In 2018 I will feature a random (yet alphabetical) selection of photos I have taken from my nearly 20 years of back roads travel in the United States and Canada. I may even throw in a few random shots from other trips to Japan, Mexico and the Philippines. My theme is called America’s Back Roads: A Grab Bag of Places in Pictures.
Mystic Pizza – Mystic, Connecticut

Mystic Pizza in Mystic, CT with my sweet wife
Moon Township, PA

Township of Moon, PA
Muscovy Duck – Damascus, Virginia

A unique Muscovy duck in the river in Damascus
Mammy’s Cupboard – Natchez, Mississippi

Mammy’s Cupboard in Natchez, MS

Mammy’s Cupboard Dining Room – Much bigger than it looks on the outside
Mail Pouch Barns – Brinkhaven, Ohio; Friendly, West Virginia; Hargett, Kentucky

Mail Pouch Barn in Brinkhaven, OH

Mail Pouch Barn in Friendly, WV

A rare Mail Pouch barn sighting in Hargett, KY
Billy Tripp’s Mindfield – Brownsville, Tennessee

Sumoflam at Tripp’s Mindfield Cemetery in Brownsville, TN

A portion of the Mindfield Cemetery in Brownsville, TN

Mindfield Cemetery, Brownsville, Tennessee
Mr. Roger’s T-Rex Statue – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Mr. Rogers T-Rex
Mountain Bluebird – The Badlands National Park, South Dakota

A Mountain Bluebird perched on a fencepost in the Badlands
Mac the Moose – Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan

Mac the Moose in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Monument Valley – Utah

Monument Valley, Utah

Enjoying the splendor of Monument Valley in southern Utah and Northern Arizona around 1983
Monongahela Incline – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Welcome to the Monongahela Incline

Monongahela Incline going up

Monongahela Incline in Pittsburgh
Maid of the Mist – Niagara Falls, Ontario

The Maid of the Mist at the bottom of Niagara Falls filled with tourists
Melt Eclectic Cafe – Cincinnati, Ohio

Melt in Cincinnati

Melt Cafe
Metal Green Bay Packer – Pagac’s Bar – Ashland, Wisconsin

Robotic scrap metal quarterback. The guy in the bar said you can plug it in and it actually moves!
Mayan Ruins – Tulum, Mexico

Enjoying a visit to the Tulum Ruins on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico
Midlothian Castle – Burk’s Falls, Ontario

Midlothian Castle

Headstone on one of the Gates to Midlothian Castle
Home of Mayberry – Mount Airy, North Carolina

Snappy Lunch – Mt. Airy, NC

Mayberry on Main

Mayberry Cheese
Mount Rainier National Park – Greenwater, Washington

Entering Mt. Rainier National Park on WA 410 south of Greenwater, WA

Mt. Rainier in Washington – visited in 2015

A ferry passes by us in the sound with Mt. Rainier in the background
Migrating Snow Geese – Arkansas

Snow Geese everywhere

Ran into a HUGE flock of migrating snow geese in central Arkansas
Medicine Hat, Alberta

Giant Teepee in Medicine Hat, Alberta
Mickey Mantle Statue – Commerce, Oklahoma

Mickey Mantle Statue in Commerce, Oklahoma
Memorial Falls near Great Falls, Montana

Memorial Falls near Great Falls, MT
Meerkats at Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Nebraska

The Meerkats are my favorite animal at the zoo. This one posed for me!

Lounging Meerkats at Henry Doorly Zoo
Metropolis, Illinois

Welcome to Metropolis, home of Superman

Giant Grocer Statue in Metropolis, IL
Dinosaur Tracks – Moenave, Arizona

Moenave Dinosaur Tracks near Tuba City, AZ

The kids at the Dinosaur tracks in Moenave, AZ near Tuba City (July 1993)
Mama Santa Pizzeria – Little Eatery – Cleveland, Ohio

Sumoflam with Mama Santa’s owner Papa Tio

Sumoflam with Nancy Starvaggi Schaffer, showing off the AMAZING homemade sausage and pasta from Mama Santa Restaurant in Cleveland, OH
Montour Trail – Canonsburg, Pennsylvania

Montour Trail – Canonsburg, PA
Miner’s Memorial Mural – Ironwood, Michigan

The men in Miner’s Memorial Mural represent the thousands of men who worked in the Gogebic Range Mines of Michigan and Wisconsin.

A section of the Miner’s Memorial Mural in Ironwood, which was completed in 2012
Mt. Fuji – near Fujinomiya, Japan

Enjoying wintertime at a resort at the base of Mt. Fuji, near Fujinomiya, Japan in 1987

Mt. Fuji, Japan as seen from my airplane seat in 1990 as I flew to Tokyo from Oita.
Multnomah Falls – Multnomah County, Oregon

At Multnomah Falls in Oregon
Mud Street Cafe – Eureka Springs, Arkansas

The unique and quaint Mud Street Cafe in Eureka Springs, AR

Cozy Mud Street Cafe
Memphis Egg – Memphis, Tennessee

With the famous Memphis Egg in 2007
Mothman Museum – Point Pleasant, West Virginia

Glowing Red Eyes of the Mothman

Mothman Museum in Point Pleasant, WV
Mel’s Diner – San Francisco, California

Sumoflam at Mel’s Drive-in in San Francisco
Mapleton Taxidermy and Cheese Shop – Mapleton, Ontario

Taxidermy and Cheese Store

Taxidermy and Cheese
If you like what you see, you may want to check out my book: Less Beaten Paths of America: Unique Town Names, available on Amazon. My second book, Less Beaten Paths of America: Quirky and Offbeat Roadside Attractions, will be available in late April or early May 2018. Click on the photo below for more details or to get a copy of the book.

Books 1 & 2
Loved the township of moon + great pics of mt rainier and the goose flock ! The meerkats were cute too. Well, great selection again lol
I just discovered you–what a great theme. I love road trips and rarely take them. I need a sidekick to travel with.
Thanks Jacqui!! Sidekicks are fun, it I am on the road alone most often doing my thing…