Driving and Dining

Driving and Dining was nominated to participate in the TripBase 7 links meme. A big thank you to Traci over at Go Big or Go Home for the nomination! Here are 7 links to previous posts here at drivinganddining.com – a sort of ‘best of’ list that is a great way for new visitors to [...]

Giant Apple, Oranges, and Strawberries What is it about fruit that inspires people to make gigantic versions? Sure, at its core this type of attraction is smart marketing- but it is also valuable as folk art. The decision to build a giant-sized replica of fruit is much bolder than painting a billboard, and I personally [...]

We are just over one week into summer. I don’t know if it’s the summer vibe or the fact that my husband just spent a few days in Los Angeles, but this morning when I woke up I had sun tans, surfing and Santa Cruz on my mind. .I also had Free Kitten’s Surf’s Up [...]

Roll Out The Barrel Root Beer barrel, that is! One of my favorite childhood memories is buying an ice cold root beer from a concession stand. They pulled it from a large wooden barrel with a tap in the side and it was the best root beer I’ve ever tasted and the perfect way to [...]

If you’re planning a trip to Nashville, add this stop to your list of places to visit. Willie Nelson Museum Photo: Copyright 2006 T.Bennett Willie Nelson Museum and General Store The museum is at the back of a general store that is also fun to browse around. According to the willienelsongeneralstore.com website, it has been [...]

There’s something bunny going down in New Mexico, a bunny resort of sorts. A great place for the Easter Bunny to relax after this weekend is over and an otherwise timely feature at drivinganddining.com because, it’s the Year of the Rabbit: Bunnytown, USA Meet Jeff Hartzer of Albuquerque, New Mexico. He used to deliver mail [...]

Roadside Wigwams and Teepees On a theme today, we look at wigwam and teepee tourist attractions along Route 66. Wigwam Motels Wigwam Motel, Holbrook Arizona 811 W Hopi Drive Have You Slept in a Wigwam Lately? Actually, it seemed like no one had slept at the Wigwam Motel in Arizona in quite some time when [...]

Well, it’s January and if you live in a colder climate you will have resigned yourself to a few more months of mittens and boots. Some of you are even excited about snowfall and the potential for all sorts of winter fun (snow and fun are two words that don’t belong together in my brain, [...]

They are open year round but it seems like this month is an appropriate time to write about the Santa Claus themed parks around the  U.S. A Driving and Dining Christmas Roadside attractions seem to be closing down left and right, yet you just have to look online to see how many people love the [...]

What is a Roadside Attraction? A roadside attraction is a “feature along the side of a road, that is frequently advertised with billboards to attract tourists. In general, these are places one might stop on the way to somewhere else, rather than being a final or primary destination in and of themselves” (wikipedia). Mainly they [...]