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Roadside Attractions

Chantry Chapel of St Mary the Virgin

Wakefield, England

Chantry Chapel of St Mary the Virgin

A tiny chapel perched along a 14th-century bridge.

Rebuilt Memory Park Christ Chapel, March 2019.

Townsend, Georgia

Memory Park Christ Chapel

Dubbed the "smallest church in America," this tiny sanctuary was a local grocer's dream come true.

Hartsville, South Carolina

The Last Yogi Bear Honey Fried Chicken Restaurant

The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.

Quiver Tree Forest.

Keetmanshoop, Namibia

Quiver Tree Forest

A rare cluster of alien-like plants grows along a dusty highway.

Hatch, New Mexico

Sparky's

A wealth of pop culture statuary and green chile dishes give this roadside restaurant clout.

The "hill."

Karpacz, Poland

Karpacz's Gravitational Anomaly

On this Polish road, an optical illusion makes cars seem to roll uphill.

Green Chile Lemonade

A roadside diner in Hatch, New Mexico, makes the most of the town's fiery crop.

New Mexican Sundae

Frozen custard gets topped with green chile sauce and salty pecans to make this Las Cruces specialty.

The Berlin Victory Column.

Berlin, Germany

Berlin Victory Column

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

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The World's Most Beautiful Public Toilet

Uden, Netherlands

Strawberry Drive-In

Drive past the giant fruit sculptures and up to the window for a menu of fruity treats.

White Phone Booths of Hull

The phone booths in this English town have distinctly milky hues.

Chopin Bench.

Warsaw's Chopin Benches

Special benches that play Chopin's music are scattered throughout his native city.

Guberburger

A now-shuttered Missouri drive-in brought local acclaim to patties topped in peanut butter.

Tom Mix Monument.

Florence, Arizona

Tom Mix Monument

At an isolated roadside rest area stands a monument marking where famous Western star Tom Mix died in 1940.

Old Town Wishing Bell.

Old Town Wishing Bell

This bell stars in a tragic love tale and is said to make wishes come true.

Giant cuckoo clock.

Wiesbaden, Germany

Gebr. Stern GmbH's Giant Cuckoo Clock

This tremendous timepiece was once the largest cuckoo clock in the world.

Greetings from Jerusalem Avenue.

'Greetings from Jerusalem Avenue'

An artificial date palm stands as a memorial to Warsaw's Jewish community.