Leicester, Vermont
Queen Connie
A gorilla holding a VW Beetle isn't what you'd expect in rural Vermont.
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Leicester, Vermont
A gorilla holding a VW Beetle isn't what you'd expect in rural Vermont.
Hanksville, Utah
At this gas station in the middle of the desert, a convenience store has been carved directly into the rock.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Onaway, Michigan
A 30-foot-tall sculpture pays homage to what was once the Steering Wheel Capital of the World.
Corbin, Kentucky
The first KFC is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Akron, Iowa
This 'terrible lizard' was one of the world's first animatronic dinosaurs.
Indianapolis, Indiana
A park where you can watch the highway zoom past.
Conyers, Georgia
A herd of plastic cows hangs out under this transmission tower in rural Georgia.
Key West, Florida
The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.
Riverside, California
A tribute to the disposable cups that were once manufactured here, this 68-foot-tall statue would be difficult to throw away.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
This century-old roadside attraction is full of bizarre rock formations.
Holbrook, Arizona
This rusted car found in Petrified Forest National Park's Route 66 exhibit may be the most photographed abandoned car in the country.
Thompson Springs, Utah
Thousands of years ago, Indigenous people painted images onto these canyon walls that are still on display today, provocative, mysterious, and enduring reminders of the people who lived here long ago.
Monticello, Utah
One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.
Moab, Utah
Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.