Wild Travels
Episode 204
ORLANDO SPEEDWORLD Orlando, FL
At this dragaway’s Test-n-Tune Night, anybody with a license and a need for speed can drive onto the track and burn rubber. Expect to hear loud engines, squealing tires and near constant trash talk among rowdy competitors.
POPS 66 SODA RANCH Arcadia, OK
They boast more than 700 different types of bottled soda pop, with flavors like "Buffalo Wing" and "Bacon,” and names like "Monster Mucus" and "Kitty Piddle." Don't let that scare you off, they also offer some with tasteful tastes and normal names-- but what's the fun in that?
FOLK ARTIST & FARMER RUBY WILLIAMS Plant City, FL
Ruby Williams wanted to be a detective or a songwriter, but she wound up owning a farm, running a produce stand and becoming a prolific, nationally- known folk artist. Oh, and she preaches the word of God on the side.
NUTSHELL DIORAMAS OF UNEXPLAINED DEATH Baltimore, MD
Maryland's Forensic Medical Center is in possession of an amazing series of "Death Scene Dioramas"--miniature re-creations of the aftermaths of actual murders, suicides and fatal accidents. They were all created by the wealthy Chicago socialite Frances Glessner Lee in the 1930's, and they're officially called "The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death"; frankly, you had us at "Death Scene Dioramas."
THE CHURCH BREW WORKS Pittsburgh, PA
Devout Catholics might be alarmed to see their former church turned into a brewery and brewpub, but why fight it when the beer is this good and the oompah music is this loud?
BREAD & PUPPET THEATER Glover, VT
They bake and serve bread at every show, and their puppets can be up to 20 feet tall, but perhaps the most remarkable feature of this theater in rural Vermont is their museum--a two-story barn filled to the rafters with garishly painted puppetry, large and small.