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Motor Boat Cruise
It was a proposition sure to widen to eyes of any little tyke with nautical aspirations, an opportunity to navigate their very own motorboat, and skillfully navigate through treacherous boulders and...
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Dodger Stadium
High atop a hillside known as “Chavez Ravine”, and just a stone’s throw from the City of Angels, lies a magical place where the inhabitant’s blood runs blue – Dodger Blue. From April until October of...
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Universal Studios Hollywood
Americans have had a love affair with movies for over a century, not to mention the mystical place that produces them known as Hollywood. This is where it all happens, right? And if you should happen...
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Fotomat
Somewhere in a parking lot near you, there might just be a tiny old shack, perhaps converted into a drive-up coffee stand or some other small business. Chances are, this was once a Fotomat and, in its...
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Sea World
The public has long held a fascination for the plethora of aquatic critters lurking below the ocean surfaces. Shows like The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau captivated millions in the 60s and 70s...
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Stuckey’s
If your family ever took one of those summer road-trip vacations, you likely encountered Stuckey’s somewhere along your route. An oasis for highway travelers of any sort, Stuckey’s offered a place to...
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Drive-in Movies
They may be disappearing from the landscape one-by-one, but drive-in movies certainly aren’t forgotten. Enormously popular in the 50s and 60s, there were few places that could compete with the local...
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Roadside Attractions
The end of summer is a traditional time for families to pack up the car and head out on the nation’s highways for a good, old-fashioned road trip vacation. Perhaps grandma’s house is the final...
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The Enchanted Tiki Room
“All the birds sing words and the flowers croon, in the (tiki, tiki, tiki, tiki) Tiki Room”. So sayeth the theme song to one of the most beloved attractions in Disneyland, located at the entrance to...
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Haunted Houses
In childhood, few things are as delightfully frightful as a spooky old home in the neighborhood that, according to legend, is inhabited by ghostly spirits. For decades, our entertainment has happily...
View ArticleChuck E. Cheese
The year was 1977, and the man who gave us Atari and Pong, Nolan Bushnell, realized that there weren’t enough family-oriented establishments with video games. To fill the void, he came up with an idea...
View ArticleDumbo, the Flying Elephant
In 1939, through the magic of animation, Walt Disney showed us that, miracle of all miracles, a very special elephant named Dumbo could actually fly (with the aid of a magic feather, of course). It was...
View ArticleHoward Johnson’s
To the road weary traveler in the early days of the motor car, an orange-colored roof was the closest thing they would find to an oasis. What lie ahead was reliably good eats, and clean and comfortable...
View ArticleStatue of Liberty
Few things symbolize anything as completely as the one hundred and fifty-one feet statue symbolizes her namesake. A gift from France to commemorate the centennial of the United States of America, the...
View ArticleBusch Gardens
After a hard day at work, you come home, kick off your shoes, and pop open an ice-cold can of beer. Staring at your beverage, the idea of a perfect vacation comes to mind - a field trip to a brewery!...
View ArticleCaptain EO
What do you get when you mix 3-D technology with two giants of the movie making industry (Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas), the late King of Pop (Michael Jackson), a dark galactic theme and a...
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