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- Mono Mills, CA - Roller Coaster Road
- Poplar Branch, NC - Digger's Dungeon - Home of Grave Digger
- Big Ole: America's Biggest Viking, Alexandria, Minnesota
- Pyramid of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee
- Ghost Town Where The Andromeda Strain was Filmed, Shafter, Texas
- Hanksville, UT - Hollow Mountain Gas Station
- Burger Bar: Hank Williams' Last-Chance Meal, Bristol, Virginia
- Greenwood, MS - Tallahatchie Bridge
- World's Largest Kokopelli. This oversized flute-playing Ancestral Puebloan deity is also a landmark of Southwestern kitsch.
- The World's Largest Penny. In 1953, a group of Wisconsin high school students helped build a hospital by collecting over a million pennies.
- Apple Boy. This cheery fruit farmer welcomes visitors to a classic roadside emporium.
- World’s Largest Paper Cup. A tribute to the disposable cups that were once manufactured here, this 68-foot-tall statue would be difficult to throw away.
- Alabama // Self-Flushing Latrine. Location: Dauphin Island, Alabama. Soldiers stationed at Alabama's Fort Gaines during the Civil War enjoyed the rare luxury of dropping their waste into a special self-flushing latrine: Seated next to a few of their closest comrades, they would do their business, then let the tide from the Gulf of Mexico sweep everything away (which happened twice a day: once when the tide came in, and again when it went out).
- Alaska // Adak National Forest. Location: Ada Island, Alaska. At one point this "National Forest" boasted one whole tree. During WWII, U.S. Army General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.
- Arizona // Santa's Land. Location: Santa Claus, Arizona. It's a ghost town. It's a winter wonderland. It's in the Mojave Desert. In 1937, real estate pro Nina Talbot founded this incongruously-themed town in an attempt attract land buyers, hoping that the chance to hang out with Santa Claus every day of the year would do the trick.
- Arkansas // Arkansas State Treasurer's Office. Location: Little Rock, Arkansas. What could be wackier than visiting a state treasurer's office? Sure, Arkansas has the not-at-all-creepy Burger Baths for Health sign, but they let you hold $500,000 in your hands at the Capitol Building.
May 20, 2022 · From larger-than-life landmarks and monoliths to staggering sculptures and showpieces, America’s roadside attractions are as varied as they are extraordinary. Here are 22 quirky roadside attractions that will remind you just how weird — and wonderful — America really is.
Aug 11, 2020 · With the popularity of road tripping and RV travel on the rise, we’ve decided to take a closer look at the American institution that is roadside attractions by highlighting one in each state.