Roadside Attractions

This rare female version of the Muffler Man has its clothes removed each summer to signal the start of pool season.

A surreal pile of colorful junk fills a small yard in an otherwise gray neighborhood.

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

Dubbed the "Blade Runner dragon," this buzzing neon sign is a beloved local icon.

The holiday spirit lingers year-round in the "Christmas City of the High Plains."

A sign marks the plane crash that caused two nuclear bombs to fall in North Carolina.

Norway has built what may be the world's most beautiful public toilet.

A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.

Banksy's image of a naked man dangling from the window of a sex health clinic.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.

A giant doughnut was given to the small New Zealand town of Springfield to promote "The Simpsons Movie."

Modern commuters still pass through this 2,000-year-old Roman archway.

Water-powered gadgets whirr to life in this quirky eco park.

With its peeling paint and faded sign, this theater-turned-recycling plant is a nostalgic relic of 1950s Americana.

The quirky salon doubles as a retro museum run by the world's leading "hairstorian."