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2024

Classical Gas Museum, Embudo, New Mexico [April 29, 2024]
World's Largest Cat, Pine Island, New York [April 22, 2024]
Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center, Woodland Park, Colorado [April 15, 2024]
Bloodstained Tomb of Nina Craigmiles, Cleveland, Tennessee [April 8, 2024]
Roadside Sideshow Expo, Lucas, Kansas [April 1, 2024]
Easter Island Moai in America, A Roadside America Round-Up [March 25, 2024]
JFK's World Famous Twine Ball, Highland, Wisconsin [March 18, 2024]
Gemini Giant: Space Age Muffler Man, Wilmington, Illinois [March 11, 2024]
Hollywood Walk of Fame, Hollywood, California [March 4, 2024]
Pencil Sharpener Museum, Logan, Ohio [February 26, 2024]
Congressional Cemetery: A Not-Grave Graveyard, Washington, DC [February 19, 2024]
Los Alamos: Oppenheimer Town, Los Alamos, New Mexico [February 12, 2024]
Power Station Manatees, Apollo Beach, Florida [February 5, 2024]
Panorama of the City of New York, Queens, New York [January 29, 2024]
The Soda Museum, St. Charles, Missouri [January 22, 2024]
International Cryonics Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada [January 15, 2024]
Atomic Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada [January 8, 2024]
The Museums at Biblical Times, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee [January 1, 2024]

2023

Kicking Booth, Raleigh, North Carolina [December 25, 2023]
Museum of Appalachia, Clinton, Tennesee [December 18, 2023]
The Kinzua Viaduct, Mount Jewett, Pennsylvania [December 11, 2023]
The Punk Rock Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada [December 3, 2023]
Pizza Hut Museum, Wichita, Kansas [November 27, 2023]
Last Chance Joe, Sparks, Nevada [November 20, 2023]
Tyra: World's Largest Dinosaur, Drumheller, Alberta [November 13, 2023]
Sasquatch Outpost, Bailey, Colorado [November 6, 2023]
Fake King Tut Tomb, Las Vegas, Nevada [October 30, 2023]
Hollis Museum of Popular Culture, Dora, Alabama [October 23, 2023]
Los Angeles Pet Memorial Park, Calabasas, California [October 16, 2023]
Wolf's Museum of Gods and Monsters, Friendship, New York [October 9, 2023]
National Museum of Military Vehicles, Dubois, Wyoming [October 2, 2023]
The Troll Hole, Alliance, Ohio [September 25, 2023]
Cooter's Place, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee [September 17, 2023]
Pinball Hall of Fame, Las Vegas, Nevada [September 11, 2023]
Art Car World, Douglas, Arizona [September 4, 2023]
Seamen of the Great Lakes Statue, Superior, Wisconsin [August 30, 2023]
Niagara Parks Power Station, Niagara Falls, Ontario [August 28, 2023]
Front Lawn Robots, East Meadow, New York [August 22, 2023]
Grave of the Shortest Munchkin, Dassel, Minnesota [August 22, 2023]
El Faro Memorial: Sailor Ghosts, Rockland, Maine [August 22, 2023]
Tree Stump River Rat, Merrill, Wisconsin [August 22, 2023]
Scrappy Art of John Lopez, Lemmon, South Dakota [August 21, 2023]
World's Largest Tiger Muskie, Nevis, Minnesota [August 14, 2023]
Dakotaland Museum, Huron, South Dakota [August 7, 2023]
Jurassic Jungle Boat Ride, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee [July 31, 2023]
Klein Museum, Mobridge, South Dakota [July 24, 2023]
The Sugar House: Folk Art Confection, El Paso, Texas [July 17, 2023]
40-Foot-Tall Jackalope, Wall, South Dakota [July 10, 2023]
LAPD Museum, Los Angeles, California [July 3, 2023]
Northernmost Point of the Lower 48, Angle Inlet, Minnesota [June 26, 2023]
NC Taxidermy HoF, Creation, Tool Museum, Southern Pines, North Carolina [June 19, 2023]
Outdoor Gravity Park, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee [June 12, 2023]
Bonanzaville USA, West Fargo, North Dakota [June 5, 2023]
Petrified Wood Park Museum, Lemmon, South Dakota [May 29, 2023]
Slug Bug Ranch, Conway, Texas [May 22, 2023]
First Original McDonald's Museum, San Bernardino, California [May 15, 2023]
Iwo Jima Flag Raising in Pipes, Bottineau, North Dakota [May 12, 2023]
Bruno the Town Dog, Longville, Minnesota [May 12, 2023]
Paul Bunyan Historical Museum, Akeley, Minnesota [May 9, 2023]
Video: Ask An Expert: Maine. A whimsical state explained by photographer/writer Tim O'Brien. [May 8, 2023]
Roger Maris Museum, Fargo, North Dakota [May 8, 2023]
Last Supper Museum, Douglas, Arizona [May 1, 2023]
Enchanted Castle, Regent, North Dakota [April 24, 2023]
Ken Nyberg's Workshop, Vining, Minnesota [April 17, 2023]
Lady in the Bay, Elberta, Alabama [April 10, 2023]
Standin' on the Corner Park, Winslow, Arizona [April 3, 2023]
Abe Lincoln Meets Perry Como, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania [March 27, 2023]
Video: This Exit For News (No. 4, Mar. 22, 2023), Offbeat tourism newsreel highlights. [March 22, 2023]
W'eel Turtle: World's Largest, Dunseith, North Dakota [March 20, 2023]
Icons of Darkness, Los Angeles, California [March 13, 2023]
International Paranormal Museum, Somerset, Kentucky [March 6, 2023]
National Cryptologic Museum, Annapolis Junction, Maryland [February 27, 2023]
Video: Ask An Expert: Cocaine Bear, Lexington, Kentucky. Co-owner Griffin VanMeter enlightens us about the public appeal of his stranger-than-fiction bruin on display. [February 24, 2023]
Video: Ask An Expert: Presidential Grave Hunter. Kurt Deion has visited over 500 Roadside Presidents sites. He began seeking their burial sites when he was 7 years old. [February 20, 2023]
Cocaine Bear, Lexington, Kentucky [February 20, 2023]
Big Tom: World's Largest Turkey, Frazee, Minnesota [February 13, 2023]
Hero the Elephant and Heintz Airship, Elkton, South Dakota [February 6, 2023]
Video: This Exit For News (No. 2, Feb. 2, 2023), Offbeat tourism newsreel highlights. [February 2, 2023]
Tail o' the Pup, West Hollywood, California [January 30, 2023]
Scandinavian Heritage Park, Minot, North Dakota [January 23, 2023]
Video: Meet Cecil Clemons, Gatorama, 1985, Palmdale, Florida [January 18, 2023]
Video: Donna Marian's Creeper Gallery, New Hope, Pennsylvania [January 18, 2023]
Video: This Exit For News (No. 1, Jan. 2023), Offbeat tourism newsreel highlights. [January 12, 2023]
Trail of Governors, Pierre, South Dakota. A round-up of our favorite statues along the state capital's gubernatorial glory walk. [January 16, 2023]
Spiked Skull of Harvey Morgan, Lander, Wyoming [January 9, 2023]
Killed Here by Indians, Lander, Wyoming [January 9, 2023]
Mystical Horizons: Century 21 Stonehenge, Bottineau, North Dakota [January 2, 2023]

2022

Bush's Beans Museum, Chestnut Hill, Tennessee [December 26, 2022]
Prairie Village Museum, Rugby, North Dakota [December 19, 2022]
Woodchipper from the Movie Fargo, Fargo, North Dakota [December 12, 2022]
Military Memorial Museum, Crossville, Tennessee [December 5, 2022]
Afrika Korps POW Camp, Crossville, Tennessee [December 5, 2022]
Nutcrackers of Luverne, Luverne, Minnesota [November 28, 2022]
Jacque: World's Largest Bobblehead, Bellville, Ohio [November 21, 2022]
Giant-Handed Jacque, Marblehead, Ohio [November 21, 2022]
The UFO Watchtower, Hooper, Colorado [November 14, 2022]
Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum, Harrogate, Tennessee [November 7, 2022]
Museum of Bad Art, Boston, Massachusetts [October 31, 2022]
Hollywood Museum, Hollywood, California [October 24, 2022]
Ice Cave and Bandera Volcano, Grants, New Mexico [October 17, 2022]
Porter Sculpture Park, Montrose, South Dakota [October 10, 2022]
K-25 History Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee [October 3, 2022]
The Blue Whale, Catoosa, Oklahoma [September 26, 2022]
Dwarf Car Museum, Maricopa, Arizona [September 19, 2022]
Connie's Photo Park, Madrid, New Mexico [September 12, 2022]
General Patton Memorial Museum, Chiriaco Summit, California [September 5, 2022]
Trigger Finger of Pancho Villa, El Paso. Texas [August 29, 2022]
Lewis Antique Auto and Toy Museum, Moriarty, New Mexico [August 22, 2022]
Biosphere 2, Oracle, Arizona [August 15, 2022]
American International Rattlesnake Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico [August 8, 2022]
Grand Canyon Caverns, Peach Springs, Arizona [July 31, 2022]
Fox Cave: Billy the Kid, Zombie Hands, Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico [July 25, 2022]
Claes Oldenburg: Giant Thing Artist (1929-2022) [July 19, 2022]
Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona [July 18, 2022]
Shark Tombstone, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [July 16, 2022]
Bunny Museum, Altadena, California [July 11, 2022]
Hindenburg, Jersey Devil, Stuffed Dog, Lakehurst, New Jersey [July 4, 2022]
Point Reyes Lighthouse, Inverness, California [June 27, 2022]
Airstream Museum, Jackson Center, Ohio [June 20, 2022]
Chicken Boy: Muffler Man, Los Angeles, California [June 13, 2022]
Russell Military Museum, Russell, Illinois [June 6, 2022]
Matchbox Road Museum, Newfield, New Jersey [May 28, 2022]
J.C. Penney Statue, Kemmerer, Wyoming [May 28, 2022]
Fred Haise: Apollo 13 Astronaut, Biloxi, Mississippi [May 28, 2022]
Elephant Rock, Dillon Beach, California [May 28, 2022]
J. Earle Bowden, Town Cartoonist, Pensacola, Florida [May 24, 2022]
Replica of the Mammoth Cheese, Cheshire, Massachusetts [May 23, 2022]
Birthplace of Kentucky Fried Chicken, Corbin, Kentucky [May 23, 2022]
Mothers of Gynecology, Montgomery, Alabama [May 18, 2022]
Rubel Castle, Glendora, California [May 16, 2022]
Denmark Vesey Statue, Charleston, South Carolina[May 12, 2022]
Neptune's Portal, Encinitas, California [May 12, 2022]
Wreck of the S.S. Point Reyes, Inverness, California [May 12, 2022]
Point Reyes Lighthouse: The Fog, Inverness, California [May 12, 2022]
Old Joliet Prison, Joliet, Illinois [May 9, 2022]
Mary Tyler Moore Statue, Minneapolis, Minnesota [May 8, 2022]
Memorial Statue to Dead Fishermen, 33802, New Jersey [May 6, 2022]
Leslie Murray's Junk People, Woodbury, Connecticut [May 6, 2022]
Pirate Captain of Dillon Beach, Dillon Beach, California [May 4, 2022]
Belle Gunness: Butcher of La Porte, La Porte, Indiana [May 2, 2022]
The Sunsphere, Knoxville, Tennessee [May 1, 2022]
Sit With the Father of Video Games, Manchester, New Hampshire [May 1, 2022]
Alligator Tombstone of Alligator Joe, Jacksonville, Florida [April 27, 2022]
Man Buried In His Bed, Kinston, Alabama [April 27, 2022]
World's Oldest Edible Ham, Smithfield, Virginia [April 25, 2022]
Giant Transformer Bumblebee, Elmo, Texas [April 20, 2022]
Skellville: Skeleton Scenes, Benton Harbor, Michigan [April 19, 2022]
Busy Beaver Button Museum, Chicago, Illinois [April 18, 2022]
Died Eating Library Paste, Goldfield, Nevada [April 16, 2022]
Firefighter Rescue Statue, Painted Post, New York [April 16, 2022]
Double Parking Meter Tombstone, Harlan, Indiana [April 16, 2022]
SuperFrog, Fort Worth, Texas [April 16, 2022]
Steve Heller's Spaceships and Robots, Boiceville, New York [April 11, 2022]
Hall of Heroes Superhero Museum, Elkhart, Indiana [April 4, 2022]
Mary's Gone Wild, Supply, North Carolina [March 28, 2022]
Klairmont Kollections Museum, Chicago, Illinois [March 21, 2022]
Creeper Gallery, New Hope, Pennsylvania [March 14, 2022]
Rotary Jail That Rotates, Crawfordsville, Indiana [March 7, 2022]
Giant Legs of Ricky Pearce, Henderson, North Carolina [February 28, 2022]
Puppet Opera in Focus, Rolling Meadows, Illinois [February 21, 2022]
Atlas Cement Memorial Museum, Northampton, Pennsylvania [February 14, 2022]
Dinosaur Valley State Park, Glen Rose, Texas [February 7, 2022]
Giant Alex "Roots" Haley, Knoxville, Tennessee [January 31, 2022]
Chandelier Drive-Thru Tree, Leggett, California [January 24, 2022]
Nessie: the Yaquina Bay Monster, Newport, Oregon [January 17, 2022]
Giant Cat Head: Snowball in Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada [January 10, 2022]
Graves of the King and Queen of the Gypsies, Meridian, Mississippi [January 3, 2022]

2021

Zero Milestone, Washington, DC [December 27, 2021]
Smoky: World War II Hero Dog, Cleveland, Ohio [December 20, 2021]
Giant Lady Leg Lamp, Chickasha, Oklahoma [December 13, 2021]
World's Largest Fire Hydrant, Columbia. South Carolina [December 6, 2021]
Big Jim: Giant Gunslinger, Bentleyville, Pennsylvania [November 29, 2021]
Arm of Stonewall Jackson, Fredericksburg, Virginia [November 22, 2021]
Henry Darger's Room, Chicago, Illinois [November 15, 2021]
The Big F Indian, Freeport, Maine [November 8, 2021]
Jerry's Hat Museum, Forrest, Illinois [November 1, 2021]
The Living Dead Museum, Monroeville, Pennsylvania [October 25, 2021]
Houston's Miracle Water: Angel-Approved, New Market, Tennessee [October 18, 2021]
International Spy Museum, Washington, DC [October 11, 2021]
World Famous Clown Motel, Tonopah, Nevada [October 4, 2021]
O.K. Corral, Tombstone, Arizona [September 27, 2021]
SPAM Museum, Austin, Minnesota [September 20, 2021]
The Paper House, Rockport, Massachusetts [September 13, 2021]
Idaho Potato Museum, Blackfoot, Idaho [September 6, 2021]
John's Beachcombing Museum, Forks, Washington [August 30, 2021]
Shark Girl, Buffalo, New York [August 23, 2021]
Fort Cody Trading Post, North Platte, Nebraska [August 16, 2021]
Freakybuttrue Peculiarium, Portland, Oregon [August 9, 2021]
Corn Palace, Mitchell, South Dakota [August 2, 2021]
Art Cartopia, Trinidad, Colorado [July 26, 2021]
Sterling Hill Mining Museum, Ogdensburg, New Jersey [July 19, 2021]
Wacky Taxidermy and Miniatures Museum, Mackinaw City, Michigan [July 12, 2021]
America, Get Centered!, a round up of geographical points of pride. [July 5, 2021]
Whydah Pirate Museum, West Yarmouth, Massachusetts [June 28, 2021]
Roswell Alien Attraction Autopsy!, Roswell, New Mexico [June 21, 2021]
Cosmosphere, Hutchinson, Kansas [June 14, 2021]
Ciderville, Powell, Tennessee [June 7, 2021]
Reptile Gardens, Rapid City, South Dakota [May 31, 2021]
The Big Pump, King City, Missouri [May 24, 2021]
Giant Head of Abraham Lincoln, Laramie, Wyoming [May 17, 2021]
Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park, Foyil, Oklahoma [May 10, 2021]
Christ of the Ozarks, Eureka Springs, Arkansas [May 3, 2021]
The A&W Burger Family, A round-up on America's favorite fiberglass root beer mug-hoisters. [April 26, 2021]
The Strange Grave of John Milburn Davis, Hiawatha, Kansas [April 19, 2021]
Maxie, World's Largest Goose, Sumner, Missouri [April 12, 2021]
Old Bet the Elephant, Somers, New York [April 5, 2021]
World's Largest Chest of Drawers, High Point, North Carolina [March 29, 2021]
Beasts of Borrego Springs, Borrego Springs, California [March 22, 2021]
Omega Mart, Las Vegas, Nevada [March 15, 2021]
The Bayville Dinosaur, Bayville, New Jersey [March 8, 2021]
World's Largest Pistachio, Alamogordo, New Mexico [March 1, 2021]
The Pickled Pioneer, Menlo, Washington [February 22, 2021]
Penguin Colossus At Coldest Spot, Cut Bank, Montana [February 15, 2021]
Old Rip, Miracle Horned Toad, Eastland, Texas [February 8, 2021]
Mighty Fist of Joe Louis, Detroit, Michigan [February 1, 2021]
Hot Dog Muffler Man [January 25, 2021]
Carpeteria Genies [January 18, 2021]
Monument of States, Kissimmee, Florida [January 11, 2021]
Grants Pass Caveman, Grants Pass, Oregon [January 4, 2021]
Richard Ellis: Right-Hand Man, Grants Pass, Oregon [January 4, 2021]
Little Bros Cavemen, Grants Pass, Oregon [January 4, 2021]