Results: Tourist Trap Trip Tips! Part 16
Whether an attraction qualifies as a tourist trap is often in the eye of the beholder, and some are still beloved by locals. Some are iconic locales now overrun or overrated. Others lure road trippers out of the way of their intended destinations. They might be cheesy, inauthentic, overpriced, crowded, boring, ugly, or just plain not worth the time. Here is a collection of American tourist traps that may leave you wishing you'd stayed at home. Cheapism is my source for this series.
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Rhode Island: Big Blue Bug. The Big Blue Bug is a 58-foot termite — 928 times the size of a real one. Designated the world's largest bug, it cost $20,000 to build out of steel and fiberglass. But don't make the mistake of stopping in Providence just to see it. The bug can be appreciated well enough from Interstate 95. Would you stop to see this big bug?
Yes
11%
•
109 votes
No
62%
•
642 votes
Undecided
10%
•
108 votes
Not Applicable
17%
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178 votes
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South Carolina: South of the Border. Travel review sites are full of mediocre reviews of this cluster of restaurants and shops offering everything from fireworks, knickknacks, and bumper stickers to leather, antiques, and hats. Its towering statue of a man in a sombrero is well-known to road trippers as a place to stretch your legs on a long drive — but nothing more. Have you ever been to one of these establishments?
Yes
17%
•
178 votes
No
60%
•
618 votes
Undecided
7%
•
70 votes
Not Applicable
16%
•
171 votes
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