Arlington, Washington
Giant Cedar Stump
At a rest stop north of Seattle, the trunk of an ancient tree.
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Arlington, Washington
At a rest stop north of Seattle, the trunk of an ancient tree.
Leicester, Vermont
A gorilla holding a VW Beetle isn't what you'd expect in rural Vermont.
Sevierville, Tennessee
Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.
Creston, South Dakota
A relic of roadside lore and perhaps the first of its kind in North America.
Yachats, Oregon
There's something big lurking beneath the surface of this tiny Oregon park.
Yachats, Oregon
On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.
Arcadia, Oklahoma
The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.
Bellville, Ohio
This 35-foot-tall hamburger-toting chef is said to be the largest bobblehead in the world.
Steele, North Dakota
The metal bird, nicknamed "Sandy," stands nearly 40 feet tall and is an homage to the birds that migrate through North Dakota every year.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.
Cherry Valley, New York
Take a trip back to the 1950s and the heyday of the road trip along Historic Route 20.
Las Cruces, New Mexico
This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.
Shamong, New Jersey
This 25-foot-tall gorilla made his way from the Wildwood boardwalk to a Pine Barrens gas station and deli.
Greenfield, New Hampshire
This modern medieval weapon of war was built to toss pumpkins.
Mound House, Nevada
On the side of Highway 50 East, between Carson City and Dayton, Nevada, sits a giant metal spider made from a vintage Volkswagen Beetle.
Three Forks, Montana
These giant metal horses graze on a hilltop near the Montana highway.
Hamilton, Missouri
Outside the Missouri Quilt Museum, this large spool has more than one million yards of thread—and counting.
Red Wing, Minnesota
Inside this museum resides a boot fit for a giant.
Hyattsville, Maryland
An intricately designed junk art house with four extravagant junk art cars hidden in the suburbs.
Haughton, Louisiana
Roadside attraction with more than 1,000 stuffed and mounted animal skins displayed in simulated natural habitats with hand-painted backdrops.
Sedgwick, Maine
This roadside stand claims to be the world's smallest bookstore.
Akron, Iowa
This 'terrible lizard' was one of the world's first animatronic dinosaurs.
Atlanta, Illinois
A small museum celebrating the fiberglass giants that are icons of America's highways.
Mullan, Idaho
A miner's handmade folk art fountains are tucked in the woods off a multilane highway.