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[-] JennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 weeks ago

Yes. And I loved it so much I never left. I live here now. But I'm not gonna tell you where I live 😉

[-] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 7 points 4 weeks ago

You could have said what the place is without mentioning you live there

[-] JennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 4 weeks ago

True. I got so excited about it, I botched the assignment 😞

[-] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 1 points 4 weeks ago

was it Disneyland ?

[-] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 weeks ago

Not really that cheesy, but Johnson Space Center south of Houston. I spent an entire day there, and visiting the restored Mission Control from the lunar landings was amazing.

[-] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 4 weeks ago

After living for years in Munich we finally visited the Hofbräuhaus, that up to then I had been omitting like the plaque, it being the very prototype of the touristic German stereotype, Lederhosen and all.

And what should I say, we had a suprising amount of fun, not the least because we met some US tourists who were there to just meet some of us natives and have fun :-)

[-] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

You gotta finish your g, buddy. Plaque and plague are two super different things.

Although if you’re a dentist or you like flossing, I get it.

[-] gigastasio@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 weeks ago

I looked this up out of curiosity and discovered that there’s a Hofbräuhaus in my town, and several throughout the US. Might have to visit…wouldn’t be the same as going to Munich but might still be fun.

[-] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 weeks ago

Yes, I meant the word "prototype" quite literal - there probably are 100s of Hofbräuhäuser all over the world.
(Saw a report about one in China some time ago.)
Each trying to emulate a slightly different hilariously wrong image of German culture.
But honestly, who cares.
Go and have some fun, the slight cringeness is part of it! :-)

[-] nikosey@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

The House on the Rock in Wisconsin was a lot funner than I thought it would be. I happened to visit when there was hardly anyone there, so that helped greatly. There's a huge room with a full size whale statue in the middle. And a suspended triangular room with a window on the floor overlooking treetops. Plus all sorts of other random stuff.

[-] roger.wood@feddit.online 1 points 4 weeks ago

One of my favorite memories. That place is so weird.

[-] stringere@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 weeks ago

The fudge factory in Uranus, Missouri has a lot of great t-shirts and magnets. Just make sure you turn the right way when exiting the highway because Uranus is one way and Dixon is the other.

There was a place in South Dakota, somewhere near Mount Rushmore, where optical illusions made it look like a ball rolled uphill and chairs could stand on edge. Can't remember thr name of it, though.

If you're driving a road trip in the Dakotas or thereabouts, do not bother with Wall Drug.

[-] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

Just make sure you turn the right way when exiting the highway because Uranus is one way and Dixon is the other.

Dixon has the most amazing cider bar. I hear your mother loved it.

#####sorry...couldn't help myself...

[-] Frostbeard@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

“If it’s clear and yellow, you’ve got juice there fellow! If it’s tangy and brown, you’re in cider town.”

[-] gmtom@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

I went to the mystery shack in Gravity Falls, Oregon and definitely didn't get ripped off. It was a great time

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Wall Drug is so notorious I've heard people complaining about it in Canada. And not even the bit north of it.

As the story goes, anyway, they've put signage up teasing it over and over again for quite a distance, but then you get there and it's just a drug store.

[-] OwOarchist@pawb.social 2 points 4 weeks ago

but then you get there and it’s just a drug store

Alright, I'm calling BS on this one.

It's a huge 'drug store' with multiple restaurants, an arcade, and even an animatronic dinosaur. But what I found interesting there is that they actually have huge sections of walls devoted to historical photographs, dating all the way back to the old west era. There's some interesting stuff there if you take the time.

(And, of course, Badlands NP is a 10-minute or so drive from there, across the interstate, and that is definitely worth a visit!)

[-] stringere@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 weeks ago

Pretty much and inter-state billboard ad campaign for an off brand Walgreens.

[-] jam12705@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago
[-] stringere@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 weeks ago

Best Fudge Packers union in the tri-county area!

[-] curiousaur@reddthat.com 2 points 4 weeks ago

All of those physical illusion spots are pretty cool. In California its the mystery spot and confusion hill.

[-] unmagical@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 weeks ago

Petra's Stone Collection

I don't know how well this house off the side of the road really fits the traditional definition, but if you're visiting Iceland you probably like fancy rocks and this place definitely has those.

[-] kubok@fedia.io 1 points 4 weeks ago

I actually loved Mont St. Michel.

[-] eta@feddit.org 0 points 4 weeks ago

i actually thought about that one aswell. Though I'm not sure if it really is a tourist trap like others since it's actually a special place.

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 0 points 4 weeks ago

aswell

Not a word, my dude.

[-] sol6_vi@lemmy.makearmy.io 1 points 4 weeks ago

Drove across the country with my wife son and newborn daughter. I'll never forget staring up at the crotch of some giant green clothed leaf man many stories tall...

[-] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago
[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 weeks ago

World's biggest Apple in Colbourne, Ontario. Has any apple or apple accessories you need, but I did fuck with them and told them there was a bigger apple in Osaka, Japan.

[-] nightlily@leminal.space 1 points 4 weeks ago

I went to the Farina Cologne shop (the factory that developed the first Cologne) in Köln where they do tours with the guide in period costume pretending to be the founder. I wasn’t expecting much but it was genuinely fascinating and the guide was very charming and witty.

[-] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

I stopped at a rest stop in Arizona with "The Thing", because I needed a bathroom, and took a look at the gift shop. I bought a t-shirt because of how friggin awesome it was. Alien cowboy riding a dinosaur. I have no clue what the actual thing was.

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