hit the road."
detailspreview Kansas 66, Midwest, Road Trip, Roadside Attraction, Route 66
This house once owned by a serial killer madam, Ma Staffleback, she and 3 accomplices robbed and killed dozens of clients (mostly miners) during the 1890s. She died in prison in 1909.
detailspreview Folk Art, Midwest, Road Trip, Roadside Attraction
In 1967, when George Glore first devised having a museum dedicated to the various treatments for the mentally ill, this was part of St. Joseph State Hospital (aka the State Lunatic Aslyum #2.)
detailspreview Arizona 66, Road Trip, Roadside Attraction, Route 66, Southwest
The Rusty Bolt is a biker store and Route 66 gift shop with a true folk art exterior. Teeming with tourists and chockfull of unique 66 souvenirs and Americana, plus a third of the shop is devoted to biker accessories, leather and boots.
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