Roadside Attractions & Highway Oddities

Some of the best travel stories happen between destinations — when you pull off the highway for something you can’t quite explain. This collection brings together unusual roadside attractions featured on Unusual Places: quirky monuments, outsider-art creations, weird stops worth a detour, and classic American road-trip oddities.

Iconic Road-Trip Stops

• Roadside Wonders: 13 Unique Attractions in America
• US-95: Nevada’s Highway of Oddities

Outsider Art & Built-by-One Creations

• Garden of Eden in Kansas: Eccentric Roadside Attraction and Visionary Art
• Dr Evermor’s Forevertron: A Journey from Destruction to Creation
• Bishop Castle in Colorado

Weird Houses & Unexpected Museums

• Explore House on the Rock: An Eccentric Wisconsin House that Defies Categorization

Classic Americana & Kitsch

• Kitschy Fun Awaits at South of the Border
• Visit a Corn Palace in South Dakota
• Explore the Legend of Paul Bunyan in Bemidji, Minnesota

Route 66 & Desert Detours

• An artistic twist on route 66: Cadillac Ranch
• America’s roadside attraction – Hole N’ The Rock in Canyonlands Country, Utah

Cold War Weirdness

• A Pyramid in the Middle of Nowhere Featuring the Weapons of Mass Attraction

Alien Vibes & Oddball Stops

• UFO Welcome Center: South Carolina’s Galactic Welcome Mat

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