Top 50 American Roadside Attractions

Can’t say I’ve ever heard of some of these, but a lot of them sound interesting

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THINGS YOU DON’T SEE EVERY DAY

Ave Maria Grotto, Cullman, Ala.

The Beer-Can House, Houston

Benewah Milk Bottles, Spokane, Wash.

Biosphere 2, Oracle, Ariz.

The Blue Whale, Catoosa, Okla.

Cabazon Dinosaurs, Cabazon, Calif.

Cadillac Ranch, near Amarillo, Texas

Carhenge, Alliance, Neb.

Desert of Maine, Freeport, Maine

Devil’s Rope Museum, McLean, Texas

Dinosaur Park, Rapid City, S.D.

Forbidden Gardens, Katy, Texas

General Sherman Tree, Sequoia National Forest, California

Geographic Center of the U.S., Lebanon, Kans.

Golden Driller, Tulsa, Okla.

Gorilla Holding a VW Bug, Leicester, Vt.

Graceland Too, Holly Springs, Miss.

Grotto of the Redemption, West Bend, Iowa

Jimmy Carter Peanut Statue, Plains, Ga.

Jolly Green Giant, Blue Earth, Minn.

Land of Giants, Unger, W.Va.

Leaning Tower, Niles, Ill.

London Bridge, Lake Havasu City, Ariz.

Longaberger Basket Headquarters, Newark, Ohio

Longhorn Grill, Amado, Ariz.

The Lost Sea; Sweetwater, TN

Lucy the Elephant; Margate City, NJ

Miracle Cross Garden; Prattville, AL

Mystery Spot; Santa Cruz, CA

Oldest Bob’s Big Boy; Burbank, CA

Paper House; Rockport, MA

Paul Bunyan Statue; Bemidji, MN

Porter Sculpture Park; Montrose, SD

Shoe Tree; off U.S. 50 in Nevada

Snake Alley; Burlington, IA

The Spud Drive-In; Driggs, ID

South of the Border; Dillon, SC

The Thing; Dragoon, AZ

RECORD HOLDERS

World’s Largest Ball of Twine; Cawker City, KS

World’s Largest Ball of Twine #2; Darwin, MN

World’s Largest Baseball Bat; Louisville, KY

World’s Largest Bottle of Catsup; Collinsville, Ill.

World’s Largest Buffalo; Jamestown, ND

World’s Largest Light Bulb; Edison, NJ

World’s Largest Pez; Burlingame, CA

World’s Largest Rocking Chair; Cuba, MO

World’s Largest Santa Claus; North Pole, AK

World’s Largest Thermometer; Baker, CA

World’s Largest Truck Stop; Walcott, IA

World’s Smallest Church; near Syracuse, NY

Link has pictures and descriptions of all of them:

Top 50 American Roadside Attractions

Bunch of retired folks making junk. I’ll pass

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Interesting… I have seen Longerberger and been to south of the border a few times

thanks???

I seen Longaberger Basket Headquarters, Newark, Ohio its pretty close to national trail. Pretty wild, its huge!!!

Just went past South of the border last weekend.