Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Old Salem Coffee Pot
This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.
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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.
Three Forks, Montana
These giant metal horses graze on a hilltop near the Montana highway.
Hudson, Massachusetts
One of the smallest churches in the United States is located along the side of the road in a residential neighborhood.
Sedgwick, Maine
This roadside stand claims to be the world's smallest bookstore.
Corbin, Kentucky
The first KFC is on the National Register of Historic Places.
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.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
This century-old roadside attraction is full of bizarre rock formations.
Faroe Islands
The largest lake in the Faroe Islands seems to be held hundreds of feet above sea level thanks to an optical illusion.
Milarrochy, Scotland
A single oak tree rises out of the waters of Loch Lomond.
Clifton, Australia
An impressive site containing some of the earth’s rarest living fossils.
Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise, France
This volcanic crater lake is renowned for its perfectly round shape, stunning blue-green waters, and unique geological properties.
Sisters, Oregon
This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.
La Puente, California
“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.
Yermo, California
Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.
Creston, South Dakota
A relic of roadside lore and perhaps the first of its kind in North America.
Los Angeles, California
A 1950s Googie burger stand is now a Los Angeles landmark.
London, England
The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.
Tokyo, Japan
The 650 red and white Japanese plum trees of this Tokyo neighborhood blossom each spring.
Brooklyn, New York
A labor of love by laborers in the sign-making business.
Chino, Japan
High in the trees or suspended between cables, these surreal structures are the works of a unique Japanese architect.
Chicago, Illinois
Kwanu'sila the Thunderbird has been silently watching over Chicago for more than 100 years (kind of).
Belfast, Northern Ireland
The only monument to name all of the passengers and crew who died on the RMS Titanic.