on Dec 6 10-2 for our holiday party!Just in time for our 100th Christmas :TOURIST SOUVENIR STAND.Because every great American road trip once ended with a pocketful of tiny treasures from a mom-and-pop shopand now, ours does too.To celebrate Wandawegas birthday, were bringing back the classics: the blue-collar, glove-compartment, dashboard-rattling souvenirs that defined Midwestern travel from the 1940s through the 70s. The same kind your grandparents picked up at fishing camps, roadside cafs, and gas-station gift counters from Superior to the Ozarks.Fun fact: Before big vacation stores existed, these miniature keepsakes were made by small family factories across the Midwesteach hand-pressed, flocked, stamped, or cast in batches so tiny that no two were ever exactly alike. Souvenirs werent meant to be fancy. They were meant to be friendly. Accessible, inexpensive, and sentimental just a little proof that you were there.So we curated a dozen all-time-favorite American Tourist souvenirsthe most collected, most traded, most beloved trinkets of the golden age of roadside travel.Opening up for visitors at our Holiday Market Dec 6 10-2 :CAMP WANDAWEGA TOURIST SOUVENIR STAND:These are the simple old school tourist mementos that built Americas road-trip culture. See you at our Chicago Outpost- the @BureauOfTourism

December 1, 2025 • Published by Tereasa Surratt • Instagram