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Mount Rushmore in Keystone, South Dakota

Labor Day Weekend Road Trip: Four days, five states, 2,500 miles

Published on: August 28, 2008 | Last Updated on: July 5, 2020 by Valerie Bromann

Well, Silly Americans it is Labor Day weekend here in the United States of America and I have been blessed with four days off from work in a row. And that can only mean one thing: a LABOR DAY WEEKEND ROAD TRIP! I’m packing up my car for the long holiday weekend and driving to …

Alice in Wonderland Statue in Central Park

Published on: August 14, 2008 | Last Updated on: July 5, 2020 by Valerie Bromann

If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn’t. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn’t be. And what it wouldn’t be, it would. You see?— Alice in Wonderland America is filled with so many silly wonders. I love …

Superdawg Drive-In in Chicago, Illinois. | Giant Hot Dogs on a Restaurant's Roof

Thanks for Stopping – Superdawg in Chicago, Illinois

Published on: August 6, 2008 | Last Updated on: July 5, 2020 by Valerie Bromann

When you think of Chicago and food there are two delicacies that will inevitably pop into your head: pizza and hot dogs. While they might not be the most sophisticated of culinary models, these are definitely Chicago staples. And no one does it like Chicago, a city where the pizza is described as a pie …

Astroland with an A&W Happy Family at Coney Island in New York

Published on: July 16, 2008 | Last Updated on: September 8, 2020 by Valerie Bromann

Astroland with an A&W Happy Family at Coney Island in New York. Check out another A&W Happy Family in Rolla, Missouri and learn more about Athis type of roadside attration Site: Astroland Location: Coney Island, New York Date:July 4, 2008

The Old Dolls' House at Midway Village in Rockford, Illinois

Midway Village – The Old Dolls’ House

Published on: July 1, 2008 | Last Updated on: July 3, 2019 by Valerie Bromann

Another feature of Midway Village in Rockford, Illinois (besides, of course, the sock monkey museum) is The Old Dolls’ House, a museum full of doll houses and miniatures. This collection of doll houses, built in 1988, features miniature homes representing countries around the globe and throughout time. While in Rockford be sure to also check …

Sock Monkey Museum at Midway Village in Rockford, Illinois

Published on: June 25, 2008 | Last Updated on: July 5, 2020 by Valerie Bromann

In addition to the Victorian Village and old doll house exhibit at Rockford’s Midway Village, another museum stands out among the attractions. Midway Village Museum is a small museum at 20,000 square feet that packs in exhibits that explore the history of the area. One of the featured, and most popular, exhibits is called The …

Midway Village Old-Time Town in Rockford, Illinois

Published on: June 17, 2008 | Last Updated on: July 3, 2019 by Valerie Bromann

Midway Village is a town of yesteryear in Rockford Illinois. In the old-time Victorian town, guides dressed in turn-of-the-century wear take you around the village to see how people lived in 1900. The Village showcases 26 historical structures and represents the typical rural town in Northern Illinois at the end of the 19th and the …

Gertrude the Cow - giant cow statue in Rockford, Illinois

Gertrude the Cow in Rockford, Illinois

Published on: June 8, 2008 | Last Updated on: February 24, 2020 by Valerie Bromann

I drove through Rockford, Illinois yesterday, after taking a cheese making class at Angelic Organics in nearby Caledonia. While in town I tracked down this big fiberglass bovine roadside attraction: Gertrude the Cow. The giant cow statue looks over the farm at Lockwood Park Trailside Equestrian Centre and Children’s Farm. Gertrude the cow is a …

Agricultural Crash Monument in Norway, Illinois

Published on: April 30, 2008 | Last Updated on: January 2, 2023 by Valerie Bromann

The Agricultural Crash Monument in Norway, Illinois, can be a somewhat freakish site if you don’t know that it’s a roadside attraction. Driving along a gravel farm road in the dark of 9pm and all of a sudden, out your car window, you’ll see a small plane crashed into the ground. Never fear, the Norway …

The Spindle in Berwyn, Illinois. Also known as cars on a spike or the car kabob. This roadside attraction was torn down in 2008.

The Spindle in Berwyn, Illinois (AKA Car Kabob) (GONE)

Published on: April 15, 2008 | Last Updated on: December 27, 2022 by Valerie Bromann

Created in 1989 by Dustin Shuler, The Spindle (AKA the Car Kabob AKA Cars on a Spike) has graced Cermak Plaza in Berwyn, Illinois for almost as long as I’ve been alive. The spindle sculpture towers above the parked cars in the lot, showcasing vehicles from the late 1960s to early 1980s impaled on …