“Best Roadtrip Ever” is a compilation of over 4000 offbeat attractions, self-taught artists, sights, and eateries across the country in comprehensive compendium. You never will drive that World’s Largest Ball of Twine again. Thousands of photos, tons of stories from the guys on from the PBS travel show, “Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations” and Detour Art. Perfect for anyone that loves to get in the car and explore!
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Best Road Trip Ever! Not your typical travel app…
“Best Road Trip Ever” is a GPS-based travel app designed for the iPhone that features over 7,000 offbeat attractions, self-taught artists, sights, and eateries across the country in one comprehensive compendium.
Thousands of photos, lots of video and tons of stories from the guys on the KCPT/PBS travel show, “Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations” and Detour Art. Perfect for anyone who loves to get in the car and explore!
You won’t find the “typical” spots found on most travel apps – no run-of-the-mill fast food joints (unless they have a UFO or giant being on the building). Any app can give you a phonebook listing of what’s in the area, Best Road Trip Ever gives you the hand-picked offbeat attractions that make taking the back roads a lot more fun!
Chose to explore the entire country, go region by region, trek Route 66 or only visit the sites from “Rare Visions.” It’s your call. (Be forewarned – the video clips look best over WiFi, and kinda skrtichy…aka low res…over 3G.)
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• Easy to use – just swipe to scroll through the listings, slide to pick categories, flick to see more pages. Tap any point to get more details
• Easy to search – Choose your way to search through the thousands of geo-coded points of interest (POIs). Every listing is text-searchable, or pick a location and see what is around. Street addresses and one-touch phone numbers.
• Tons of images – See what you are getting yourself into.
• Personalize – pick your favorites, add your own photos, chose your favorite categories and only visit those places.
Best Road Trip Ever features:
Follow the Weasels – Visit 650+ places from “Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations”
Travel to more than 700 of the places that the guys from the PBS travel show, “Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations,” have visited, and read what they have to say! Just look for the orange icons, those are all of the places that the guys have visited.
Attractions – Over 1,300 unique distractions. Get out of the car and stretch your legs a bit.
- Unusual Architecture
- Roadside Attractions
- World’s Largest (and smallest) Things
- Odd Memorials
- Muffler Men
- Offbeat Museums and Collections
- Unnatural Wonders
Eat and Sleep – Skip the fast food for one of over 1,100 funky eateries.
- Road food
- Classic Diners
- Eats (as seen on the TV show with 3 Ds)
- Unique Lodging
Folk Art – 850 places and artists that could happily challenge your notion of traditional art.
- Self-taught Artists (hometowns only, no street addresses)
- Folk Art Sites and Environments
- Outsider Art Galleries
- Museums and Collections
About the Authors:
• Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations – Since 1995, Randy Mason, Mike Murphy and Don “The Camera Guy” Mayberger have rolled across America in a minivan, exploring the road less traveled for KCPT Public TV. They’ve searched high and low for grassroots artists and offbeat attractions, stopping at those places your Dad wouldn’t stop for. For more info, visit www.rarevisionsroadtrip.com
• Detour Art – Kelly Ludwig, designer, photographer, author of “Detour Art,” and avid road-tripper, has amassed thousands of places and people to visit that aren’t your typical destinations. For more info, visit www.detourart.com
