Red Wing, Minnesota
World's Largest Boot
Inside this museum resides a boot fit for a giant.
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Red Wing, Minnesota
Inside this museum resides a boot fit for a giant.
Conyers, Georgia
A herd of plastic cows hangs out under this transmission tower in rural Georgia.
Anchorage, Alaska
A quirky roadside sign was the subject of a years-long legal standoff over highway right-of-way clearances.
Lake George, New York
This throwback amusement park is home to rides and unique storybook figures from the past.
Bethesda, Maryland
Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.
Los Angeles, California
A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.
Lakeside, Colorado
One of the oldest continuously operating amusement parks in the U.S. is an open-air museum of Art Deco and neon lights.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
An abandoned amusement park based on the popular 1940s Red Ryder comic strip.
Whitethorn, California
A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.
Fairplay, Colorado
This open-air reconstruction of an Old West town, a cross between a theme park and a museum, provides an immersive historical experience.
Los Angeles, California
A miniature train theme park, free to the public, laying at the base of the Santa Monica Mountains.
Danbury, Connecticut
Star-spangled and 38 feet tall.
Peoria, Illinois
This rare female version of the Muffler Man has its clothes removed each summer to signal the start of pool season.
Amarillo, Texas
This constitutionally sound Muffler Man harkens back to the days these attractions were a must-see.
Cheshire, Connecticut
A 26-foot-tall fiberglass American legend stands proudly here.
Unger, West Virginia
Winding country roads in eastern West Virginia lead to an extraordinary place populated by fiberglass giants.
Willits, California
A giant fiberglass Muffler Man found new life as a rodeo guardian.
Midland, South Dakota
Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.
Borrego Springs, California
Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.
Haddonfield, New Jersey
The first partially complete dinosaur skeleton was discovered here, forever changing the world's view of the ruling reptiles.
Windsor, Connecticut
A collection of mechanical beasts with some interesting names.
Creston, South Dakota
A relic of roadside lore and perhaps the first of its kind in North America.
Apple Valley, California
Built in the early 70s, the ruins of dinosaurs are all that remains of a man’s dream to build a free dinosaur themed mini golf course
Akron, Iowa
This 'terrible lizard' was one of the world's first animatronic dinosaurs.