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Oddities Guide

State guides, road trips, collections, travel notes, and curious history.

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Top 5 Wisconsin Oddities

A walk-through fish, rooftop goats, and a hometown monster: five Wisconsin oddities worth adding to your travel plans.

A miniature stone city, a tilted mystery house, and an ocean drain: explore five of Oregon’s most unusual sights.

Climb through a shoe factory, find castle ruins, and meet a herd of granite elephants at five unusual Missouri attractions.

A glowing canyon, a miniature world, and a monument to a beetle: five Alabama oddities that make a detour worth taking.

Giant puppets, Bigfoot lore, and 7,000 mustards: explore ten of America’s strangest museums, where unusual collections take center stage.

A whale in Oklahoma, a castle in Colorado and an elephant you can walk inside: ten bizarre roadside attractions worth a detour.