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A Journey Through Pop Culture on Illinois’s Route 66

A Journey Through Pop Culture on Illinois’s Route 66 Illinois September 2025 The Gemini Giant, Another Stop on Route 66 September 27, 2025 0.10 mi 6:12 min We continued our Route 66 adventure, returning to Wilmington, Illinois, where we were greeted by the Gemini Giant, a towering fiberglass “Muffler Man” dressed in a space helmet

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The Farm & Home of the 20th U.S. President, James Garfield

The Farm & Home of the 20th U.S. President, James Garfield Ohio June 2025 A Presidential Stop in Mentor, Ohio A visit to the James A. Garfield National Historic Site was also on our to-do list. Once, this site in Mentor, OH, was the farm and home of James A. Garfield, the 20th U.S. President.

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