Eccentric Roadside

When you come to a fork in the road, take it!

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

For "The Birds": Bodega and Bodega Bay, California

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Here's the schoolhouse as it looks today in Bodega... ...and with a little bit of Photoshop artistic license. The Tides back in 1963.....
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Saturday, June 4, 2011

Days of twine and roses: The World's Biggest Ball of Twine of Cawker City, Kansas

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1500 miles of twine. That's a lot. Cawker City has decorated their vacant downtown storefronts with some awesome whimsical twine-inspire...
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Sunday, May 29, 2011

Preston, Idaho: A dynamite town

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Tina, you fat lard, come get some DINNER!... Tina, eat. Food. Eat the FOOD! Do you mind if I use your guys's phone? Preston High School...
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Monday, May 23, 2011

The lighter side of Little Big Horn and other Montana delights

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You wouldn't think there'd be anything funny at Little Big Horn, but check out these names on the memorial wall... Plenty Lice? Cha...
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Thursday, May 19, 2011

This spud's for you: The Idaho Potato Expo of Blackfoot, Idaho

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We're honored to have Idaho Potato Expo's giant concrete potato as our masthead. Here's what we had to say about it in an earli...
Sunday, May 15, 2011

An Enchanted Highway slideshow

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Monday, May 9, 2011

Udder perfection: New Salem, North Dakota's Salem Sue, World's Biggest Holstein Cow

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This may be milking it, but Sue is udderly cool. And don't forget to visit the rest of New Salem, too! This post is a rerun from some ti...
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Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Stuck in traffic: Travel decals picked up along the way

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Back in the 60s when I was little and my family took a roadtrip, we commemorated our journey with travel decals proudly displayed on the lef...
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Sunday, May 1, 2011

Butt weight, there's more!

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A personal trainer in Hamden, Connecticut put up this whimsical sign. Perhaps in ancient times it would have read "Friends, Romans, Cou...
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

I read the news today, oh boy: The Paper House of Rockport, Massachusetts

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The Paper House was built in 1922 (with a wooden frame, floor and roof) and it still stands today! The piano is the only piece of furnitur...
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