Roadside Attractions

The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.

Maryland's first (and last standing) toll house on America's first federal road established the state as the "Gateway to the West."

A model of a galactic embassy is hidden in plain sight along the highway, proposed by a UFO religion to find the aliens that created life on Earth.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

This Old West eatery along America's Loneliest Road was originally a stop on the Pony Express.

Enormous terracotta heads of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip can be seen on the side of the road to Windsor.

This ambitious attraction was the brain child of a lake resort impresario, and built by the WPA.

A hardware store Buddha statue installed to deter vandalism wound up attracting Vietnamese immigrants who came to pray.

A whimsical, punny collection of "fence art" outside the tiny mountain town of Baker, Nevada.

The Pennsylvania landscape depicted by a quarter mile of mosaics made from used road signs.

A hidden barn-sized rendition of Grant Wood's most famous, and most parodied, painting.

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

This artsy public restroom is shaped like a giant john.

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.