Instagramming Roadside America

Photograph: Val Bromann Instagram Handle:@sillyamericaFollowers:13,000 Who: Val Bromann Getting started: The Brookfield native, 41, began traveling...

August 16, 2022
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Photograph: Val Bromann Instagram Handle:@sillyamericaFollowers:13,000 Who: Val Bromann Getting started: The Brookfield native, 41, began traveling the nation and blogging about roadside attractions in 2007. Her love for the genre came from growing up near The Spindle, the since-demolished sculpture of cars aligned on a spike in Berwyn. Alone for the haul: Bromann usually travels solo. 'I exhaust my friends, because I want to see so many things.' Favorite place: Casey, Illinois, which has a dozen 'world's largest' attractions in Guinness World Records.