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Map of United States showing 2026 road trip bucket list route with orange location pins marking 12 destinations plus 3 wishes across multiple states

2026 Road Trip Bucket List Across America

by Nancy LynnQuirky Travel, Roadside Attractions, Travel Guides January 3, 2026May 1, 20262 Comments

Follow our 2026 road trip bucket list featuring 12 quirky attractions across 10 states, from giant popcorn to Popeye statues to everything weird in between

Things To Do In Florida - image of the Lightner Museum in St Augustine Florida, lit up for the Nights of Lights celebration.

Nights of Lights St Augustine | 32nd Year Guide & Tips

by Nancy LynnFlorida Travel, Holidays December 18, 2025December 18, 2025No Comments

There are holiday light displays, and then there’s Nights of Lights St Augustine—a tradition so iconic it consistently lands on “Best Christmas Lights in America” lists year after year. And having lived in St. Augustine for 15 years, I can tell you it absolutely deserves the hype. This past January, we made it back to …

Mr Peanut statue Fort Smith Arkansas, seated sculpture of the iconic character with top hat, monocle, gloves, and cane, posed with one leg crossed and one arm resting on its knee, located outdoors near a building with large windows, surrounded by grass and trees, with Zach standing beside the statue wearing a black shirt and pants, one hand on the hat and the other on his hip

Mr. Peanut Fort Smith Arkansas | Planters Landmark

by Nancy LynnArkansas Travel, Roadside Attractions December 16, 2025December 9, 2025No Comments

Updated: December 9, 2025 Sometimes the best roadside discoveries happen when you’re not even looking for them—you just follow your curiosity and see where it leads. That’s exactly how we discovered the Mr. Peanut statue in Fort Smith, Arkansas—standing proudly on Planters Road. This particular adventure was part of what we call our Mystery GPS …

World’s Largest Christmas Pickle

by Nancy LynnArkansas Travel, Roadside Attractions, Travel, World's Largest November 30, 2025December 28, 2025No Comments

The World’s Largest Christmas Pickle Gets a Second Chance (And a Surprise Bonus!) Remember back in 2022 when we told you about the World’s Largest Christmas Pickle? Well, buckle up, because we’re going back—and this time, the story gets even better. The Backstory: Nobody Knew About The Pickle Picture It: Fort Smith, 2022 – Zach …

Hashbrown Casserole Copycat – The Cracker Barrel Situation | CopyCaturday

by Nancy LynnCopyCaturday November 13, 2025December 26, 2025No Comments

🐾 CopyCaturday: Hashbrown Casserole Copycat (Cracker Barrel Style) When the craving for a hashbrown casserole copycat hits somewhere between exits and empty coffee cups, you know it’s serious. Cracker Barrel’s version has a hold on us — that cheesy, golden comfort food we can never quite forget. So naturally, we decided to make our own …

Gee Farms Michigan barn entrance with the Gee Farms sign, red siding, and fall mums — our first Rooted on the Road stop in Michigan.

🌱 Gee Farms Michigan: A Harvest Host Adventure

by Nancy LynnHarvest Hosts, Michigan Travel November 9, 2025February 12, 2026One Comment

The Day We Adopted Potatoes Instead of Plants We are morning travelers, but we woke up to icy dew. So we slowed our morning down to allow for the sun to do its thing. We were heading out to Gee Farms Michigan, and were excited about houseplants. Our ragdoll decided he was going to try …

Entrance to the corn maze at Johnson’s Pumpkin Farm in Michigan, with the admission sign and the cornfield visible behind the small maze building.

Johnson’s Pumpkin Farm: Corn Maze, Hay Sculptures & Fall Fun in Michigan

by Nancy LynnLocal Businesses, Michigan Travel, Roadside Attractions October 30, 2025October 30, 2025No Comments

Where the Hot Cocoa Rating System Was Born We rolled up to Johnson’s Pumpkin Farm around 3pm on one of those perfect overcast fall days where the sky is doing that moody gray thing and everything feels very atmospheric. The map at the entrance showed us everything this place had to offer—corn maze, soybean maze, …

Holly Michigan Water Towers

by Nancy LynnMichigan Travel, Water Towers October 22, 2025December 26, 2025One Comment

Three Historic Landmarks & A Breakfast Adventure The Holly Michigan water towers aren’t your typical roadside attraction—this small town has THREE distinct historic water towers, each with its own character. We headed into Holly early on a crisp fall morning with one mission: photograph all three. We expected fog, quiet streets, and maybe a few …

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Tour tram inside Fantastic Caverns in Springfield, Missouri, carrying visitors through illuminated cave formations with stalactites overhead.

Fantastic Caverns | Tour of Missouri’s Underground Wonder

by Nancy LynnCaverns, Missouri Travel October 17, 2025October 18, 2025No Comments

America’s Only Ride-Through Cave Fantastic Caverns Springfield Missouri is located at 4872 North Farm Road 125. If October demands something underground and slightly unsettling, this cave delivers without the drama. Missouri’s only ride-through cave lets you descend into the dark without slipping on damp stone or pretending to enjoy spelunking. You stay seated. You stay …

Tour guide in striped prison costume standing under a wooden gallows at night, with a noose overhead and trees in the background.

Ghosts & Gravestones Tour: A Chilly Night of Laughs and Frights in St. Augustine

by Nancy LynnFlorida Travel, Haunted History October 15, 2025December 26, 2025No Comments

The Ghosts and Gravestones tour St Augustine promised laughs, frights, and a creepy trolley ride through the city’s haunted landmarks. Our Take: The Good, The Bad, The Not-So-Scary Bus Rating: 🚌 🚌 🚌 🚌 /5 We gave it four full buses. Not because it was scary—no ghosts, no orbs, not even a flickering light. But …