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On September 4, 1928 Amelia Earhart made a forced emergency landing in Cuba, Missouri. This is one of many scenes captured in mural form throughout Cuba, Missouri, AKA “Route 66 Mural City”. ⁠ ⁠ (Ryle’s Carwash, West Washington on Route 66) (artist: Shelly Smith Steiger and Julie Balogh Brand)⁠ ⁠ Read more: LINK IN BIO!⁠
Happy Presidents Day! What does a watermelon have to do with Presidents Day? 🍉⁠ ⁠ The Lincoln Watermelon Monument in Lincoln, Illinois honors the pre-presidential Abraham Lincoln, in whose honor the town had been named, who once christened the town with watermelon juice.⁠ ⁠ Want more? Head to the link in my bio at @SillyAmerica to check out my top ten weird presidential monuments & roadside attractions!
Have a MICE day! 🐭⁠ ⁠ (Giant Western Mouse in Cowboy Hat in Oakdale, Wisconsin)⁠ ⁠ Read more: Link in Bio⁠
I dunno a giant blue cock seemed like an appropriate day-after-Valentine's-Day post 🤷‍♀️ Enjoy.⁠ ⁠ (Katharina Fristch's “Hahn/Cock” at the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden in Minnesota)⁠ ⁠ Read more: Link in my @SillyAmerica bio!⁠
💜You OTTER be my Valentine! 💜⁠ ⁠ Happy Valentine's Day! This week I'm featuring some special valentines from some special roadside attractions!⁠ ⁠ This is a love letter from Otto the Otter, the Giant Otter in Fergus Falls, Minnesota.⁠ ⁠ 💜💜💜 Tag or share this with your significant otter!!! 💜💜💜⁠ ⁠
Aw shucks, I know it's corny but you are a-maize-ing!⁠ 🧡🌽🧡⁠ ⁠ This week I'm featuring some special valentines from some special roadside attractions!⁠ ⁠ This is a love letter from the Field of Giant Corn Cobs in Dublin Ohio.⁠ ⁠ Tag or share this with someone who has you grinning from EAR to EAR!!⁠
You're out of this world!⁠ 💖🚀💖⁠ ⁠ This week I'm featuring some special valentines from some special roadside attractions!⁠ ⁠ This is a love letter from the Gemini Giant in Wilmington, Illinois.⁠ ⁠ Tag or share this with someone you're over the moon in love with!⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ #ValentinesDay #Valentine ⁠ #EnjoyIllinois #Illinois #InstaIllinois #Illinois_shots #onlyinIllinois #RoadsideAmerica #AtlasObscura #RoadsideAttraction #TouristTrap #MufflerMan #CoolFinds #WorldsLargest #RoadsideAttractions #RoadSideAmericana #PointsOfInterest #InSearchOfQuirk #SillyAmerica #RoadTrip #RoadTrippin #OnTheRoadAgain #RoadTrips #IPulledOverForThis #RoadTripping #TravelUSA #RoadTripUSA #USATravel #USARoadTrip #RoadTrippers @EnjoyIllinois @thegeminigiant @thelaunchingpadroute66
I've been CHICKEN you out!⁠ 💓🐔💓⁠ ⁠ This week I'm featuring some special valentines from some special roadside attractions!⁠ ⁠ This is a love letter from the World’s Largest “Booming” Prairie Chicken in Rothsay, Minnesota.⁠ ⁠ Don't be chicken - tag or share this with someone you have your eye on!⁠
❤️You're adora-BULL! ❤️⁠ ⁠ This week I'm featuring some special valentines from some special roadside attractions!⁠ ⁠ This is a love letter from Albert the Bull – the World’s Largest Bull in Audubon, Iowa.⁠ ⁠ Tag or share this with someone you bull-ieve in!⁠

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