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 some. Located amidst working farms, the Strasburg Railroad, and other Lancaster County attractions are 38 cabooses, a mail car, and a baggage car – all remodeled as motel rooms of various sizes and layouts. The Red Caboose also offers more traditional suites in their Shady Rest Farmhouse. The property has a dining car restaurant and there are...
Prayer Mountain Retr...
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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,...
Aero Dogs – Ho...
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Aero Dogs “Home of the Famous Flying Weiner” 240 North L Street Tulare,California submitted by: “BooinLa” *Originally posted April 2009. Location is now Pitty’s BBQ* Boo snags another great RoadsideWonder! Pictured is Aero Dogs — a hot dog stand...
Longhorn Bar & ...
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Giant Longhorn Skull Longhorn Bar & Grill Amado, Arizona submitted by “BooinLA” and “Road Runner” (Bill) Originally posted 7/15/09 edited 11/09/12 Sadly, I just found out that the Longhorn closed in June of this year. I hope that someone is able to purchase it and...
Fabulous Seaplane Di...
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Seaplane Diner Sign 307 Allens Avenue Providence, Rhode Island submitted by Tony Makalinaw Tony: I thought you might like this… pics of the Seaplane Diner located in Providence, Rhode Island. I made this sign last month for this historic waterfront restaurant. wendyvee says: Holy Moley!...
Kristy’s Whist...
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Kristy’s Whistle Stop 600 South Enola Road (Routes 11 & 15) Enola, Pennsylvania submitted by: “wendyvee” I was out wandering around this afternoon and I thought that I’d stop and show you one of my favorite places: Kristy’s Whistle Stop in Enola,...
Mr B’s BBQ
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Mr B’s BBQ 14767 Lord Fairfax Hwy (Rte 340) White Post, Virginia submitted by: “MikeP” Mike says: I found this one in White Post, Virginia — right around the corner from the Dinosaur Land tourist trap! I almost missed it… it’s a rather small unassuming building,...
Eckels Drug Store
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Eckels Drug Store & Museum 36 East Main Street Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania This post features two of my favorite things: a vintage business and a movie location … all in one! Eckles Drug Store is a real vintage treat! Though it’s no longer an operating pharmacy, current...
Haag’s Hotel
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Haag’s Hotel 5661 Main Street Shartlesville, Pennsylvania Just off Interstate 78 – along Old Route 22 “The Hex Highway” – you’ll find the wonderful Haag’s Hotel. On the day that I took these pictures, the restaurant wasn’t open …...
Crazy Cajun’s ...
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Crazy Cajun’s BBQ 10533 James Madison Parkway (Route 301) King George, Virginia submitted by: “MikeP” Mike says: This is the giant pig at Crazy Cajun’s BBQ on Route 301 in King George, Virginia. I talked to the owner for a little while, he is from Louisiana and was...
Riverboat Saloon
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Riverboat Saloon 5860 Old Route 22 Bernville, Pennsylvania submitted by: “wendyvee” wendyvee says: Just down the street from Roadside America Miniature Village you’ll find a real riverboat plunked down in the middle of a Pennsylvania field with no water in sight. Cue the...
Air Transport Comman...
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Air Transport Command Restaurant ~closed~ update: demolished 143 North Dupont Highway New Castle, Delaware 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. The ATC was a...
Red Rabbit Drive In
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Red Rabbit Drive In 60 Benvenue Road (Route 22) Duncannon, Pennsylvania The months of December and January are the darkest days here at RoadsideWonders HQ; mostly because those are the months when I can’t get my “Bunny Burger” fix at the Red Rabbit! Perched between...
Highspire Diner
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Highspire Diner 255 2nd Street Highspire, Pennsylvania submitted by: “wendyvee” wendyvee says: Larry Cultrera’s Diner Hotline is one of my favorite blogs. If you are a regular RoadsideWonders reader, you may remember when I tried my best to recreate his 1980 picture of the...
Massey’s Froze...
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Massey’s Frozen Custard 600 West High Street Carlisle, Pennsylvania The tiniest hints of spring are in the air and they have me thinking of all the great things that will open soon … like Massey’s in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Frozen custard is their name and frozen custard is...
DC-3 Cafe
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Mangaweka International Airport Cafe Koraenui Street Mangaweka, New Zealand submitted by: Bob Goddard Bob says: Check out this roadside cafe – a converted DC3 – at Mangaweka in New Zealand. I’m told the Cookie Time paint job has changed since we were there on our “Land...
Kwik Shoppe Drive-In
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Kwik Shoppe Drive-In 555 Shoemaker Avenue Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania I stumbled upon this gem while I was wandering around after the “Taste of Hamburg-er” festival this summer. I stopped to fuel-up my bike and spotted this insanely-awesome sign from across the divided...
Route 30 Tourist Cab...
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Route 30 Tourist Cabins 6097 Lincoln Way (Route 30) St. Thomas, Pennsylvania submitted by: “wendyvee” wendyvee says: I took these pics during a stop on my Route 30 ride on Columbus Day. I haven’t been able to find out if the cabins are still available for rent (some of them...
American Dream Diner
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American Dream Diner 1933 Herr Street Harrisburg, Pennsylvania submitted by “wendyvee” and “Slicks” (John) Larry Cultrera’s Diner Hotline is one of my favorite blogs. When I saw his recent “30th Anniversary” post, which featured the American Dream...
Captain George’...
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Captain George’s Seafood (closed) West Mercury Boulevard Hampton, Virginia submitted by “MikeP” Mike says: I saw this building in Hampton, Virginia on the way back from Newport News, it used to be a Captain George’s Seafood Restaurant. It’s kind of a cool...
Abe’s Hog Dogs
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Abe’s Hot Dogs 780 Wyoming Avenue Kingston, Pennsylvania submitted by: “wendyvee” If you follow RoadsideWonders, you know that I tried to fit a whole lot of “wonder snagging” into one afternoon in the Scranton area the weekend before last. I met some new friends...
Hofbrauhaus – A Germ...
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Hofbrauhaus Pub & Eatery Route 30 Abbottstown, Pennsylvania submitted by: “wendyvee” wendyvee says: I have been to the Hofbrauhaus in Abbottstown, Pennsylvania several times … and I had the pleasure of visiting once again yesterday for lunch with friends. South Central...
Jim Mack’s Ice...
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Jim Mack’s Ice Cream Cones & Clubs Mini-Golf 5745 Lincoln Hwy (Old Rt. 30) between Hellam & Wrightsville, Pennsylvania wendyvee says: I stopped at Jim Mack’s Ice Cream on my way home from the Columbia Markethouse Dungeon last month. It’s a circa-1958 roadside...
Get Your Kicks at Th...
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The Rock Cafe 114 West Main Street Route 66 Stroud, Oklahoma submitted by “rats_daor” (Gary) Gary says: The inside of the cafe was completely destroyed several years ago, but it has taken the path of the phoenix and risen up from it’s own ashes. Really good German food and buffalo...
Medway Carved Tree
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Medway Carved Tree Coffee Shop Medway, Massachusetts submitted by “Jo,eh” and “Scary Larry” wendyvee says: How flippin’ cute is this food totem that Jo and Larry found at a coffee shop in Medway, Massachusetts! Tags: Jo, Massachusetts, Scary Larry,...
Big Bull & Fish...
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Bullfish Grill 2441 Parkway Pigeon Forge, Tennessee submitted by “Jo, eh” Faithful Roadside-Wonder-er, decease Jo, adds two more giant animals to the menagerie … a bull and a fish, from where else but the BullFish Grill in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee?! Scorch and Bugsy having a...
Lee’s Diner
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Lee’s Diner 4320 West Market Street (Route 30) York, Pennsylvania submitted by “wendyvee” wendyvee says: I have ridden (or driven) past Lee’s Diner a number of times; but never had the opportunity to stop in until last weekend. Lee’s Diner is a 1951 Mountain View model and,...
Big Texan Steak Ranc...
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Big Texan Steak Ranch & Motel Amarillo, Texas submitted by “Road Runner″ (Bill) and BooinLA update 6/08/10: Boo shares a most awesome close-up of the Steak Ranch bull (below)! wendyvee says: Bill’s latest find is so fantastically “roadside-wonder-y”! This time he shares...
The Little A’Le’Inn...
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The Little A’Le’Inn (near the infamous Area 51) Rachel, Nevada submitted by “Kamikaze” and “Butterfly” (Steve & Amanda) Amanda & Steve say: We took a drive from Las Vegas out Hwy 93 to the Extraterrestrial Highway(Hwy 375) and into Rachel, Nevada. This runs along Nellis...
Mystic Pizza
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Mystic Pizza Mystic, Connecticut submitted by “Jo” “Super RoadsideWonder-er” Jo poses with friends in front of Mystic Pizza in Mystic, Connecticut. Yes kids, Mystic Pizza – as in the movie starring Julia Roberts and Annabeth Gish – is a real-life pizza...
King Kong & A P...
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King Kong & Humpty Dumpty The Pink Cadillac Diner Natural Bridge, Virginia submitted by “Jo” & wendyvee, and “FleeterClaye” update!: Claye comes to the rescue and fills in my “lost photos gap”. She kindly shares a shot of the front of the Pink Cadillac Diner...
A Donut Fit For A Gi...
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Giant Donut Maple Donuts Shop Newberry Commons Lewisberry, Pennsylvania On the same day that I “discovered” the Giant Record Stash in Manchester, I also stopped by the Maple Donuts in Etters, Pennsylvania. Newberry Commons (formerly the Valley Green Mall) is a strip mall...
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