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Mercedes Pens Updated
Costas Schuler glued over 10,000 used pens to his 1981 Mercedes Benz and created a rolling work of art. It has made Costas "The Pen Guy" and given him the dream of one day creating a roadside attraction in California simply known as "Pentopia".
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Fallen Shoe Tree Updated
Around New Years 2011 tragedy struck the shoe tree on the loneliest stretch of highway in America highway, US 50 near Middlegate, Nevada.
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Extinction Theater Updated
The Extinction Theater is a multi-media presentation of a crucial change in the world's history from the age of the dinosaurs to the age of the mammals. The Exhibit is part of the talisman energy fossil Exhibition housed in the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, Canada.
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Weeki Wachee Wonders Updated
The famous Weeki Wachee underwater show was founded by a former navy diver following WWII in a natural spring in northwest Florida. For over 60 years generations of mermaids have entertained thousands of tourists in the underwater arena. In 2008 Florida made Weeki Wachee its 160th state park.
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National Tropical Botanical Garden Updated
The NTBG is a collection of gardens on Kaua`i, the westernmost of the Hawaiian Islands. It is a refuge for tropical plants near extinction from around the world and in Hawaii.
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The Green Highway Updated
The State of Washington is developing electrical charging stations all along US 5 as part of the West Coast Green Highway that will one day stretch from Vancouver, Canada to Baja California. This includes a Scenic Byway to Stevens Pass on US 2 up over the mountains.
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Breezy Rider Updated
Dave Preston has been an enthusiast of anything with pistons since he was a little tyke. He has been a long time columnist for the American Road Magazine and old friend of editor Thomas Repp and his wife Becky. His deepest passion is reserved for motorcycles which he says are the only way to REALLY appreciate the American Road.
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Desert Dinos Updated
Claude Bell was a man who could dream bigger than most men can imagine. Two enormous concrete dinosaurs that command the Mohave desert town of Cabazon, California are silent witnesses to his hard work, persistence and vision. The desert dinos were featured in our spring 2011 American Road Magazine column The World’s Largest Things.
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Erika Nelson, World's Largest Things Updated
Erika Nelson is the artist who created traveling art show called The World's Largest Collection of the World's Smallest Copies of the World's Largest Things. http://www.worldslargestthings.com/
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Corn Power: POET Updated
POET is a company that does biorefining which produces ethanol fuel from corn and also from cellulose waste materials. It is based in
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Sky View Drive Inn Updated
Sky View Drive In Litchfield, IL is the last remaining Drive In Theatre on Historic route 66 in Illinois. The theatre now sports an Interactive Wayside marker.
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Vali Hi Drive In Updated
The Vali Hi Drive In in Lake Elmo, MN is one of two surviving outdoor theaters in St. Paul, MN. Owner Bob O'Neil has owned the moonlight moviehouse since 1978.
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Long Live the King Updated
The King Drive In has been showing movies to generations of families in their northwestern Alabama town of Russelville.
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Pines to Palms Highway Updated
Some wags say the camel is a horse designed by a committee. The same might be said for the Jefferson Highway! This long forgotten but now much cherished classic American highway once stretched from the pines of Manitoba, Canada to the sultry palms of New Orleans. Mike Conlin, a map maker by trade, is the president of the Jefferson Highway Association with a passion for reconnecting this legendary thoroughfare. The association’s inaugural meeting was chronicled in the spring issue 2011 of American Road Magazine.
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Movie Manor Updated
Movie Manor is one of the most unique drive in theatres in North America because it’s the only place where you get both a motel room and a drive in theatre all in one. George Kelloff is the proprietor of the Best Western Movie Manor in Monte Vista, Colorado a truly one of a kind experience.
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Hollywood Museum Updated
Images of the displays in the Hollywood Museum located in the famous Max Factor building in Hollywood.
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America Travels Route 66 Updated
Vince Cricchio and his wife travelled the length of Route 66 from Chicago to Sta. Monica, CA with a film crew. The results will be a TV series slated for 2012 entitled "America Travels" that will focus on the towns they visited during the trip.
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National Road at 200 Updated
In May 2011 the National Road celebrated its 200 birthday. That same year, Mary Truitt, the president of the Illinois National Road Association, lead a caravan of antique vehicles from Vandalia, IL to Cumberland, MD.
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LaPorte Remembers Lincoln Highway Updated
The Indiana Lincoln Highway Association have gathered historical photos surrounding the nations first coast to coast highway. The original highway passed through LaPorte, Indiana in 1915 and some of these images capture that experience.
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Amish Heritage Tour Updated
The Elkhart Convention and Visitors Bureau has created an audio CD to guide visitors through Amish Country of Northern Indiana. These are scenes from that area.
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Woodward: Avenue of Dreams Updated
Woodward Ave. in Detroit, Michigan was the first paved stretch of highway in the country. It all stemmed from Mr. Henry Ford's invention, the Model T and his plant in Highland Park, a Detroit suburb.
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Illinois National Highway Assoc. Coloring Book Updated
13 Page coloring book designed by the Illinois National Highway Assoc. to promote learning about the roadway and its history.
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