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Abandoned attraction: A peek inside Woodleigh Replicas

8 Oct 20188 Oct 2018
We were teenagers the first time we visited Woodleigh Replicas. The last time, we had a preteen. The past 30 years have not been as kind to Woodleigh as they…
The Other Things

Solomon’s Castle, a palace hidden in a Florida swamp

30 Apr 201714 May 2017
ONA, Fla. There are roadside attractions that are centres of power, author Neil Gaiman says. His book American Gods takes us to a few of them, and we’ve visited some…
Spring break

Mermaids and chemical warfare at Yeehaw Junction

24 Apr 201730 Apr 2017
YEEHAW JUNCTION, Fla. It was hot as steam pipes outside the car and though we'd just stopped for a pee break, the building-cum-roadside-attraction was so cool I was wandering around taking…
Summer

The black angel and wild rumpus of Iowa City

25 Jul 201322 Aug 2013
IOWA CITY, Iowa – “We're off to have a wild rumpus!” declared one of the Aunties. “Would you like to join us?” We were in the cemetery to see the…
Summer

Road Trip 2013: Roadside preparedness

13 Jul 201322 Aug 2013
Road Trip 2013—Erie, Chicago, Colorado Springs, San Jose, Portland—starts in six days. I am prepared, if preparation means thinking about what I might throw in my backpack and when I'm…
Summer

In which we are nearly led astray by buzzards

14 Aug 201214 Aug 2012
CLERMONT & ONA, Fla. – Of all our planned roadside attractions, the monster-truck eco-tour was the one I was most looking forward to: a 45-minute tour of a cattle and…

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