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Test Your Road Trip Knowledge With These Roadside Attractions

With <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stefficao/southwest-airlines-flight-cancellations" target="_blank">airports being absolute chaos</a> during the holiday season, everyone who took a road trip instead might recognize some of the oddities these great states have in store. What better way to spend a million-hour drive than finding local roadside attractions? The Library of Congress has an excellent collection of images from the past that made us question who the hell designed these.

For each picture below, try to guess the US city where it's located.

A large peanut statue with a big smile meant to look like Jimmy Carter

Meant to look like Jimmy Carter, this public statue was erected in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, in 1976.

**Plains, Georgia**

An ornate palace with mosaic details in the Moorish Revival architectural style

The Corn Palace, commonly advertised as "The World's Only Corn Palace," is in Mitchell, South Dakota. The Corn Kid, Tariq, was invited to the Corn Palace, where he was crowned "Corn-bassador."

**Mitchell, South Dakota**

A giant fish. It has a doorway in its open mouth, lined with sharp teeth and red fins

If you're ever in Minnesota, make sure to visit the Big Fish Supper Club! They're happy to serve up — you guessed it — fish! Definitely fresh, but maybe not as large.

**Bena, Minnesota**

A big neon sign that says "MOTEL" vertically and there is a sombrero on top with neon light details and there is also a large sign with a person holding a sign that says "SOUTH OF THE BORDER"

Yep! If you ever find yourself flying down I-95, South of the Border Motor Inn is happy to throw a roof over your head. As the website promises: "You Never Sausage a Place! (You're Always a Weiner at Pedro's)." I am inclined to believe it.

**Hamer, South Carolina**

A really big artichoke that is built into the side of a single-story building, taller than the first floor

The Giant Artichoke Restaurant is located in Castroville, California, and the titular giant artichoke is credited as the largest in the world. It is 20 feet tall and 12 feet across.

**Castroville, California**

An open A-frame room with three large arching windows where the center window is larger than the two surrounding it with stained glass design at the top of the arch

This eclectic and elaborate castle was built by Jim Bishop starting in 1969. It took him about 60 years to make. The main tower is over 160 feet tall. Bishop Castle is built in the Colorado mountains about 9,000 feet up, so make sure you visit in the summer months.

**Rye, Colorado**

A falling apart amusement park next to the water where the main entrance looks like a face, with the entryway as the mouth, a nose jutting out, and one eye, the other eye is covered by an eye patch

Jolly Roger Amusement Park is ready to take you on the ride of your life! It is still a functioning amusement park — but don't worry, it has gotten a facelift.

**Ocean City, Maryland**

Joe's International Rock and Gem Shop is a building built to look like a carved rock with a skeletal animal outside the door

Crystal girlies, get ready! Joe's Rock Shop has you covered. Off Route 89, this shop is filled with different rocks, gems, fossils, and crystals of all shapes and sizes. And yes, the inside looks just as wild as the outside.

**Orderville, Utah**

A big, smiling blue whale with a baseball caps sitting on the water with its mouth open where there is a doorway

The Blue Whale of Catoosa is a happy whale that can be spotted along Route 66. It was created by Hugh Davis in the 1970s for his wife, Zelta.

**Catoosa, Oklahoma**

A giant elephant building with a carriage on its back

Lucy the Elephant is a six-story structure made of wood and tin sheeting. She was made in 1881 by James V. Lafferty, and she is the oldest surviving roadside tourist attraction in America! Way to go, Lucy!

**Margate City, New Jersey**

On the National Register of Historic Places, the Big Duck is a Long Island classic go-to. It was built in the 1930s by a duck farmer and serves as a gift shop for merchandise featuring the Big Duck building.

**Long Island, New York**

A confusing scape of structures build covered in a mosaic of rocks and shells

If your road trip navigates you through Iowa, the Shrine of the Grotto of the Redemption is a must-see attraction. It is a religious shrine, but anyone can appreciate the wild intricacies of these structures.

**West Bend, Iowa**

A large sign reads "Gatorland" in cursive outside a building with a pointed, slated roof and a giant gator stands outside with hands on its hips

Outside of the now-defunct Gatorland stood a 22-foot-tall alligator. He used to have a cigar, but it was lost somewhere along his journey to Jacksonville's Metropolitan Park.

**St. Augustine, Florida**

A 30-foot-tall, highly realistic eyeball sculpture with a blue iris and a fleck of hazel and it is covered in red veins

_Eye_ is a sculpture built by artist Tony Tasset in 2007 and purchased by a hotel for its sculpture garden. This 30-foot-tall monster knows about all the skeletons in your closet.

**Dallas, Texas**

A sculpture of Paul Bunyan, who has a red button-up flannel, chest hair, and chinstrap black beard, and his big blue ox, Babe.

Art Weinke is the mastermind behind this rendition of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox. Paul stands at a whopping 25.5 feet, and they are made of solid concrete! Paul weighs roughly 11 tons. [Since concrete emits CO2](https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46455844)… well, Paul has quite the carbon footprint.

**Spruce, Michigan**

A cute, brick house with a round roof in the shape of a green goose

The Mother Goose House was designed by George Stacy and constructed from 1935 to 1940. In March 2021, a windstorm tore down this beloved landmark, but it was repaired in the following months.

**Hazard, Kentucky**

A large sculpture of a gray rat with a piece of cheese and a sign that says "Hi There I'm Igor"

Make sure to tell Igor the rat hello as you pass through Fennimore, Wisconsin! He has sat outside the Carr Valley Cheese factory and store since 1971.

**Fennimore, Wisconsin**

A miniature building made of mosaic rocks with a mini rock bridge leading up to it

Petersen Rock Garden was created by Rasmus Petersen, a Danish immigrant. He found all the rocks on his property in Oregon. He constructed castles, churches, building replicas, and other small structures. Because of the massive upkeep, the garden is closed indefinitely, but the property is currently for sale! Let us know if you buy it!

**Redmond, Oregon**

A giant goose in midflight with its wings pointed down attached to a sign reading "Maxie, world's largest goose"

Maxie is the world's largest goose and is definitely worth the stop! She's 40 feet tall and her wings stretch to 62 feet wide. She's not a ROADSIDE attraction, since she lives about an hour from the closest highway, but she's an attraction nonetheless.

**Sumner, Missouri**

A giant statue of Billy the Kid, wearing a yellow shirt that says "Fox Cave" and pointing towards Fox Cave

Oh boy, Fox Cave looks like a trip. Allegedly once used as a hideout by frontier outlaw Billy the Kid, the cave has been filled with concrete. Don't fret — the gift shop is open! It's filled with many themed rooms with odd sculptures of dinosaurs, outlaws, and aliens. Don't forget to get your picture with the giant zombie hands!

**Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico**

A red caboose car with stairs leading up the right end and a sign on the left side reading "The Caboose Gift Shop"

The Caboose Gift Shop is another wonderful example of novelty architecture. There should be more structures built to look like other things that sell merchandise about the fact that it looks like this other thing!

**Whitefish, Montana**

A pointed spindle with eight cars, all sedans and one Volkswagen bug on top, punctured and stacked on top of each other

_Spindle_ was a sculpture created by Dustin Shuler in 1989. The spike was 50 feet tall and meant to emulate a desk spindle. It's since been demolished because the community wasn't so enthused about it. Rest in peace!

**Berwyn, Illinois**

A 75-foot-tall statue of a man with his arm draped over a metal scaffolding tower

Check out this massive 75-foot man! He's the sixth-tallest statue in the US and guards the front of the Tulsa Expo Center. Officially named the Golden Driller, he lights up at night. What a spectacle!

**Tulsa, Oklahoma**

A watertower shaped like a giant peach with a leaf

Have you made the trip to see the giant peach? It's an appropriate water tower for the "Peach Capital of South Carolina."

**Gaffney, South Carolina**

This is a Xanadu House and a little bit of a trick question. Three of these Xanadu Houses were built, one in each location listed. They were built in 1980s to show how houses could be built intertwined with technology. Apparently, we've since figured it out because they've all since been demolished.

**Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin**

As frequent flyer, you know the airports by heart. The only roadside attraction you know is [Blucifer, the cursed Denver airport horse](http://www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2014/03/17/the_blue_mustang_is_part_of_several_conspiracy_theories_centered_on_denver.html#:~:text=His%20official%20name%20is%20Blue,of%20the%20old%20American%20west.). I just hope you get to your destination on time!

white passenger plane in mid air during daytime

You've got airline miles

You don't mind how you get there, but your travel is more about getting to the destination than taking your time along the journey. That's fine! You do you!

You're a lover of travel

You're here for the long haul. You plan your route along all the good attractions. You are kitsch royalty. The journey is just as important as the destination (maybe even a little more so). Make sure you change your car's oil.

You're a seasoned road tripper

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