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- The authors treat their subjects with a respect they rarely get, and the result is an engaging look into the evolution of America's car-centric culture.
- RoadtripAmerica.com
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- Winchester, Va. - apple country
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- Roadside Giants™
- by Brian & Sarah Butko
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- We've stopped at them for years, sometimes for a photo or just to gaze. Buildings shaped like the products sold inside. Coffeepots. The Big Duck.
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- Then there are big signs shaped like the product made there, like the big baseball bat at Louisville Slugger. Statues of a man selling a muffler. Or the same kinda guy selling carpet.
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- There are great books and web sites available on large roadside attractions, but it can be cumbersome to organize the info when you're hitting the road. That's why we've written Roadside Giants, a glove compartment-size guide to some of the most interesting programmatic buildings and signs.
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- We give you directions and history for many of the well-known giants but also locate some amazing, often-overlooked finds. We also include lots of other information you'll want once you become addicted to visiting these places, as we think you will. They're a great reason to pull off the road and enjoy the scenery for a while.
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- "If you like huge hot dogs and dramatic dinosaurs, you'll love a new guidebook, Roadside Giants." ~ The Dallas Morning News
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- Click here for our Roadside Giants
- Top 10 list in USA Today.
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- Also see our list after this NPR story about a Missile Museum, along with a list of top roadside museums by our friends at RoadsideAmerica.com
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 Contents:
Looming over the Landscape: An Introduction to Roadside Giants
1 The Big Duck
2 Tail o' the Pup
3 Muffler Men and Uniroyal Gals
4 Paisano Pete
5 Hat n' Boots Service Station
6 Baseball Bat and Glove
7 Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox
8 Yes, Indiana, There is a Santa Claus
9 Brooks Catsup Bottle
10 Dueling Donuts
11 Albert the Bull
12 Pal's Sudden Service
13 Lucy the Elephant
14 The Blue Whale
15 Koontz Coffee Pot
16 Airplane Station
17 Uncle Sam
18 Wigwam Village No. 2
19 Longaberger's Baskets
20 Plain Folk
21 Westward Ho Covered Wagon
22 Twistee Treat Ice Cream Cones
23 Dinosaur Park
24 Shell-Shaped Station
Further Reading and Surfing
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- Plus hundreds of leads to related sites!
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| Top: Paul and Babe at Bemidji, Minn.; middle: A Muffler Man at Wilson's Carpet, beneath the Pulaski Skyway, Jersey City, N.J.; bottom: the lovingly restored Brooks Catsup Bottle in Collinsville, Illinois. |
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