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Roadside America, touted as the world’s greatest indoor “miniature village,” is shutting down after 85 years in business. The owners announced the closure Saturday on the attraction’s ...
Roadside America initially closed in March when Pennsylvania ordered all non-essential businesses to shut down. With cases again surging to record highs across the state and the rest of the ...
But now, Roadside America is closed, and much of what made it special is being auctioned off. Jon Meyer got one last look at its glory On The Pennsylvania Road to this roadside gem.
Three employees of Pennsylvania's Roadside America have an ambitious plan to save the historic attraction. It's going to be costly. Like, really costly. That's why, on Tuesday morning, they ...
In 1938 Gieringer moved his display to an amusement park in Reading, Pa., but it outgrew that ... Lawrence Gieringer's granddaughter, calls Roadside America a testimonial to persistence: "People ...
SHARTLESVILLE, Pa. (CBS) --They call it the World's Greatest Indoor Miniature Village, right off I-78: Roadside America in Shartlesville, Berks County. The 7,450-square-foot display has more than ...
When Roadside America shut down in December, the owners announced that the items in the vast miniature collection would eventually be put up for auction. That auction is now open, with handcrafted ...
Bidding through the Renaissance Auction Group started in late December on the thousands of items from Roadside America’s miniature village and the adjacent Pennsylvania Dutch Gift Haus near ...
‘A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away …’ SHARTLESVILLE, Pa. – Once upon a time, when I was very young, I remember seeing television commercials for Roadside America – ‘The World ...
The Facebook group ‘Roadside America - Offbeat Quirky Tourist Attractions ... In Washington and Pennsylvania, coffee was ...