Name: Wild Travels
Uploaded: 2021-11-23T19:52:35.000Z
Description: Travel the country and discover the wackiest oddities it has to offer.

Travel the country and discover the wackiest oddities it has to offer.

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Visit the fun and lively 100th Anniversary of Green County's Cheese Days festival and tour a Boeing 727 airplane home. Also, experience the World's Largest Rattlesnake Roundup, meet a classic barber pole maker, and relish mustard heaven.

Episode 1

Las Vegas history shines at The Neon Museum, and the night prior to the Art Car Parade partake in the Art Car Party. Farmacia Botanica has a cure for what ails you (or what you wish to ail someone else) and remember astronaut Deke Slayton.

Episode 2

Flight fascinates at the Evergreen Aviation Museum, while The Peculiarium will add levity to your day. Open a door to the past at Marv's Farm Toys and Antiques, crack a brew at The Beer Can House, and reminisce at the Classical Gas Museum.

Episode 3

Take part in a Stand Still Parade and learn about Las Vegas's first casino. Also, visit the Skeletons in the Closet gift shop, have a merry good time at Baumgartner's Cheese Store and Tavern, and test your skills at the Pinball Museum.

Episode 4

Get in touch with the other side at the National Museum of Funeral History and explore some unique history in Illinois. Witness a snapshot in time in Minnesota, meet the creator of Art Park, and experience a voodoo (doughnut) wedding.

Episode 5

Get hairy at the World Beard and Moustache Championship and taste extraordinary ice cream at Salt and Straw. Also, explore sand dunes containing artifacts from a Cecil B. DeMille film, and tour extreme memorabilia at The Museum of Death.

Episode 6

Travel the first cog railway in the world, enjoy a special visit to the Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream Factory, and visit shoe heaven at Sneaker Con. Also, experience the world of bug art at the Fairbanks Museum, and swim with mermaids.

Journey to Gatorland for a prehistorically wild time, tour the family home depicted in the film "A Christmas Story," and visit a one-of-a-kind museum dedicated to Muhammad Ali. Also, experience the West Virginia Penitentiary and Randyland.

Travel to The Haskell Library and Opera House that straddles two countries, meet diver Jeffrey Bleim, and ponder African American art. Also, experience New Vrindaban, and never take fresh air for granted again at the Donora Smog Museum.

Get the lead out at Orlando Speed World, and tour soda heaven at Pops 66 Soda Ranch on Route 66. Also, meet Artist and Farmer Ruby C. Williams, discover fine brew at The Church Brew Works, and visit the amazing Bread and Puppet Theater.

For the holy rollers there is the Drive-In Christian Church, and for the fancy free there is Cypress Cove. Also, meet Mike the Headless Chicken, and visit the Presidents Hall of Fame, Tabanero Cigars, and The Main Street Museum.

Inventors shine at the IPEX convention, while felines are well cared for at Big Cat Rescue. At Sputnikfest we will celebrate the extraordinary, Willett Knight reveals his unique art, and the Museum of Everyday Life honors life's detritus.

Meet Mr. Pierogi and Miss Paczki at Indiana's Pierogi Fest, duck for cover at Lambert's Cafe, home of the thrown rolls, see where the bullets are buried at Tombstone's Bird Cage Theatre, and observe the madness that is Unicycle Football.

Season 3: Episode 1

Enjoy America's oldest celebration of Mardi Gras, meet Dragon Man and tour his massive private military museum, behold the unusual breed of fainting goats, scale the Cathedral of Junk, and attend the World Beard and Moustache Championship.

Season 3: Episode 2

Attend a two-state tug of war across the Mississippi River, check out the film props and the staggering selection of videos at Movie Madness, check in to the Dino Hotel in Colorado for a Jurassic lodging experience, plus more wild fun.

Season 3: Episode 3

Visit MacAlpine's Diner and Soda Fountain, relive our childhood at The Toy and Action Figure Museum, meet relentless artist Howard Solomon as well as unipiper Brian Kidd, and join the fun at the West Coast Giant Pumpkin Regatta in Oregon.

Season 3: Episode 4

Cross America's highest bridge, admire the artistry of the National Snow Sculpting Competition and the Velveteria Museum, wander the world's only Spear Hunting Museum, and meet true bigfoot believers at The Sasquatch Outpost.

Season 3: Episode 5

Join us as we visit Frozen Dead Guy Days in Nederland, Colorado, one of the strangest festivals we have ever attended that honors a very dead Norwegian who resides in a shed on a hill above town under 1,200 pounds of dry ice.

Season 3: Episode 6

Running of the Tubs

Driving the Illinois leg of historic Route 66, Will Clinger discovers the birthplace of the Cozy Dog in Springfield, Bob Waldmire's land-yacht in Pontiac, and joins the fun at the annual bike race and eating contest, the Tour de Donut in Staunton.

Route 66

In Chicago, Will Clinger joins the quirky CHI-ditarod, where shopping cards replace sleds and people replace dogs. He checks out Watergate Hotel's Scandal Room in DC, squeezes himself into dwarf car in Maricopa, and marvels at a Peeps in Wisconsin.

The CHI-ditarod Race

In McMinnville, Oregon, Will Clinger experiences UFO Fest. He explores the Museum of Mental Health in Salem, tries piloting a jet at the Naval Flight Academy in Pensacola, and marvels at giant model ships made completely out of toothpicks.

UFO Fest

Will Clinger ventures deep underground to explore the historic Queen Copper Mine in Bisbee, Arizona. He soars skyward at the White Mountain Hot Air Balloonfest and attempts to dodge flying carp at Illinois' Redneck Fishing Tournament.

Redneck Fishing Tournament

Will Clinger explores the eerie tales of Edgar Allan Poe and the haunted USS Constellation in Baltimore, splurges at America's only Purse Museum in Little Rock, and tees off with Sister Cindy at an event aptly named Beat the Nun.

Fur Fest

Will Clinger finds himself in a room full of dummies at the Ventriloquists' Convention near Cincinnati, discovers all things feline at the Lucky Cat Museum, and then visits Alcor Cryogenics in Scottsdale, where bodies are frozen in liquid nitrogen.

Ventriloquist Convention

Will Clinger attends the Baltimore's Kinetic Sculpture Race, where two dozen human-powered, amphibious art pieces tackle a grueling 15-mile course of city streets, mud, and the inner harbor, competing for the coveted Grand Mediocre Champion award.

Kinetic Sculpture Race

Will Clinger explores the eccentric Oddities & Curiosities Expo, samples the unique offerings at America's only Vegan Strip Club in Portland and scales the UFO watchtower in Colorado to scan the night sky for extraterrestrials.

Wild Travels

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