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Favorite Freakish Roadside Attraction


Mickey's_Girl

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Mickey's_Girl

Okay, I know there are books about this, but I think it would be more fun if people posted their favorite weird/unusual roadside attraction. Please tell is the name and location, and link a website, if available. Pictures are nice, but not necessary.

I'll start the ball rolling (ouch, sorry, unintended paintball pun but I'm leaving it in) by listing the Corn Palace, in Mitchell, South Dakota. It's a large building "made of" corn and other local agricultural products:

[url="http://www.cornpalace.com/cornpalace.html"]Corn Palace[/url]

MG

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Thy Geekdom Come

How about a Nebraskan attraction?

[url="http://www.carhenge.com/"]Carhenge[/url]

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Mickey's_Girl

Oo, oo! I just remembered: I am SO not picking on South Dakota, but I couldn't [b]not[/b] post about the Vinegar Man. I actually met him once, and he told me all about his museum. At first I thought he was pulling my leg, but no:

[url="http://www.austinburg.com/international_vinegar_museum____.htm"]International Vinegar Museum[/url]

That website includes pictures of him and the museum. Also, check out his official site, complete with "Special Note to Extraterrestrial Visitors":

[url="http://www.vinegarman.com/"]The Vinegar Man[/url]


I would LOVE to hear from anyone who has visited this place!

MG

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popestpiusx

I have two. One is the Big Peach along Highway 41 in Indiana. The other is this massive statue of Elvis just outside of Jerusalem.

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homeschoolmom

hehe... this reminds me of a trip my college buddies and we were going to take (yes, the Charlie Brown dancing ones)... we were going to rent an RV and travel all over the place from one tourist place to another... So, I have a whole list of them. We were going to start with the Big Ball of Twine. Let me go see if I can find a link...

[url="http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/MNDARtwine.html"]Big ball of twine[/url]


We were going to go all over, stopping at these places... with the final destination being... da da DA!!! GRACELAND!!!! But, it never happened... Someday... <sigh>

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ilovechrist

there was one time where we were driving down an older highway, and roadkill (looked like a possum) was laying on the side of the road..

one crow was on top, and he was directing the others who were standing in 2 rows of 4. they each took a piece, and went back to the line.

it was HYSTERICAL

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Mickey's_Girl

ilovechrist: EW! :blink:

Adding the World's Largest Paintball, in Alexandria, IN:

[url="http://www.ballofpaint.freehosting.net/"]World's Largest Paint Ball[/url]

MG

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popestpiusx

[quote name='homeschoolmom' date='Jul 1 2004, 08:25 PM'] Sorry... you can do the Brainard vs. Bemidji Paul Bunyon thingy... [/quote]
I have good friends that live in Bemidji. That is quite the large statue.

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homeschoolmom

hmmm... I dunno... but both towns used to fight over which one was Paul Bunyun's home... I was hoping it would be on our quarter, but he's not...

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