25 Unbelievable Roadside Attractions to See Before Summer Ends
August 20, 2024
As the summer comes to an end, some of you may be considering a last hurrah road trip before the hustle and bustle of fall begins. Well, lucky for you, we have found a great article from explore.com with 25 Weird Roadside Attractions You Need To See To Believe.
As writers with a flair for creativity, we think Cano’s Castle — a castle-like tower art installation in Antonito, Colorado, made entirely from recycled beer cans and other scrap metal— sounds particularly fascinating. As does the Beer Can House in Houston, Texas, where the creator, John Milkovisch, coated the walls entirely with cans from beers he consumed (with some help from his wife and his friends).
Of course, for the coffee lovers out there, you can’t miss the Coffee Pot Water Tower (Stanton, Iowa), the Old Salem Coffee Pot (Winston-Salem, North Carolina), or Sparky’s Burgers, BBQ & Espresso in Hatch, New Mexico, where you can get burgers, barbeque, and espresso all in one place.
And we can’t forget all of you who are nuts about nuts! If you’re traveling through Plains, Georgia, be sure to check out Jimmy Carter’s mysterious smiling peanut. Or, if your travels take you anywhere near Alamogordo, New Mexico, you won’t want to miss PistachioLand (home of the world’s largest pistachio, as well as some seriously delicious chili pistachio brittle).
Other great stops mentioned in the article include:
- Art Cartopia Museum (Trinidad, Colorado)
- The Blue Whale (Catoosa, Oklahoma)
- Cabazon Dinosaurs (Cabazon, California)
- Cadillac Ranch (Amarillo, Texas)
- Dog Bark Park Inn (Cottonwood, Idaho)
- Enchanted Highway (Regent, North Dakota)
- Field of Corn (Dublin, Ohio)
- Hole N the Rock (Moab, Utah)
- Jolly Green Giant (Blue Earth, Minnesota)
- Leaning Tower of Niles (Niles, Illinois)
- Longaberger Basket Headquarters (Dresden, Ohio)
- Lucy the Elephant (Margate City, New Jersey)
- Peachoid (Gaffney, South Carolina)
- Peggy Sue’s ’50s Diner & Diner-Saur Park (Yermo, California)
- Pink Elephant Antique Mall (Livingston, Illinois)
- Salvation Mountain (Niland, California)
- Tommy the Turtle (Bottineau, North Dakota)
- World’s Largest Buffalo (Jamestown, North Dakota)
Regardless of where you travels take you within the U.S. (or who you are road tripping with), there is sure to be something to delight everyone in your party.
Happy travels!