Tag: travel

Nothing to See Here: Read about Nothing Then Go See Nothing

I have a deep and abiding love of strange and unique locations, mainly because I can truly see the motivations in my own heart to make roadside attractions, strange sculptures and things that would generally annoy the neighbors. A lack of funds and the withering looks my sweet wife gives me on occasion keep me from constructing my own monument to the odd. There are places that are tangentially related to the roadside attraction, strange but intentional places, with purpose but not necessarily with explanation. That is what Nothing To See Here is about. To put on the map sights that deserve seeing, even if it is uncertain what you would take away from a visit.

I’m one of many who post to the site. So go see what there is to be seen.

Travel (In-State), Travel (To San Francisco), and Travel (Hypothetical)

Did you know that The Peach State has a grape-themed highway. The Georgia Wine Highway is just that highway, and last week me and the missus hit a couple of the vineyards in the northern part of the state. A late start meant only getting to visit two places, but the vino-loving better half enjoyed the free wine from Frogtown Cellars and BlackStock Vineyards and Winery.

BlackStock Vineyards also had the added benefit of having small animals nearby. Goats are strange with their sideways eyes. Weird, I tell you!

In a few short days, I will be heading to San Francisco for another cruiseship job . I like the city but doubt I will see much of it at all. Hopefully a meal at Mel’s if I have the time.

Finally, we are starting to discuss the merits of different places to visit. I say Hong Kong for the inexpensive hand-tailored men’s suits. Suggestions, recommendations, horrifying tales of unending fear. Do tell. In the mean time, enjoy this website from Vice magazine

VICE: The Vice Guide to Travel

Places visited include:
The Gun Markets of Pakistan
Aryans in Paraguay
Chernobyl
The Congo (for dinosaur hunting!)
The Slums of Rio…

(Hosted by this very white guy in a suit, while attending a party thrown by druglords!)

…and many, many more!

Itching for a Trip: The West, Abroad, and Chicago

Me and the missus are wanting to do some travel. The cruiseship work is bringing in some decent bank so a trip may be happening after school ends. The discussion ranges from “The Great American Road-Trip, Part 2” or in an aeroplane over the sea (Everywhere else in the World.)

I’d love another trip to the strange American West to see places like…

The Cabinet National Library in Cabinetlandia, Luna County, NM

Cabinetlandia National Library
Originally uploaded by Sean F.

“Cabinetlandia is located 10 miles east of the town of Deming in Luna County, New Mexico, off Interstate 10 heading east.” – Cabinet Magazine Online –

Official Center of the World, Felicity, California, Felicity, AZ

Center Of The World – 010
Originally uploaded by Homer-Dog.

Center Of The World 2007 – a photoset on Flickr

Salvation Mountain, Niland, California, near the Salton Sea

Salvation Mountain
Originally uploaded by CharlieChu.

As for global travel, as long as being white Americans doesn’t mean immanent danger anything goes. Spain, South-East Asia, India, Croatia, Black Sea, etc. Chances are a cheap airfare to someplace will determine where we go.

As for Chicago, well that’s a long shot. But The Boring Store would be destination #1.


The Boring Store
Originally uploaded by ScanTheVan.

The store is a combination spy-shop/after-school education program founded by novelist Dave Eggers who also started McSweeney’s Magazine. Read this article for pictures and commentary on what may be the coolest place that “is not a spy store.”