"Rock Star" road tripper checking in! Self-proclaimed anyway! Road trips and visits to all 50 states are my game. Find your next road trip destinations here. Fill your bucket list with fantastic US journeys. I love road trips and spare no effort in making my travels and experiences inviting for members of the road-tripping family! Pick a trip you want to take, or get inspired to plan your own. - - The Driveby Tourist (or call me Stan!)
Why would you stop to see the world’s largest popcorn ball?
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Because it’s there! Sac City, IA, is home to the world’s largest popcorn ball. They made it to celebrate the history of popping corn grown in the area. Initially, their popcorn ball was removed from the record because the Indiana State Fair made one larger. Theirs was 6,510 pounds, eclipsing the Sac City former record of about 5,000 pounds. In 2016, Sac City residents decided to reclaim the record. Their efforts weighed 9,370 pounds and were twelve feet in diameter. The record still stands and is housed in a climate-controlled building on US Highway 20 as it runs through town. So, why do people visit? Because it’s there? Because people have a fascination with world record objects? Or, what do you think? By the way, to be a world record, it must be edible and must be handmade. And it was! I’m sure it’s not edible now, but it was when it was made in 2016. In my case, I like to visit (and write about) objects that are quirky, weird, strange, kitschy, or just unusual. And my posts about these objects are visited often! Here’s a link to a road trip to see the quirkiest object in each of the Lower 48 states and Washington, DC. ”If you build it, they will come!” – From the movie Field of Dreams also in Iowa. (The actual quote is “if you build it, he will come.”) Classic Rock song: "Popcorn Song” by Crazy Frog Please email me about your quirky places visit experiences! Here is the Premium Subscription page: You will receive early access to new blog posts, an additional weekly newsletter, and a view of all past published newsletters. And occasionally, I'll ask for votes on content! Until next time..... Stan Featured Post: Check out the post about visiting the quirkiest place in each state for a long road trip around the US. Here’s the link. |
Stan Wiebe
"Rock Star" road tripper checking in! Self-proclaimed anyway! Road trips and visits to all 50 states are my game. Find your next road trip destinations here. Fill your bucket list with fantastic US journeys. I love road trips and spare no effort in making my travels and experiences inviting for members of the road-tripping family! Pick a trip you want to take, or get inspired to plan your own. - - The Driveby Tourist (or call me Stan!)
Check out this post about the Gunsmoke Trail in Hays, KS. Here's the link. It's part of the Gunsmoke Trail around Kansas which includes Abilene, Dodge City, and Wichita. The Trail is becoming quite a tourist attraction in Kansas! Check it out when you're in Kansas, even if you're just driving through! Until next time... Stan Here's the link to the overview of all four of the cities involved. ,
Travel and novels get you into American history. While driving Route 66, some of the museums you visit along the way display scenes that may represent The Grapes of Wrath. It’s about a family in Oklahoma who lose everything. The Dust Bowl of the 1930s yielded little to no crops. They lose their land. The family reads about “the land of plenty” in California. They, along with thousands of others, go west. The book details their struggles along the way with no money, deaths, auto breakdowns,...
A b, Why, it’s Grand Island, of course! That’s one of the taglines the tourism group uses in their promotions. I’m attending a travel writers conference presented by the Midwest Travel Network. It’s an annual conference, and Grand Island won the bid for this year’s event. (#MWTRAVELCON25) Along with presentations by DMOs (Destination Marketing Organizations) and other travel writers, the Grand Island group showed us their town. While many places in town draw visitors’ attention, here are a...