An academic obsessed with "roadside attractions" and his tv-star daughter finally discover the world's largest ice cream cone, the centerpiece for an old gold-rush town struggling to stay on the map. They end up staying longer than expected because of an accident that spilled an unknown cola ingredient all over the highway. They spend the next few days with the various residents of the town which include a teenage girl who loves to blow things up and a boy trying to keep alive his fathers dream of building a beachside resort in the middle of the desert.

The city of Goldfield, Nevada had more snow during the four weeks of production than it had in the preceding thirty years.

Professor Davidson:
Remember: one person's interminable stretch of highway is--


Skye Davidson:
Is another person's road to adventure, I know. But going out of our way to see a giant ice-cream cone? That's crazy.


Professor Davidson:
Crazy? Crazy is NOT to see the giant ice-cream cone. How'd you like to tell your friends we were in Baxter--Oh, didja see the giant ice-cream cone? No, we missed it. THAT would be crazy.

by Silver Jews