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Chained Rock

Pineville, Kentucky

A colossal rock looms over Pineville with a giant iron chain strapped across it, installed in 1933 to turn a local tall tale into a real…

Roadside Attractions

Leaning Tower of Texas

Groom, Texas

A full-size water tower leans sharply beside old Route 66, not because it is falling over, but because a businessman deliberately tilted it to make drivers…

Roadside Attractions

Mount Airy Granite Quarry

Mount Airy, North Carolina

An enormous exposure of pale Mount Airy granite has been cut for dimension stone since the nineteenth century, leaving a brilliant white industrial landscape beside the…

Giant Objects

World’s Largest Office Chair

Anniston, Alabama

This 33-foot office chair turned an ordinary piece of furniture into a ten-ton Alabama roadside landmark.

Roadside Attractions

Bigfoot Trap

Jacksonville, Oregon

Deep in the forest stands a heavy wooden trap built in 1974 to capture Bigfoot alive. Six years of baiting produced bears, but no Sasquatch.

Roadside Attractions

Dinosaur Park

Rapid City, South Dakota

Seven huge vintage concrete dinosaurs have been frozen on a Rapid City ridge since the 1930s, including an eighty-foot-long green Apatosaurus.

Curious Landmarks

Guru Road

Gerlach, Nevada

A mile of desert stones carries jokes, advice, shrines, and found-object folk art.

Roadside Attractions

Dinosaur Gardens

Ossineke, Michigan

A forest trail filled with vintage concrete dinosaurs, including an enormous brontosaurus visitors can walk inside.

Roadside Attractions

Rollstone Boulder

Fitchburg, Massachusetts

Fitchburg loved its 110-ton glacial boulder so much that the city broke it into pieces, hauled it downtown, and reassembled the enormous rock beside the Upper…

Historic Oddities

World’s Wonder View Tower

Genoa, Colorado

Perched high above the plains of eastern Colorado, the World's Wonder View Tower is a historic roadside attraction that once invited travelers to climb hundreds of…

Giant Objects

Cawker City ball of twine

Cawker City, Kansas

What began as a simple farm chore in rural Kansas grew into one of America’s most famous roadside attractions. The Cawker City Ball of Twine is…

Roadside Attractions

UFO Watchtower

Hooper, Colorado

Standing alone on Colorado’s remote San Luis Valley floor, the UFO Watchtower is a roadside attraction dedicated to the mysteries of the unexplained. This unusual observation…