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The CMR isn't too shabby, I like the Slippery Ann area , if I remember the name correctly. How far is that from where you live?



mike r

Plymouth Rock.

Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park.

There's that pink church....

Silver Dollar City and the Branson Strip (MO) is about 75 miles away, but takes a 2 1/2 hour drive on a good day. Been to the Strip but not SDC. Just not my thing . . .

Nicollet Tower & Interpretive Center

See three states atop the 75 ft. tower. Enjoy the film "Dakota Encounters" about French map maker Joseph N. Nicollet's 1830's mapping of the area. See Nicollet's map and John Wilson's original artwork.


Built by local banker Harold Torness who started out as a fur trader. He thought highly of Nicollet and thought the Coteau des Prairies region was missing out promoting tourism.

The tower was known locally as Harold's Erection which I'm sure gave the old guy a grin. Harold was quite a character.

OKC Murrah Bldg. Bombing Memorial - Downtown OKC - I still don't understand the reason you would memorialize a murder scene.

Grant's Birthplace. It's kind a quirky thing. My folks took me there for the first time back about 1965. It was a Sunday ride up river after church, one of those adventures that my dad was meant to "Blow the sink off." We drove all the way to Mount Pleasant and. . . Closed.

Now you have to understand that the birthplace of U.S. Grant is no big deal. It's just this little white house off RT 52. You can pretty much see the whole thing through the windows. The ride on RT 52 is really spectacular-- better than the crappy little house. I make the trip once or twice a year just for the view, only I stop short of going all the way to Mt Pleasant. I take the ferry at Augusta.

It's a rare thing that I am all the way out there. Maybe once every 5-10 years. The next time I remember going to Grant's Birthplace was in 1967. My folks stopped by on the way to our grand tour of Williamsburg, Monticello, Jamestown, Yorktown, Mt Vernon-- the obligatory American History trip of childhood. Guess what we found? Closed.

My next try was when we had Driver's Ed in 1974. The instructor and 3 of my high school chums went the whole way on a hot August afternoon. Closed.

Since then I've been out that way dozens of times. Most of the time it's in the winter; Grant's Birthplace is closed after September. I don't even check. It's become a real thing. My guess is that I'll have to wait until I retire and go up on a weekday in the summer.

http://www.usgrantbirthplace.org/

I want to go see the little big horn, now that I am about 4 hours away.

The slumlord and renegade show is close to me, and I've never seen them. Guess I need to remedy that someday, but I'm afraid they'll follow me back and find out where I'm hunting arrowheads.

Now that's a shame! One of my favorite places. At least during the off season!

National Air & Space Museum at Dulles Airport in VA.

Biggest ball of twine in Minnesota.

It's in Darwin MN, I don't know where that is.

Crystal Cave in Spring Valley.. . Lotta people go there, but I've never been to it.. About 12 miles away... Just no interest, FWIW..

Me and you may be the only two who know who they were, at least among those with any of our teeth left.

I'm waiting for the Bob & Ray Trophy Train to come to town.

Lots of stuff in D.C. I've not seen in years, or decades, but it's just not worth the hassle now.

I worked in town for ten years and liked to walk between locations rather than ride the subway. Saw a bunch just doing that. One of the last things I saw was the monument to the 911 victims at the Pentagon. Visited it about 2am, just two of us. It's a very simple and effective tribute, especially at night.

Little League Hall of Fame comes to mind. The same place where Little League world series is played. People come from pretty far to see that place. Me, I am 30 minutes away and have never been there.

You should go there out of honor and respect. There isn't anything to see at the Vietnam Memorial either. Both are holy sacred places.

I’ve not yet been to the Musician’s Hall of Fame in Nashville.

I have been to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Country Music Hall of Fame, and even the Bluegrass Hall of Fame.

I picked a good day



El Cap