owatagal Posted June 9, 2005 Posted June 9, 2005 I'm road tripping from Delaware to Alaska. I have some books and I've done research, so I do have some ideas in place. I'm just wondering if anyone has suggestions based on your experience-- places to go, places not worth it, etc. My friend and I are taking six weeks for the trip, so plenty of time. We're driving through the following states: Delaware Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Illinois [Possibly a side trip to Missouri or Iowa] Wisconsin Minnesota South Dakota Wyoming Idaho [maybe Oregon and Washington] Canada -- along the Alcan or north from Washington] to Alaska [i've lived there, so that state is covered] Any suggestions are welcome, but we're especially interested in things outside the major cities--we've seen enough major cities to be a little tired of them. But things like -- I just found out there's an Antique Alley in Indiana, that's just town after town of antiques. Sweet! Any ideas? Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted June 9, 2005 Posted June 9, 2005 In Pennsylvania you need to stop in Hershey. In Ohio I recommend the Ohio Caverns. Quote
GroovyFish Posted June 10, 2005 Posted June 10, 2005 What kind of things do you like? I used to live in St. Louis so I can give some recommendations around that area. East and West of the river. There are some cute towns up and down the river, Hannibal (Mark Twain's Home), Cape Girardeau is always a favorite. Kimmswick is a cute little town especially in the fall. Of course the Arch is a given Quote
GroovyFish Posted June 10, 2005 Posted June 10, 2005 oh, and uh, I know a great little family-owned gourmet coffee, tea and food store north of St. Louis Quote
owatagal Posted June 10, 2005 Author Posted June 10, 2005 We're both like battle fields and major historical sites. Antique shopping is good. Wine/beer/food stuff is also good-- we're visiting all the major breweries in Columbus, for example. We're also planning to hike/camp some of the way, so ideas along those lines are really good. We'd like to spend as little time in major cities as possible--we'd rather be out in small towns/the country. So the Caverns sound excellent, we will definitely stop in Hershey, and small towns along the river sounds good, too. Groovy Fish, if you want to PM the store location, we'll try to stop if we do hit the area Quote
stevevan Posted June 10, 2005 Posted June 10, 2005 DeKalb, IL has a restored estate dating back to the 1800's. It's also where barb wire was first invented. (Couldn't help myself doing a shameless plug for my hometown! ) Hope you'll enjoy your trip. If you have any interesting experiences, I hope you'll share them with your "family" here! Quote
woodygap Posted June 10, 2005 Posted June 10, 2005 [maybe Oregon and Washington]Any ideas? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You are most welcome in Oregon Owatagal. I would change the "maybe" to a "for sure". Here's a couple of links just to get started Eastern Oregon Travel Oregon Have a wonderful trip! Quote
Deverill Posted June 10, 2005 Posted June 10, 2005 Check out Brown County, Indiana (Nashville,IN). They may be something you are looking for - lots of old fashioned places from 100 years ago. Quote
GroovyFish Posted June 10, 2005 Posted June 10, 2005 Antique shopping is good. Wine/beer/food stuff is also good-- we're visiting all the major breweries in Columbus, for example. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well, of course the Anheuser-Busch brewery is in St. Louis. (I know, big city) Anheuser-Busch also runs Grant's Farm in St. Louis (grantsfarm.com). It was the home of Ulysses Grant, it now is a nature preserve as well as the stables for the Clydesdales. If you decide to go into St. Louis, I can tell you about some great restaurants and other places to visit If you are interested in American Indian history, there are a couple places...Cahokia Mounds is the first one off the top of my head... It's in Illinois, not far from St. Louis. (cahokiamounds.com) I haven't been here since... ok, well, just not for a long time. School trip. Hermann Missouri sounds like it would cover alot of what you like... It's in the "Missouri Wine Country". (hermannmo.com & hermannmo.info) Wineries, Antiques and Crafts.. and nearby is the Katy Trail (katytrail.showmestate.com & katycentral.com) for walking, hiking and biking. Quote
wampthing Posted June 10, 2005 Posted June 10, 2005 http://www.roadsideamerica.com/ This is a link that was sent to me via Kim komando. You can plug in a state and it will tell you about cool attractions. I plugged in boring Idaho (I was born there) and found some cool things. Quote
owatagal Posted June 11, 2005 Author Posted June 11, 2005 Thanks for the additional suggestions--they all sound great! I'm passing them on to my friend and we're starting to sort through things. Of course, we'll probably still be "sorting through" things 90 miles from Anchorage... Steve, at some point pictures will probably end up on a website somewhere. I'll definitely get at least the highlights up here.... "This is Old Faithful... in the rain." "This is a drawing of Little Big Horn, after the camera died in the rain..." Quote
stevevan Posted June 11, 2005 Posted June 11, 2005 Well, if you want rain that much, I'm sure we'll have a lot for you here in the next day or two! Have a safe trip! Quote
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