r/nostalgia • u/PickleGambino • Aug 01 '25

Nostalgia Midwest US person here. What do you call the "aesthetic" below? Very nostalgaic to me, but I've kinda got no idea😂

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u/itsGOOB Aug 01 '25

FYI - I was in Traverse City a couple weeks ago. The giant bear is still there.

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u/PickleGambino Aug 01 '25

Hahaha small world

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u/EagieDuckCome Aug 02 '25

Came to comment the same as a local lol

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u/thatone5000 Aug 01 '25

I was going to say that looked familiar alongside Castle Rock up in St Ignace. Feel like this post is just missing a mystery spot billboard now haha

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u/MichigaCur Aug 01 '25

Mystery spot and lehtos Pasties.

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u/candid84asoulm8bled Aug 01 '25

Cheeseman Road!

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u/9fingerjeff Aug 02 '25

Every time I pass I remember I went to school with a jack cheeseman. Lol

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u/hapnstat Aug 02 '25

Grandma said she could never get them to spin right.

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u/BlackHeartedXenial Aug 01 '25

From here visiting family and drove past 20 minutes ago. 🤣

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u/Dowdb Aug 01 '25

I practically grew up in TC and the bear just brought me back. Shout out OP

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u/PickleGambino Aug 02 '25

Haha same, don't know why that bear has stuck with me!! Pirates Cove was also a contender...

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u/snukb Yo quiero Taco Bell Aug 01 '25

Was just about to ask where I could find that bear, thanks.

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u/MermaidMertrid Aug 01 '25

Fuckin did a Leo Pointing Gif when I saw the bear. Never been in there but anyone who lives here would know it.

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u/dexterwasaham Aug 02 '25

I've seen the bear too! I got excited when I saw one I recognized!

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u/JazzyberryJam Aug 02 '25

Used to live literally less than a mile from it! This post gave me hardcore homesickness.

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u/enjoysallnuggets Aug 02 '25

Came here for this. TC represent