Paducah considered road trip gold by CNBC

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Story Created: Mon Mar 21, 2011 10:54 AM

Story Updated: Mon Mar 21, 2011 10:54 AM

PADUCAH - It just keeps getting better for The Atomic City. The National Trust for Historic Preservation recently named Paducah as one of its Dozen Distinctive Destinations, then fans voted it the top desitination.  And now another laurel: CNBC recently named Quilt City one of ten "Time Warp Towns" in America. 

Time warp towns are those out-of-time discoveries that make for road trip gold: downtowns populated with of former Woolworths-turned-antique-booth malls, neon signs for Rheingold or Schaeffer, gingerbread detailing, town squares, monuments, cobblestones, and/or apple pie! The buildings where the local history was made are still standing, and if you squint it seems like you've gone back in time. 

Consulting a few local experts including Wendy Van Hove of Roadside Wonders as well as drawing from personal road trip experience, CNBC singled out ten such towns, aiming for ones that were more than blips on the map, picking spots with historic districts and those with enough points of interest to sustain a visit.

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