The Gem Hunt
America decides what makes the map.
Every state has a spot the algorithms miss — the one locals send strangers to. Name it. Vote on the finalists. The winners get built into Roamward, the scenic road-trip app that proves you actually went. No download required to play.
Nominate
What does Delaware do better than anywhere?
One hidden gem — a place a chatbot would never know. The most-named spots become finalists, and the crowd votes the winner into Roamward.
Vote
Delaware gems, most-loved first
- 1Trap Pond State ParkA cypress swamp near Laurel holding the northernmost natural stand of bald cypress in the country, best paddled by kayak among the knobby "knees" rising from dark water.
- 2The Futuro HouseA 1960s flying-saucer-shaped fiberglass house — one of few survivors of its kind — parked beside a small airport near Milton, pure retro-future roadside oddity.
- 3Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge16,000 acres of tidal marsh along Delaware Bay near Smyrna with a 12-mile auto loop and observation towers — one of the East Coast's great spots for shorebirds and snow geese.
- 4World's Largest Frying PanA 10-foot cast-iron pan outside the Seaford Historical Society honoring the town's old chicken-fry festivals — a quick, goofy photo stop in southern Delaware.
- 5Johnson Victrola MuseumA free Dover museum tracing the talking machine and the Victrola, complete with period rooms and the famous "His Master's Voice" dog — a small, charming slice of recording history.
- 6Marshall Steam MuseumAt Auburn Valley State Park in Hockessin, the world's largest collection of operating steam-powered automobiles, sometimes fired up for rides alongside a 1/8-scale railroad in rural Delaware.
- 7Miles the MonsterA 46-foot fiberglass beast bursting from the ground outside Dover Motor Speedway, clutching a full-size race car in its raised fist — the world's largest monster statue, just off the highway.
- 8Fort DelawareA Civil War-era fortress on Pea Patch Island reached by ferry from Delaware City, once a Confederate POW camp and now a moody, history-soaked island walk — the boat ride out is half the adventure.
- 9Air Mobility Command MuseumA free Dover hangar museum of vintage cargo and refueling aircraft you can often board, the only U.S. museum devoted to airlift history — a surprisingly substantial stop down the peninsula.
- 10Giant Amish Man StatueA 20-foot fiberglass Amish man in suspenders and a wide-brimmed hat standing roadside near Milford, a quirky tribute that's wandered between businesses over the years.
Not your state’s turn yet?
Want Roamward to map Delaware next?
Add your vote — the loudest state gets mapped first.
How it works
Nominate
Drop the most underrated spot in your state — the gem an itinerary generator would never surface.
The crowd ranks it
Name a place someone already nominated and it rises. The most-loved gems become the state’s finalists.
Vote the winner in
Finalists go to a public vote. Winners get built into Roamward — credited to the people who found them.
Go verify it
Drive it, GPS-verify the stop, earn the badge, and share the map that proves you were first.
Don’t miss the winners
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