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Expedition Team: Dave Miller, Rosie Miller, Holly Eller
Date: June 21, 2026
At the Uranus Fudge Factory (store #3), management recently added a 20-foot-tall lumberjack holding an axe as well as adding four giant moving dinosaurs behind the building. Inside, I purchased some delicious fudge and some blue ice cream before tackling the revolving tunnel which made us dizzy.
Expedition Team: Dave Miller, Rosie Miller, Nick, Jacque, Elizabeth & John Kelly
Date: June 13, 2026
Opened in 1956, this small amusement park is a land of fairy tales featuring characters from children’s stories and nursery rhymes. I haven’t been here since around 1960, so I enjoyed just as much as the grandkids each scene or house. Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf were my favorites.
Exploration Team: Dave Miller, Rosie Miller
Date: July 21, 2026
The famous saying says, “Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone and anvil is right wise the King”. This roadside attraction was a sword in the stone is located outside of a dental office. Well, I failed. I was concerned about being a king. I was hoping if I pulled it out successfully, I’d get free teeth cleaning.
Expedition Team: Dave Miller, Rosie Miller
Date: July 12, 2026
Halfway on our twenty-mile bicycle ride from Xenia to Yellow Springs and back we biked over to Antioch College to view the new historical marker dedicated to Twilight Zone founder and writer Rod Serling who went to school and later taught writing classes at Antioch. The marker was installed and dedicated last year by Ohio Governor Mike Dewine.
Expedition Team: Dave Miller, Rosie Miller, Holly Eller
Date: June 21, 2026
This roadside attraction is quite the enigma. Located just off the famed National Roadroad is a large gneiss rock, a coarse grained, high-grade metamorphic rock with alternating light and dark mineral bands. Etched in it is a footprint-like depression and several other markings that could be footprints. Some urban legends have it as prehistoric in origin, another legend believes that it is the footprint of an Indian or is it just a natural formation. You be the judge. As you can see from the photo, my bare foot easily fit into it.
Expedition Team: Dave Miller, Rosie Miller, Nick, Jacque, Elizabeth & John Kelly
Date: May 14, 2026
A sculpture of Optimus Prime, leader of The Transformers, stands in front of a local business. I nicknamed the robot, Randy the Rust Belt Robot, smaller than the huge movie namesake but still hats off to the sculptor/welder who used gears, chains, sprockets and other parts to create him.
Expedition Team: Dave Miller, Rosie Miller, Nick, Jacque, Elizabeth & John Kelly
Date: May 14, 2026
Located outside of a tire service business, this Muffler Man has been through a lot. Painted as a Pittsburgh Steeler football player, he lost his head in a storm in 2009. After years of being headless, the head was reattached and he was painted as Paul Bunyan. One of the people in the photo is Mr. Roadtripper himself Nick, and the creator of my Dave Miller Adventures website.
Expedition Team: Dave Miller, Jacque Kelly
Date: May 13, 2026
The first ever banana split was created here in 1904 by a pharmacist David Strickler and sold here at the pharmacy. This giant, ten-foot-wide banana split sculpture was created by local Latrobe High School students.
Expedition Team: Dave Miller, Jacque Kelly
Date: May 13, 2026
This large 25-foot gas pump statue is located on the grounds of the Lincoln Highway Experience Museum. In the museum is a 1937 Packard, a restored tourist cabin, restored diner, old gas pumps and other vintage items. A film talks about the history of this famous road. Next door is an 1830’s former house of Pennsylvania Governor William Johnston (1848-1852).
Eating Team: Dave Miller, Jacque Kelly
Date: June 13, 2026
There’s nothing quite like a food roadside attraction offering mouthwatering novelties. Lynn’s, located along the famous Lincoln Highway, offers gourmet beef hotdogs and homemade toppings. The menu offers over 11 specialty hot dogs, sandwiches, smashed potatoes, nachos, several sides and desserts. We had Hawaiian dogs loaded with toppings. It was delicious.
