Category Archives: Transportation

Goodyear Airdock

We were driving through Akron, looking for Stricklands Frozen Custard when our view was suddenly blocked by a huge blue building. The shape was a give-away — it could only be an airship hanger. It turned out to be the … Continue reading

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Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum

I’m not a car guy. I couldn’t tell a carburetor from a transmission if my life depended on it. And only in the very vaguest terms could I explain what either of them do. But I go to every antique … Continue reading

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Hostetler’s Hudson Auto Museum

While my wife shopped in downtown Shipshewana, I searched for something more to my taste. I discovered an antique auto museum tucked into a corner of an event center. When I arrived, it was only 45 minutes to closing, but … Continue reading

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Back to the RV/MH Hall of Fame

We stopped by the Recreational Vehicle/Manufactured Housing (the guy at the desk informed us that we no longer refer to them as “mobile homes”) Hall of Fame and Museum in Elkhart, Indiana. I’d been there before, but my wife hadn’t, … Continue reading

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Artifakes

While driving east on the lovely I-80-94 expressway through the southern suburbs of Chicago, I saw a billboard that said there were Abraham Lincoln artifacts on display for a limited time at the Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis. I’m always interested … Continue reading

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