NPR Road Trips: Roadside Attractions

With generous splashes of popular culture and human interest, the NPR Road Trips series introduces you not only to far-off locations and unusual destinations, but to the people who inhabit them—and seek them out. Each story focuses on real locations, real people, and real history in the thought-provoking, imaginative and entertaining you’ve come to expect from NPR.

Includes
• “Unraveling the Story behind a Big Ball of Twine”
• “Backyard Folk”
• “Art Thrives in Michigan”
• “At Velvet Museum, Get in Touch with Kitsch”
And more.

ISBN10:	1598878557
ISBN13:	9781598878554
Publication Date:	20090421
Publisher:	Workman
Binding:	CD-Audio

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Prairie Dog Town in western Kansas. The Elvis Is Alive Museum in Wright City, Missouri. The Velvet Museum (“Velveteria”) in Portland, Oregon. A 13-foot Styrofoam scale model of Stonehenge. The Largest Ball of Twine in Cawker City, Kansas . . . or is it in Darwin, Minnesota?

Roadside attractions are the staples of the American road trip. Many are slowly disappearing from our highways and byways. Are they culture or kitsch? Are their creators artists or innovators? Listeners are invited along for the ride to decide for themselves.