Tourist Traps You Have Visited

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Junk: Dec 20, 2003; Listen to reason, man. Why make your job difficult?

Haschel Cedricson posted:

Trees of Mystery, Klamath, CA

The redwoods are legit cool, but the real draw for middle school me was the giant Paul Bunyan statue. There's a speaker in him so an employee in the gift shop can pretend to be Paul Bunyan and talk to guests, and I was a nerdy kid who was very well-versed in my Bunyan lore so I kept asking him trivia questions that he didn't have the answers to.

"Hey, what was the name of your friend who made the horseshoes for Babe the Blue Ox?"
"Oh, his name was, uh, you know, his name isn't important. The important thing is that he was a good friend who was always helping me like a good friend should."

ive been there when on a road trip. my favorite part was finding out that klamath wasn't just a place they made up for fallout 2

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# ? May 13, 2024 07:11

Mumpy Puffinz: Aug 11, 2008; Can't post for 21 hours!; Nap Ghost

Chief McHeath posted:

i got lost for like 45 minutes in a ron jon surf shop while i was tripping off acid it was terrible

well, that was the coolest thing I have ever heard anyone say

# ? Sep 24, 2023 23:05

BrigadierSensible: Feb 16, 2012; I've got a pocket full of cheese🧀, and a garden full of trees🌴.

The Big Merino, in Goulbourn NSW.

You can climb up and look out the sheep's eye.

Also you can park your car just behind it'd big concrete balls.

Which is a plus.

# ? Sep 24, 2023 23:17

Speleothing: May 6, 2008; Spare batteries are pretty key.

OP's Mom

Clearly had seen better days and did not live up to the advertising, but she sure did try her hardest.

# ? Sep 24, 2023 23:28

Mumpy Puffinz: Aug 11, 2008; Can't post for 21 hours!; Nap Ghost

Speleothing posted:

OP's Mom

Clearly had seen better days and did not live up to the advertising, but she sure did try her hardest.

OPs mom had huge balls

# ? Sep 24, 2023 23:39

MrQwerty: Apr 15, 2003

Chief McHeath posted:

i got lost for like 45 minutes in a ron jon surf shop while i was tripping off acid it was terrible

lmao

# ? Sep 24, 2023 23:51

Milo and POTUS: Sep 3, 2017; I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

Haschel Cedricson posted:

Trees of Mystery, Klamath, CA

The redwoods are legit cool, but the real draw for middle school me was the giant Paul Bunyan statue. There's a speaker in him so an employee in the gift shop can pretend to be Paul Bunyan and talk to guests, and I was a nerdy kid who was very well-versed in my Bunyan lore so I kept asking him trivia questions that he didn't have the answers to.

"Hey, what was the name of your friend who made the horseshoes for Babe the Blue Ox?"
"Oh, his name was, uh, you know, his name isn't important. The important thing is that he was a good friend who was always helping me like a good friend should."

you became the tourist trap

# ? Sep 24, 2023 23:54

Milo and POTUS: Sep 3, 2017; I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

Szyznyk posted:

The World�s Largest Knife store rules but that might be in Seviersville. But I loved every tacky, trashy thing there from the Shoney�s buffet breakfast to getting my picture taken with both the General Lee and the Bandit 1.

shoulda ate at the pancake atrium

# ? Sep 25, 2023 00:01

Extra Large Marge: Jan 21, 2004; Fun Shoe

Surprised at how many of these places that have been posted I've visited. Anyway, here are the ones that come to my mind:

National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame - Hayward, WI

There is a giant fiberglass muskie that you can walk into and look out of the observation deck build into it's jaw.

Mustard Museum - Middleton, WI

Founded by a lawyer who got sick of being a lawyer. It's half museum half gift shop (admission is free)

Ellwood Historical Barb Wire Museum - DeKalb, Il

It's a museum of barb wire in a house that was owned by a barb wire tycoon

Glidden Historical Barb Wire Museum - DeKalb, Il

Yes there are two of them, this house was owned by the other barb wire tycoon

# ? Sep 25, 2023 00:02

Szyznyk: Mar 4, 2008

Mumpy Puffinz posted:

what is bandit 1?

The Trans Am from Smokey and the Bandit. Redneck heaven.

# ? Sep 25, 2023 00:03

Milo and POTUS: Sep 3, 2017; I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

Chief McHeath posted:

i got lost for like 45 minutes in a ron jon surf shop while i was tripping off acid it was terrible

thats a cool story and funny ty for sharing

# ? Sep 25, 2023 00:04

MrQwerty: Apr 15, 2003

Did the barb wire tycoons have a bitter barb wire rivalry

# ? Sep 25, 2023 00:10

Szyznyk: Mar 4, 2008

Milo and POTUS posted:

shoulda ate at the pancake atrium

My family are lazy pieces of crap and would never wake up early enough to go to the good breakfast places. So it�s Shoney�s or some scrub food from the mountain coaster gift shop.

# ? Sep 25, 2023 02:12

Mumpy Puffinz: Aug 11, 2008; Can't post for 21 hours!; Nap Ghost

so this is for sure a Sam and Max Hit the Road thread.

# ? Sep 25, 2023 02:16

Captain Hygiene: Sep 17, 2007; You mess with the crabbo...

Extra Large Marge posted:

Mustard Museum - Middleton, WI

Founded by a lawyer who got sick of being a lawyer. It's half museum half gift shop (admission is free)

Ok, that one rules, that's the kind of small business move I can get behind.

# ? Sep 25, 2023 02:16

Mumpy Puffinz: Aug 11, 2008; Can't post for 21 hours!; Nap Ghost

Captain Hygiene posted:

Ok, that one rules, that's the kind of small business move I can get behind.

I also like computer generated images

# ? Sep 25, 2023 02:18

Captain Hygiene: Sep 17, 2007; You mess with the crabbo...

Mumpy Puffinz posted:

I also like computer generated images

That one's real, it has a website and everything

# ? Sep 25, 2023 02:24

HJE-Cobra: Jul 15, 2007; Bear Witness; Hell Gem

Mumpy Puffinz posted:

so this is for sure a Sam and Max Hit the Road thread.

I have been to Mount Rushmore in real life, but I didn't do any bungee jumping there

Also it took me way too long in life to realize that Snuckey's gas stations were a parody of an actual chain Stuckey's, and now whenever I see a Stuckey's I wanna go in to get a pecan log

HJE-Cobra fucked around with this message at 02:26 on Sep 25, 2023

# ? Sep 25, 2023 02:24

Mumpy Puffinz: Aug 11, 2008; Can't post for 21 hours!; Nap Ghost

Captain Hygiene posted:

That one's real, it has a website and everything

that poo poo looks like AI made it.

# ? Sep 25, 2023 02:26

Mumpy Puffinz: Aug 11, 2008; Can't post for 21 hours!; Nap Ghost

HJE-Cobra posted:

I have been to Mount Rushmore in real life, but I didn't do any bungee jumping there

Also it took me way too long in life to realize that Snuckey's gas stations were a parody of an actual chain Stuckey's, and now whenever I see a Stuckey's I wanna go in to get a pecan log

me too brother. Snuckys was just a joke, until it wasn't

# ? Sep 25, 2023 02:29

Junk: Dec 20, 2003; Listen to reason, man. Why make your job difficult?

Mumpy Puffinz posted:

so this is for sure a Sam and Max Hit the Road thread.

i highly recommend the Celebrity Vegetable Museum in Goatliver, TX

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redshirt: Aug 11, 2007

Truth or Consequences Alien Museum

# ? Sep 25, 2023 02:35

Extra Large Marge: Jan 21, 2004; Fun Shoe

Always liked how the Corn Palace in Mitchell, SD has onion domes

# ? Sep 25, 2023 03:00

Raere: Dec 13, 2007

In Boston there's a property called 'Paul Reverse house'. Once on the tour they reveal that although Paul Revere owned the house, he didn't actually occupy it for any substantial amount of time. So you're basically paying to visit a property that an early American leader was just a landlord of.

# ? Sep 25, 2023 03:03

Haverchuck: May 6, 2005; the coolest

Extra Large Marge posted:

Always liked how the Corn Palace in Mitchell, SD has onion domes

"lawrence welk show" perfect

# ? Sep 25, 2023 03:06

Mumpy Puffinz: Aug 11, 2008; Can't post for 21 hours!; Nap Ghost

Extra Large Marge posted:

Always liked how the Corn Palace in Mitchell, SD has onion domes

loving Mitchell who would have guessed

# ? Sep 25, 2023 03:06

Crazyweasel: Oct 29, 2006; lazy

Mumpy Puffinz posted:

so this is for sure a Sam and Max Hit the Road thread.

The biggest ball of twine caught me by surprise but the National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame really got me on the ropes. It instantly reminded me of the World of Fish

# ? Sep 25, 2023 03:10

BaconCopter: Feb 13, 2008

Wall Drug, super lame and underwhelming. Wasn't really too out of the way during a family cross country road trip as a kid.

The US side of Niagara Falls is so loving lovely and sleazy compared to the Canadian side, though this could have easily changed since I was a kid.

Waikiki Beach in Hawaii is a travesty against nature. A tiny hyper crowded dumpster beach for dumpster people.

# ? Sep 25, 2023 03:30

Hyrax Attack!: Jan 13, 2009; We demand to be taken seriously

Mumpy Puffinz posted:

so this is for sure a Sam and Max Hit the Road thread.

Dang that game was fun. I had no idea what Graceland was when I first played.

# ? Sep 25, 2023 03:37

stealie72: Jan 10, 2007

BaconCopter posted:

The US side of Niagara Falls is so loving lovely and sleazy compared to the Canadian side, though this could have easily changed since I was a kid.

It's only gotten worse.

# ? Sep 25, 2023 03:43

Buce: Dec 23, 2005

BaconCopter posted:

The US side of Niagara Falls is so loving lovely and sleazy compared to the Canadian side, though this could have easily changed since I was a kid.

this is true of everywhere outside of Niagara Falls, too

# ? Sep 25, 2023 03:50

Milo and POTUS: Sep 3, 2017; I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

Raere posted:

In Boston there's a property called 'Paul Reverse house'. Once on the tour they reveal that although Paul Revere owned the house, he didn't actually occupy it for any substantial amount of time. So you're basically paying to visit a property that an early American leader was just a landlord of.

sounds like you also got a tour of america with it. A twofer

# ? Sep 25, 2023 04:39

Milo and POTUS: Sep 3, 2017; I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

BaconCopter posted:

Wall Drug, super lame and underwhelming. Wasn't really too out of the way during a family cross country road trip as a kid.

# ? Sep 25, 2023 04:40

Sentient Data: Aug 31, 2011; My molecule scrambler ray will disintegrate your armor with one blow!

DeadFatDuckFat posted:

If you want a view of the city, then I think Summit might be the best and the mirror rooms are neat, but yea if someone has never done Empire state building then they might as well do that once.

That's actually really cool, does the illusion hold up well in person or is it normally super crowded?

# ? Sep 25, 2023 04:45

You Are A Werewolf: Apr 26, 2010; Black Gold!

Tombstone, Arizona

A lot of buildings on Main Street aren�t original, but made up to look like Tombstone in the late 1800s. Lots of period-costumed townsfolk reenacting daily life in a comical fashion, and a frequent reenactment of the shootout at the OK Corral, which I remember isn�t even the real or original OK Corral or place of the infamous shootout.

The Bird Cage Theater was pretty cool, but it�s just a kitschy tourist trap for people who like old westerns.

# ? Sep 25, 2023 04:52

Milo and POTUS: Sep 3, 2017; I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

HERE LIES LESTER MOORE FOUR SLUGS FROM A 44 NO LESS NO MORE

# ? Sep 25, 2023 04:57

Maigius: Jun 29, 2013

Raere posted:

In Boston there's a property called 'Paul Reverse house'. Once on the tour they reveal that although Paul Revere owned the house, he didn't actually occupy it for any substantial amount of time. So you're basically paying to visit a property that an early American leader was just a landlord of.

There's a house in either Savannah, GA or Charleston, SC that advertised itself as a place where George Washington slept there... once for one night. I remember being underwhelmed.

There was also a museum of optical illusions in Philadelphia that was neat, but needed to be either bigger or cheaper to be a good value.

# ? Sep 25, 2023 05:12

Philthy: Jan 28, 2003; Pillbug

ChickenHeart posted:

The House on The Rock in Wisconsin is basically some architect's failed attempt to one-up Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater that someone later dumped a warehouse full of junk on, but it's pretty drat rad

If you have a day blow to visit here, it's well worth it. There is SO MUCH STUFF/JUNK that it goes on and on and on forever. It starts out in Frank Lloyd Wright's house with the infinity room, but then you descend into what is usually 4-6 hours of insane collections in a huge maze of interconnected museum spaces. You'll see hundreds of dolls, hundreds of pocket knifes, hundreds of antique guns, hundreds of horns, drums.. On and on of just collections of just the weirdest stuff. All in dark creepy corridors. Then you have the worlds largest carousel out of freaking nowhere in this dark room with spinning lights and music. If you ever did acid as a kid, you're going to have flashbacks and you might actually fall over at the sight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0IF9T6ERmM

NC Wyeth Death Cult posted:

Xanadu THE HOME OF TOMORROW in Florida. Decades later, I met someone who lived near there and they said that it closed and crackheads used to squat there.