OK. I see the competition is stiff. Let me explain why I believe my entry (and not mine alone, as you can see) of Wall Drug SD is the best.<BR><BR>Remember those old Burma Shave road signs (from Mad Magazine, if nowhere else)? You're going down the road to nowhere, in the middle of nowhere, and you see one Burma Shave ad after the next? Well, the Wall Drug ads start way out of Wall Drug, and they are all to entertain you for miles and miles. It's like the Fodors web site. You can't take your eyes off them. The rest of the highway is desolate, and those Wall Drug signs start beckoning, like a Siren. "Come to Wall Drugs!" Eventually, your curiousity is peaked. <BR><BR>"What is this Wall Drugs?" You ask.<BR><BR>And then, in the middle of nowhere, suddenly, you're there. Wall Drug, SD. What started as a little drug store in the middle of nowhere has become an entire town of drug store, on both sides of the street. Not just any drug store, either, but a western drug store, filled with the cheesiest souveniers and entertainment you can imagine. Wall Drug rocks! And it's the only show in town! It is the dang town!<BR><BR>Remember Stuckeys, as a kid, with the little Smokey the Bear trinkets and the pralines? Well, you'll think of Stuckeys when you arrive at Wall Drug. You are home!<BR><BR>And that is why I am placing my vote for Wall Drug SD.<BR><BR>South of the Border, what have you to say?

Please people, if you're going to nominate a place as the cheesiest, at least spell it correctly......it's NIAGARA, not NIAGRA (like VIAGRA). Sorry, that was buggin' me.

Is tacky the same as cheesey?

South of the Border over Wall Drugs, but not by much.

Definitely Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge (they're near one another, so you get two cheesies for the price of one). South of the Border comes in 2d; Wall Drug 3d.

This is just another thread making fun of the lower classes. Why does their (our)having fun on vacation bother you people so much?

Mary, <BR>Noone's making fun of anyone. Or at least I'm not. I loved Wall Drugs. It was an oasis in sea of boring interstate highway driving through hundreds of miles of nowhere. That's why it gets my vote, for Pete's sake!<BR><BR>

HOUSE ON THE ROCK in Wisconsin

Yes, the previous replies are all noteworthy, but cheesy? Maybe in the Swiss, Cheddar way. But if you want stinky molding cheesy, it has to be Rock City in Chattanooga, TN. Anyone raised in the South during the 50s-60s knows of the great build-up of excitement from the advertising on EVERY barn and mailbox for a 300 mile radius. Boy oh boy, the King of Cheesy is in Chattanooga!

Disneyland !!!

well...if you've done orlando/disney you have topped-out the cheese meter.<BR><BR>perhaps st. augustine,FL with an added visit to nearby marineland.<BR><BR>or keywest, FL<BR><BR>....and another vote for gattlinburg,TN.

The cheesiest, sleaziest roadside stuff has to be in Missouri. First, there's Ozarkland, a gigantic, two story junk shop in the middle of nowhere. Makes Wall Drug look like Neiman Marcus. Then, there are all the strip-clubs-in-a-roadside-barn that are heavily advertised on all the billboards and conveniently located right next to the highway! Did you know that you can enjoy fine food along with your totally nude roadside lap dance? And all for just ten minutes out of your busy driving schedule. But the best part was seeing all the anti-choice, Bible thumping rhetoric on the billboards right next to all the "XXX All Bare!" signs!

OK re:South of the Border: There's a reason a lot of people have mentioned it but so far no one has quite described it.<BR><BR>Picture a cluster of warehouse-sized stores, decorated with hokey plaster cacti, burros, and and painted pseudo-Mexican scenes and icons, all incredibly stereotyped. In each big building is a different variety of CRAP for you to buy -- one will give you your hearts' desire of garish gew-gaws and gimcracks, one will offer a stunning array of guns and other weapons, another has truly cheesy sex toys and items, and don't overlook the great firework emporium -- if that ever is ignited, it'll set off seismographs in Alaska. The food is a wonder of modern chemistry. And the whole thing is so lit up at night that if you have even a little haze on your windshield you can't possibly see the road for the glare.<BR><BR>I'll say one thing: it's unforgettably cheesy, the standard by which all else should be measured. At least Graceland, Disney, the Dells have attendant attractions of actual activities or history or whatever. South of the Border has no other reason for existence except that it is on the NC-SC border and they've made an elaborately meaningless pun on that.

Wisconsin Dells

not only wall drug, but what about the corn palace? can't remember where that is.

World's largest trash can in Baltimore Maryland. Now that's 100% pure cheese.

Niagara Falls!!!!!!!! There is more wax museums, ripley's believe it or not's and the like than any other place!! TACKY, TACKY, TACKY!!!!!!!!!

Cahlanna - Loved your description of South of the Border. It's been years since I've driven that way. I think it's partly there because it is legal to buy much better fireworks in SC than in NC. I'll be sure to include it on my next trip to the east coast!

I have a three point cheesy trip recommendation for you. First, go to Steubenville, Ohio where they have the City of Murals. They took old buildings downtown and painted murals on the sides of them. Second drive 30 miles down river to Moundsville WVA and see the old Indian mound and tour the old WVA State Penetentiary, then drive about 8 miles north in WVA and go to the Jamboree in Wheeling. Man, then you know you have lived! LOL

How about Bluffs Run Casino in Council Bluffs,IA or Counciltucky as we Omahans call it..You will see lots of mullets, lots of interesting folks, for sure. COUNCILTUCKY is the way to go!!!!<BR>