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“Powers, Oregon Stopped in the diner for coffee once on a drive-thru.
“Clearwater, Florida I had known it was the HQ for Scientology but had never been there.
He took me to a place that entailed driving through downtown Clearwater.
All the neighboring towns had hundreds of people milling about, but Clearwater looked like a ghost town.
It looked like the set of aTwilight Zoneepisode.”
“Moscow, Idaho Moscow has acult-like churchwith thousands of followers.
Moscow also happens to be the town where the four University of Idaho students weremurderedin 2022.”
“Seabrook, Washington It is idyllic.Perfectlyidyllic.
I read somewhere that it wasinspiredby the town inThe Truman Show.”
My family drove us to Mount Rushmore from Denver.
We stopped off the highway in a random Wyoming town with a population of just over 100.
We had a choice between two restaurants and entered one.
We ate, and everyone was staring at us.
My sister and I believed they were going to murder us.
We left, and it turns out our parents also thought we were going to be murdered.”
“Colorado City, Arizona Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints stronghold.
“Northern Minnesota We were looking at buying 40 acres on I believe Upper Red Lake.
We entered a diner at about 6 p.m., it was dark out, and everyone stopped and stared.
We were seated, ordered drinks, and noticed how silent it was.
No chatter, and everyone was staring at us.
Dad left a 20 on the table, and we left before ordering food.
The bowling alley in the back was totally deserted and eerie.
We all agreed it was one of the creepiest experiences we’ve had.”
“Amboy, California Was a Route 66 boomtown, with a railroad stop.
When I-40 was opened, bypassing Amboy, it withered and died.
Only it didn’t give up the ghost.
The last time I was there was about 25 years ago, driving through.
Never been back.”
“Skidmore, Missouri Hands down the most DEPRESSING town I have ever driven through.
Theres this feeling you just cant shake while youre there.”
Though, they ruined the graffiti highway.
Used to have racist signs on the edge of town.
It is one of the most racist places I’ve ever had the misfortune of finding myself.”
“Cairo, Illinois It is creepy AF.
At one time it was a very important commercial center because of its river location.
Now its practically deserted and has really creepy energy.
“Crestone, Colorado It’s easily the most bizarre place I’ve been to in the US.
Lots of shoeless hippies, ‘spiritualists,’ cult members/followers, and the like.
Just a weird vibe all over.
“Gold Bar, Washington Beautiful view of the Cascade Mountains.
Meth and white supremacists everywhere.”
“Mora, New Mexico It’s pretty damn scary to outsiders.
Lots of rural mountain towns that are isolated from tourists can be strange.
and local businesses on Wednesday.
This town was popular during the US slavery era as it has a train that runs through it.
Each Wednesday, the city square would be packed with visitors and locals who were there to buy slaves.
To give ‘honor’ to the tradition, the city still closes and shuts everything down on Wednesdays.
I should mention that I havent lived there since 2014.”
“Vidor, Texas It’s just east of Beaumont, and it’s still a sundown town.
Local infrastructure vendors, i.e.
Telco, power, etc.
know to send only white workers to that town for safety.
In the dark of night, she came across its defining feature: a 12-foot-tall statue of a raven.
“Lynden, Washington A HIGHLY Christian town comprised of mostly Dutch families.
Illegal to mow your yard on Sundays.
“Breezewood, Pennsylvania I got stranded there once after wrecking the family car on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
Its the town from thememeabout how awful American urban planning is.
Basically just a series of roads and strip malls.
He had his trashed wife and two crying kids there with him.
Some truckers at the bar were talking about where to score meth.
Except he used more offensive language.”
Lovely old houses with the creepiest Stepford vibe I’ve ever encountered.
They end the beach on Sunday mornings and actually enforce it, or give a shot to.
I live across the lake in Asbury Park, which is known for its gay community.
“Waco, Texas Just has a weird energy about it.”
The streets were lined with MAGA and Confederate flags.
We stopped for gas, and a white man came outside and stared at us.
My friend was not white, I was.
I made him sit in the car with the door locked while I pumped gas.
We tried to leave quickly.
As we drove down the main road, we saw a Nazi flag on a window storefront.
It was fucking surreal and terrifying.”
“Island Pond, Vermont It’s home to one of theTwelve Tribescommunities.
They operate the Yellow Deli restaurants.”
“Elko, Nevada Stopped at a bar there on a roadtrip.
Seemed like a fun place from the outside.
Some woman walks up to us and says, ‘Hi!
I’m so and so… What are you doing here?
You’re not from around here…’ Got lots of stares.
Went to a casino across the street to escape.
The casino was completely empty but lit up.
Felt almost post-apocalyptic except for one janitor.
We noped the hell out of there fast.
Felt like something really bad was going to happen.
We decided not to find a local hotel and bounced.
This was in 2010.”
I would recommend you ~gallup~ on through if going that route and get gas before or after.
Creepy vibes pulling in.
Later found out it has one of the highest per capita crime rates in the country.”
Pretty big hunt with lots of eggs.
Well organized and overall kind of awesome.
Afterward, the kids brought the eggs they found to the front and exchanged them for candy.
Wasn’t paying attention much as we worked up to the table.
I look up as the kid hands his eggs up to…a lady in a Daily Stormer hoodie.
Daily fucking Stormer.”
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