Are We There Yet?
Family Road-Trip Guide to America's Roadside Oddities: Mystery Spots, Gravity Hills, UFO Festivals & Abandoned ParksBy Les Brady
Length3h 32m
About this audiobook
What if the best part of your next vacation wasn’t the destination… but the giant concrete dinosaur you passed on the way?
Welcome to the ultimate companion for your Great American road trip—a laugh-out-loud, curiosity-fueled adventure through the weirdest highways and hidden gems the U.S. has to offer. Whether you’re planning a full-on road trip across America or just looking to spice up your weekend drive, this guide delivers a dose of the most unusual and unique pit stops, attractions, and roadside oddities around.
Inside:
- Mysterious gravity hills and bizarre vortex zones where physics takes a vacation
- Abandoned theme parks frozen in time, waiting for brave explorers
- Alien parades, ghost towns, and roadside attractions with cult followings
- Wacky roadside diners and museums of mustard, barbed wire, and Bigfoot
- Tips to help you get gloriously lost—on purpose
Skip the tourist traps (or not). Embrace the detours. And prepare to fall in love with the strange side of America.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.2 (15)
Includes Goodreads
GenreTravel, Humor
Length3 hrs 32 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 20, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Opening Credits
96. Forgotten Theme Parks
2Disclaimer
107. Museum of the Bizarre
3Introduction: The Call of the Unusual
118. Food Follies
41. Giants Among Us
129. Ghost Towns and Oddball Architecture
52. Mystery Spots and Gravity Hills
1310. Festivals of the Freaky
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63. Underground America
1411. Conclusion
74. Extraterrestrial Encounters
15End Credits
85. Houses of the Holy Strange
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