NPR Road Trips Roadside Attractions, NPR
NPR Road Trips Roadside Attractions, NPR
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NPR Road Trips: Roadside Attractions
Stories That Take You Away . . .

Author: NPR, Various, Noah Adams

Narrator: Various, Noah Adams

Unabridged: 1 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/21/2009


Synopsis

Prairie Dog Town in western Kansas. The Elvis Is Alive Museum in Wright City, Missouri. The Velvet Museum (“Velveteria”) in Portland, Oregon. A 13-foot Styrofoam scale model of Stonehenge. The Largest Ball of Twine in Cawker City, Kansas . . . or is it in Darwin, Minnesota?

Roadside attractions are the staples of the American road trip. Many are slowly disappearing from our highways and byways. Are they culture or kitsch? Are their creators artists or innovators? Listeners are invited along for the ride to decide for themselves.

About NPR

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Reviews

Goodreads review by Cyndi on February 19, 2017

This is an audio full of interviews and quick stories about road trips. One of the stories is about the parents taking a road trip with young kids. It was hilarious...from this side of the fence. When I was that young parent I wished for a wall I could install in the backseat so they couldn't even l......more

Goodreads review by Gail on February 14, 2010

Hearing the call of the open road but not quite ready to answer it? Not to worry - just give a listen to NPR ROAD TRIPS / ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS, and enjoy all the baffling, odd, humorous, really weird things to be found across our great land. With a variety of commentators and interviewers you will me......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie on November 11, 2016

Little snippets of travel. It made me want to go on a road trip! Totally what I needed to escape right now.......more