Two Mile Landing Sea Captain – Wildwood, New Jersey
Peg leg, hook hand, dead-eyed thousand yard stare? Salty sea captain perfection! I had never head about this guy before seeing him on my way between Cape May and Wildwood, New Jersey. you know...
Category: Roadside Americana
Totah Theater Marquee – Farmington, New Mexico
Farmington, New Mexico wasn’t a place I specifically set out to visit. Instead, it was one of those places I just happened to be passing through on my way somewhere else. But, I consider...
WOFE and WUFX Old Radio Station Building – Rockwood, Tennessee
As I prefer to do, I skipped taking the interstate on my way back towards Knoxville from Dayton, Tennessee. Invariably it takes longer to get anywhere this way, but passing through small towns and...
World’s Largest Teapot – Chester, West Virginia
After languishing on my life’s To Do list for some time, I’d made my way out to Chester, West Virginia and saw the world’s largest tea pot in the summer of 2015. At that...
The World’s Largest Big Mac – North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
There are moments in your life when something crosses your path that you didn’t know you’d want to see until the moment you actually see it. This giant Big Mac falls squarely in that...
The Original Freezo – Knoxville, Tennessee
In 2024, I walked past The Original Freezo on N. Central St. in Knoxville for the first time. They were closed. And each time I’d passed by in the year between December 2024 and...
Hot and Cold Water Towers – Tuppers Plains, Ohio
In October of 2024 while I was out wandering around in Ohio, I’d stopped to see a pin on my map which featured a Mail Pouch Tobacco barn. Once I’d snapped my photos, with...
The Dollar General Dragon – Caryville, Tennessee
If you’re traveling along I-75 out of Knoxville, about 35 miles north of the city in the town of Caryville, Tennessee a curious sight comes into view. Nestled in a kudzu nest behind a...
Put a Tiger In Your Tank Esso Tiger – Sevierville, Tennessee
This standing Esso Tiger statue at Action Antique Barn waves at the traffic along Winfield Dunn in Sevierville, Tennessee. This joint is a great spot to pick through if you’re in the area. As...
Pal’s Sudden Service – Jefferson City, Tennessee
Pal’s Sudden Service, or more commonly just Pal’s is a fast food chain in northeastern Tennessee and a little smidge of Virginia in what’s called the Tri-Cities area. What initially drew me to Pal’s...
Serendipity is a Donut Building – Jefferson City, Tennessee
Sometimes it feels like I’m a broken record when I say “stop and take the picture.” If I’m honest, I myself have had many occasions where I sailed right on by something, muttering to...
Hank the Ankylosaurus on Route 66, Vega, Texas
After a long day of riding I pulled in to the little town of Vega, Texas. It was a sleepy place with a steady blowing wind and not a whole lot going on within...
The Big Banana Split – Latrobe, Pennsylvania
If your town is going to be famous for being “the home of” something, I suppose the banana split is a pretty good something. Even on a cold winters day, this giant, sweet treat...
The Giant Spider of St. George, Utah
Now, I know that spiders aren’t everyone’s favorite critter, but you have to admit that this 17-foot metal beast is pretty awesome. There are lights lining it’s eight spindly legs. Utah license plates cover...
Sometimes Your Day Ends with Unexpected Dinosaurs – Clayton, New Mexico
While standing in a gas station, I picked the town of Clayton as a place to stop for the night while looking at my phone. My town choice criteria mostly centered around: what was...
Route 66: Leaning Water Tower – Groom, Texas
It wasn’t until I pulled up to the leaning water tower in Groom, Texas that I really understood that the lean is really pronounced from certain angles. Depending on how you approach it, your...
Giganticus Headicus – Route 66 Arizona
There were many times when road tripping through the southwest that I tried to find the balance between knowing too much and knowing too little about a place I’d be passing through. On one...
World’s SECOND Largest Watermelon Slice – Green River, Utah
There is something that just strikes me funny about being labeled as the world’s second largest watermelon slice. That’s the fate of this big guy that sits behind the John Wesley Powell River History...
CBS News: Fans of Muffler Men to the Rescue – Video
In August of 2023, CBS News ran a segment called “Fans of Muffler Men to the Rescue.” It follows Joel Baker of American Giants and his fantastic work of tracking down histories of muffler...
Giant Ice Cream Cone – Port Jervis, New York
Since I don’t really actively participate in social media anymore, it feels pretty good to allow myself to just share simple snapshots like I used to on say, Instagram, here on the ole blog....
