Penguin Drive-In Charlotte NC: The Half-Jukebox Situation and the Missing DDD Magic

by Nancy LynnReality TV Locations, Roadside AttractionsPosted on One Comment

We weren’t looking for a Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives location. We were looking for a giant freestanding jukebox. That’s how it usually goes with us — we’re chasing something weird, and we stumble into something weirder. The Penguin Drive-In Charlotte NC had been on our radar because the internet told us there was a massive freestanding …

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Side-by-side comparison of the Chief Bemidji Statue in Bemidji, Minnesota: a 1962 postcard on the left and a 2024 photograph on the right, showing over sixty years of the statue’s history

Vintage Postcard Recreation: Chief Bemidji Then & Now

by Nancy LynnPostcard Time Machine, Roadside Attractions, Travel AdventuresPosted on No Comments

The Postcard Time Machine Project Begins So here’s how this whole vintage postcard recreation project started. In July 2024, Zach and I visited Bemidji, Minnesota, for UniCon ’24—the last one that’ll be held in the US. We stopped at a lakeside park to photograph the Chief Bemidji statue, one of many stops we made exploring …

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