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Restaurants Near Me




OK Google,

These are not restaurants.

Sincerely, 

Ben

Big Bend Coffee


The best coffee of this roadtrip came from a small-town laundromat. Check out Big Bend Coffee Roasters Coffee at Farma at the Tumbleweed Laundry, in Marfa, Texas.



Shafter






Where is Abraham?




They say Abraham Lincoln is in them thar hills.


Human Dissection



In spite of the monument, dissecting humans is currently not permitted in the park.

Geese





Alton



Alton, Illinois, is a Mississippi River sits about 15 miles north of Saint Louis. The city once thrived on manufacturing; but as manufacturing along the Mississippi River declined, Alton has transformed itself into a tourist destination.




The pink line painted along the side of the mill marks the high water level during the 1993 floods


The Argosy Casino attracts tourists and their money

The Clark Bridge (in the distance) crosses the Mississippi River; connecting Alton to West-Alton











Alton Riverfront Park




Alton, Illinois, is one of the few river cites we've encountered so far on our journey up the Mississippi River from which views of the river are not obstructed by levees or flood walls.