Places CatrinObscura Wants to Go

This world record holding pocketknife is so large that it has to be operated by a crane.

The world's largest pin (or tack) is located in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, at the Transit Authority of Central Kentucky (TACK) headquarters.

One of the few surviving "Wigwam"-themed motels.

Prehistoric animals decorate this popular outdoor park.

Eight rare Corvettes are swallowed up by a sinkhole in Kentucky's National Corvette Museum.

Everyone and everything one man ever loved and lost, now stare into the East for all eternity.

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

A taxidermy “mermaid,” vampire-killing kits, and hundreds of other bizarre objects are housed at this quirky museum.

Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.

This lagomorph-obsessed Route 66 emporium is home to a giant jackrabbit that sits in a bunny graveyard.

This diner serves Route 66 nostalgia and what it claims is the 'original' hot dog on a stick.

This historic Illinois "Muffler Man" has been converted from axe-touting lumberjack to rocket-wielding space ace.

This tiny historic jail along Route 66 is the perfect fit for exactly one criminal and their partner-in-crime.

The world's largest covered wagon is piloted by a giant Lincoln lawyer.

A small museum celebrating the fiberglass giants that are icons of America's highways.

This abandoned cemetery has a dark past of bodies buried over bodies.

The Midwestern United States' tribute to Michelangelo is a foam statue sprayed with gaudy gold paint.

The oldest operating Mississippi River–style steamboat still navigates the Ohio River.

This site is where Lewis and Clark met and formed the Corp of Discovery with a few local men.

The Rosie the Riveter statue in Clarksville, Indiana, honors a real-life riveter who worked on B-24 bombers.

An old railroad crossing that’s been converted into a pedestrian bridge.

The massive, original Colgate Clock is mounted on a defunct factory building that was once a prison.