How do you fit three floors, seven levels, and twenty-two rooms into a moderately-sized 6,000 square-foot mansion? Just ask designer Jule Korner, the decorator behind Körner’s Folly, the “Strangest House in the World,” in Kernersville, North Carolina. Korner’s Folly is an architectural oddity. While it looks like a normal house on the outside, on the …
Do you know someone who is heading off on a road trip? Send them off in style with a road trip care package full of essentials and fun tokens for the road! What is a care package? It’s a receptacle filled with indispensable items, luxury items, food, money, and more that’s given to a loved …
On a road trip from Chicago to Mount Rushmore, my friend and I went in search of this tiny church, Blue Mound Wayside Chapel in Luverne, Minnesota. As we pulled up Joan Osborne’s “What if God Was One of Us” was playing from the radio on my old black Saturn Ion and it felt pretty …
Where is the southernmost point in the U.S.? You might say Key West, Florida, where an anchored concrete buoy (the Southernmost Point Buoy) marks the spot. But that attraction actually marks the southernmost point in the continental United States. To find the real southernmost point in the U.S. you have to travel across the country, …
When you think about monuments dedicated to our revered United State’s presidents what do you think of? The Washington Monument? The Lincoln Memorial? Mount Rushmore? Well, how about a giant peanut and a slice of watermelon? For every stoic bronze rendering of a commander in chief, there are dozens of weird presidential monuments & roadside …
Are you planning a Missouri road trip and want to find all the best Missouri roadside attractions along your route? Whether you’ve driving Route 66 or spending a weekend getaway in St. Louis, Kansas City, or Branson, you won’t want to miss these 15 must-see places to go in Missouri. These Missouri attractions and oddities …
Are you planning a Wisconsin road trip and want to find all the best Wisconsin roadside attractions along your route? Whether you’ve driving across I-94 or spending a weekend getaway in Milwaukee, you won’t want to miss these 15 must-see places to go in Wisconsin. They’re fun pit stops on the road and great additions …
On our road trip to Mount Rushmore, we pulled up to this shack of a surplus store and my friend Emily, my travel companion on this journey, was certain we had the wrong place. But I was certain we did not. So we went into the store and she asked a guy where the “stuff” …
Are you planning a Nebraska road trip and want to find all the best Nebraska roadside attractions along your route? Whether you’ve driving across I-80 or exploring the Sandhills Journey, you won’t want to miss these 15 must-see places to go in Nebraska. They’re fun pit stops on the road and great additions to your …
Just outside of Lincoln, on an unassuming road, in the Southeast part of Nebraska, you’ll find a big pyramid-shaped object next to a sideways zigzag protruding from the ground. This is the world’s largest time capsule. And you won’t believe what’s inside! The late Harold Keith Davisson (1907-1999), a local writer, store owner, and historian, …
Enjoy fun games and challenges to pass the time on your next road trip and have a keepsake to look back on for years to come with this entertaining must-have for your next vacation.
The road trip you’ve been dreaming of starts here! Journal about your stops and get to know your fellow passengers with activities and exercises designed to pass the time and bring you closer together. Instead of “Are we there yet?” you’ll find yourself asking, “We’re there already?”. Complete with prompts you can turn to while driving between locations, this journal will one day be a memento of your life-changing trip.
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