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Unraveling Frankenmuth's Charm: A Bavarian Getaway in the Heart of Michigan

Zee Michaelson & Jay Lawrence

What if you could experience the culture and charm of Germany without leaving the United States? Tune into our latest episode as we unravel the enchanting allure of Frankenmuth, Michigan. Imagine strolling through streets lined with Bavarian architecture, indulging in delectable German cuisine, and even attending traditional Lutheran services held entirely in German at St. Lorenz Church. This picturesque town, settled by Germans in 1845, offers a unique cultural getaway right in the heart of the Midwest. It's a treasure trove of history and festivities, all without the need for a passport.

But that's just the beginning! Ever heard the heartwarming tale of Christopher Reeves, the real-life Superman, lending a hand to move a TV set? Or wondered where the longest boardwalk in the world is located? Join us as we share quirky stories and fascinating trivia, including a look at Prince's hometown of Henderson, Minnesota, and its tributes to the legendary musician. We'll also transport you to Santa Claus, Indiana, a town as festive as its name suggests. With plenty of personal anecdotes and reflections sprinkled throughout, this episode promises to be both entertaining and enlightening.

As we journey through the Midwest, we also tackle essential road trip safety tips to ensure your travels are smooth and stress-free. From vehicle checks to minimizing distractions, we've got you covered. Discover the vibrant murals of Judd, North Dakota, and get a personal account of the adventures and preparations needed for a drive through South Dakota. We wrap up with a motivational note, encouraging you to dream big and explore the diverse cultures and experiences that await. So, gear up for an episode packed with practical advice, inspiring stories, and endless travel inspiration.

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Speaker 2:

And you know today's topic. I'm kind of staying in the United States lately.

Speaker 3:

I'm kind of liking this. We're rediscovering America.

Speaker 2:

I know there's so much to do here People don't even realize, Right. And now I'm going to be talking about. You know, I read a lot of the magazine articles. You know a lot of travel magazines, and one of the magazines I read frequently is called Daily Passport and there was so much information in this one. And I'm going to chat about something that they had talked about. It's called the six quirkiest small towns in the Midwest. Oh, cool, yeah, we're just just in the Midwest.

Speaker 3:

Because I grew up in a quirky little town in the Midwest.

Speaker 2:

Well, I'll see if it's on this list, I feel right at home. Quirky little town in the Midwest. Well, I'll see if it's on this list, I feel right at home. So, jay, you know my husband is from the Midwest Right South Dakota.

Speaker 3:

I'd call South Dakota almost the West, you would think so but it's kind of Midwest.

Speaker 2:

It's still on that border. Yeah, it's still in that region. But first up is going to be a place in Michigan Yep, Michigan. It's called Frankenmuth, Michigan.

Speaker 3:

Okay, we're not going to South Dakota, we're going to Michigan.

Speaker 2:

Right, we're going to Michigan.

Speaker 3:

I was misled there, Okay we're in Michigan.

Speaker 2:

We're in Michigan. We're in Frankenmuth. Now, this town could easily be mistaken for a town in Germany.

Speaker 3:

Well, probably because it was settled by German people.

Speaker 2:

Yes, it was settled back in 1845 by Germans. The architecture around the town is Bavarian and they have a year-round German festivals Year-round German festivals. So you can imagine Oktoberfest every month. All right, yeah, that would be really cool. And if you're into German cuisine, there's no shortage of it here. You can eat a lot of German food there.

Speaker 3:

That's good, yeah. Now a lot of the town is Lutherans right.

Speaker 2:

Well, there's a lot of Germans that are Lutheran. So if you want to go to travel to Germany but don't have a lot of money or don't want to head over to the pond right now, you might want to go there, and they do have a church there called St Lorenz, and they have a service on Sunday, entirely in German, and it is a traditional Lutheran service. So yeah, if you want to go to Germany but can't quite make it, think Frankenmuth, michigan.

Speaker 3:

Now, how far up is it? Did you catch that? Where is? It in Michigan it's pretty far North, okay yeah.

Speaker 2:

So, but it is in Michigan and and it's. I can't wait to see it now. There are a lot of other towns that are german, but, like I said, I'm staying in the midwest because there is one in georgia too. Oh, but I'm not going to talk about that today. Frankenmuth uh, it's not named frankenmuth it's got another name.

Speaker 3:

Um now, I am reading a book right now by Fanny Flagg called the Whole Town.

Speaker 2:

Fanny Flagg the comedian.

Speaker 3:

Yes, oh, wow. The Whole Town is Talking Now. You know Fanny Flagg. What you know her from is Fried Green Tomatoes.

Speaker 2:

No, I don't know her from Fried Green Tomatoes.

Speaker 3:

She wrote that as well.

Speaker 2:

Okay.

Speaker 3:

And that's the book where she got really famous. Oh well, she got really famous as a comedian actress famous, but oh well, she got really famous as a comedian actress, right, yeah, but what you just the towns that we're talking about is what this town? It started as a swedish village in the 1800s, yeah, and it's going all the way up to now, is it supposed?

Speaker 3:

is it a, you know, I think it's a make, it's a make-believe town, okay, but but it has you know, it ties into history and all those things that happen. How cool is that? Yeah, yeah, I mean, things in the united states are so interesting, but it has you know, it ties into history and all those things that happened.

Speaker 2:

How cool is that yeah, yeah, I mean, things in the United States are so interesting to see so you don't have to. I mean, sure there are the main places to go. There's the Empire State Building, there's the Disney's, there's. You know, you have all of these places, but there are so many other places to see that it's really, really tough.

Speaker 3:

So many other places to see that it's really really tough.

Speaker 2:

So that's my phone that's screaming at me. What is your phone doing? It's vibrating.

Speaker 3:

It's vibrating. How exciting is that.

Speaker 2:

I want to go to this Frankenmuth. So when I travel to South Dakota, I'm going to see how far away it is. Hey, now, jay, you're from Illinois, right? Yeah, have you heard of Metropolis?

Speaker 3:

Have I heard of Metropolis? I've been to Metropolis.

Speaker 2:

I thought we chatted about this once before. Yeah, I think you had pictures too, if I remember correctly. Well, of course, metropolis. Dc Comics deemed Metropolis, illinois, as Superman's official hometown in 1972. Right, yeah, so you know. So are you a Superman fan? I used to be, you know. I was never into the superheroes. Yeah, yeah, I didn't care. I used to watch the Superman show, you know, and it cracked me up, the TV show.

Speaker 1:

Yeah.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, the television show. I used to see the television show with Superman because it was one of the only channels that you had back in the day, right, but it would always crack me up. He'd stand there, get his bulletproofs and then all of a sudden he would duck from when they threw the gun at him. I didn't understand that at all. So I was never really into superfans and I wasn't a superfan of Superman or any of the others.

Speaker 3:

But I think one of the fun things about driving into Metropolis it's off of interstate 24. You go okay, so it's right off of 24 and you'd go south a little bit and drive into Metropolis, and then what do you see? A 15 foot tall Superman, a 15 foot tall.

Speaker 2:

Superman and it's called the Superman Square.

Speaker 3:

Yes, yes, yes, and there's a museum there too.

Speaker 2:

Right, there's even a statue of Louis Lane Right, and it's at the Super Museum. Yes, it's so cool, is it? Did you go to it? You went to it too.

Speaker 3:

I just drove by oh.

Speaker 2:

Jay, what am I going to do with you?

Speaker 3:

But I saw Superman 15 feet high.

Speaker 2:

You did take a picture, though, didn't you with him?

Speaker 3:

Speeding, speeding past, no. What is the line? Speeding like a bullet Faster than a speeding bullet?

Speaker 2:

Yeah, I don't know. Look up in the sky it's a bird, it's a plane. No, it's Superman.

Speaker 3:

And then Reeves did Superman.

Speaker 2:

And that was a good movie. And then, beyond that, I'm out. Oh, I have a funny story about Christopher Reeves, oh no, and it had to do with my ex-roommate. Oh right, my, my ex roommate and her friend were moving her stuff you know, her friend's stuff into an apartment complex, and they were, you know they were trying to do, and this was back in days, you know years ago, and you know, some guys were on the staircase Well, let's help you with that and they moved the television in and you know. So her girlfriend called her on the phone and was hysterical, laughing and she says you know who helped us? And she said no, who. She says it was Superman. So it was Christopher Reeves that actually helped them move that television set. Yeah, so that was kind of cute. How cool is that? Yeah, where are we going with this?

Speaker 3:

We're going to the trivia question for the day.

Speaker 2:

Boy, we didn't even want to talk about the memorabilia of Superman. They have it all at that museum. You're pushing me through what?

Speaker 3:

You told me all about it.

Speaker 2:

No, Well, there is a longest boardwalk in the world. It exists in this city and state.

Speaker 3:

What is it? So? You said state. So that's a clue it's within the 48. Yep.

Speaker 2:

So the longest boardwalk in the world exists Within the 48. Yep, so the longest boardwalk in the world exists Within the 48. Yeah, I'll give you that.

Speaker 3:

It's within the 48. So it's not Hawaii or not Alaska.

Speaker 2:

No, I don't really know if there's boardwalks in Alaska or Hawaii.

Speaker 3:

I'm going to.

Speaker 2:

Come on, since I haven't been to many boardwalks. Right, there's a lot of boardwalks around.

Speaker 3:

Well, you've been to probably more than I have, and the only one I'm thinking of is in Chicago, okay, so what is that? It's Navy Pier.

Speaker 2:

And you'd be wrong. Of course, we're talking about Atlantic City, new Jersey, new Jersey.

Speaker 3:

Okay.

Speaker 2:

Atlantic City, new Jersey, is the longest boardwalk in the world. Oh wow, yeah, it is a pretty long boardwalk.

Speaker 3:

That's where they had the Miss America contest in the past. Yeah, in the past.

Speaker 2:

Miss America, yeah, do they even have Miss America contests anymore? I don't know, I think they kind of outlawed it for some reason. Trump owned it, I think think, well, he bought into it. I don't think he owned it when it first came out. He only would have been two or something. Yeah, yeah, well, that's the trivia question for today, so have you been to the longest pier. No.

Speaker 3:

Oh, okay.

Speaker 2:

I have never been to Atlantic City, New Jersey. I drove past it, yeah and go. Oh yeah, there's Atlantic.

Speaker 3:

City Never stopped. That's when you're going north to get to New York right Either way.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, but I've been. You know, when I lived in New York I used to go to Jersey a lot for other things.

Speaker 3:

I see, yes, other things so where are we going now?

Speaker 2:

in the Midwest? Now, this state I've never been to yet oh Minnesota, oh Minnesota, minnesota, oh Minnesota, maybe because I'm not into cold weather, right, but you can visit these states when it's not so cold, right? This town is also very, very small, only about a thousand people.

Speaker 3:

Okay Now, the only way I've been to Minnesota is going through Indianapolis Airport.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, I didn't even go that way.

Speaker 3:

So I can say I've been to Minnesota, minnesota, but I don't remember being in the state itself.

Speaker 2:

Well, this one is Henderson, Minnesota. I love the name, I love the Henderson name, henderson. But the big claim to fame is what's that? It's home to the music legend Prince. Oh, probably everybody knew that by now, right? So Prince came from Prince. Oh, probably everybody knew that by now, right? So Prince came from there. Oh yeah, and that's why Henderson, minnesota, may be a place to visit, particularly if you are a Prince fan.

Speaker 3:

Now you notice that I didn't know that, so you can see I'm not a Prince fan.

Speaker 2:

You're not a Prince fan. However, our radio stations on Collage, travel Radio and z max radio play prince. I know I've heard that. Yeah, yeah, now they even have a statue of prince. Oh, yep, they have the prince statue. It's in the prince garden is. He's 15 feet high, like superman well, I didn't find out how high he was, but it even has purple benches and, of course, purple flowers. Remember purple rain, purple rain yeah uh, they also have a giant mural with the singer leaning against a red Corvette.

Speaker 3:

Wow.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, which is kind of cool.

Speaker 3:

And Red Corvette was another song. Another song, right.

Speaker 2:

And then Purple Rain was partially filmed in this town, and if you go there, they'll even give you a map outlining the sites where they filmed the scenes, which is kind of cool. So if you're a Prince fan, you might want to make plans to go to Henderson Minnesota. Okay, Henderson Minnesota.

Speaker 3:

And I'm going to ask you this, and you probably don't have it how far is that out of Indianapolis?

Speaker 2:

I have no idea. Okay, just keep going until you hit it. Okay, Now you know, we have talked about Superman. Yeah, we talked about Prince. We talked about a Bavarian town. Now how about we chat about Santa Claus?

Speaker 3:

Of course Is there a Santa Claus when there's a.

Speaker 2:

Santa Claus Indiana. Oh wow, yeah, I didn't know that, did you?

Speaker 3:

No, Of course we have Christmas Florida here.

Speaker 2:

Yep, we also have the North Pole in California too.

Speaker 3:

Oh yeah.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, so I mean this Santa Claus Indiana. And here's how it got its name. It's kind of weird. It applied for a post office address under its former name, which was Santa Fe, and that was back in 1856. But they rejected it. But because it was so, there was a nearby town, santa Fe, so they couldn't take it. So the townspeople had to come up with another name. So it was close to the holiday season and jokingly they said Santa Claus. And that's how Santa Claus Indiana was born, and in true Santa Claus fashion. Guess what?

Speaker 2:

There's probably a lot of statues of Santa Claus, exactly, there are dozens of Santa Claus statues. It has a Christmas lodge, a Christmas store, santa's candy castle that sounds really yummy. It has the holiday world, of course, and here's something that just kind of threw me it has a splash safari theme park. Wow, yeah, you know, I don't know how the theme park got in there, but there's roughly a million visitors that come to this town every year and, you guessed it, special events during the holiday season.

Speaker 3:

Well, I would love to go there. I know that sounds fun it does.

Speaker 2:

It sounds like a fun little town.

Speaker 1:

Fun little town yeah.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, there was what was I watching. I was watching something that was something similar to that.

Speaker 3:

It sounds like a Hallmark movie.

Speaker 2:

I believe it was you know the Santa Claus pictures with Tim Allen.

Speaker 3:

Yeah.

Speaker 2:

He had reboots on like almost a series of several different movies, and I think one of them had to do with a town Santa Claus called Santa Claus. Yeah, and that they did that.

Speaker 3:

That would be cool.

Speaker 2:

Yeah.

Speaker 3:

Because they have statues. They have statues lodged.

Speaker 2:

You know, I'm sure Santa makes a special appearance during the holiday season.

Speaker 3:

I wonder if next year I'm going to do a road trip up north.

Speaker 2:

Road trip.

Speaker 3:

You know, and well, we're going to Pennsylvania. Is that close to Indianapolis? Or Indiana? No, well, we're going to Pennsylvania. Is that close to Indianapolis?

Speaker 2:

or Indiana? No, no, not really. Yeah, I mean, it depends If you're on the far west side of Pennsylvania. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 3:

Depends on where you're at in Pennsylvania, because I drove through Indiana. Why do I want to say Indianapolis?

Speaker 1:

Going back to Indiana.

Speaker 3:

I drove through Indiana this last summer or was it fall, or was it spring this last summer, or was it fall, or was it spring.

Speaker 2:

You just keep driving, you'll get there eventually.

Speaker 3:

You'll lose track of the seasons when you live in Florida.

Speaker 2:

I know we really do, but speaking of Indiana, that's where the Jackson 5 came from.

Speaker 3:

Oh yeah.

Speaker 2:

That's another music trivia visit Now before we get to the last two of my small, quirky little towns. How about?

Speaker 1:

a travel tip.

Speaker 2:

All right. Well, since we're talking about kind of driving, I mean, yeah, you can fly to these places, but most people like to drive to these places, yeah, and so here are some simple rules that you need to follow when driving, oh yeah. So first one make sure perform vehicle checks beforehand, before you leave. Make sure your car's in good shape. Tires, mm-hmm Oil, oil, that's what.

Speaker 1:

I always Water yeah.

Speaker 2:

Make sure you have windshield wiper fluid oh yeah. Yeah, brakes are good.

Speaker 3:

Make sure you mentioned windshield wipers. Can I make a suggestion? Yes, absolutely, that is one of the best things to do is to get your windshield wipers new, updated, update, because I don't know if in our area, where we live in Florida, it's always raining If you're out in the sun. No, the wipers can get distorted.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, they kind of shrivel, they shrivel up.

Speaker 3:

The rubber gets old, and so, with all the rain that we have, you've got to have good windshield wipers.

Speaker 2:

I have an extra pair of wipers in my trunk. Oh yeah, oh yeah, Just in case you also want to make sure your vehicle's temperature controls are working properly.

Speaker 3:

Yes, you don't want to overheat and not realize it.

Speaker 2:

Especially if you're going in the desert, Exactly, and you know there are places in the desert that tell you you cannot run your air conditioner. You know you drive in and you see the sign that says shut your air conditioner off. That's because it gets hot and it's going to overheat you, whether you are ready or not. Also, stay alert and minimize distractions. And what do I mean by that? Put the phone down, Get enough sleep. Don't drive when tired, Very, very bad. So take breaks. You need to get out there. Stretch your legs every two hours yeah, Everybody to. Two to three hours is a good idea. You know. Get out, stretch your legs, move around Um, usually it's our gas stops, you know which about three hours in. You know, we'll do a gas stop and we'll take a break. We'll walk around. Also, you might want to bring some passengers around to keep you alert and keep you know, switch off driving.

Speaker 3:

Yeah, you know, if you have a driving buddy and my wife now it what we go driving. This is a fun and exciting thing. We'll look at something well, what was or what was that song? And she goes on her phone. Right, she goes on her phone, not mine, while I'm driving, right and gets all the answers right.

Speaker 2:

So geography questions, you know yeah, it's like here we are. What town is it? Why is this famous?

Speaker 3:

we're driving through it, yes, and you take the it's like the world book encyclopedia sitting beside me.

Speaker 2:

I know I do. I did that when I was coming back from Colorado because we passed by this place and was like what is this all about? Yeah, so when you know my husband, he doesn't you. He sleeps most of the time while I'm driving.

Speaker 1:

So when I pulled over.

Speaker 3:

I looked, I thought he was sleeping while you were driving.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, he sleeps while I drive. So I looked when we stopped and I went wow, it was a historical place, that really things happened. So yeah, so, absolutely so, jay. I have two more questions for you, two more quirky locations, but that was my travel tip. So be aware, be alert and keep your car focused. Yes, now here's something crazy. What's that? Well, I already told you my husband's from South Dakota, right, but I read about You're pushing South Dakota. Yeah, I read about Judd North Dakota.

Speaker 3:

That's got to be up north.

Speaker 2:

Well, it's north of South Dakota, because I don't know if you have been to either North or South Dakota, but there are plenty of small towns to venture into in both of these states. Judd, however, has a population of get this 70 people, 70 big people there, 70 only, and it's all about the artists. Now, we have a lot of artist towns in and around the United States. Oh good, yeah, I know there's some in Arizona, there's some in New Mexico, but I didn't know that North Dakota had a little artist community. Oh, so in an effort to spruce up the town, the artists decided to decorate the outside of the houses, the stores, the garages and bars, all with colorful murals. Now, my question is with only 70 people, how many bars could there be? I mean, do they have that many bars for 70 people?

Speaker 3:

Well, maybe a lot of tourists come in and they, you know, Well, I think that's what they're hoping for.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, but I dig for. Yeah, but I digress. Wow, the murals are dubbed the Village of Murals. Well, of course, and the artwork consists of everything from cartoon characters and larger than life postage stamps to nature scenes and local images. So walking around the town is like walking around an outdoor art museum. That's cool, yeah, so that's kind of a cool place to stop. So if you're in North Dakota, you might want to stop by Judd.

Speaker 3:

Now you've asked me if I've been in South Dakota Right, and I drove from the east side to the west side of South Dakota, so you drove through Right Without stopping On Interstate 90. Well, and you're on the interstate, you're driving and you see signs that say you know little town or you know town, turn left and go. And of course I was almost out of gas and so I saw a sign that said you know, town, you know, go to left. So I drove into this little town that had two buildings left, a grain elevator that was almost falling down and it had no gas no gas station.

Speaker 2:

So you got to be careful out there and that's part of your tip right, part of your driving. Stay alert and know where the gas stops are. That's right. Or nowadays, where we did a little thing about electric cars oh, yeah, yeah, oh even worse, right? So here we go. We're going to go to Illinois again. My hometown, yeah, my state. And I have to ask you again have you been to Casey, illinois, casey? I don't think so. Oh, really, yeah, do you know where it is? No, oh, and you lived in Illinois, yeah.

Speaker 3:

Well, it's a big state. You know, it's kind of like Florida it's a big state.

Speaker 2:

Okay, so the town of only 2,400 have a claim to 12 Guinness World Records. Oh really, yep, for the largest items. Oh, wow, yeah, about a dozen of so-called big things all shown around the historic downtown. So the winners of the Guinness World Record are the following they have the wind chime, remember, these are the largest items. A rocking chair, a pitchfork, a mailbox and a barber's pole oh wow, these are the largest on world records. Large, large items are the largest on world records. Large, large items. And another thing yes, they are all made in Casey. Oh well, that's good, so they make it there, yeah, yeah. And you can also see a very big cactus, a big ear of corn and a big taco. Okay, it probably wants to get you hungry, so you can eat in the town, okay.

Speaker 3:

Now I know where Casey is. I've been close to it but never driven through it.

Speaker 2:

Oh, so you've heard about it.

Speaker 3:

I've been going north on Highway 57. Right it crosses 70, so Casey is off of 70 east of Effingham.

Speaker 2:

Effingham. Now I've been through Effingham, I don't know why you spent a year there, one day Probably because I was on 70 at one point, probably 170,.

Speaker 3:

Yeah, yeah.

Speaker 2:

Now. It all started when a local businessman tried to think of a way to draw visitors to his small little town.

Speaker 3:

Good idea.

Speaker 2:

And that's when Guinness got involved and viola, there it was. Sometimes it just takes an idea or thinking out of the box to get noticed, and I'm sure that local businesses were really happy about that because it brought tourism in. Yeah, brought tourism in. Restaurants were probably booming at that point, oh yeah. So, yeah, good for that guy that said, hey, let's get our little town on the map, let's build the big things, let's build it out and get there. So there you have it. Those are just six of the small, quirkiest little towns in the Midwest.

Speaker 2:

I'm going to try to find something You're going to try to find something.

Speaker 3:

I'm going to keep talking while you try to find something. I'm seeing the wind chime and it is pretty big.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, these are all very, very large Guinness Book Records, largest items on file. I saw the rocking chair largest items on file. I saw the rocking chair. The rocking chair is pretty cool.

Speaker 3:

I was wondering if I could get the wind chime to make some noise, but it won't make any noise?

Speaker 2:

for me, I don't think so. I don't think so, but there you have it. So travel around the United States, you know. Plan your routes, you know, and if you do see a small little town that might have something fun, pop in, you know, grab a bite to eat and go take a peek at it. Why not, right? Well, there you have it. So much traveling to do, so little time to do it in. So tune in every week for more travel info and insights and just plain old fun. Please follow me and like me on Facebook.

Speaker 2:

Do you have a favorite location? Maybe one of these fun locations? Yeah, or an interesting travel tip? Fun locations or an interesting travel tip? Let me know at z michelson at gmailcom, and of course, z is spelt z, e, e. I am very excited to let you know my podcast can be heard on your favorite podcast players. Feel free to give me a review. I'd love to hear what you have to say. Thanks for listening today. Traveling truly opens up the world to you. You learn all about the different cultures, lifestyles and, of course, the delicious food around. Then you realize we really are truly all the same. So dream, dream big, reach for those stars, and if you only get to the moon, at least you made the trip. If you're looking for great places to travel, to visit my website, zmichelsontravelcom. And again, z is spelled Z-E-E. This is Z, michelson, making your travel dreams come true.