My Kansas road trip took me to the state capitol and the Brown vs. Board of Education elementary school.
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Road trip day 4: Route 66 highlights in Oklahoma
Quirky highlights included a giant oil driller statue, a cowboy museum, and a gas station with a shady criminal past.
Scenes from Columbus: Art, food, vintage furniture and the Santa Maria
In Columbus I saw a giant praying mantis statue and a sideways street art version of the Mona Lisa.
The 11 most ridiculous items for sale in SkyMall
Faceless watches, bacon pillows, laser helmets that grow hair, and bushy, manly lip ticklers for everyone!
May roundup: Montreal mopeds, polar bear trains, and Miami music
The top travel blogging articles from May feature stories from Canada, Puerto Rico and Miami.
Quirky Attraction: Alaska Veterans Memorial
The Alaska Veterans Memorial is hidden away on a rest stop between Anchorage and Fairbanks.
Being ‘the Segway guy’ in Columbus
I rode my first Segway, and I liked it. Join me on a two-wheeled tour of Columbus, Ohio.
8 cool places to go in Columbus
Find slim wallets, food trucks and unique ice cream flavors at some of Columbus’s coolest spots.
Quirky Attraction: Pops, home of 600 crazy soda flavors
Go to Pops on classic Route 66 to find soda flavors like buffalo wing, sweet corn, coffee, and maple bacon.
Scenes from Amish Country in Holmes County, Ohio
Have you ever seen an “Amish buggy parking only” sign in a parking lot?
Searching for authentic experiences in Amish Country
While visiting Amish Country, I wanted to seek out genuine conversations with Amish folks, not shallow tourist traps.
About Quirky Travel Guy
Welcome! I’m Scott, a Chicago freelance writer into national parks, offbeat roadside attractions, road trips, urban adventures, and budget travel in the U.S. and beyond.
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66 more things I love about Pittsburgh
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Why I won’t visit museums that don’t allow photography
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I went to the Mormon Church grounds and they didn’t try to recruit me
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Trapped: Stuck inside the Mall of America for 12 hours
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9 Things You Didn’t Know About the Grand Canyon
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An unforgettable afternoon at the White House with the First Dog and Michelle Obama’s veggies
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Road trip day 4: Route 66 highlights in Oklahoma
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Quirky Attraction: Toronto Shoe Museum
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Road trip day 3: Raccoon skeletons, buffalo statues and flaming lips in Oklahoma
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Road trip day 2: Abandoned amusement parks and General Custer’s britches
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Road trip day 1: Kansas Jayhawks, equality snowmen, and Supreme Court history
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Scenes from Columbus: Art, food, vintage furniture and the Santa Maria
