Roadside Wonders

World’s Largest Catsup Bottle 800 South Morrison Avenue Collinsville, Illinois submitted by: Thomas Southwood wendyvee says: Big thanks to Tom for adding the giant Brooks Catsup bottle to our collection! This giant example of America’s favorite non-Newtonian fluid has been on my “to do” list for quite awhile The Brooks water tank was constructed in 1949, according to the Collinsville...

Three Babes In The Woods Marker near the intersection of Pine Tree Dr & Centerville Road (Route 233) Newville, Pennsylvania submitted by: “wendyvee” For parts of my junior and senior years in college, I tended bar at a little mountaintop bar/seafood restaurant called Kahler’s Pine Tree Inn (sadly it burned down some time ago – I really wish that I had some pictures of it). I passed...

Cameron/Masland Mansion 500 Kings Gap Road Carlisle, Pennsylvania submitted by “wendyvee” Here is a little side-trip to add if you visit the Kings Gap General Store  –  It’s the Cameron/Masland Mansion on the grounds of the Kings Gap Environmental Education Center. I lived not far from Kings Gap just after I graduated from college and I remember walking the 4 mile road that winds...

God’s Tree House Beehive Lane Crossville, Tennessee submitted by “Feathers” (Mendy) wendyvee says: My friend Mendy is back with another “wonder” … a wonderfully crazy and sweet tree house in Crossville, Tennessee! In 1993, Horace Burgess began constructing a 10-story tree house that is now nearly 100 ft high! Burgess claims that God came to him in a vision and inspired him to construct...