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<v Speaker 1>Hello, Welcome to the Stupid Isshuaman. I'm your host Kept Pound.

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<v Speaker 1>Today we're talking about roadside attractions. Roadside attractions exist because

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<v Speaker 1>Americans have always loved a good excuse to pull over.

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<v Speaker 1>As automobile travel exploited in the nineteen twenties and Route

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<v Speaker 1>sixty six became famous, businesses competed for the driver's attention

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<v Speaker 1>with giant dinosaurs, oversized rocking chairs, mystery houses in the

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<v Speaker 1>world's largest just about everything. The idea wasn't complicated. Build

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<v Speaker 1>something so strange that people couldn't resist stopping for a

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<v Speaker 1>photo and hopefully by a souvenir while they were there.

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<v Speaker 1>Many of these quirky attractions are still standing today, reminding

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<v Speaker 1>us that sometimes the destination isn't nearly as memorable as

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<v Speaker 1>the stop along the way. This has been the Stupid

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<v Speaker 1>History Minute, and I'm Kept Pound. This podcast is a

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<v Speaker 1>production of Unfiltered Studios. If you would like to know

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