There are plenty of options for road trip entertainment, things to keep you occupied on a long car ride. You can play games like license plate bingo, blast some music (and sing along with car karaoke), or listen to a must-read book on tape. With so much free time on the way to your destination, why not spend some time in the car getting to know your passengers by...
While some of us can drive for hours without getting bored, others… not so much. So, when planning a road trip, you might want to thing about road trip entertainment ideas to keep your car passengers having fun from home to destination. Whether it’s just you in the car or it is filled with kids or adults and whether you’re heading an hour away or...
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, is known as the “Birthplace of Rock ‘n’ Roll” and “the most famous recording studio in the world.” It is, after all, the place where some of the most well-known names in music history got their start. Sam Phillips opened the soon-to-be famous recording studio in 1950. Originally called Memphis Recording...
There’s a castle in Wisconsin revered by locals due to its stately state and sought out from distinguished travelers from near and far. You guessed it, this Wisconsin tourist attraction can only be the one and only Mars Cheese Castle. = This cheesy landmark is a must-stop destination for anyone road tripping I-94 in Wisconsin. The specialty food shop was...
Ivar Feeding the Gulls is a statue of Ivar Johan Haglund (March 21, 1905 – January 30, 1985), a folk singer, restaurateur and founder of Ivar’s, a well-known Seattle seafood restaurant chain. This statue lives in front of one of the chain’s first and most popular outposts, Ivar’s Fish Bar at Pier 54, located along Alaskan Way in the Seattle...
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is one of the most unique national parks in the United States. Located on the southeastern shore of the Big Island, the 134,795-hectare park was built around two of the world’s most active volcanoes: Kīlauea and Mauna Loa. Kīlauea is one of the most active volcanoes on Earth and has been in continuous eruption since 1983. Mauna...
The USS South Dakota Battleship Memorial in Sioux Falls, South Dakota features a concrete outline of USS South Dakota. The USS South Dakota (BB-57) (AKA “Old Nameless” or “Battleship ,”) was a battleship built for the United States Navy in the 1930s. In its time, it was utilized in every major battle and was the most decorated ship of World...
There’s a Tiny Church in Golden City, Missouri. While this isn’t the smallest church in the world. or even the smallest church in Missouri (you can find that one in Mount Vernon), it still is an impressive building and a fun stop on a Missouri road trip. The miniature church can be found in the town’s small park, next to a picnic area. It was build...
Shenandoah Caverns in Quicksburg, Virginia is a beautiful natural wonder with quirk, kitsch…and bacon… making it a fun stop to add to any Virginia road trip itinerary. The caves were discovered in 1884 when the Southern Railway was being constructed in the Shenandoah Valley. But they were formed millions of years before that. As the earth moved and rivers flowed...
The Seattle Museum of the Mysteries was a shopfront museum in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood that specialized in the paranormal. The small basement museum and research center was jam packed with books, photos, documents, and artifacts related to paranormal science, ancient civilizations, alternate reality, UFOs, crop circles, mysteries, and bigfoot. Exhibits...