The 11 Best Places To Go On A Redneck Vacation

[kpete]

The 11 Best Places To Go On A Redneck Vacation

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1. The Mystery Hole (Anstead, WV)
Science has never been able to explain* the gravity defying conundrum that is West Virginia's Mystery Hole.
(*Well, if you want to get technical it's what scientists call a "hoax," but also, SHUT UP, SCIENTISTS.)

Hit the road! There's plenty to see and do across these here great states. CMT’s favorite family is back and hitting America’s highways for the road trip of a lifetime! The ALL-NEW season of My Big Redneck Vacation begins tomorrow at 9/8c, only on CMT.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/redneckvacation/the-11-best-places-to-go-on-a-redneck-vacation

[Earth_First]

1. Came for the OP, stayed for the '11 Best Reading Rainbow Covers'

Link at OP link.

[NightWatcher]

2. I just knew Dollywood was going to be #1, but

a Jesus wax museum down the road from DW will have to do. I'm also glad I've never been to any of the others.

[Berlum]

3. "Y'all come on down." - DP

[RebelOne]

15. Well, she is right about the Smokies.

I live in the Atlanta area and love going up to Gatlinburg.

[LiberalEsto]

4. AKA The 11 best places for Liberals to avoid like the plague.

I will mark my road atlas accordingly.

[cordelia]

6. Good.

[snooper2]

19. Rednecks are as cool as you'll ever be!

[cordelia]

22. You really don't know the South very well, do you?

You're very condescending among other things.

[cbayer]

29. Give me the south for a road trip any day.

Much, much better than driving through the boring, interstate bound north.

[DrDan]

33. so you can enlighten yourself via "Jersey Shore" uninterrupted?

[polly7]

5. I love the redneck Stonehenge! nt.

[Jazzgirl]

44. I've been there a few times.

Not because I planned but because I was in Alliance on business, LOL!

[polly7]

45. How fun!

I've always been fascinated by Stonehenge, my Dad's family lived not far from it. This farmer's car version is amazing to me, so much work ... I really do love it. I'm gonna go there some day!

[LibDemAlways]

7. Only in the USA. The fact that these places exist and that

individuals pay money to visit them ought to be a national embarrassment. Instead this shit is celebrated on a tv channel for yahoos. Just awful.

[sadbear]

8. I've actually been to the alligator farm in Hot Springs.

It's a pretty sad place. Poor gators.

[Eleanors38]

17. Better is Payne's Prairie, bordering Gainesville, Fla...

Here, you walk among them at your own risk.

Big bastards, too. And a lot of them. Great bird-watching.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

27. When I was there, I counted no less than 50 gators on my walk.

My dad who lives up there has counted even more when he's visited.

Cool place. They've got wild buffalo and wild horses roaming about.

An even crazier place for gator watching is Shark Valley in the Everglades. There, you will walk by gators resting literally a foot or two from the walkway, with no barrier between you and them. And yet there's never been a documented attack by gators on tourists there.

Here's what I mean:

[Eleanors38]

48. Good pictures. I grew up with those experiences and still enjoy them. Saw a velvet or "cow" ant

crossing my path. Huge stocky ant believed threatened. Lots of bald eagles at Payne's.

[d_r]

9. I always think of Big Daddy Don Garlits museum of drag racing

as being more in Wildwood than Ocala, but maybe that is just me. Easy trip to combine with the citrus tower and president's hall of fame in Clermont.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

30. I just know it's the Dunnellon exit of I-75.

Never been there, but I do believe they have an old fighter jet mounted alongside the highway by the entrance to the museum.

[lpbk2713]

35. We went to Citrus Tower when Orlando was just a cow town.

Silver Springs, Citrus Tower, Gatorland and maybe Six Gun Territory were about the only
attractions in Central Florida at that time. Interstates 4 & 75 hadn't been built yet.

[longship]

10. I knew that the Creation Museum would be on the list.

R&K

[MineralMan]

11. Ah, damn! I thought my bucket list was complete...

[OneMoreDemocrat]

12. Cool...

America is an interesting, varied place...lots to see once one leaves their Ivory Tower.

[SDjack]

13. Relieved that Texas did not contribute to the list. Condolences to those states

that made it.

[Lochloosa]

14. You need to add the Smallest Church in America to the list.

I signed the register several years ago. It's really kind of cool. Near South Newport, GA on US 17.

Don't blink or you will miss it.

[RandiFan1290]

23. One fart and everyone is sitting in the pew

[Recursion]

16. Carhenge is actually really cool

I absolutely love monumental outsider art.

[cbayer]

25. I love carhenge as well. A little difficult to get to, but all of our trips

are off the highways.

Lots of very cool stuff to see out there. My favorite site for a road trip is:

roadsideamerica.com

[Recursion]

26. Another good one: us-highways.com

http://www.us-highways.com/

My favorite is US-211 in Virginia over the Blue Ridge and into the Shenandoah:

http://www.vahighways.com/route-log/us211.htm

[cbayer]

28. Great link. This is what we do - pick a destination (usually a place from

roadsideamerica) and tell the gps to "avoid highways".

It may take longer, but we see some amazing places, eat fantastic food and meet fascinating people.

We call our trips "no chains" as we make a point of never going into a chain for anything (well, except fuel, but that can't be helped).

[Freddie]

41. I thought you meant Roadside America

The World's Largest Minature Indoor Village and Pennsylvania Dutch Gift Haus in Shartlesville, PA. Which is only 1.5 hours away and I admit to having never been there. Now on bucket list!

[cbayer]

42. Shartlesville also has the Giant Amish Couple and the beached Riverside Saloon!

Well worth the trip, imo.

[joeybee12]

32. I agree...that one looks interesting...nt

[fizzgig]

34. i keep meaning to make a day trip there

it's only three hours away

[cbayer]

37. Definitely worth the trip. Alliance is a sleepy little town

but has a couple of reasonable motels.

[FSogol]

18. Did you miss this pic of the Qualye library?

Make sure you read the sign.

[RoccoR5955]

21. It's not a library, it's a learning center

Libraries have books.

[cbayer]

24. Not just for rednecks. I absolutely love places like this and have

visited a few on this list already.

[Freddie]

39. I do too! The "tackier", the better

Must save this article for future travels although I'll skip the Creation Museum, thank you very much.

[cbayer]

40. I have been intrigued by the creation museums, but have not yet gone to one.

Mainly I am afraid that they would throw us out because we just wouldn't be able to contain ourselves.

Using the website I linked to, though, has taken us to many strange and miraculous places, lol.

[Buns_of_Fire]

46. People who travel with me these days know that if it's a 500-mile trip

they might as well set aside at least five days to get there. "BarfWorld," "The World's Biggest Pile of Dog Poo," "Alligator-O-Rama," it doesn't matter -- if I'm driving, I'm probably gonna stop there.

Back when I spent all my time in the back seat, my parents knew to try to distract me from all the "Stuckey's" and "You All Stop at Woodall" and "See Seven States from Rock City" signs. And God help them if I ever saw one of Pedro's billboards ("South of the Border&quot .

[cbayer]

47. We are kindred spirits. Our friends who are likeminded love to spend a few

days of our extended road trips with us. I generally don't tell them where we will stop next because I love their reactions when we get there.

I also use roadfood.com and got their google maps app. Some of the best regional food in any area can be found through that site.

My parents would hit the highway and see how far they could get in a day. I think that's why I do exactly the opposite.

Enjoy!!

[Fumesucker]

31. The Lost Sea, Sweetwater, TN

[d_r]

38. I always want to go in there

[Recursion]

36. DinosaurLand in Winchester, VA

http://www.dinosaurland.com/

[LiberalFighter]

43. Personally, I wouldn't go visit any of them. It would not be a vacation.

The closest one is about 25 miles from me and I have avoided it like the plague. I doubt they have many visitors. The primary visitors appear to be school children. Quayle can go stick the potato up his nether yea.