Southern California offers any number of great attractions that we’ve all heard of and probably visited one time or another. But more than likely Calico, California isn’t on that list. Calico is an honest to goodness ghost town near Yermo, CA that’s just a couple of hours east of Los Angeles. But if you go; […]
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The Steamtown National Historic Site
While Fun Roads abound in the serene, rolling hills of Northeastern Pennsylvania; one of the best places to experience some living history is abroad an authentic 1920s coal-powered train. Just outside of Scranton PA is The Steamtown National Historic Site where a trip of a lifetime awaits you on the Moscow Excursion….. a coal-fired steam locomotive […]
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Pecos National Monument in Las Vegas, N.M.
When Fun Roads rolled into Las Vegas, New Mexico we saw the latest page in the long and colorful history of the Wild West. It’s a quiet little town that has a closet full of skeletons. Las Vegas is North Central New Mexico about an hour east of Santa Fe along I-25. Back in 1886 Las Vegas was […]
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Kingsley Plantation in Jacksonville Florida
Though Jacksonville, Florida is a modern city today; it started out as a tiny settlement on a narrow bend of the Saint John’s River. Located in the North East corner of Florida; Jacksonville sits right at the crossroads of I-95 and I-10 just about 140 miles north of Orlando. Kingsley Plantation is tied to Jacksonville’s earliest days. The plantation […]
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Kingston, Ontario
Recently Fun Roads sojourned through the Thousand Islands Region of Southeastern Ontario and Northeastern New York. And that’s where we find Kingston Ontario. When our researchers and producers wanted to uncover a hidden gem for road travelers, they quickly realized that Kingston fit the bill. Established in the early 1600s, this is one place that […]
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