Category: Roadside Americana
Right outside of Freeport in Yarmouth, Maine is the DeLorme map store. If you’ve travelled I-95 north through Maine, no doubt you’ve seen the giant globe named Eartha in it’s glass house too. We’ve driven past it for years now but time always has a way of getting away from us so we’ve never stopped in. As luck would have it yesterday, we weren’t in any kind of hurry to get anywhere and had no real timetable other than making sure we got to the last ferry across the sound, so we took the opportunity to finally go in.
Out in the wilds of Unger, WV stands a man. A Muffler Man. I finally had my opportunity to visit the Farnham Collossi on the way down to West Virginia this past weekend. He...
Along Palmer Avenue in Mamaroneck, NY sits a pagoda that has been servin’ up split hotdogs since 1928. Walter’s Hotdogs has been in business since 1919, so they must be doing something right. We...
‘You know, lotsa people stop to take pictures of that sign.’ ‘It really is a lovely, old sign.’ ‘Yea, I guess it is. Thank you.’ No, no, ma’am. Thank you for holding on to...
Sights from the Road: The New York Store. What do you think they sell in the New York Store?
While traveling along Route 209 in Kerhonksen, New York – be sure to stop in and visit the World’s Largest Garden Gnome at Kelder’s Farm!
This is precisely why I just carry my camera everywhere I go. You never know what wonderful and ridiculous thing will be coming your way. We were on our way to get a slice...
Sometimes when you’re in the clutches of that mental state that lives in the fog between sleep and wakefulness, anything seems reasonable. I’m finishing up my month long break in between my old shitty...
Post card from the Riverhead Raceway Indian Muffler Man – Riverhead, NY.
Photos from a visit to Clarks Trading Post near Woodstock New Harmpshire.
We spotted the wild hippie Muffler Man that lurks in the weeds of Yasgur’s Farm – Home of the original Woodstock in Bethel, NY
Hello world here’s a song that we’re singing C’mon Get Happy A whole lotta lovin’ is what we’ll be bringing We’ll Make you Happy I’ll tell ya. You just never know what you’re going...
Friday morning I rolled out of the driveway and into the morning at 5:30 heading for points… away. I wasn’t armed with much of a plan other than to just get off of this...
The life and times of the Elmsford, New York BP Gas Station Paul Bunyan Muffler Man.
Jiminy Crickets, it felt like it was 186 degrees out today. I had 3 hours to kill so I figured I’d pop put for a quick scoot around town. Because traffic is a nightmare...
Saturday I had a whole day all to myself. No place to go, no place to be, just me the sunshine and a the desire to kick this spring fever to the curb once...
‘When you come to a fork in the road, take it.’ – Yogi Berra Fork in the Road.Rock City, NY.
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