#Roadside Attractions

[wallacepolsom]

Wallace Polsom, Roadside Attractions (16 Feb 2024), paper collage, 18.8 x 33.7 cm.

#wallace polsom #roadside attractions #paper collage #collage #collage art #art #artists on tumblr #analog collage #contemporary art #handmade collage #21st century #wallacepolsom2024 #surreal art #balloonatic

[motelpearl]

smallest church in canada, the norlund chapel, built 1973

#motelpearl #2010s #art #decor #interiors #jesus christ #christianity #religion #rural gothic #regional gothic #canadian gothic #holycore #chapel #virgin mary #church #canada #ontario #steeple #architecture #roadside attractions #kitsch #kitschy #preachers daughter #preacher's daughter #mosey on #road trip #crucifix #churchcore #ethel cain aesthetic

[fatchance]

One of the things we do very well here in my part of Arizona is wide open spaces. Cochise County is as big as Connecticut and Rhode Island combined, with a population of fewer than 130,000 people, so we all have plenty of elbow room. Isolation and vast distance is kind of our thing. Even so, it’s difficult to express how extremely out of the way you have to go to reach this roadside pony ride. It is on a road in the southeast corner of the county that hugs the border with Mexico – the sort of road you can drive on for miles without passing another car, or habitable structure, or even a power line. If you want to check it out for yourself the coordinates are 31° 21′ 54″ N, 109° 23′ 33″ W. It may not be the at the end of the world, but you can definitely see it from there.

Still, at five minutes for just 25¢, it just might be worth the drive. 

#photographers on tumblr #rocking horse #pony rides #roadside attractions #Cochise County #Arizona

[pret-a-party]

You’ll never guess who they shoved into Boy Kills World during post.

Great fan art via @jtorresartist on X/Twitter.

Check out Boy Kills World official trailer

#boy kills world #Bob kills world #bobs burgers #bob belcher #h jon benjamin #jon benjamin #fanart #bill skarsgård #action movies #2024 films #bob’s burgers #moritz mohr #sam raimi #lionsgate #roadside attractions #TIFF #toronto international film festival #fan art #fan animation

[ghosttownyardsale]

Ever wanted to know the stories behind some of my photos?

I recently finished and printed the first run of a photo ethnography project on Daniel Boone Village, a now-forgotten roadside attraction in central North Carolina.

If anyone is interested, PDF and physical copies are available! DM me if you’d like to read :)

#my post #photography #north carolina #urban exploration #rural decay #abandoned #urbex #abandoned places #rural photography #rural exploration #southern gothic #roadside america #roadside attractions #art #ethnography #photo ethnography

[oldshowbiz]

Fish Mouth Restaurant Doors

#seafood #family restaurant #vintage #retro #sign geeks #roadside attractions

[scatroach]

The Bird House

#roadside attractions #bar #roachcore #weirdcore #places

[shopcat]

food shaped buildings so beautiful...

#uploads #colorcore #roadside attractions #☆ #coney island hoddog baby!!!!!!

[deadmotelsusa]

Dinosaur Gift and Mineral Museum in the 1960s and the same view today. The layout is similar but I highly doubt this is the same building. Located in Brewster, New York.

#not a dead motel #roadside attractions #then and now

[floorman3]

Beyond Utopia Review (Doc NYC 2023- The Documented Journey of These People Escaping A Communist Regime Is As Good As Any Film You'll See All Year If Not Better

Beyond Utopia premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. It garnered a lot of critical acclaim from those who saw it, but it wasn’t bought right away out of the festival. Eventually, Roadside Attractions bought the distribution rights and now it’s getting an American-wide release. I’ve wanted to see it ever since I heard about it out of Sundance and it was worth the wait. It’s one of the…

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#Academy Awards #Beyond Utopia #Doc NYC 2023 #Documentary #Madeleine Gavin #Roadside Attractions #Sundance Film Festival

[johnschneiderblog]

All in on Valentine’s Day

As I’ve noted here before, we’re prone to straying from the freeways on our road trips, eager to see more of the places we drive through than we can see from four lanes.

Not that we’d want to drive surface road the whole 900 miles to Hilton Head ...  but on Tuesday, as we made our way through West Virginia, we took a little detour and found ourselves on Coal Mountain River Road, a twisty little stretch of asphalt that, true to its name, parallels the river.

There, on the edge of nowhere, we came upon this shrine to Valentine’s Day, the likes of which I’ve never seen before.

We spent the night in Statesville, North Carrolina. Today we’ll complete the final leg of the trip and expect to be walking “our” beach before nightfall.

No sunshine yet, but the temperature hit 56 Tuesday.

#John Schneider #road trip #straying from the freeways #roadside attractions #Valentine's Day shrine

[philashworth]

Drawing the Things I Want To (11-15)

11. Flix Bus Station. 31st and 8 ave. 4 x 6"

12. "Oh, Look. The mother rhino is giving birth!" 4 x 6"

13. 70mph McDonald's. I-17 Arizona. 4 x 7"

14. Motel. Holbrook, AZ. 4 x 6"

15. Hopi Travel Plaza. Holbrook, AZ. 6 x 9"

#drawing #pencil #waterocolor pencils #landscape drawing #life drawing #color study #Dinos of Holbrook #NYC #Arizona #roadside attractions #neon sign #road signs #movie #Jim Carrey #Ace Ventura 2 #Phil Ashworth

[thelibbiegrant]

The last of his kind.

Photo by me, 2022.

#roadside attractions #road trip #south dakota #dinosaur #dinosaurs

[muttball]

Paul Bunyan and Babe his Blue Ox

It took five storks to deliver Paul to his parents when he was born. Paul was 63 ax handles tall his blue ox, Babe was 42 ax handles tall. It is said that Minnesota's 10,000 lakes are Paul Bunyan's footprints. Paul's frying pan covered 1 acre.  Young Paul grew so big that his parents did not know what to do with him. Once, Paul rolled over so much in his sleep that he caused an earthquake. This angered people in the town where his parents lived. So, the government told his mother and father they would have to move him somewhere else.

#trees of mystery #roadside attractions #paul bunyan #blue ox #visit california #lumberjack #folklore #giants #travel entertainment #myths #american folk tale #destinations

[roadtripnewengland]

Ruth and Wimpy's lobster stand in Hancock, Maine (1980's) https://bit.ly/2qyTftg

#lobster #lobster shack #lobsters #roadside attractions #maine #restaurants #vintage photo #1980's #mascots #giant animals

[dyingforbadmusic]

Somewhere in Arkansas

#roadside attractions