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Cape May, NJ

Lighthouses in general

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reply 5908/17/2015
The Donut Hole in Southern California. Don't know why, but even as a kid I loved driving through it.

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reply 6008/17/2015
Lava lamps and Kit-cat clocks.

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reply 6108/17/2015
The original Holiday Inn signs.

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reply 6208/17/2015
Howard Johnson

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reply 6308/17/2015
Wigwam motels


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reply 6408/17/2015

Illinois' highway rest areas were over the highway so the diners could watch the traffic, which was considered scenic and diverting.

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reply 6508/17/2015
My old pal. I see him quite often.

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reply 6608/17/2015
Airstream trailers

The huge coffeepot in Bedford, PA

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reply 6708/17/2015
I remember as a kid growing up in the 1970s how exciting it was to stay at a Holiday Inn. As soon as we checked in, my sister and I would put on our bathing suits and jump in the pool. Those were the days when families took big road trips every summer. Good times.

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reply 6808/17/2015
The Big Freeport Indian, off the highway outside a former "trading post" store in Freeport, Maine. His is known by his initials B. F. I. - which of course also led to him being known as The Big Fucking Indian. When we were kids the sight of this Indian told us the long car ride was almost over and we were nearly at our grandma's.

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reply 6908/17/2015
Cave Tours!

see YouTube video
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reply 7008/17/2015
..................;(

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reply 7108/17/2015
Blucifer, the Murderous Mustang of Denver Airport.

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reply 7208/17/2015
^ Another photo - close up.

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reply 7308/17/2015
Black and white checkerboard floor tiles. I always wanted a kitchen done with these tiles. Maybe someday...

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reply 7408/17/2015
The classic Ford Thunderbird, a good cup of joe, rollerskating at the rink on weekend nights, 50s drive-ins, sock hops.

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reply 7508/17/2015
Bob's Java Jive in Tacoma, Washington.

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—Anonymous

reply 7608/17/2015
The Teapot Dome gas station in Zillah, Washington.

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reply 7708/17/2015
The Hat and Boots in Seattle. The hat was the gas station office and the boootys were the restrooms. They were left to decay but were moved to a city park and restored.

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reply 7808/17/2015
The Twin Teepees Restaurant in Seattle, torn down a few years ago and replaces with apartments.

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reply 7908/17/2015
The legendary original Hilltop Steakhouse in Saugus, Mass., with its giant neon cactus sign and life-sized cow statues on the front lawn. A sure sign that you were almost in Boston if you were driving down Route 1 from points north. Hard to believe it went out of business.


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reply 8008/17/2015

I guess Taylor Kitsch doesn't count, since he's Canadian.

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reply 8108/17/2015
Coney Island


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reply 8208/17/2015
Chainsaw sculptures.

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reply 8308/17/2015
Vegas Vic. Fremont Street.

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reply 8408/17/2015
[R69] The statue of Hiawatha in Ironwood, Michigan is over twice as tall. Some 54-ft.

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reply 8508/17/2015
Signs on the highway leading to Little America.

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reply 8608/17/2015
The Theme Building at LAX.

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reply 8708/17/2015
Tommy's at Rampart & Beverly in the middle of the night.

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reply 8808/17/2015
LOL [R83]

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reply 8908/17/2015
Lucy the Elephant (in Margate City, NJ)

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reply 9008/17/2015
ooooh! Border Fence!

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—Donald Trump

reply 9108/18/2015
Red barns

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reply 9208/18/2015
NYC Greek coffee shops.

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reply 9308/18/2015
Phone Phone


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reply 9408/18/2015
Root Beer anything.


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reply 9508/18/2015
Friday night high school football games

See Rock City barns

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reply 9608/18/2015

The street lamps in Hershey, Pennsylvania.


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reply 9708/18/2015
....

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reply 9808/18/2015
[R81] I'd gladly visit Taylor Kitsch when he's in The US, any time he wants me to.

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reply 9908/18/2015
Kitsch is a beautiful word....

see YouTube video
—Barry Ryan (sadly unknown in America)

reply 10008/18/2015
I loved Frontier Town but I never wanted to go to Gaslight Village. I always thought about poor Ingrid Bergman.

—Anonymous

reply 10108/18/2015
-Dixie truck stop in downstate IL -everything in Wisconsin Dells -Circus Museum in Baraboo, WI -Mall of America

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reply 10208/18/2015
Mail Pouch tobacco barns in PA

Covered bridge tours

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reply 10308/18/2015
You can't make this stuff up.

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reply 10408/18/2015
Mail Pouch tobacco barns in PA
Beat me to it! There's quite a few all over PA, WV, OH, IN, MI

I LOVE those "fundraiser" cookbooks from churches,fraternal organizations, ethnic groups, etc. My favorites are from a Mennonite church and the Polish American veterans.

Cheesy carnivals---the CREEPY ones with dangerous looking carnies, rickety rides and deep-fried-food-on-a-stick.

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—Elle D'Gay

reply 10508/18/2015
PA Dutch Country - especially all the cheesy "family style" restaurants and fattening food

Geneva-on-the Lake, OH

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reply 10608/18/2015
New York's LGA aka a 3rd world country airport

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reply 10708/18/2015
Cock rings Abercrombie and Fitch caps Rainbow anything AOL chat rooms Cruising in Parks

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reply 10808/18/2015
The Atlantic City Boardwalk

The Madonna Inn

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reply 10908/18/2015
The big blue bug

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reply 11008/18/2015
I love this thread!

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reply 11108/18/2015
The Taco Bell in Pacifica, CA

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reply 11208/18/2015

The Red Caboose Motel

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reply 11308/18/2015
Donut Phones

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reply 11408/18/2015
''

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reply 11508/18/2015
Someone above mentioned the retro and themed motels in Wildwood Crest NJ - but the kitschiest by far are the ones with the faux palm trees.

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—Aloha from NJ

reply 11608/18/2015
Hula girl lamps and tiki/polynesian crap

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reply 11708/18/2015
Swim-up bars

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reply 11808/18/2015
Bloomie's Bears

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reply 11908/18/2015
....

see offsite link on com.au
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reply 12008/18/2015
Nobody does it like Carvel

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reply 12108/18/2015
....

see offsite link on misfittoys.net
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reply 12208/18/2015
The 19th century tent houses in Ocean Grove NJ

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reply 12308/18/2015
....

see offsite link on fanpop.com
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reply 12408/18/2015
''

see offsite link on grubgrade.com
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reply 12508/18/2015
An orange Pacer with wood siding.

see offsite link on amcpacer.com
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reply 12608/18/2015
I always loved wood paneled station wagons.

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reply 12708/18/2015
I always loved wood paneled station wagons.
Me too. I'd have one today given the chance.

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reply 12808/18/2015

Barbra's private underground shopping mall and doll shop.


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reply 12908/18/2015
deserves two posts

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reply 13008/18/2015
another great donut shop in Southern California

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reply 13108/18/2015
Thanksgiving. All the traditions even though phony such as the pilgrims and cornucopia etc.

Halloween. Pumpkin patches, haunted houses, apple cider, candy corn....

Christmas tree lots.

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reply 13208/18/2015
....

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reply 13308/18/2015
....

see offsite link on mommylife.net
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reply 13408/18/2015
Hole In The Rock in Moab, Utah. It's actually a home / gift shop / trading post built inside the rock formation made courtesy of some dynamite blasting. So cheesy and even has a Mt. Rushmore like carving of FDR by the entrance.

see offsite link on theholeintherock.com
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reply 13508/18/2015
[R129] You know those dolls come alive once they close and night falls.

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reply 13608/18/2015
The Little A'Le'Inn

I second the Madonna Inn, the most GLAMOROUS place on earth!

Mystery Spots

Wall Drug

Vegas lounge singers, a dying breed

Waltzing waters

And before I die, I will see the queen of all kitsch destinations...

WEEKI

WACHEE

MERMAIDS

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reply 13708/18/2015
[R116] That was me and we stayed in the Royal Hawaiian Motel when we vacationed there. Check out those faux palm trees on the concrete island in the middle of the pool. We spent hours swimming back and forth under that slab of concrete, and I remember how slimy that concrete was underwater.

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reply 13808/18/2015
^ Better photo, where you can really see the cheesy plastic palms.