Tourist Traps
0 Miles to Wall Drug: A Half-Day at the World’s Largest Drugstore
In Wall, South Dakota, there's little difference between an uncanny roadside attraction and the entire town.
Friday Night in Universal CityWalk
The sterile shopping promenade is "located in the Entertainment Capital of LA, Universal Studios Hollywood."
The Sad Death of London's Weirdest Tourist Attraction
The London Trocadero is now the home of invasive souvenir hawkers and chain gift shops displaying a level of bad taste that borders on satirical performance art. It's become a gravestone for the 1990s.
In Defense of Times Square
New York has become an overpriced, creativity-stifling, bourgeoisie city. Times Square, on the other hand, remains beautifully full of chain restaurants and street vendors. It might be the only honest part of Manhattan left.
I Got Pissed with Strangers in Dublin's Biggest Tourist Trap
Temple Bar is depressing circus of drunk tourists puking up five pound pints.
The Tiger Truck Stop Is Here to Stay
Interstate 10’s most controversial endangered animal is a 14 year-old Bengal tiger named Tony. Last week, Governor Bobby Jindal signed a bill exempting Tony from the state’s exotic cat ban. It’s the end of a fight that’s dragged on for years.
The Beautiful Decay of Bedrock City
For the low, low price of $5, you can wander through the oblivion that is Valle, Arizona’s Bedrock City. And you should.