Gettysburg Dime Museum Part 2 – The People The Gettysburg Dime Museum [mappress mapid=”1″] If you missed my first post about The Gettysburg Dime Museum, click here to catch up. In Part 2, we’ll take a look at some of the “people” of the Dime Museum. Please...

The Gettysburg Dime Museum 224 Baltimore Street Gettysburg, Pennsylvania The Gettysburg Dime Museum isn’t palatial, but it is truly chock full of the best collection of oddities, gaffs, sideshow memorabilia, and curiosities that I’ve ever seen. Exhibits include a genuine shrunken...

Gettysburg Women’s Memorial Evergreen Cemetery 799 Baltimore Street Gettysburg, Pennsylvania I’ve been to Gettysburg dozens of times, but somehow I missed featuring the Gettysburg Women’s Memorial. It was sculpted by Ron Tunison and dedicated in 2002. To find the Elizabeth...

Republic F-105G Thunderchief Veterans Memorial Park Sacramento VA Medical Center Mather, California submitted by “Butterfly” (Amanda) Frequent RoadsideWonders contributor, Amanda, poses with a Vietnam War Era F-105G that is displayed in the Veterans Memorial Park on the grounds of the...

The Camp David Museum Cozy Restaurant & Inn Closed & Demolished 105 Frederick Road Thurmont, Maryland I originally took these photos in 2011 when Cozy was still alive and kicking. About 30 minutes prior to my arrival – the roll-bag on my motorcycle flew open while riding down...

Life-Sized Baby Elephant Tombstone of William Duggan Pleasant Grove Primitive Baptist Church 2221 GA-37 Moultrie, Georgia submitted by: Miles Lee from Miles: I took these photos last year while visiting the town I grew up in and hadn’t been back to in 20 years. The elephant was called...

Getting the Job Done Exhibition through April 23, 2018 AACA Museum 161 Museum Drive Hershey, Pennsylvania The Getting the Job Done – Vehicles That Earned Their Keep exhibit focuses on some creative, practical, and fabulous vehicles designed for business pursuits. Below are some of my...

AACA Museum 161 Museum Drive Hershey, Pennsylvania I have posted a number of vehicles from the AACA here over the years. With ever-changing featured exhibits and permanent museum vehicles that are often rotated between display & storage … there are new things to see each time you...

Hagerstown Cultural Trail Mural West Baltimore Street Hagerstown, Maryland I was recently in Hagerstown, Maryland and found this “wonder” completely by happenstance. Aptly named The Mural of Unusual Size, these former industrial buildings are the canvas for a giant and splashy...

Sayford Market Mural 1307 North 3rd Street Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Harrisburg has a great many new murals, thanks in part to the Sprocket Mural Works’ Harrisburg Mural Festival last September. There are also some great new murals popping-up by artists who weren’t part of the...

Earthoid Water Tower Observation Drive Montgomery College Germantown Campus Germantown, Maryland On my recent quick visit to Rockville, I accidentally found The Museum of Obsolete Technology. I did visit a “wonder” deliberately that day that has been on my to-do list for awhile,...

World’s Largest Czech Egg Ed & LaVange Shiroky Park 2516 Avenue F Wilson, Kansas submittted by: Donna Podany Donna is new to the RoadsideWonders “family” and she just contributed a number of great new finds! The first is the World’s Largest Czech Egg in Wilson,...

Museum of Obsolete Technology Wagging Tails Thrift Store 1300 East Gude Drive Rockville, Maryland I was in Rockville last Friday for a meeting. As it happened, I accidentally found a “wonder” when I got frustrated with traffic and decided to reroute my trip home. I turned around...

A RoadsideWonders Book Review: Less Beaten Paths of America: Unique Town Names (Volume 1) by David Kravetz I have had a fascination with odd, weird, colorful, and tacky roadside establishments since childhood. I used to stare wistfully through the backseat window at every oddly-shaped ice...

Superstition Mountain Museum 4087 East Apache Trail Apache Junction, Arizona submitted by “Butterfly” (Amanda) from Amanda: While making our way through Arizona, we stopped in a random town simply because we were tired and ready to call it a day. We had no idea we’d stumbled...

Glen Rock Carolers Memorial 59 Water Street Glen Rock, Pennsylvania When I recently visited the fabulous Ruins Park, I also discovered the bronze sculpture of the original Glen Rock Carolers. What a great tribute to a tradition that dates back to 1848! Every Christmas Eve at midnight the...

The Mt Wolf Theatre 98 South 6th Street Mount Wolf, Pennsylvania I took these photos in 2012, but they were part of a trove that were lost in a hard-drive crash until I was recently able to recover a viable back-up. The Mt Wolf is the only theater that I’ve visited in Streamline Moderne...

National Christmas Center 3427 Lincoln Highway Paradise, Pennsylvania Now Closed. Future Undetermined. I normally would have posted this a little closer to Christmas but I don’t want anyone to miss out on the opportunity to visit the National Christmas Center in Lancaster County. It...

The Red Caboose Motel 312 Paradise Lane Ronks, Pennsylvania *neither this post (nor my stay) were not sponsored in any way. If you want a unique getaway with friends, a fun experience for your family … or even a romantic weekend, this “wonder” ticks all of the boxes and then...

Seigman & Wherley’s Sign Glen Rock Mill Inn 50 Water Street Glen Rock, Pennsylvania I am not alone in my affection for “ghost signs”, particularly among travel bloggers. The remnants of faded hand-painted advertising (for often extinct businesses and products) are a...

Ruins Park 30 Enterprise Street Glen Rock, Pennsylvania Your opinion of this “wonder” may depend on  your personal esthetic. This is definitely my favorite find during 2017 and possibly my favorite in years! I was driving home from a meeting in Baltimore last week and I still had...

Texas Eiffel Tower Replica Paris, tadalafil Texas submitted by “Runner” (Barb) and David Bilke originally posted 7/15/09. Texas always does things in a “big” way … this is the Eiffel Tower replica in Paris, Texas. At 65 feet tall, it is currently the tallest Eiffel Tower...

Prayer Mountain Retreat & Motel 47379 Homestead Road Steeves Mountain New Brunswick, Canada submitted by: “Jo,eh” Just look at teeny-tiny Jo in front of this teeny-tiny church. Prayer Mountain Retreat is part of MHOP (Maritime House of Prayer). Tags: Canada, Church, Jo, New...

Ralph & Sunny Wilson House 1714 South 61st Street Temple, Texas submitted by: Bill Miller Bill: In the small city of Temple, Texas, lived Ralph Wilson, the founder of Wilsonart – a company that produces laminate materials similar to Formica. Mr. Wilson decided to make his late...