Rapid City, South Dakota
Depression Era Dinosaur Park
One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Wheeling, West Virginia
Mount Wood Castle and Cemetery
This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.
Mullinville, Kansas
The Sculptures of M.T. Liggett
Metal sculpture folk art lining the Kansas Highway.
Lindsborg, Kansas
Coronado Heights Castle
Marking the spot where a conquistador gave up his search for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold.
Minneapolis, Kansas
Rock City
A landscape of massive spherical boulders are the main attraction in this Kansas State Park.
Goodland, Kansas
Giant Van Gogh Painting
Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.
Vandalia, Illinois
The Kaskaskia Dragon
Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.
Amarillo, Texas
'Ozymandias on the Plains'
A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.
Amboy, California
Guardian Lions of Route 66
A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.
Amboy, California
Amboy Ghost Town
The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.
Kingman, Arizona
'Giganticus Headicus'
A tribute to the statues of Easter Island along Route 66.
Yucca, Arizona
Area 66
This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.
Amarillo, Texas
The Second Amendment Cowboy
This constitutionally sound Muffler Man harkens back to the days these attractions were a must-see.
Oro Grande, California
Elmer Long's Bottle Tree Ranch
Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.
Granite, Oklahoma
Comecos Cemetery
Dad jokes and wordplay abound in this comic fake cemetery.
Talala, Oklahoma
Winganon Space Capsule
A detached cement mixer has been transformed to resemble a relic from some obscure NASA mission to Oklahoma.
Chelsea, Oklahoma
Totem Pole Park
This historic folk art garden contains a nightmare tower that claims to be the world's largest concrete totem pole.
Arcadia, Oklahoma
Old Route 66 Filling Station
Along the historic Mother Road is an old gas station with a secret counterfeiting past.
Fostoria, Ohio
Fostoria Iron Triangle Railpark
Train fans from all over flock to this railroad viewing park where three lines converge.
Mount Vernon, Ohio
Ariel-Foundation Park
Constructed from the ruins of a former glass factory, this park incorporates the old with the new.
Warren, Ohio
Neil Armstrong First Flight Memorial
The site of Neil Armstrong's first flight is marked by a full on replica of the moon landers.
Leavittsburg, Ohio
Center of the World, Ohio
A grandiose title could not save this mercantile community from obscurity.
Permanently Closed
Peninsula, Ohio
Helltown, Ohio
The tragic reality of a village riddled with rumors of haunts, chemical spills, and serial killers.
Sundance, Wyoming
The Quaal Windsock
An antique Beechcraft airplane serves as a giant windsock for people driving through the blustery open country of eastern Wyoming.
