Seattle, Washington
Fremont Troll
A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.
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Seattle, Washington
A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.
Key West, Florida
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
Key West, Florida
Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.
Key West, Florida
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
San Antonio, Texas
This big empty pig is a nostalgic throwback to mid-20th-century Texas barbecue.
Yarmouth, Maine
The world's largest rotating world.
Dyersville, Iowa
A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.
Salt Lake City, Utah
A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.
Austin, Nevada
Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.
Centreville, Virginia
Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.
Roanoke, Virginia
An overgrown collection of miniature buildings still stand as evidence of one couple's obsession with The King.
Roanoke, Virginia
Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.
Wilson, North Carolina
A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.
Baltimore, Maryland
A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.
St. Louis, Missouri
Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.
Seattle, Washington
An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.
Wall, South Dakota
The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.
Hamer, South Carolina
I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.
Townsend, Georgia
Dubbed the "smallest church in America," this tiny sanctuary was a local grocer's dream come true.
Marietta, Georgia
This abstract roadside poultry was saved from demolition by outraged drivers and pilots.
Lubec, Maine
This waterfront museum in Maine is dedicated to the history of the smoked-herring trade.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.
Burnsville, North Carolina
The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.
White Post, Virginia
Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.