Your Favorite Tourist Places along the Road

Chuck · Joined: 31 Oct 2005 Posts: 94

Do you know of a great tourist attraction -- a "not to be missed" place somewhere in the U.S. or Canada? It can be a big deal or just a great little spot -- an old time amusement park, a small town zoo, a cafe with great burgers, a funny statue ("World's Largest Egg" -- that sort of thing). We'll pass along some of your tips in the RVtravel.com weekly newsletter and maybe even expand on some of your suggestions in our blog RV Short Stops ( http://www.rvtravel.com/blog/rvshortstops/index.shtml )
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utmtman · Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 7:40 am Post subject:

There are a couple of places in Utah I have really enjoyed, but then I am and always have been fascinated with Native American writings. Those places are Fremont Indian Ruins State Park along I-70, 9 Mile Canyon outside Price, and San Rafael Swell outside Huntington. I have also always loved Yellowstone NP, but being a pational park, you may not have wanted those types of places.
There is a unique graveyard in Pioche, NV.
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Motor31 · Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 8:04 am Post subject:

Ft. Knox Armor Museum at Ft. Knox, KY.
The Special Forces Museum at Ft. Bragg.
Scotty's Castle at Death Valley.
The town of and museums in Anacortes, WA.
Yellowstone National Park.
Oak Ridge Atomic Museum in Oak Ridge, TN.
Museum of Appalachia at Clinton, TN.
Grand Canyon
Pioneer prison and other museums at Deer Lodge, MT. (best classic auto collection I have ever seen)
Cody Museum at Cody, WY.
Mitchell Prehistoric Indian Village, Mitchell, SD. Also home to the Corn Palace.
Hot Springs at Thermopolis, WY. Great museum in town too.
Vermillionville Museum at Lafayette, LA. (living history style museum)
Tabasco factory and natural park at New Iberia, LA.
Cades Cove Park near Maryville, TN.
Space Museum, Hutchinson, KS.
Steamboat Arabia Museum, Kansas Cit, MO.
Truman Presidential Library, Independence, MO.
Seattle Underground
Museum of Flight, Seattle, WA.
Experimental Aircraft Assoc. Museum at Oshkosh, WI.
House On The Rock, Spring Green, Wisconsin
Niagara Falls, NY.

There are many, many others but these are places I have been to and like.
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JerryH · Joined: 06 Nov 2005 Posts: 125 Location: Texas

The Oregon Coast
The Icefields Parkway (Alberta)
The Cassiar Highway (Yukon)
The Kenai Peninsula (Alaska)
Anywhere in British Columbia
Highway 20 through North Cascades National Park
Glacier National Park
And hundreds more places!

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DXSMac · Joined: 30 Apr 2008 Posts: 619 Location: Pacific Northwest

Oatman, Arizona, although I don't know if you can get there in an RV.

I went there in 1989, in a car. I stayed at Kingman, and took my car up to Oatman. Oatman, AZ is part of the old "Route 66."

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porscheracer · Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 8:56 am Post subject:

Air Force Museum: Wright - Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH;
Anywhere on the Keewenaw Peninsula, MI;
Check out the TV show (Travel Channel, I think) Drive-ins, Diners, and Dives - amazing holes in the wall!
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johnna · Joined: 20 Nov 2005 Posts: 11

Gold Butte Road drive to Whitney Pockets during desert spring bloom (about mid April). Take NV-170 south from Mesquite, NV, past Bunkerville to Gold Butte Road. The road runs west along the river and then runs southeast. It is paved for 25 miles to the pockets which is also a favorite place for ATVers to start their exploring the west end of the Virgin Mountains.

Desertthorn · Joined: 15 Nov 2005 Posts: 263 Location: Western Washington

Albuquerque's American International Rattlesnake Museum. New Mexico****
Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum, McMinnville, Oregon *****
Cape Discovery State Park and the attached Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center and both lighthouses. ***
Ash Meadows Wildlife Refuge in Nevada near Death Valley ***
Joshua Tree National Park: it's like my spiritual home.*****
Nevada's Lonesome Highway, Highway 50 from Ely to Fallon. ****
Joseph, Oregon **
High Desert Museum, Bend Oregon ***
Oregon Trails Interpretive Center in and to include Baker, Oregon *****
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jfran304 · Joined: 19 Feb 2008 Posts: 114 Location: Warner Robins, GA

http://www.cem.va.gov/cem/cems/listcem.asp

Once you visit one you won't forget it.
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Desertthorn · Joined: 15 Nov 2005 Posts: 263 Location: Western Washington

Oh! How about WALL DRUG? (just kidding).
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jfran304 · Joined: 19 Feb 2008 Posts: 114 Location: Warner Robins, GA

AlohaBlue · Joined: 24 Nov 2008 Posts: 4 Location: Oahu, Hawaii

I loved the Corning Glass Museum.
Down the highway--Fenton Glass Factory.

Cyclorama in Atlanta, GA.

Green Dragon Market and the Amish Country (shoofly pie @ Bird in the Hand).

Gettysburg and visit the Eisenhower Farm for a step back to the 50s.

Any Disneyland, anywhere.

Jerry F. Shea · Joined: 23 Feb 2008 Posts: 10

WOW - No one above mentioned Devil's Tower National Monument in Wyoming. Remember the movie "Close Encounters?" It was Devil's Tower that drew all the people to see the spaceships coming. This is one of the best places to visit. You can walk around the base of the tower (about 1.3 miles) and watch mountain climbers scale the side of the tower. Of all the national monuments, Devil's Tower is in the top 5 for us. NOTE: If you want to go to a place to "see something" while at the same time have some peace and quiet, this is it. The park road takes you right to the base of the tower. Interesting side note - we spent 4 days there (and loved it) and for two of them, went to the base park. Both days we saw folks sitting on the benches at the start of the walking trail with oxygen tanks strapped to them while their counterparts took the walk. What does that tell you?
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davepcpowernet · Joined: 01 Sep 2007 Posts: 5

In the recent (#359) RV Travel newsletter, a mention was made about the smallest post office. The post office that I use is about the same size but not in a separate building. It is located in the Heisson store located in Heisson, Washington which is about 20 miles north east of Vancouver, Washington, or about 5 miles north of Battle Ground, Washington. The store is an old-time country market where you can pick up nearly anything, even a haircut! It is located on the scenic loop in Clark County which starts in Battle Ground and goes northward past Battle Ground Lake State Park, a unique volcanic crater lake. Many local attractions lie along the route, of which the Heisson Store is just one. A link to the route is [url]here[/url].

http://www.clark.wa.gov/news/news-release.asp?pkNewsSeq=1186
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