Anyone overseas that can answer the question (from my daughter), do you have tourist traps or is that an American thing? Biggest ball of yarn..biggest rocking chair…come see the barbed wires museum…that sorta thing….

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This sort of thing?

I think so. I gather she's trying to idneity a few unique to America things...things that are ALLLL us and not one else even thinks about it She thuoght mebbe we owned the corner on tourist traps

Here we have all the "BIG" stuff. Like the big prawn, rockinghorse, big banana etc. There was even one town called Dunnedoo (not sure of spelling) that was wanted to have a giant Dunny (toilet) in the centre of the town Not surprisingly they chose not to

Our stuff tends to be historical; the closest would probably be Wookey Hole, a somewhat extravagantly tarted up series of caves that wasn't quite as much fun the second time around.
The Guardian newspaper's letters page occasionally has contributions from readers about the Pencil Museum and similar places (which do exist!)
Au Res.,
Paul

We have some odd museums

The Museum of Questionable Medical Devices
The Museum of Bad art
Burlingame Museum of Pez Memorabilia
The Julia C. Bulette Red Light Museum (museam of famous brothels)

Sadly if you can think of it we have a "tourist attaction" of it..

Jim, interesting as those places are, (and I will certainly make an effort to visit some of them one day), I think Lynne was looking for suggestions from OUTSIDE of the USA; last time I looked, Pennsylvania hadn't declared independence!
Unless, of course, you've moved, in which case you might want to update your profile!
Au Res.,
Paul

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Originally posted by Quaint1:
Jim, interesting as those places are, (and I will certainly make an effort to visit some of them one day), I think Lynne was looking for suggestions from OUTSIDE of the USA; last time I looked, Pennsylvania hadn't declared independence!
Unless, of course, you've moved, in which case you might want to update your profile!
Au Res.,
Paul

Not independent yet, last I heard Texas was working on it but not us yet

I'll never get there but have a female friend who went to school in Europe, she sent me pictures from stonehedge, Some of the historic building and castles.. I think in most countries their biggest tourist traps are history related unlike here where people are distracted by string and shiney objects

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Originally posted by Quaint1:
Our stuff tends to be historical; the closest would probably be Wookey Hole, a somewhat extravagantly tarted up series of caves that wasn't quite as much fun the second time around.
(which do exist!)
Au Res.,
Paul

Don't dish Wookey hole, the witch will get you.....and her dog!

I'll be honest - I much preferred the caves at Cheddar; Wookey is aimed more at the kids!
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