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Austin, Texas
Barton Springs
Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.
30.2641, -97.7713
Austin, Texas
HOPE Outdoor Gallery
Austin’s nonprofit-run graffiti park where street art is meant to be painted over.
30.2336, -97.6623
Austin, Texas
Congress Bridge Bats
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
30.2617, -97.7452
Katy, Texas
World’s Longest Car Wash
255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.
29.7782, -95.8473
Houston, Texas
Smither Park
A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.
29.7168, -95.3246
Houston, Texas
Houston Airport Subway
The only airport with a people mover system designed by Walt Disney Imagineering.
29.9856, -95.3339
Cedar Creek, Texas
Pecan Pie Vending Machine
A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.
30.1668, -97.5111
Cedar Creek, Texas
Ms. Pearl
The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.
30.1665, -97.5108
Seguin, Texas
World's Largest Pecan
The saga of the massive nut begins and ends in Texas.
29.6281, -97.9701
San Marcos, Texas
'Nature of the Waters'
In the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere, this was the former home of the Marshal of Gravity and the site of his tragic death.
29.8827, -97.9400
Lindsborg, Kansas
Swedish Phone Booth
A unique blue and yellow phone booth in America's "Little Sweden."
38.5743, -97.6757
Lindsborg, Kansas
The Höglund Dugout
This mid-19th-century dugout was once home to a Swedish family as they erected their homestead.
38.5758, -97.7025
Minneapolis, Kansas
Rock City
A landscape of massive spherical boulders are the main attraction in this Kansas State Park.
39.0909, -97.7356
Brookville, Kansas
Mushroom Rock State Park
Curious rock formations in a tiny Kansas state park.
38.6550, -97.9967
Cawker City, Kansas
World's Largest Ball of Twine
It's big, it's a ball, and it's made of twine—the world's largest of its kind.
39.5125, -98.4337
Lucas, Kansas
Bowl Plaza
This artsy public restroom is shaped like a giant john.
39.0590, -98.5384
Lucas, Kansas
World's Largest Collection of Smallest Versions of Largest Things
A unique attraction and museum dedicated to exploring iconic roadside structures.
39.0576, -98.5378
Lucas, Kansas
World's Largest Souvenir Travel Plate
Kansas's Grassroots Art Capital welcomes visitors to Lucas through its very own World's Largest Thing.
39.0577, -98.5282
Wilson, Kansas
World's Largest Czech Egg
A 20-foot-tall egg painted in a traditional Czech patterns by the Czech community in Wilson, Kansas.
38.8258, -98.4725
Wilson, Kansas
Old Tobias Water Tower and Jail
This tiny old water tower once doubled as a makeshift jail.
38.8265, -98.4744
Lindsborg, Kansas
Coronado Heights Castle
Marking the spot where a conquistador gave up his search for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold.
38.6134, -97.7030
Lucas, Kansas
The Garden of Eden
Self-built house and sculpture park where the creator can still be seen in a glass coffin.
39.0580, -98.5350
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