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Hometown - Belmar, NJ


Detours(Places to see)

Hometown: Northeast - Amazing Race
Belmar: Bar A: HUGE Bar typical of jersey shore, boardwalk

Asbury Park, NJ - Home of Asbury Lanes (bowling / rock music club), The Stone pony (Bruce Springsteen), "Tillie" of Palace Amusements, Convention Hall. and a strew of Clubs....

Twin Lights (Sandy Hook) or other Lighthouses....

Seaside Hights, Point Pleasant, Wildwood, or any of the other Jersey boardwalks....

Any place interesting enough from "Weird NJ", Jersey shore has the most bars per square mile on the east coast.
Roadblock Ideas: Six Flags...water park race!!

Edwards Military Base or Sandy Hook: obsticle training course
Pit Stop Ideas: Aliare Park: Steam engine train and colonial reinactments

Long Beach Island: take a ferry, water taxi or bike over bridge, get to the Barnegat Lighthouse first!

Berkeley Hotel, Asbury Park
Clues: Playing cards: Atlantic City

From top of twin lightsThe "Flotilla" event


Hometown: New York, NY

Detours(Places to See) Strawberry Fields Statue of liberty and Elis Island

"Ground Zero" former site of twin towers

Times Square of course!!



Coney Island Boardwalk, amusement park and Mermaid Parade

Downtown: see it as the locals do: I like St. Marks, so small it's hard to find
Roadblack Ideas: Start from Elis Island cultural immigrant museum and take a boat back then get to rach area and collect an item: Little Italy, Chinatown, Harlem, etc.

Take the subway around the five boroughs and get lost!!

Eat a bagel, pizza slice, cheesecake clice, and kebab (or falafel).

Climb the steps of the empire state building
Pit Stop Ideas: Top of the Rock

Central Park: Find "Strawberry Fields"

Sovenier Shop versions of real places

MET museumSt Marks, my fave street

Hometown - Akron, NY

Detours(Places to See):
hometown template - Amazing Race All-Stars
Akron, New York (approximately 30 minute drive from Buffalo, NY and 1 hour from Rochester, NY)

Cutter's Cheese Factory is located in nearby Pembroke, NY. Both towns can easily be accessed by the New York State Thruway, I-90
Roadblock ideas:
Pit Stop Ideas:
Clues: In Akron- Ford Gumball Factory, Perry's Ice Cream Factory, Rich-Twinn Octagon House, Tonawanda Indian Reservation, Akron Falls Park. All would be great locations for getting clues or creating roadblock or detour challenges.

Hometown - Rochester, NY

Detours(Places to See):
hometown template - Amazing Race All-Stars
Rochester, New York- Close to the New York State Thruway I-90 and has the Greater Rochester International Airport.
Roadblock ideas:
Pit Stop Ideas: The George Eastman House- good hotels are close
Clues: Eastman School of Music, George Eastman (creator of Eastman Kodak) House and Museum, Diansour BBQ Restaurant, High Falls, Susan B. Anthony House, Mt. Hope Cemetary (A Victorian Cemetery- George Eastman, Susan B. Anthony, The Bausch and Lomb dudes, and Frederick Douglas are all buried there), Highland Park- All would be great locations for clues, roadblocks and detours.



Hometown - Buffalo, NY

Detours(Places to See):
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Buffalo, New York
Roadblock ideas:
Pit Stop Ideas:
Clues: Frank Lloyd Wright house, The Anchor Bar and Grill (Where Chicken Wings were invented), the waterfront area, the old "Aud" auditorim that was home to the Buffalo Sabres and many concerts before moving down the street to the HSBC Arena.



Hometown - Philadelphia, PA

Detours(Places to See):
hometown template - Amazing Race All-Stars
Delaware/Chester Counties: Longwood Garden or Valley Forge. Can do a task in either one area which is about 1 hr to 2 hrs away from Center City Philadelphia.
Roadblock ideas: Widener College: do a military task
Pit Stop Ideas: Heinz National Park - overlook the creek in SW Philly
Clues: direct them to gardens or george washington



Hometown - Manchester, Vermont

Detours(Places to See):
hometown template - Amazing Race All-Stars
Skyline Drive to Equinox Mountain with views of the Green, White, Adirondack, Taconic and Berkshire Mtn ranges at 3848 ft. above sea level. Bromley Mountain skiing and Thrill zone including Alpine Slide and a water slide down the mtn. Cross country skiing and lots of hiking
Roadblock ideas: Hike up Lye Brook falls, or take on Skyline drive to the top of Mount Equinox.
Pit Stop Ideas: The Equinox Hotel
Clues: The Southern Vermont Art Center, Robert Todd Lincoln Hildene center, Pumpkin picking in the fall. Equinox Mountain


Hometown -toms river nj

Detours(Places to See):
hometown template - Amazing Race All-Stars
teams must travel from the newark airport to a town jackson nj and find a place called six flags
Roadblock ideas: ride two six flags roller coasters el toro and king da ka
Pit Stop Ideas: bogada atlantic city nj
Clues: southern nj

Hometown - Biddeford/Saco, ME

Detours(Places to See):
hometown template - Amazing Race All-Stars
Biddeford Crossings, Woodlawn Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow Motel, Mayfield Park, Saco Island, C.K. Burns School, Funtown/Splashtown USA, Aquaboggin, Biddeford-Saco Country Club
Roadblock ideas: ROAD BLOCK: Who likes extreme theme park rides? - The chosen person must enter Funtown with a $25 admission ticket. They must find and ride the Dragons Descent - a 200 foot drop-like ride, and spot their next route marker inside the park
Pit Stop Ideas: Biddeford Airport, Biddeford Crossings, The Saco Amtrak Station
Clues: (resort to places to see)


Hometown - Saratoga Springs, NY

Detours(Places to See):
hometown template - Amazing Race All-Stars
Mineral Springs, Saratoga Race Track, Saratoga Battlefield, Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Racino, Congress Park, Skidmore College, Mineral Baths, Victoria Pool, NY State Reservation Park, Victorian houses, unique stores
Roadblock ideas: Republican Party. The pool in the Italian gardens at the park -figure out which is Spit and which one is Spat. Locate the worse tasting mineral spring water.
Pit Stop Ideas: Winners Circle at the Saratoga Race Course
Clues: The August Place to Be
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Hometown - Ellicott City / Columbia MD

Detours(Places to See):
Columbia Mall, planned community and Lake front, Meriwether Post Pavilion - this is so much fun
Roadblock ideas: Find the loose chair in the Pavilion and fix it.
Pit Stop Ideas: George Washington slept here home
Clues: Who the original farmland was owned by

Hometown - Southampton, NY (NY's oldest village, settled 1640!!!)

Detours(Places to See):
hometown template - Amazing Race All-Stars
Veteran's Memorial at Agawam Park, Gorgeous beaches, Old Cememtaries, Shinnecock Indian Reservation, Old Town Pond, Floyd Estate
Roadblock ideas: Search cemetaries for specific gravestones
Pit Stop Ideas: Old Halsey Homestead 1640's, oldest structure in Southampton
Clues:

Hometown -Amherst, NH

Detours(Places to See):
hometown template - Amazing Race All-Stars
Fraklin Pierce's marriage place
Old Cemeteries
Congregational Church Amherst Middle School-nationally recognized as one of the best schools in America.
Roadblock ideas: Chosen person has to find the clue in a hidden place around the Village
Pit Stop Ideas: The Green- Presidential candidates walk around it every year
Clues:

Hometown -Watkins Glen, NY

Detours(Places to See):
hometown template - Amazing Race All-Stars
Watkins Glen International Raceway, The Glen George, Seneca Lake, The Main Street Drivers Walk.
Roadblock ideas: Team member must find the clue box hidden somewhere in the george. Also, take a lap on the 2.5 mile racetrack with a professional race car driver. Find a specific drivers square hidden somewhere on Main Street sidewalk.
Pit Stop Ideas: Watkins Glen State Park
Clues: Find the Malabar X


Hometown -Pittsburgh, PA

Detours(Places to See):
hometown template - Amazing Race All-Stars
Heinz Field, PNC Park, Andy Warhol Museum, Strip District, Shadyside, Southside, Mount Washington (ride the inclines), Mexican War Streets, Cathedral of Learning at Univ. of Pittsburgh, Kennywood -home of great wooden roller coasters!
Roadblock ideas: We are the city of bridges - locate xx number of bridges and collect a clue from each; eat a sandwich at Primanti brothers; find the Heinz ketchup bottle
Pit Stop Ideas: The Priory, Point State Park
Clues:

Hometown: Rangeley, Maine


Detours(Places to see) The Overlook, Saddleback Mtn, The Cascades, Smalls Falls, Rangeley Lake, The Logging Museum, Piaza Rock (on the Apalation Trail)
Roadblock Ideas: Who's got the power?
Make your way to The Ecopalogicon Store on Main Street and rent a tandom Kayak and bring it to the boat landing at the town park. The preformer of this challenge must paddle them and their partner along the coves of Rangeley Lake to the other side, putting them in Oquossoc, Maine. They must than tie their kayak to one of the marked trees and run along the marked trail to retrieve the clue from the cluebox.
Pitstop Ideas: The Overlook, Lakeside Hotel, The Pinetree Frosty, The Rangeley Guides Clubhouse, The Rangeley Inn
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halcyonlurker Southampton, NY 0 Nov 26 2007, 1:39 AM EST by halcyonlurker
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There is sooo much going on out on eastern LI in the warm months and I love the pow-wow in sept., don't forget the Montauk Lighthouse is the most eastern US point!!
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JaneEO Buffalo,NY Hometown 0 Mar 26 2007, 11:57 AM EDT by JaneEO
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I think those places would be great! Especially going to the Anchor Bar, to make chicken wings, and eat them! Then going off to see Niagara falls!
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GigiHarrison OUTSIDE OF PHILADELPHIA IN Delaware County 0 Mar 16 2007, 9:22 PM EDT by GigiHarrison
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Can visit Philadelphia as the rest stop but road blocks & detorus can be done in Delaware County. Can visit Longwood Garden about 1- 1/2 outside Philly. Try to find the fountain or certain flowers. Also, located 1 of 2 historical Black colleges, or visit Brandywine, travel to Valley Forge. I know the TAR Family Show came through some area of Philly & stay at Fairmont Park. We have other areas to visit.
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