Roadside America

The National Cave Museum in Kentucky has thousands of artifacts, including rare vintage souvenirs and the rock that killed famous cave explorer Floyd Collins: roadsideamerica.com/story/85727

Your ideal travel pals for Friday the 13th: the eerie creatures at Dark and Deviant Oddities in Asheville, North Carolina: roadsideamerica.com/story/85063

Classic concrete dinosaurs on Route 66 in Holbrook, Arizona. Built by Adam Luna, outside his Rainbow Rock Shop: roadsideamerica.com/story/15815

Out in the California desert, the Noah Purifoy Outdoor Museum has been puzzling visitors for over 20 years: roadsideamerica.com/story/20219

The Copper Queen tour: take a claustrophobic train ride into one of the Wild West's most colorful (and valuable) mines: roadsideamerica.com/story/23655

Hugh Mongous: as big as King Kong but far more happy - and dressed for summer fun. roadsideamerica.com/story/12136

Every man wants a castle. Jim Bishop has been building one, all by himself, for over 50 years. roadsideamerica.com/story/2047

Point Roberts, Washington, now has more rubber ducks than people, thanks to the opening of Krystal and Neil King's Historical Rubber Duck Museum. roadsideamerica.com/story/84855

Our Sight of the Week on roadsideamerica.com: Desert Christ Park in Yucca Valley, California: roadsideamerica.com/story/8992

Our Sight of the Week on roadsideamerica.com: National Ballpark Museum in Denver, Colorado: roadsideamerica.com/story/74025

Our Sight of the Week on roadsideamerica.com: American Treasure Tour in Oaks, Pennsylvania: roadsideamerica.com/story/33875

Our Sight of the Week on roadsideamerica.com: The Sunsphere in Knoxville, Tennessee: https://roadsideamerica.com/story/14599

Our Sight of the Week on roadsideamerica.com: Diamond Caverns in Park City, Kentucky: roadsideamerica.com/story/84303

Only courageous (or insane) daredevils willingly went over Niagara Falls, or rode the Niagara Rapids. Some used a barrel, some didn’t. Some ended up here. roadsideamerica.com/story/84305

If you want to know more about dinosaur turds - and who doesn’t? - then the world’s largest collection awaits you in Arizona, at the just-opened Poozeum. roadsideamerica.com/story/84317

Murder weapons, jail cells, punishment devices, genuine gas chamber — the Museum of Colorado Prisons is a master class in penal history, and it’s next to an operating prison. roadsideamerica.com/story/2048

Giant glowing neon signs, a simulated drive-in movie theater, a “Universal Muffler Man” — it’s a Mother Road wonderland at the Illinois Route 66 Experience. roadsideamerica.com/story/84141

Gator vs Human: usually the gator wins. Before one shows up in your driveway, visit the Great American Alligator Museum and learn about the USA’s living dinosaurs — and why you shouldn’t get too close. roadsideamerica.com/story/84010

The USA loves mothers, and shows it with tributes in bronze, granite, and fiberglass across several dozen states. Our guide to America’s Mom-uments! roadsideamerica.com/story/37865

A stylized, faceless, metal every-Muffler-man holds a neon American flag at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. What is his name? He has none. Well, at least, not officially. roadsideamerica.com/blog/muffler-m…