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A Christmas Story House Updated
In 1983 The Christmas Story movie didn't make much of an impact. But it has become a Christmas classic. The house that represented the essence of Christmas in the 50's still exists in Cleveland and has a museum attached.- 7
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Ace Motel Updated
This little family owned motor court dates back to the 1950's and has served traveling salesmen and enthusiastic tourists. It is located in Belle Fourche, S.D. just east of Mt. Rushmore and Devil's Tower monuments.- 4
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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.- 6
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Amish Country Bike Tour Dover, Delaware Updated
29th Annual Amish Country Bike Tour, Dover, Del.- 3
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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.- 2
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Bowl Plaza Updated
Bowl Plaza is the creation of the Grassroots Art Center in Lucas, Kansas. The plaza is an outdoor restroom built in the shape of a toilet bowl, tank and seat. The art work is all handcrafted from ordinary objects artfully mixed together.- 15
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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.- 5
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Bronner's Christmas Wonderland Updated
Bronner's Christmas Wonderland is a landmark complex in Frankenmuth, MI 70 miles north of Detroit. Founded by Wally Bronner after WWII; it was dedicated to celebrating CHRIST-mas year round both inside the store and out. It has since become a landmark well known throughout the Midwest.- 6
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Buchanan Pub and Hotel, Mercersberg, MD Updated
Featured stop on the Buchanan Highway between Maryland and Pennsylvania.- 2
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Cardboard Boat Museum Updated
New Richmond, Ohio is the scene of annual cardboard boat race on the Ohio River. Ray Perszyk provided the images of the event and the museum which has been created to house some of the more notable and durable craft.- 16
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Christmas, Michigan Updated
Tiny community in Northern Michigan's Upper Peninsula just west of Munising, MI. Home of the world's tallest Santa.- 3
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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- 5
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Cowboys and Tommy Guns Updated
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre led to a killing in St. Joseph, Michigan and the capture of the 2 Thompson Submachine Guns used in the slaughter on Chicago's north side. Lt. Mike Kline, Quartermaster for the Berrien County Sheriff's Dept. is the guardian of those two weapons.- 5
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Death of an American Icon Updated
Photographer Arnold Berkman created a unique, if controversially named, collection of pictures of Route 66 between Illinois and California. See his full collection at http://www.arnoldberkmanphotography.com/.- 6
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Denver Mint Robbery Tour Updated
The Fall 2011 issue of American Road Magazine is all about the lurid lives of America’s gangsters, their hangouts, histories and holdups. One of the most famous heists of the 1920’s was the Great Denver Mint Robbery for which no one was formally charged. Now you can try to solve the mystery yourself and have a great time getting to know Denver, Colorado with the Denver Mint Robbery Tour.- 1
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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.- 5
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Eco Trek Plant Power Updated
Tom Holm is a man on a mission to change the way Americans travel our favorite roadways without becoming enslaved to foreign oil based fuels. In early 2011, Tom completed a 10,000-mile Eco Trek from coast to coast and back powered solely by cellulosic ethanol. It’s a fuel derived from corn husks, stalks, and other plant byproducts and is currently produced by a company named POET (www.poet.com). You can follow Tom's entire Eco Trek journey through his blog at http://www.ecotrek.com/blog. Find out more about the Eco Trek Foundation at www.ecotrek.com.- 9
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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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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.- 1
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