Lombard Street in San Francisco gets all the glory but Snake Alley, built in 1894, was the first. The streets are very much the same wit...
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Danish Immigrant Museum
September 28, 2017
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HISTORIC BUILDINGS,
IOWA,
MUSEUMS,
PATHS and TRAILS-1 MILE or LONGER,
QUIRKY ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS
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Danish immigrants came to the prairie states in the late 1800s. Many were drawn to the same areas where their relatives and friends had al...
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Little Mermaid Statue
Tiny Kimballton, Iowa was founded in 1883 and settled by immigrants from Denmark. A little park with a fountain and an exact replica of th...
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Giant Lincoln Head and I-80 Rest Area
September 12, 2017
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FREE ATTRACTIONS,
FREE CAMPING / BOONDOCKING,
QUIRKY ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS,
WYOMING
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The Lincoln Highway , which goes from New York City to San Francisco, was formally dedicated in 1913. It was pieced together fro...
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Museum of Clean
Why would anyone make a museum of clean? And why would anyone go to a museum of clean? The whole thing sounded pretty weird so we had to ...
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Idaho Potato Museum
Idaho, with a perfect climate of hot days and cool night plus rich volcanic soil, grows more potatoes than any other state. It only stand...
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Airway Beacon and Arrow in Dubois, Idaho
In the early days of aviation pilots used landmarks to chart their course which worked fine in the more populated eastern US but not as w...
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Beacon Hill Park and Waterfront Trail
August 10, 2017
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BRITISH COLUMBIA,
FREE ATTRACTIONS,
PATHS and TRAILS-1 MILE or LONGER,
QUIRKY ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS
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The land for Beacon Hill Park was set aside as a protected area in 1858. It includes woodland and shoreline trails, two playgrounds, a w...
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The World’s Largest Burl (Unofficially)
Burls develop when a tree sustains an injury, or from a viral or bacterial infection, or when a branch bud fails to develop properly. It m...
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