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Arizona
Dragoon	The Thing? Timeless tourist trap on I-10. Do not reveal the secret identity of The Thing. [1:40, 5.2 mb Quicktime .mov] More on this attraction
Grand Canyon West	Grand Opening of the Skywalk Video coverage of the media coverage of the Mar 2007 Grand Opening of the Skywalk, starring astronaut Buzz Aldrin. [3:08, 4 mb Quicktime .mov] More on this attraction
Grand Canyon West	Drive to the Skywalk You are there, in the rental SUV with us, as we navigate the dust-choked road to Grand Canyon West. [1:32 - 1.5 mb Quicktime .mov] More on this attraction
Paradise Valley	Louis Lee's Rock Garden Our camera roams the large and cluttered folk art pathways of the late Louis Lee. [1:43, 4.1 mb Quicktime .mov] More on this attraction
Tombstone	Good Enough Mine Quick video tour of silver mine attraction under Tombstone. [1:16, 2.8 mb Quicktime .mov] More on this attraction
California
Boron	The Late King of Toilet Seat Arts - 1st Seat From the Archive: In 1994, John A. Kostopoulus told us about his very first toilet seat painting, before the Battle of Casablanca, 1942. [1:00, 3.8 mb Quicktime .mov] More on this attraction
Boron	The Late King of Toilet Seat Arts - Saddam Rant From 1994, two years before his death, outsider artist John Kostapoulus is in prime form, loudly explaining his toilet seat connection with Saddam Hussein. [1:18, 4.3 mb Quicktime .mov] More on this attraction
Felicity	Center of the World: Be it further resolved... Our 2007 visit to the Center of the World triggers a special Proclamation by Mayor Istel, assisted by his wife Felicia. [1:52, 3.9 mb Quicktime .mov] More on this attraction
Connecticut
Old Lyme	Nut Lady sings her Nut Anthem A backyard, acapella performance of the Nut Anthem by the late Elizabeth Tashjian in 1985. Nuts are Beee-u-ti-ful. [1:56, 2.5 mb Quicktime .mov] More on this attraction
Florida
Miami	Monkey Jungle - The Monkey Show 1956 From a time when tourists enjoyed seeing a chimp play the piano, walk on stilts, and chase other chimps with a rubber tomahawk. Vintage 16mm home movie, silent, 1956. [1:37, 2.1 mb Quicktime .mov] More on this attraction
Kansas
Hutchinson	Kansas Underground Salt Museum A brief descent, almost 700 feet, to the salt mine, a new public tourist attraction. [1:15, 5.6 mb Quicktime .mov] More on this attraction
Mullinville	M.T. Liggett's Political Sculptures Feisty populist artist M.T. Liggett talks about Bill Clinton, G.W. Bush, and why he doesn't care what we show him saying in this 2002 video. Kids -- cover your ears! [4:54, 10.8 mb Quicktime .mov] More on this attraction
Topeka	Truckhenge Ron Lessman has fun telling us stories behind some of his junk art sculptures. The centerpiece is his Stonehenge replica made from old trucks. [2:30, 6.7 mb Quicktime .mov] More on this attraction
Michigan
Ishpeming	World's Largest Chainsaw - Da Yoopers Among the many delights at Da Yoopers Tourist Trap in the U.P. -- a giant working chainsaw named "Big Gus." [0:26, 896k Quicktime .mov] More on this attraction
Minnesota
Brainerd	Talking Paul Bunyan's Secret Revealed Video of the Talking Paul Bunyan while he was still at the Bunyan Center, and a behind-the-scenes spoiler. [1:31, 2 mb Quicktime .mov]
Missouri
St. Joseph	See the Bullet Hole! Tour At the Jesse James Home, stand in the spot where the coward whatsizname shot the famous outlaw. [2:00, 5.4 mb Quicktime .mov] More on this attraction
Ohio
Williamsfield	Nick Pahys Debunks George Washington From the Roadside Archives: At his Presidential Museum, Nick Pahys explains the 1st President mess in terms that even we should be able to understand (2004). More on this attraction
Pennsylvania
Linesville	Pymatuning Reservoir - Spillway Action At the spillway where the ducks are said to walk on the fish, massed carp are simply desperate for bread scraps. [1:30, 10.7 mb Quicktime .mov] More on this attraction
Philadelphia	Insectarium - Model Cockroach Kitchen The centerpiece of this insect education museum is a kitchen filled with live cockroaches. [1:00, 2.3 mb Quicktime .mov] More on this attraction
South Dakota
Wall	Wall Drug - Sam the Gorilla Man This coin-operated, animated monstrosity was retired by 2007, but here's how the always happy Sam looked and sounded in the Wall Drug yard in 1992. [0:39, 2.1 mb Quicktime .mov] More on this attraction
Texas
Gainesville	Glenn Goode - We Fixed Her Blouse Glenn describes the modifications needed to make a Uniroyal Gal more "holy." [1:20, 1.9 mb Quicktime .mov] More on this attraction
Gainesville	Glenn Goode - Muffler Man Heads Glenn explains the best way to make a Muffler Man head. [1:03, 1.4 mb Quicktime.mov] More on this attraction
Vermont
Putney	Santa Invites All to Visit Santa's Land USA Even at the steamy height of summer, St. Nick welcomes visitors to come sit on his lap. [0:33, 2.1 mb Quicktime .mov] More on this attraction