Roadside Wonders
Tacky, Kitchy, Big, Weird and funky roadside finds
Posted by wendyvee | March 24, 2011
Eckels Drug Store
Eckels Drug Store & Museum
36 East Main Street
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
submitted by “wendyvee”
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 owner Barbara Marbain (a granddaughter of Dr. George Eckels) proudly maintains the store...
Posted by wendyvee | March 13, 2011
Virginia’s Merci Train Car
Merci Train Car
Virginia War Museum
9285 Warwick Boulevard
Newport News, Virginia
submitted by: “MikeP”
Mike says:
Today I found myself down near Newport News, so I stopped by the Virginia War Museum and got a couple pics of their Merci Train Car.
wendyvee says:
Last May, I posted the Merci Train Car at Fort Indiantown Gap (Click here to visit the Pennsylvania Car). Mike recently found the car...
Posted by wendyvee | February 16, 2011
The Waffle House Museum
Waffle House #1
2719 East College Avenue
Decatur, Georgia
submitted by: “Road Runner” (Bill)
wendyvee says:
Yay! One of my favorite Roadside “Wonder-Ers”, Bill, brings us the Waffle House Museum (in the original Waffle House restaurant- Unit #1) in Decatur, Georgia.
The very first Waffle House was opened in 1955 by Tom Forkner and Joe Rogers. This location, the chain’s very first...
Posted by wendyvee | February 10, 2011
Giant Crayons
Crayola Crayon Sign
Two Rivers Landing
Centre Square
Easton, Pennsylvania
submitted by: Stephanie Kalina-Metzger
wendyvee says:
Stephanie came through with another great find – the tumbling crayons at the Crayola Crayon Discovery Center in Easton, Pennsylvania. I just love these giant Crayolas!
I haven’t been to the museum since the early late 90s when we took “Mr”. RoadsideWonders’...
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