"43 Things..." is so yesterday, but I'm slow. On my list, besides actually finishing an oil painting, is visiting quirky roadside attractions. The ones I, or a very related person has seen:
Carhenge in Alliance, Nebraska
While it's unlikely any Druids visited this part of Nebraska, the feeling here, amid these gray, planted-in-the-earth American cars (and one Japanese) is very spiritual in a prairie/desert/farmland windchiming kind of way. There are other 'henges' around - You may have heard of Stonehenge in England but have you heard of Stonefridge in New Mexico? It should have been called Fridgehenge...crisper!
The Giant Pinto Bean, Bow Island, Alberta
Though it's an expensive place to visit now that the Canadian dollar is better than ours, it's quirky AND humble.
Life-size Butter Cow, Iowa State Fair
"It's actual size but it seemed much bigger..."
Needless to say (but I will anyway) it's in a refrigerated room.
Trees of Mystery, Northern Califonia.
We didn't pay to see the actual Trees of Mystery. Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox near the parking lot were fulfilling enough.
Oregon Vortex, Gold Hill, Oregon
It was for sale in 2003. Property values look larger on one side of the room than the other. Optical illusion?
Corn Palace, Mitchell, South Dakota
An ear for art!
I still need to see the Spam Museum in Austin, MN. and many other offbeat spots listed in roadsideamerica.com and others.
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Carhenge..is that where old Gremlin and Pacer car designers and vinyl roof guys go to witness the Vernal equinox?
And that butter cow..is a BYOT (bring your own toaster) kind of place? Or do they sell bread on the side? Ears of corn? I have a friend who is so fond of butter that her husband says she must think it's one of the basic food groups! And my response? Of course it is! What a fun list! Salud!
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