Roadside Wonders

Air Transport Command Restaurant ~closed~ 143 North Dupont Highway New Castle, Delaware submitted by “wendyvee” They say that “She who hesitates is lost” …  and it certainly is true of my quest to dine at the Air Transport Command Restaurant in New Castle, Delaware. wendyvee says: The ATC was a World War II themed bar and eatery with views of an operating air traffic control...

The Majestic Theater 25 Carlisle Street Gettysburg, Pennsylvania submitted by “wendyvee” wendyvee says: Oh, how I love The Majestic! The sign is awesome, of course, but the theater itself is “all that and a bag of popcorn”! Since it is an hour from my house, I don’t visit as often as I’d like … but I revel in visiting when I have the chance.  Once inside, you can’t help...

Tiny Church Our Lady of the Pines Horse Shoe Run, West Virginia submitted by “Slicks” (John) wendyvee says: Slicks (the only RoadsideWonder-er authorized to share a roof with your hostess, Wendyvee) is back with another “find” from the Summer of ‘09! This is Our Lady of the Pines in Horse Shoe Run, West Virginia. It bills itself at the “Smallest Church in 48 states … although,...

Big Red Apple Cornelia, Georgia submitted by Urbdragn (Scott) Scott says: Cornelia is a small town in north east Georgia, once a stop on the Tallulah Falls Railroad which carried people to the resort town of Tallulah Falls at Tallulah Gorge (which is now a state park). After World War I, the farmers of the area began increasing the diversity of their crops, farming more apples than they had previously. In 1922,when...