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Latest Must Stop Place on Route 66: Soda Galore and One Huge Pop Bottle

Latest Must Stop Place on Route 66: Soda Galore and One Huge Pop Bottle Aug 20th, 2007 at 10:00AM: Saturday morning I saw a travel/human interest story with a Route 66 connection on TV. The mention of Route 66 was the first thing that pulled me away from buttering my English muffin from the complimentary breakfast bar at the Fairfield Inn in Owenboro, Kentucky. (I was there for a wedding.) I became more enamored about the Route 66 story when I heard about the 66-foot soda bottle outside this ...

Chicago Landmark to Fall

Chicago Landmark to Fall Jul 15th, 2007 at 7:40AM: Made famous by the 1992 comedy, Wayne's World, the rather bizarre Spindle pictured to the right is to be cleared away to make room for a Walgreens. Oh joy! The Spindle was built in 1989 by Californian artist Dustin Shuler and was introduced to the world a few years later when Mike Myers and Dana Carvey featured it in their campy romp. Unfortunately art has once again succumbed to commerce and the ...

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