About this episode

This episode explores Michigan's roadside tourism boom and its impact on travel from the 1920s to the 1950s.

Michigan’s roadside tourism boom turned two-lane highways into stages for bear camps, tourist towers, novelty buildings, tiny chapels, diners and roadside oddities. This episode looks at how the automobile reshaped travel from the 1920s through the 1950s, using Spikehorn Meyers, Hedges Wigwam, Michigan tourist towers and other quirky stops as examples of the era when a good sign could make a family pull over. The End of the Road in Michigan is a production of Thumbwind Publications

Topics covered

• roadside attractions
• tourism
• automobile history
• Michigan
• travel
• quirky stops

Keywords

• roadside tourism
• Michigan attractions
• travel history
• quirky buildings
• tourist towers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Thumbwind Publications

Places: Michigan, Spikehorn Meyers, Hedges Wigwam

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