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Wall Drug

Wall, South Dakota

Wall Drug

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

South of the Border

Hamer, South Carolina

South of the Border

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

Delgadillo's Snow Cap Drive-In

Seligman, Arizona

Delgadillo's Snow Cap Drive-In

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

Flowing Chocolate

Anchorage, Alaska

Worlds Largest Chocolate Waterfall

While not recognized by Guinness, this chocolate waterfall is likely to be the world's largest.

Ruins of a Victorian folly in Sydenham Hill Woods, London, UK. (Mark Bowler/Atlas Obscura)

London, England

Ruined Victorian Folly

Remnants of a Victorian garden feature sitting in public woodland.

Salina Praid

Praid, Romania

Salina Praid

Gigantic Romanian salt mines used to heal respiratory conditions.

View from outside the Root Beer Saloon.
Permanently Closed

Alto Pass, Illinois

Root Beer Saloon

Taxidermy, Cigar Store Indians, A Model of a New York Tenement and Delicious Draft Root Beer.

Brightly Colored Display Cases

London, England

Horniman Museum and Gardens

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

The Taxidermy Room

Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Zoological Museum

The Natural History Museum that time forgot.

Fort of Graça

Elvas, Portugal

Fort of Graça

This star-shaped military outpost is now simply trying to protect itself from neglect.

The Prioria

Gardone Riviera, Italy

Vittoriale Degli Italiani (Victory Shrine of the Italians)

A military museum, art park, mausoleum, and architectural oddity all on one fascist's estate.

The view of the Custom House that merchants saw upon making landfall

Monterey, California

Monterey's Custom House

The oldest U.S. Government building in California, and it's State Historic Landmark #1.

The schoolhouse of Humberstone, The Gourmet Family

Tamarugal, Chile

The Nitrate Towns of Chile

Towns with a resource known as "white gold," valuable enough to fight a war over, now stand ghostly and empty.

Palacio de Sal

Colchani, Bolivia

Palacio de Sal

This hotel is located on the edge of the world's largest salt flat and is made out of the only material around.

Ragged Ass Road

Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

Ragged Ass Road

This Canadian road's nickname stuck so hard the city had to keep it.

The Flying Dwarf.

Wrocław, Poland

Wroclaw Dwarves

The silly symbol for an underground protest group is now scattered around the city.

Big Merino in Goulburn, Australia. (Wikimedia Commons)

Goulburn, Australia

Big Merino

Three-story concrete ram with a permanent gift shop.

The Giant Mushroom.
Permanently Closed

Belconnen, Australia

Giant Mushroom

Children's playground hidden under a big pink and blue cap.

The Big Trout

Adaminaby, Australia

The Big Trout

This giant trout was made by a singular fisherman who wanted to honor his local trade.

Dogpatch USA
Permanently Closed

Marble Falls Township, Arkansas

Dogpatch USA

A hillbilly theme park that proved so unpopular the land wouldn't even sell on eBay after it closed.

Aerial view of Pigeon Key, with the partially decimated Overseas Railroad bridge running parallel to the new Seven Mile Bridge.

Big Pine Key, Florida

Overseas Railroad and Pigeon Key

Island ghost town detailing Flagler's folly in building the Overseas Railroad.

Port Arthur Penitentiary

Port Arthur, Australia

Port Arthur Penal Colony

Relics of Australia's convict past, and a modern scene of unimaginable horror.

Mundo a Vapor

Canela, Brazil

Mundo a Vapor

This attraction is devoted to the wonders of steam power and features a replica of one of its most public disasters.

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Lucas, Kansas

World's Largest Collection of Smallest Versions of Largest Things

A unique attraction and museum dedicated to exploring iconic roadside structures.

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