Kitschy Travels

Hello, I love to travel and visit roadside attractions across America as well as fun quirky travel spots or abandoned places. You can visit my You Tube Channel of all my travels:  www.youtube.com/kitschytravels

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World Famous Sam G Land

In the backroads of Clarkesville, Georgia, lies a folk art mecca of artist Sam Granger.  He made his front and backyards a folk art paradise showcasing his fun sculptures and found objects all throughout his land.  He even made a fun nature walk where you can walk and see his fun creations.  His house is a side road next to a gas station, where it leads you to this magical folk art paradise.  See the pics below:

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Wind Phone in the United States: Phone Booth to Talk to the Dead

There is a Wind Phone, located in Marshall NC that was inspired to be built based on a Japanese Philosophy of designating a disconnected phone booth, so mourners or people with grief can go and speak to their loved ones who passed away, and their words can “travel to them in the wind”  

The builders of the only Wind Phone in the United States were inspired from hearing about the Japanese Wind Phone from This American Life podcast.  

I visited the Wind Phone in December 2020 and I believe it is the only one in the United States. It was in a residential neighborhood, off the main street from Mars Hills, NC to Marshall. It is a beautiful location: 

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Helen, Georgia at Christmas Time

I went to Helen, Georgia this past month (this is somewhere I have always wanted to go) It is an alpine-inspired Bavarian town in North East Georgia. The downtown area is full of Bavarian-like architecture, German inspired eating halls and pubs, and lots of shopping.  I decided to walk around 8am on Sunday morning so I could be the only one walking around. I tried to go Saturday afternoon at 2-3pm but it was FILLED with people/non-mask wearers. Going early Sunday morning was awesome because I was the only one around and I can wander freely.  This is an awesome Alpine inspired town in the North East Mountains of Georgia (probably about 100 miles north of Atlanta) 

Here are some pictures of Helen Georgia at Christmas time: 

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Where Cabbage Patch Dolls Are Born: BabyLand General Hospital

This month, I went to Cleveland, Georgia to visit the BabyLand General Hospital. This is basically a glorified gift shop for Cabbage Patch Dolls. When I was driving up, I was shocked at the SIZE of the place, it looks like it is in a giant plantation! I didn’t know it would be like this.  Basically, you first go in and look at the “adoption” rooms, which are rooms that looks like hospital wings and have the Cabbage Patch Dolls inside for you to “adopt.” Then you enter in a LARGE gift shop, which has many different types of toys and baby carriages with the cabbage dolls inside.  The main attractions is the Cabbage Patch, which you see the baby Cabbage Patch doll heads sprouting from the ground. Some heads move which is really freaky. Next to this giant cabbage patch mystical tree, is a Nursery with “recent births” with Cabbage Patch Dolls inside and a giant stork. Sometimes a nurse is inside this room, pretending to care for the Cabbage Patch Dolls.

See Below my You Tube Video of this place, its truly bizarre:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoH5IFmgrws&t=5s