A fussy - country road trip would n’t be complete without making time for at least a few detours to witness such iconic bits of Americana as theworld ’s largest ball of twinein Cawker City , Kansas , orFoamhenge , a full - sizeStonehengereplica made entirely of Styrofoam , in Centreville , Virginia . Next time you hit the road , be certain to check out our favored wayside attractions in each nation ( plus Washington , D.C. ) .
1. Alabama // Self-Flushing Latrine
Location : Dauphin Island , Alabama
soldier stationed at Alabama’sFort Gainesduring the Civil War enjoyed the uncommon sumptuousness of shed their wastefulness into a special ego - flushing latrine : Seated next to a few of their closest comrades , they would do their patronage , then let the lunar time period from the Gulf of Mexico sweep everything aside ( which happened twice a mean solar day : once when the tide hail in , and again when it expire out ) . It ’s worth pulling over for — they have useable bathroom , too — but if you ’re not on the route , you may take avirtual tour online.—Scott Beggs
2. Alaska // Adak National Forest
Location : Ada Island , Alaska
At one point this " National Forest " boasted one whole tree . DuringWWII , U.S. Army General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. initiated a Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree - planting program to boost morale for soldiers stationed at the frigidly remote Alaskan outpost . Sadly , the pines were no mate for the mood , and the coniferous population plump to one . Happily , a grove of 33 trees has manage to claw itself back from the brink , and you’re able to now present for a photograph next to a cheeky foretoken that reads , " You are now enter and leave the Adak National Forest . “—SB
3. Arizona // Santa’s Land
Location : Santa Claus , Arizona
It ’s a spectre town . It ’s a wintertime wonderland . It ’s in the Mojave Desert . In 1937 , genuine estate pro Nina Talbot founded this incongruously - themed Ithiel Town in an try pull in land buyers , trust that the chance to hang out with Santa Claus every mean solar day of the class would do the whoremonger . It did n’t , but the site itself — which is located on the originalRoute 66 — became a democratic holidaymaker destination . Award - winning science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein even penned a story about the townsfolk , which has unluckily now fall into disrepair , creating a new curiosity : a graffiti - cover , rattler - filled , Christmas - themed ghost township where an abandon kid ’s wagon train pose in the blazing heat.—SB
4. Arkansas // Arkansas State Treasurer’s Office
Location : Little Rock , Arkansas
What could be balmy than visiting a state financial officer ’s agency ? sure as shooting , Arkansas has the not - at - all - creepyBurger Baths for Health foretoken , but they allow youhold $ 500,000 in your handsat the Capitol Building . Because of diachronic putridness and the cosmopolitan shrewdness of Arkansans , the United States Department of State decided to make it possible for citizen to ensure their taxation money was in the burial vault ( and not in the pockets of an official ) . It ’s now apopular stopfor anyone who wants to know how heavy a half - million in Johnny Cash is for themselves ( spoiler alert : It weighs 16 pounds).—SB
5. California // Bigfoot Discovery Museum
locating : Felton , California
You may not pick out Bigfoot on your next California route trip , but you could at least memorize about the cryptid ’s account in the province . Co - founder Michael Rugg and Paula Yarr spread theBigfoot Discovery Museumin the Santa Cruz Mountains in 2004 . At this smallroadside attracter , you may examine propose Sasquatch grounds like footprint casts and the notable Patterson / Gimlin Film from 1967 . check into out their sightings map before hunting for the creature in the nearby redwood timberland — and do n’t leave to shoot a picture with the 9 - invertebrate foot - improbable Bigfoot statue outside.—Michele Debczak
6. Colorado // Cold War Horse
Location : Arvada , Colorado
Jeff Gipe ’s artistic tributeto the workers at the dangerous Rocky Flats nuclear artillery plant takes the form of a sawbuck in a hazmat suit , standing nobly with one hoof raised . It ’s a deeply goofy image that ’s trapping a deeper message about what the atomic weapon works did to the surrounding area . The absurdity build the perfect subject for a exposure op and forlong , difficult contemplationabout America ’s atomic history.—SB
7. Connecticut // Barker Character, Comic, and Cartoon Museum
Location : Cheshire , Connecticut
A quick detour off Interstate 691 lets you figure a prison term capsule of childhood . More than 80,000 toys and trinket fill theBarker Character , Comic , and Cartoon Museum(BCCCM ) . Gloria and Herbert Barker expend more than40 yearsbuilding this assembling , which includes item from the late 1800s to today . take care around , and you ’ll witness everything from pop culture prints to vintage lunch box that will take you back to your simple school cafeteria days . Every toy is significant here — you’ll spot iconic characters perch next to obscure tchotchkes.—Kerry Wolfe
8. Delaware // World’s Largest Frying Pan
locating : Georgetown , Delaware
Forged in 1950 , this 10 - foot - by-18 - fundament culinary marvel is n’t just for show . It fried up an estimated100 tons of chickenover a half - one C at the Delmarva Chicken Festival . retreat in 1987 ( and since eclipsed in size by other mammoth pans ) , it now domicile at theNutter D. Marvel Carriage Museumas the herald to America ’s interstate race to ramp up the biggest preparation implement.—SB
9. Florida // Uncomfortable Fisherman
Location : Oak Hill , Florida
Outside Goodrich Seafood off U.S. 1 , the statue of Captain J. Goodrich stands proudly , casting his gaze to fair sea and following malarkey while hestraddles his ship ’s wheel . " Straddles " might be the wrong word , but he ’s definitely up on it . Consider his direction posture as you breathe in the piquant air and inspire a crispy alligator tail po ' male child sandwich.—SB
10. Georgia // The Tree That Owns Itself
Location : Athens , Georgia
Sometime around 1832 , William Jackson granted possession of hisfavorite oak treeto … his preferent oak tree diagram , " in consideration of the great love I bear this tree,“according to the human activity . He also gave it the small plot of land it was on . The autonomous entity stood shadily until 1942 when a wind storm knocked it over . The city ’s Junior Ladies Garden Club plant one of its seed to replace the tree , so what you ’re travel to today is technically the successor to the tree that own itself , uphold the tenacious custom in Athens of plant life owning land.—SB
11. Hawaii // ‘Iolani Palace
Location : Honolulu , Hawaii
Built in 1800s,‘Iolani Palacewas the royal home of the former rulers of Hawaii and is the only royal castle in the United States . In 1874 , King Kalākaua tore down the original theater on the land and build the castle . It would not be completed until 1882 , but when it was , it had the belated modern necessities at the time , like indoor plumbing and galvanising Light Within . It remained the primaryresidenceof the Hawaiian purple family until Queen Lili’uokalani was overturn in a U.S. military - back up coup in 1893 . She was imprison in the palace foreight month . The palace was later used as the nation Capitol Building building and housed several governance representation . In the sixties , the castle was designated a National Historic Landmark . The first two floor and the cellar are fully furbish up and open to the public ( it also offersvirtual tours).—Tasia Bass
12. Idaho // Betty the Washer Woman
Location : Boise , Idaho
In 1950 , a tumid statue of a washwoman topped the Maytag Laundry building , greeting all who drive down Vista Avenue . The edifice is now a eatery , Cucina di Paolo , but the laundrywoman is still there , boast all form of outfits depending on the vacation , weather , and whims of the owner . Despite vanish for 15 years , falling into disrepair , andbeing decapitate by vandalsin 2019 , the soapy scullery maid continues to fag on her perennial load of wash get rain or shine.—SB
13. Illinois // Rockmen Guardians
localization : Rockford , Illinois
In the city of Rockford , Illinois , stand up theRockmen Guardians—12 - foot - improbable statue made of boulders and cement by artist Terese Agnew . Construction on the defender was finished in the bounce of 1988 ; each guardian throw his own unique pose , and the loss leader wields a mighty stone sword . To detect these rockin ' shielder , visitant should head south ofSinnissippi Parknear theRock River Recreationpath.—TB
14. Indiana // World’s Largest Ball of Paint
position : Alexandria , Indiana
twelvemonth after receive fun bring layers upon layer of paint to a baseball in high school , Mike Carmichaeldecidedto take up another one with his wife , Glenda , and their 3 - twelvemonth - old son . On January 1 , 1977 , their son paint the first layer ( blue ) , and the Carmichaels celebrate coat it until the orchis grew so swelled they had to build a shed for it . These days , ittipsthe scales around 2.5 tons and boasts more than 27,000 layers of pigment — and it ’s still growing . If you ’re headed to Alexandria , Indiana , you canmakean appointment to paint a layer on the ball yourself.—Ellen Gutoskey
15. Iowa // World’s Tallest Concrete Garden Gnome
localization : Ames , Iowa
Meet Elwood , a friendly - faced , 15 - foot - magniloquent gnome whodwellsin Iowa State University ’s Reiman Gardens in Ames , Iowa . Though he ’s not the tallest gnome in the world — there ’s an 18 - foot - tall statue in Poland — he does hold the distinction of being the marvelous concrete garden dwarf , a rubric he stripped from New York ’s Gnome Chomsky.—EG
16. Kansas // Gigantic Replica of Vincent van Gogh’sSunflowers
locating : Goodland , Kansas
You do n’t need to worry about parking to love Goodland , Kansas’sreplicaof one of Vincent van Gogh’sSunflowers : It ’s 32 feet magniloquent , 24 feet wide , and climb on on an 80 - groundwork - marvelous steel easel . In other words , you may see it from the main road . As for why Goodland is pay homage to the noted Dutch painter , it ’s less about him and more about the sunflowers — not only is Kansas nicknamed “ the Sunflower State , ” but Goodland itself is home tolotsof sunflower fields.—EG
17. Kentucky // Kentucky’s Stonehenge
placement : Munfordville , Kentucky
Octogenarian Chester Fryer may no longer be the mayor of Munfordville , Kentucky , but he still oversees some special property there : Kentucky ’s Stonehenge , which he constructed about 20 age ago . Though it ’s not an exact replica of the real Stonehenge , Fryer did take forethought to arrange the rocks so that light and vestige still put on a special show comesolsticetime . The attracter is liberal to call in all day every day ( just do n’t climb on the rocks).—EG
18. Louisiana // Mardi Gras World
locating : New Orleans , Louisiana
You do n’t have to see New Orleans duringMardi Grasto get a little taste of the festivities : Mardi Gras World , the Earth ’s large air bladder manufacturer , is capable for tour seven day a hebdomad . launch by designer Blaine Kern in 1947 , the society creates more than 500 floats for Mardi Gras every year . Thetour($22 for adults ; $ 14 for Kid ) not only provide a fascinating behind - the - scenes look at how the artists bring the plasterer’s float to lifespan , but it also gives visitor some elucidate item about New Orleans ’s long history of celebrating the holiday.—EG
19. Maine // Umbrella Cover Museum
locating : Peaks Island , Maine
When most mass witness a random umbrella cover stashed in their closet , they chuck it in the methamphetamine . Nancy 3 . Hoffman , however , had a different musical theme : After discovering an assortment of umbrella covers in her home base , she get down collecting other cocktail dress to spring the world ’s only exposition of its kind . Now , Hoffman ’s collection boasts more than 2000 detail from 71 country — aworld record . If you take one of her guided tours , you ’ll be treated to a rendition of " permit a Smile Be Your Umbrella , " the museum ’s theme song . you could reach the museum via a short ferryboat from Portland , Maine.—KW
20. Maryland // William McKinley’s Coffee Break Monument
positioning : Sharpsburg , Maryland
Future U.S. presidentWilliam McKinleyserved in the Ohio foot at the Battle of Antietam — and he also served coffee tree and warm bite to the weary soldiers during what would become the bloodiest skirmish of the Civil War . Thismonument , within Antietam National Battlefield near Sharpsburg , commemorates McKinley ’s sentence as a brave barista.—Kat Long
21. Massachusetts // Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast
Location : Fall River , Massachusetts
The infamous Massachusetts home whereLizzie Bordenallegedly murdered her Father-God and stepmother reopen as theLizzie Borden Bed & Breakfastin 1996 . visitor can tour the house , participate in a ghosttourthat takes them to several supposedly haunted locations near the home , or even get tie on the premise . Spend the night and enjoy a breakfast the next day — just like the Bordens did that fatal aurora . For the truthful criminal offence - obsessed , this is hallowed ground.—TB
22. Michigan // Dinosaur Gardens Prehistoric Zoo
Location : Ossineke , Michigan
In the mood to walk amongst someTriceratops ? Then check out Michigan’sDinosaur Gardens . Open from Memorial Day to Labor Day each year , this prehistorical ballpark features40 acresof dinosaur fun . you’re able to play mini golf game or enjoy some ice ointment while being surrounded by more than two dozen carving of prehistoric beast , many of which werecreatedby sculptor Paul Domke between 1935 and 1967 . The highlight is a 60,000 - poundBrontosaurusthat measures in at more than 80 feet long.—TB
23. Minnesota // R.W. Lindholm Service Station
Location : Cloquet , Minnesota
If you ’re in indigence of gas or a restroom interruption and happen to be near the corner ofHighway 33 and Cloquet Avenuein Cloquet , Minnesota , you ’ll have the awesome chance to fire up at the onlyoperational armed service stationdesigned byFrank Lloyd Wright . The gas station , which was part of Wright ’s utopian Broadacre City concept , has a cantilevered copper roof and a trash observation deck on the second story , where you’re able to excitedly watch other customer fire up . It is also probably the only natural gas station in the United States with a big sign celebrating its architect.—SB
24. Mississippi // Bailey’s Scratching Post
locating : Lucedale , Mississippi
This quirkyitch - relieving postwas instal outside an indemnity function as an advertising gimmick in 1939 , then made its style to the front of the Coffee Pot eating house , where countless patrons used its serrate military service over the year . That list includes a few famous public figure like Gene Autry , Kirk Douglas , andRonald Reagan . While the Coffee Pot no longer exists , Bailey ’s scratch Post now occupy its own permanent spot on the street . If you ’re blend to scrape your back after a long drive , you might as well use the same post as the former loss leader of the free world.—SB
25. Missouri // World’s Largest Roll of Toilet Paper
positioning : Branson , Missouri
call in theWorld ’s Largest Ball of Twinein Branson has become a popular gag in road - trip film , but it ’s not the only mammoth novelty item in Ithiel Town . Make it a two - ply treble - feature by visiting a million square feet of Charmin toilet paper . This coil measures in at 9.73 human foot in diameter and is the equivalent of 95,000 even drum roll . agree toRipley ’s Believe It or Not , it should last the average person around 1900 years.—SB
26. Montana // Garden of One Thousand Buddhas
Location : Arlee , Montana
This beautiful retreat may modify your perception of Montana . TheEwam Sang - ngag Ling Garden of One Thousand Buddhasrests in Jocko Valley , where it invite visitors to relax , contemplate the import of lifetime , and calculate to see if there really are 1000 statue . More than just a restful tourist spot , the center host classes and festivals , too.—SB
27. Nebraska // Kool-Aid Man’s Footprints in Cement
fix : Hastings , Nebraska
Hastings is the place of birth ofKool - Aidandthe large anthropomorphous pitcher who surprises and/or terrifies minor by crashing through walls and shouting " Oh yeah ! " Celebrate the legacy of the piano drink at a special exhibit at theHastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History . While there , you’re able to gaze upon the footprint the Kool - Aid Isle of Man go under in cement outside Grauman ’s Chinese Theater in 2000 . you could also question why the Kool - Aid Man has his own happy face on the bottom of his shoes.—SB
28. Nevada // Clown Motel
Location : Tonopah , Nevada
Travelers who havecoulrophobia , or a fear of clowns , may require to cut this magnet . Located in a remote part of the Nevada desert , theClown Motelis a shrine to red - nosed creatures who have haunted many a individual ’s nightmares . If you may make it past the elephantine clown cutouts deck the frontage , you ’ll be greet by hundreds of time of origin merry andrew dolls and art inside . And in case it was n’t creepy enough , themotelis site next to a century - old miners ’ graveyard.—MD
29. New Hampshire // Betty and Barney Hill Alien Abduction Gas Station
Location : Lincoln , New Hampshire
On the edge of the White Mountain National Forest , motorist on Route 3 north of Lincoln , New Hampshire , will come upon what looks like an average Irving Expressgas station . But inside the convenience store are print posting and displays commemorating the alleged 1961 foreign abduction of local couple Betty and Barney Hill , one of the first such abduction claim to make national medium attending . A historical marker just up the road argue the precise location of the mysterious incident.—KL
30. New Jersey // Lucy the Elephant
positioning : Margate City , New Jersey
For whatever reason , New Jersey has a proud custom of sky - gamey wayside attractions . The commonwealth is domicile toThe World ’s Largest Lightbulbin the town of Edison ; around 60 miles to the south , in Shamong , is a 25 - foot - improbable fibreglass gorilla namedMighty Joein a gun post parking lot along Route 206 . But the Garden State ’s most venerable bit of roadside kitsch has to beLucy the Elephant , a six - story - tall elephant icon that has stood in Margate City ( mighty outdoors of Atlantic City ) since 1881 . channelize tours break that Lucy is astonishingly spacious within — so much so that the elephant was temporarily turnedinto an Airbnbin 2020.—Jason Serafino
31. New Mexico // World’s Largest Pistachio
Location : Alamagordo , New Mexico
Pistachiolandin Alamogordo , New Mexico , is arduous to drop . Outside the nut farm and gift shop sit a 30 - foot - tallpistachio statue(say that five time fast ) attracting visitant to the site . After the farm ’s original beginner Tom McGinnis passed away , his son Tim had the turning point reconstruct in2008to honor his dad . holidaymaker come to look up to the giant pistachio nut can head to McGinn ’s Pistachio Tree Ranch and Winery Gift Shop to pick up some gourmet confect , popcorn , and nuts for the road.—MD
32. New York // The Cardiff Giant
Location : Cooperstown , New York
Here lies one of America ’s slap-up hoaxes . On October 16 , 1869 , two well - diggers found astartling surpriseburied on a farm just outside Syracuse , New York . There , they uncovered the 10 - foot - grandiloquent petrified organic structure of a goliath — or so hoi polloi thought . Locals and holidaymaker alike poured into the domain to wonder at their find . Some speculate the man was an enormous autochthonous person who had been petrify long ago , while others suspected it was a statue establish by Gallic Jesuits . The reality , however , was a turn more disappointing . The so - called “ Cardiff Giant ” was no more than a hoax planned by businessman George Hull , who concoct the secret plan after arguing with a rector about a scriptural passage that mentioned giant once stray Earth . Hull , an atheist , had the tremendous image secretly make and eat up on a relative ’s farm . He and his accomplice raked in a decent chunk of immediate payment by charging hoi polloi to see the giant star before it was expose as a fraudulence . Today , the image lies in theFarmer ’s Museumin Cooperstown.—KW
33. North Carolina // Road to Nowhere
locating : Bryson City , North Carolina
34. North Dakota // The Woodchipper fromFargo
locating : Fargo , North Dakota
There is no shortage of marvellous roadside attractions to polish off on a campaign through North Dakota , including theWorld ’s Largest Buffalo Monument(in Jamestown ) , thegeographical centre of North America(in Rugby — though that finical titlehas been altercate ) , andTommy the Turtle , the largest turtleneck in the humanity riding the largest snowboard in the worldly concern ( in Bottineau ) , among others . But cinephiles will want to ensure they put theFargo - Moorhead Visitor ’s Centeron their path ; here , they can see thewoodchipperfrom the Coen Brothers ’ filmFargo(complete with ramification sticking out ) and a celebrity manner of walking of fame featuring the handprints of renowned folks.—EMC
35. Ohio // Hartman Rock Garden
Location : Springfield , Ohio
The punctilious beauty of Springfield , Ohio’sHartman Rock Gardenwasn’t a part of some grand plan — it was simply the creation of a man named Ben Hartman , a molder who lose his job during theGreat Depressionin 1932 . The idea was to build a new fishing pond out in his backyard , but the ego - teach artist just hold adding to it over the next seven year , craft cathedrals , castles , villages , fountain , and fauna from hundreds of thousands of stone . Today , you could take a tour through the garden , which is still locate on Hartman ’s former property.—JS
36. Oklahoma // First Girl Scout Cookie Sale Statue
positioning : Muskogee , Oklahoma
Girl Scouts have beenselling cookiessince 1917 , and the veryfirst saletook place in Muskogee , Oklahoma . Local schoolteacher Marion D. Brown organized the Muskogee Girl Scout troop ’s cookie cut-rate sale as a inspection and repair task to raise money for care software package for World War I soldier . A bronzestatuehonoring the event now tolerate outside the Three Rivers Museum.—KL
37. Oregon // Mill Ends Park
Location : Portland , Oregon
maintain Portland Wyrd is wanton when it ’s dwelling house to the existence ’s smallest recognized public park . A traffic median value construct in 1946 that depart unused was laterembracedbyOregon Journalcolumnist Dick Fagan , who filled the muddle meant for a traffic light with flowers andcreated a whole backstoryfor it , in which he dub it " the only leprechaun colony west of Ireland . " The space , a mere 452 square column inch , was call an official park in 1976.—JR
38. Pennsylvania // Haines Shoe House
Location : Hallam , Pennsylvania
Like something out of a fairy narration — or a demented giant cobbler — do this buildingshapedlike a skid in Hallam , Pennsylvania . The property was built by man of affairs / philanthropist Mahlon Haines , who require to promote his chain of brake shoe store ( and ensure his bequest ) by erecting a nursing home resemble one of his bestselling boots . Completed in 1949 , it now domiciliate Haines shoe ephemeron and even has a heel house … shaped like a shoe , naturally . It ’s closed November though March , so outwit foot to it while you could.—JR
39. Rhode Island // Mystery Tower of Newport
placement : Newport , Rhode Island
Indulge your archaeologic interest with a visit to this peculiar tower in Newport that has no definitive stemma . Some trust it wasplacedthere by Viking ; others conceive the Knights Templar are responsible for . ( The local museum , meanwhile , claims it ’s the base of a windmill , but there are no records to prove it . ) Consider contain by at night , when the tower is lit and its ancient secret take on an eerie aesthetic.—JR
40. South Carolina // Alligator Adventure
placement : Atlantic Beach , South Carolina
If the closest you ’ve ever gotten to interpret a real - life alligator is via the Discovery Channel , you ’re missing out . AtAlligator Adventure , visitor can get up nigh — but nottooclose — and personal with more than 750 alligators . Thestandoutreptile is Utan , King of the Crocs , a part - saltiness pee , part - Tai crocodile that reportedly clocks in at more than18 feet prospicient . Feeding clip is a sight to behold.—JR
41. South Dakota // Wall Drug
fix : Wall , South Dakota
What can you see atWall Drugin Wall , South Dakota ? Whatcan’tyou see ? The tourist mall was the brainchild of Ted Hustead , whoopeneda humble drug store in 1931 and attracted tourists with hope of free ice water system . Hustead also advertised Wall Drug on hoarding — not just in South Dakota , but across the land . When his son , Bill , took over in the seventies , he inflate the store to live up to its reputation : The property now features everything from a mini - Mount Rushmore to a giantT. king . Animatronic cowboy greet visitors . And yes , somewhere in there is a tiny but go pharmacy.—JR
42. Tennessee // A. Schwab General Store
Location : Memphis , Tennessee
Sam Schwab , owner ofA. Schwab General Store , used to display shoes outside his shop in the early 1900s — until someone pilfered a pair . He started putting out unmarried shoes , but that still did n’t discourage thieves from steal just one . Finally , he came up with a root that he assumed would stop the stealing and enamour the original culprit : He put out the steal brake shoe ’s matching Paraguay tea as bait for the stealer . After all , they ’d require the other skid , veracious ? untimely . The bait shoe still domiciliate in the shop waiting for the most patient stealer of all clip to follow snag it acentury later.—SB
43. Texas // Cadillac Ranch
Location : Amarillo , Texas
Cadillac Ranchis a classical piece of wayside Americana . In 1974 , helium big businessman Stanley Marsh 3 team up with the San Francisco graphics collective The Ant Farm to establish this public art installation in Amarillo , Texas . It have 10 Cadillacs half - buried in acow pasturewith their shorts stick by in the air . The eubstance are decorated with colorful graffito , and visitant are encouraged to entrust brand of their own to the ever - change sculpture . ( It ’s what inspired theCadillac Range in Pixar’sCars . ) Cadillac Ranch is loose to visit and is unresolved 24 hours a day.—MD
44. Utah // Silver Queen Mine Miniature Golf
Location : Monticello , Utah
Monticello Mercantileis a hardware store hiding a very cool mystery : its own black lightmini golf course of study . design and operate on by Liesel Francom ( who also creates gingerbread houses for display in the hardware store ) , the mining - themedSilver Queen Mine Miniature Golfcourse has neon - paint carts , tunnels , and tracks throughout the course . It take Francom more than 300 hours of paint under disastrous lighting in her laundry elbow room to make its nine bulwark murals.—SB
45. Vermont // The World’s Tallest Filing Cabinet
Location : Burlington , Vermont
This38 - draftsman - magniloquent installmentin Burlington , Vermont , was constructed in 2002 by an creative person named Bren Alvarez . Its proper title isFile Under So . Co. , wait for … , and Alvarez came up with the mind as a reception to the long bureaucratic delays cramp the construction of theSouthern Connector project , a bypass into downtown Burlington that was decades behind schedule . The drawers themselves are hold together by blade perch that run through the full 40 - foot - high structure.—JS
46. Virginia // Hollensbury Spite House
Location : Alexandria , Virginia
Just down the block from the farmer ’s market whereGeorge Washingtononce sold his veggies , there ’s a tiny , brilliant blue home squished between the other row houses . The house was no architectural accident : In 1830 , John Hollensbury became so fed up with the noise made by horse cavalry - drawn carts and lingerer in the alleyway between his houses that he build up the 7 - ft - wide house to block the path . The 325 - square - metrical unit claustrophobia machine is fully furnished like a typical home , but it’sprivately ownedand not open to tourists . fortuitously , the frontage is really all you need for an amazing photo.—SB
47. Washington // Leavenworth
Location : Leavenworth , Washington
48. Washington, D.C. //The ExorcistStairs
localisation : Washington , D.C.
In one of the most memorable scenes in the 1973 horror classicThe Exorcist , Father Damien Karras ( Jason Miller ) spring out of a window and tumbles down a steep , minute stairway to his death . The scene was filmed on localization in the district ’s Georgetown locality , and the 72 vertiginous steps are still as creepy — and as democratic a tourer attraction — as ever . In 2015 , Mayor Muriel Bowserunveiledaplaquemarking the internet site as an official diachronic landmark.—KL
49. West Virginia // Flatwoods Monster Sign
positioning : Flatwoods , West Virginia
September 12 , 1952 , is a date that lives in opprobrium for the house physician of Flatwoods , West Virginia . That evening , a grouping of people saw a abstemious twinkling across the sky ; it come along to ram on a nearby farm . When they went toinvestigate , they saw what a newspaperlater reportedwas “ a 10 - foot monster with a blood - red body and a green cheek that seemed to glow ” and had what appeared to be claw - comparable script . Terrified , they ran — and told whoever they could about the clash . The history made headline around the body politic , and the Air Force even opened an probe .
The Flatwoods Monster — or Green Monster , as it come to be recognize — may have made one more appearance the next day , terrorizing a category in a motorcar , but it has n’t been seen since . Today , tourists can stop off and take a photo of thetown sign , which hold Flatwoods “ rest home of the Green Monster , ” pose in front ofa muraldepicting the effect , sit around in chairsthat expression like the freak , or hit upthe museumdevoted to the creature . And , of course , there ’s someexcellent merch.—EMC
50. Wisconsin // Sputnik Crash Site
Location : Manitowoc , Wisconsin
If there are no car coming , you’re able to stand over the brass closed chain in the middle of U.S. 10 North ( just above Park Street ) commemorate whereKorabl - Sputnik 1landed in Manitowoc , Wisconsin , in 1962 . Nothing about the gang would severalize you what it ’s there for ( and there ’s part of a white traffic stripe covering it ) , but there are plaque nearby celebrating the sharp comer of the 20 - pount glob of Soviet planet . Plus , the townspeople hold up all out each class on September 6 with a “ wacky tacky ” fete , so contrive your route head trip accordingly.—SB
51. Wyoming // Old Trail Town
Location : Cody , Wyoming
Travelers looking to experience a cut of the Wild West should blockade at Old Trail Town , the inspiration of the late Bob Edgar . The archeologist ’s love for Old West structure spurred the attraction : Those building tended to disappear — they were either demolished , went down in flames , or were left to rot — so he decided to develop some and preserve them . Edgar move them to the site of what would finally become Old Trail Town ( the procedure involve disassembling the buildings and then putting them back together on internet site ) and opened the attraction withfive buildingsin 1967 . Today , the town has 27 structure , among themthe River ’s Saloon , an 1888 construction with bullet fix in the wall ; the Hole in the Wall Cabin , which was built in 1883 and housedButch Cassidyand other felon ; and the Coffin School , an 1884 construction that set out its name from the fact that a human being die of necrosis inside.—EMC
