Every year we went to Hershey Park, I would see Roadside America on the opposite side of the highway.
And I would make a mental note that I wanted to stop there.
And every year, on the way home from Hershey Park, we would pass right by it before I realized it, and I would make a note to stop by the following year.
This went on for years.
Seriously.
But finally (finally!) when the kids and I and Mystic and his kids last went together (Labor Day 2011), we managed to stop in and finally check it out.
Roadside America is one of those quaint little unique stops that is perfect when you’re on a road trip and want to get out of the car for a few minutes and stretch your legs. Billed as “the world’s greatest indoor miniature village,” it certainly is a sight to behold. It started as a hobby of two young boys (Paul and Larry) in the late 1800’s and was born from their fantasies and active imaginations. Buoyed by regular drawing lessons from a nun (at three cents each session), the boys spent all their after-school and weekend free time working on the miniature houses and villages. Putting everything they had into it.
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