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Da Yoopers Tourist Trap

Ishpeming, Michigan

A proudly overbuilt Upper Peninsula stop featuring a giant working chainsaw, a massive rifle, and homemade mechanical humor.

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Dinosaur Land

White Post, Virginia

More than fifty old-school dinosaurs, prehistoric creatures, and oversized monsters lurk beside a Virginia highway in a gloriously vintage roadside park.

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Enchanted Forest

Turner, Oregon

A hand-built forest of crooked storybook buildings, concrete characters, tunnels, monsters, rides, and homemade fantasy scenery has been growing beside Interstate 5 since 1971.

Giant Objects

World’s Largest Horseshoe Crab

Repton, Alabama

A 67-foot fiberglass horseshoe crab has migrated from Baltimore to Kentucky, Ohio, and finally rural Alabama.

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Kecksburg Space Acorn

Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania

A giant acorn-shaped object mounted beside a volunteer fire department preserves the physical form of Pennsylvania's most famous reported UFO incident.

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Prada Marfa

Valentine, Texas

A pristine luxury boutique sits alone beside a desert highway, permanently locked, stocked with Prada merchandise, and hundreds of miles from where anyone would expect to…

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Geographic Center of North America

Rugby, North Dakota

A 21-foot stone monument declares Rugby the geographic center of North America, even though geologists acknowledge that the continent has no single universally agreed center.

Historic view of alligators gathered at the Hot Springs alligator farm

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Arkansas Alligator Farm and Petting Zoo

Hot Springs, Arkansas

One of Arkansas's oldest attractions mixes live alligators, a petting zoo, a merman, and Babe Ruth lore.

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Mystical Horizons

Bottineau, North Dakota

Pink granite walls, sighting tubes, and a working sundial turn a remote Turtle Mountain overlook into a modern astronomical calendar.

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Spiral Jetty

Corinne, Utah

A 1,500-foot coil of black basalt curls across the shore of the Great Salt Lake, disappearing beneath the water and returning again as lake levels change.

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Gatorland

Orlando, Florida

Long before Orlando became known for massive theme parks, Gatorland was drawing visitors with giant reptiles, old-Florida charm, and larger-than-life roadside appeal. Home to thousands of…

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Confusion Hill

Piercy, California

Hidden among the redwoods of Northern California, Confusion Hill is a roadside attraction where gravity seems to behave strangely. Famous for its tilted buildings, optical illusions,…