ROAD TRIP! Post a pic of a roadside attraction.

[ohiosmith]

[Kali]

1. I cant do pix right now, but the local ond is...

The Thing? Mystery of the Desert.

[ohiosmith]

2. I've seen those signs. Never stopped.

[Ptah]

3. The Thing? - - - >

[ohiosmith]

4. Thanks man! You saved me a buck.

:thumbsup:

[Kali]

9. Trust me, it is still worth a buck.

Espcially if you :smoke: alittle something first.:rofl:

[Kali]

7. Oh Ptah!

:spank: :spank: :spank:

[Kali]

6. I live between.the two exits west of the place.

cant quite tell where that sign is, thought I knew, but looking closer nope.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

5. The Booming Prairie Chicken

along with my late dad.

[ohiosmith]

8. Now that's a roadside attraction!

:toast:

[sarge43]

10. St Ignace MI

[ohiosmith]

13. Cool!

:toast:

[handmade34]

78. hey, I was just there yesterday!

[demmiblue]

11. Mystery Spot

[Initech]

14. Like this?

[Ptah]

12. The Cut Bank Penguin.

[Texasgal]

15. Cadillac Ranch, Texas

[rbnyc]

42. That's awesome. (nt)

[woo me with science]

16. Weeki Wachee Florida Mermaids

Bills itself as the only live mermaid show in the United States. :rofl:

[ohiosmith]

55. How cool is that?

:toast:

[frogmarch]

17. Carhenge

by Alliance, Nebraska:

[dana_b]

18. Willow Creek and the Bigfoot museum!

I remember going years ago but we're making another trip near there soon so maybe we'll stop in. :)

[mike_c]

79. I live just over the hill but have never stopped in, LOL....

eom

[sarge43]

19. No survey of America's roadside attractions complete without

that creme de la creme of tacky

[alphafemale]

36. "You Never Sausage a Place!"

"Kids...START SCEAMING NOW! They'll Stop."

The actual place pretty much sucks but the billboards make part of that endless I-95 drive kind of bearable.

[sarge43]

39. I'd like to agree, but SotB is one of the things that made me

believe, somewhere in the Carolinas, that hubby and I had died, gone to hell and would spend eternity driving I-95.

[alphafemale]

43. No that'd just have been SC.

Amazing thing I-95. You can travel from Maine to Miami and see nothing of America.

[sarge43]

45. Oh you see America and then scream in abject horror. n/t

[timtom]

58. "Small kidneys?

Pedro's has large restrooms!"

Circa 1957

[PassingFair]

20. World's Largest Rainbow Trout

Kalkaska, MI

[GoCubsGo]

21. The Gaffney, SC peach water tower.

Otherwise known as the "butt on a pedestal".

[GoCubsGo]

22. And, a cool website for those who love this kind of stuff.

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/location/

[XemaSab]

24. Looks less like a butt than something else

:hide:

[GoCubsGo]

34. Now that you mention it...

I see what you mean. LOL!!!

[MrMickeysMom]

28. This reminds me of matcom's .....

[progressoid]

38. Umm...that's just wrong.

And yet so right.

[MilesColtrane]

23. Giant sixer

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wg2mnzIH9mI/TMyU3NXArcI/AAAAAAAAHu0/D0G7gq2MURg/s1600/World+Most+Incredible+and+Biggest+Record+in+the+world+10.jpg

[a kennedy]

37. That's the old version when the silos were HAND painted...

now they're just wrapped in a plastic sheet like thingy, and not as cool looking. Great for our little town of La Crosse, WI to be known as the huge six pack city. :eyes:

[GoCubsGo]

44. My favorite cheap beer.

How I miss it!

[TheMightyFavog]

65. Allow me to Present an more updated version...

Old Style's not made in La Crosse anymore. Ever since that Australian SOB bought the G. Heilman Brewery and promptly fucked it over. The Brewery in La Crosse is now oned by new management and now makes La Crosse Beer.

[XemaSab]

25. .

:hide:

[Suich]

26. ok, I give up!

What is that?

:shrug:

[XemaSab]

29. The Sundial Bridge in Redding

:P

[Capn Sunshine]

27. I was going to post Big Pile of Bones outside Velarde NM

but it closed in 1999 :cry:

[elana i am]

30. big brutus, west mineral kansas

[Joe Fields]

33. My grandfather was one of a crew of five that operated Big Brutus

for the short time it was in operation. He told us grandkids that it scared him, it was so big. He was afraid he was going to crush people on the ground because he couldn't see. He relied on radio communication and spotters.

[YankeyMCC]

31. I used to live across the street from this:

http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/public/OS7LTXi_OCsgGBZ6qb09kfcdR2Rjg9OHr7vNTuP1xOIrIqOfIiQPERclgndnOBQFIRz_Rcx471sc9cq6iOH49uxvugfuqKKhROqjz8_M

[Joe Fields]

32. The entrance to the Trees of Mystery

[mike_c]

81. beat me to it....

I've driven by it a hundred times and it STILL amazes me. OK, here's another from nearby on the 101:

[Rhythm]

35. Once turned the car around because i couldn't believe i'd actually seen this...

[rocktivity]

40. Greetings From Asbury Park

According to Wikipedia, will be incorporated into the new upscale broadwalk.


:headbang:
rocktivity

[rbnyc]

41. I Love the Wisonsin Dells!

http://images.travelpod.com/tripwow/photos2/ta-0142-262a-e2ad/the-upside-down-white-house-interesting-wisconsin-dells-united-states+1152_13025446358-tpfil02aw-17860.jpg

[hyphenate]

46. The Tallest Thermometer in the US

in Baker, California:

[A HERETIC I AM]

56. I was through Baker a few weeks back....

and that thermometer is now a sign for a motel - a Super 8 or something.

The temp wasn't displayed like it is in your pic.

Shame.

[hyphenate]

59. Wow

Times do change after all! Baker used to be proud that there were more winners of the California state lottery coming from their general store than almost anywhere in CA because it used to be the only place Nevadans could purchase those tickets. When they built that little store right there at Stateline, all that changed. Baker is becoming less relevant every day now.

My mom and I got stranded in Baker one night when my car at the time got its engine fried. AAA towed us into Baker, and we ended up sleeping in the car because there were no vacancies available. My brother drove the hour and a half from Vegas and picked us up, and we ended up flying back to SoCal two days later. It's become one of my fears, now, to get stuck in someplace where we can't get out. Obviously, it's based in fact!

[A HERETIC I AM]

60. Well, if nothing else, there is always "The Mad Greek" in Baker.

Not bad Souvlaki and Gyro's. Pretty good Grape Leaves, though I make better!

The only reason to stop in Baker, in my opinion.

Baker is one of those types of places that you say "I spent a month there one afternoon."

[hyphenate]

67. I'm afraid I'm not big on Greek

food, but I think we were in there at some point! The heat there has been too much for me, and I always wanted to get the hell out of there as quickly as possible after putting gas in the car! I'm a girl from New England, and even after living 15 years in SoCal, high temperatures don't thrill me in the least!

[OffWithTheirHeads]

47. What can I say? It's Arizona.

[cherokeeprogressive]

48. Needs no comment.

[greendog]

49. Hell's Half Acre

[LynneSin]

51. I thought that was Dick Cheney's home

:rofl:

[greendog]

52. You're right!

It's in Natrona County where young Darth attended High School. :rofl:

[LynneSin]

50. This one is close to home! Outside Harrisburg on the river between Dauphin and Marysville PA

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Dauphin+PA&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x89c8c5eee6b06df9:0x826fd5a12eca7049,Dauphin,+PA&gl=us&ei=yBlkTq-nJq_F0AGH-tGYCg&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=2&ved=0CCcQ8gEwAQ
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/07/knuckleheads_celebrate_25th_an.html - history of the statue. BTW the guy who designed it is a democrat :D

This is on the Susquehanna river just outside of Harrisburg heading west towards Dauphin on 22/322.

The original one was erected in 1986 and made with Venetian Blinds - it was there for years until a storm took it out but it was so popular funds were raised so a better one could be put in it's place

[sakabatou]

53. I dunno if this is a road-side attraction...

[Auggie]

68. Yes

[From The Ashes]

54. World's biggest Cowboy boots...

Here in San Antonio...

[Maine-ah]

57. here's a couple

[HappyMe]

75. LOL!

Guns, wedding gowns & cold beer! :rofl: What else do you need? :rofl:

[CherokeeDem]

76. And....

not necessarily in that order...

perhaps. cold beer, guns, and wedding gowns is more appropriate.

[A HERETIC I AM]

61. How about "Salem Sue", the worlds largest Holstein Cow statue;

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bauLMPGDkFg/TcY_apfIhaI/AAAAAAAACak/XgsW41U_y-w/s1600/salem+sue_resize.jpg

Salem, ND.

[WinkyDink]

62. Lucy the elephant, Margate, NJ:

[NewJeffCT]

72. I saw that one a few times back in the day

forgot all about it.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

63. This is where I take visitors to Houston.

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/2225

I live a few miles from this Chrome Hood Ornament Angel in a Cemetery:
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/17911

[TheMightyFavog]

64. The House on the Rock, Spring Green, WI

The actual House is cool. I would have loved to live in a house like that.

The collections, however are very Tourist Trappy.

[quakerboy]

66. Stone henge.

The US version, in Washington state

[Hepburn]

69. Cabazon, CA

And right next door? The best date shakes in the world! :hi:

[mucifer]

70. The Berwyn Spindle was dismantled a coupla years ago

You might remember it from "Wayne's World".

[charlie and algernon]

71. I pass this all the time in Pennsylvania

It's a large miniature village. One of these days I'll actually stop.

[cyberswede]

73. A couple in Minnesota

Paul and Babe (in Bemidji):


Lucette (in Hackensack):

[hifiguy]

74. No sign on earth has ever beaten this one

No piccy of the actual place, though, in a quick Google search.

[greendog]

77. The Crossroads - Clarksdale, Mississippi

[KamaAina]

80. Holy Land USA, Waterbury, CT

Officially closed for many a year now, but a few intrepid souls still find their way up there.

[fishwax]

82. the original Burger King

In Mattoon, Illinois. This restaurant was open before the chain was, and still keeps the name. (The "other" Burger King isn't allowed within 20 miles.) Good burgers and ice cream :)