Sometimes we stop to see unusual roadside attractions as we wander around America.
Hammer Museum in Haines, AlaskaBigfoot on the road to Pikes Peak in ColoradoThe Bat Tower, Sugarloaf Key, FloridaSmallest Post Office in America in Ochopee, FloridaSmallest Church in America, Townsend, GeorgiaThe Iron Horse on Highway 15 in Green County, GeorgiaGreen Giant Statue in Blue Earth, MNSouth of the Border, South CarolinaWall Drug Store in Wall, South DakotaThe Corn Palace in Mitchell, South DakotaSuperman Statue in Metropolis, IllinoisCadillac Ranch near Amarillo, TexasBig Blue Crab in Rockport, TexasJohn Henry Statue, Talcott, West Virginia
What kind of unusual attractions have you seen in your travels?
Irene, a sign at the church says “Christ’s Chapel in Memory Park, visitors welcome, non denominational, built in 1949 by Mrs. Agnes Harper and dedicated to Jesus Christ”.
Vandals burned it in 2015 and volunteers raised money to rebuild it.
These were great! I think there is a travel book that lists all these and more. So far, I can’t recall anything really unusual in our travels….we need to try to find any in our paths!
This is a really fun collection! I think of the giant copper-painted copper miner in downtown Bisbee. He’s quite the sight, and perfect for the quirky town. :-))
Beautiful couple photo. 🙂 These are some amazing attractions, and I’m sorry to say I’ve never seen any of them. I think you do an amazing job of truly ‘seeing’ everything when you travel. We can learn from you. 🙂
Judy, I got the wanderlust from my father. When we were on family trips he would always pull off the road to see things. Henry and I have missed a few places because there was no place to park with our fifth wheel.
Thanks Ingrid. There’s a few more that I don’t have pictures of and quite a few we missed because of lack of parking for our fifth wheel. Always fun to stop and check them out when we can.
Thanks for the comment. When I was a kid on a family vacation my father would often stop to look at things like this. It makes a trip more fun to go a little out of the way to see something unusual.
We’ve been to the Corn Palace and the Big Blue Crab, Beth! Have you ever seen the Uniroyal Tire in Allen Park, Michigan? It’s huge!
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We missed it!
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Liked them all. Would love to know the story behind the church.
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Irene, a sign at the church says “Christ’s Chapel in Memory Park, visitors welcome, non denominational, built in 1949 by Mrs. Agnes Harper and dedicated to Jesus Christ”.
Vandals burned it in 2015 and volunteers raised money to rebuild it.
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Thank you so much for that info. Glad the church was rebuilt.
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You saw good ones! There is a giant coffee pot and also a shoe in Pennsylvania.
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How did we miss those!
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These are awesome snippets of sites you have enjoyed seeing and isn’t it fun. We can’t resist stopping whenever we see something like these.
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These were great! I think there is a travel book that lists all these and more. So far, I can’t recall anything really unusual in our travels….we need to try to find any in our paths!
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Roadside America has a book, website and probably an app. We have an ancient copy of the book
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Oh an app! That would be great. But I should look for the website.
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This is a really fun collection! I think of the giant copper-painted copper miner in downtown Bisbee. He’s quite the sight, and perfect for the quirky town. :-))
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Laurel, we never saw that one.
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Beautiful couple photo. 🙂 These are some amazing attractions, and I’m sorry to say I’ve never seen any of them. I think you do an amazing job of truly ‘seeing’ everything when you travel. We can learn from you. 🙂
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Judy, I got the wanderlust from my father. When we were on family trips he would always pull off the road to see things. Henry and I have missed a few places because there was no place to park with our fifth wheel.
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I see a couple of familiar ones here. Always fun to see and made for a great blog post.
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Thanks Ingrid. There’s a few more that I don’t have pictures of and quite a few we missed because of lack of parking for our fifth wheel. Always fun to stop and check them out when we can.
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This is quite a collection of oddities! I remember seeing things like this when I was a kid. Glad to see Americana is keeping up the tradition!
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Thanks for the comment. When I was a kid on a family vacation my father would often stop to look at things like this. It makes a trip more fun to go a little out of the way to see something unusual.
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I’ll be seeing the Cadillac Ranch next month on my way from Michigan to Arizona, along with other Route 66 gems.
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