Roadside Attractions of the Lost Continent
They don't show movies at the Empire anymore... Somewhere along the Boulevard of Broken Dreams in Vanishing SmallTown America... © András Dancs | All Rights Reserved
The Famous Wasserburger Artisanal Omelette of Lusk
Roadside Attractions of the Mid Western United States... Authentic Western Hospitality, exemplified by the exuberant hotelier Tom Wasserburger's Chuck Wagon prepared artisanal omelette and mimosa breakfasts... © András Dancs | All Rights Reserved
Roadside Attractions of the American Midwest... A Corporate Events team from the Indian Motorcyle company display their wares for the benefit of crowds attending the 73rd Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, South Dakota. © András Dancs | All Rights Reserved
Popular apres-surf foodie destination for Tofitians and visitors alike - The WildSide Grill near Tofino, British Columbia, Canada. © András Dancs | All Rights Reserved
Holy Spirit You Are Welcome Here
Roadside Attractions of The Lost Continent... somewhere on the Siksika Nation along Highway 547, north of the the Bow River and well to the south of Gleichen - a native landholder erected a colorful hilltop invitation to the Holy Spirit... © András Dancs | All Rights Reserved
Roadside attractions of the American West... There are very few things indeed that will cheer a weary traveller more than the prospect of a fresh, hot, chewy slice of pizza... All the more so when accompanied by an inexpensive yet creditable house Chardonnay... © András Dancs | All Rights Reserved
The Wounded Knee Massacre occurred on December 29, 1890, near Wounded Knee Creek (Lakota: Čhaŋkpé Ópi Wakpála) on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the U.S. state of South Dakota.. The previous day, a detachment of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment commanded by Major Samuel M. Whitside intercepted Spotted Elk's band of Miniconjou Lakota and 38 Hunkpapa Lakota near Porcupine Butte and escorted them 5 miles (8.0 km) westward to Wounded Knee Creek, where they made camp. The remainder of the 7th Cavalry Regiment, led by Colonel James W. Forsyth, arrived and surrounded the encampment. The regiment was supported by a battery of four Hotchkiss mountain guns. On the morning of December 29, the troops went into the camp to disarm the Lakota. One version of events claims that during the process of disarming the Lakota, a deaf tribesman named Black Coyote was reluctant to give up his rifle, claiming he had paid a lot for it. A scuffle over the rifle escalated, and a shot was fired which resulted in the 7th Cavalry opening fire indiscriminately from all sides, killing men, women, and children, as well as some of their fellow soldiers. The Lakota warriors who still had weapons began shooting back at the attacking soldiers, who quickly suppressed the Lakota fire. The surviving Lakota fled, but cavalrymen pursued and killed many who were unarmed. By the time it was over, more than 150 men, women, and children of the Lakota had been killed and 51 were wounded (4 men and 47 women and children, some of whom died later); some estimates placed the number of dead at 300.[3] Twenty-five soldiers also died, and 39 were wounded (6 of the wounded later died). At least twenty soldiers were awarded the Medal of Honor. In 2001, the National Congress of American Indians passed two resolutions condemning the awards and called on the U.S. government to rescind them. The site of the battlefield has been designated a National Historic Landmark. In 1990, both houses of the U.S. Congress passed a resolution formally expressing "deep regret" for the massacre. © András Dancs | All Rights Reserved
The Adams Hotel, Lavina Montana
Roadside Attractions of the American Midwest... The historic Adams Hotel - a Colonial Revival creation of architects Link and Haire, as commissioned by rancher Ludwig C. Lehfeldt and named for his friend, Milwaukee Railroad Vice President John Q. Adams. Completed in the fall of 1908 at a cost of $20,000. Closed in the mid 1920's in the aftermath of drought, crop failures and bank closures which blighted this once thriving homesteaders boomtown. © András Dancs | All Rights Reserved
Roadside Attractions of the Lost Continent... Tyrannosaurus Rex greets motorists passing the Travel Alberta Milk River Visitor Information Centre adjoining Highway 4, North-bound to Lethbridge. © András Dancs | All Rights Reservedthe Travel Alberta Milk River Visitor Information Centre adjoining Highway 4, North-bound to Lethbridge. © András Dancs | All Rights Reserved
Main Street USA - The 73rd Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
Roadside Attractions of the American Midwest... Main Street, Sturgis South Dakota at the height of the 73rd Sturgis Motorcycle Rally... The world's largest annual gathering of motorcycle enthusiasts and their machines, predominantly but not exclusively Harley Davidsons... © András Dancs | All Rights Reserved
Roadside attractions of the Pacific North West... A flourescent oasis of syrupy beverages, sugary confections and intoxicating liquors, the "7" convenience store of Clarkston, Washington... © András Dancs | All Rights Reserved
Roadside attractions of the American Midwest... Roundup time near the North Big Foot Trail, as cowboys corral their herd towards the White River fording, Shannon County Unorganized Territory, Badlands National Park, South Dakota... © András Dancs | All Rights Reserved
Roadside attractions of the American Midwest... Lovingly preserved and proudly displayed, E57B is one of only two remaining examples of its kind... The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) classes EP-1 and EF-1 comprised 42 boxcab electric locomotives built by the American Locomotive Company (Alco) in 1915. Electrical components were from General Electric. The locomotives were composed of two half-units semi-permanently coupled back-to-back, and numbered as one unit with 'A' and 'B' suffixes. As built, 30 locomotives were assigned to freight service, classified as EF-1 and numbered 10200–10229. The remaining twelve locomotives were assigned to passenger service as class EP-1, numbered 10100–10111, with higher-speed passenger gearing. The design was highly successful, replacing a much larger number of steam locomotives, cutting costs and improving schedules. The fleet stayed intact until 1951, when two EF-1s were retired – E51A+B and E68A+B. Two units of an EF-2 were retired in 1954, and the remaining numbers held steady until the mid-1960s, when old age began to take its toll. Locomotives were patched-up until un-repairable, and units within were swapped between locomotives without being renumbered. Most were retired by the end of 1973, but one unit, E57B and its "bobtail" companion, were kept in service as the Harlowton, Montana switcher until June 1974. © András Dancs | All Rights Reserved
Home on the range, a herd of Texas Longhorns grazes the prairie grasslands. © András Dancs | All Rights Reserved
Little Schoolhouse on The Prairie 1
Roadside attractions of the Pacific Northwest... Abandoned, derelict and all but forgotten - yet stubbornly defiant... The one room Highland Schoolhouse of Douglas County, Washington. Erected circa 1905, shuttered 1949. © András Dancs | All Rights Reserved
A Peterbuilt Conventional and ThermoKing cooled cargo idling somewhere in Butte Montana... © András Dancs | All Rights Reserved
Roadside Atrractions of the American Midwest... All roads lead to Sturgis for NightHawk Harley Davidson riders seeking refuge and refreshment at Wall, South Dakota's Cactus Lounge Cafe - home to the famous "Chuck Wagon Buffet"... © András Dancs | All Rights Reserved
His previous enterprise having failed for want of custom, Darrell was adamant that things would be different this time - beginning with signage that even the visually impaired could not help but apprehend... © András Dancs | All Rights Reserved
Ghost trains of Vulcan County... Retired from service but neither forgotten nor abandoned, these modern relics of the Iron Horse era were self-evidently preserved by a railway enthusiast who remembers a time when freight travelled in boxcars, brakemen kept a watchful eye from their cabooses and track maintenance wasn't contracted out... © András Dancs | All Rights Reserved
A vintage corrugated steel commercial building on Railway Avenue, Arrowwood, Alberta, Canada. © András Dancs | All Rights Reserved
The Outpost Truck Stop of Lusk Wyoming... © András Dancs | All Rights Reserved
Canadair CT133 Shooting Star, Bomber Command Museum of Canada, Nanton, Alberta
Roadside Attractions of the Lost Continent... The Rolls Royce Nene 10 powered Canadair CT133 Shooting Star formerly flown by the fabled "Golden Hawks" CO, Wing Commander Jack Allan on static display at the entrance to the Bomber Command Museum of Canada, Nanton, Alberta. © Auteur Savant | All Rights Reserved
Little Church by the Similkameen
Roadside attractions of the Pacific Northwest... Little used but proudly resplendent in her brilliant white paint, St. Ann's Roman Catholic church adjoins an historic cemetery high atop a hill on the ancestral lands of the Similkameen Nation near Chuchuwayha - east of Hedley, BC. Clearly visible from the Crowsnest Highway 3 and, once upon a time, to the passengers, conductors and engineers of the now defunct Great Northern Railway. © András Dancs | All Rights Reserved
Ghost trains of Vulcan County... Retired from service but neither forgotten nor abandoned, these modern relics of the Iron Horse era were self-evidently preserved by a railway enthusiast who remembers a time when freight travelled in boxcars, brakemen kept a watchful eye from their cabooses and track maintenance wasn't contracted out... © András Dancs | All Rights Reserved