Speaker 1: Hello, Welcome to the Stupid Isshuaman. I'm your host Kept Pound.
Speaker 1: Today we're talking about roadside attractions. Roadside attractions exist because
Speaker 1: Americans have always loved a good excuse to pull over.
Speaker 1: As automobile travel exploited in the nineteen twenties and Route
Speaker 1: sixty six became famous, businesses competed for the driver's attention
Speaker 1: with giant dinosaurs, oversized rocking chairs, mystery houses in the
Speaker 1: world's largest just about everything. The idea wasn't complicated. Build
Speaker 1: something so strange that people couldn't resist stopping for a
Speaker 1: photo and hopefully by a souvenir while they were there.
Speaker 1: Many of these quirky attractions are still standing today, reminding
Speaker 1: us that sometimes the destination isn't nearly as memorable as
Speaker 1: the stop along the way. This has been the Stupid
Speaker 1: History Minute, and I'm Kept Pound. This podcast is a
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