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The gloriously weird detour

Roadside Americana — The Best Quirky Stops in the U.S.

Cadillac Ranch, the Blue Whale, Wigwam Motel, Carhenge, Prada Marfa, Wall Drug — the giant statues, folk-art wonders, vintage neon, and roadside oddities that make an American road trip. The detours worth the exit.

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Folk Art & Sculptures

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TexasCadillac RanchTen Cadillacs buried nose-down in a fieldFreeNebraskaCarhengeStonehenge rebuilt from vintage gray carsFreeFloridaCoral CastleMegaliths one man carved & moved aloneTicketed museumCaliforniaSalvation MountainA painted adobe hillside of love & colorFree (donations welcome)CaliforniaWatts TowersSimon Rodia’s 99-ft mosaic spiresGrounds free to view
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Giant Roadside Colossus

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OklahomaBlue WhaleThe grinning 80-ft whale of Route 66Free (small donation)CaliforniaCabazon DinosaursGiant roadside dinosaurs off I-10Grounds freeMinnesotaJolly Green GiantA 55-ft Green Giant on the prairieFreeKansasLargest Ball of TwineA nine-ton community ball of twineFreeNew JerseyLucy the ElephantA six-story 1881 elephant you can tourGrounds freeMinnesotaPaul Bunyan & BabeThe classic giant lumberjack & blue oxFree
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Vintage Neon & Motel

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New MexicoBlue Swallow MotelThe most photographed neon on Route 66Working motel — stay or photograph the sign at nightNevadaNeon MuseumA graveyard of old Las Vegas signsTicketed guided tours (day or after-dark)ArizonaWigwam MotelConcrete teepees you can sleep in (Cars’ Cozy Cone)Working motel — stay the night or photograph from the lot
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Roadside Oddity

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South DakotaCorn PalaceMurals made entirely of corn, redone yearlyFreeWisconsinHouse on the RockA surreal maze of collections & the Infinity RoomTicketed (multi-section tours)IowaIowa 80 TruckstopA truck-stop city with its own trucking museumFreeCaliforniaMystery SpotA gravity-illusion tourist classic since 1939TicketedTexasPrada MarfaA fake luxury boutique alone in the desertFreeSouth CarolinaSouth of the BorderThe neon sombrero kitsch of I-95Free to wanderSouth DakotaWall DrugThe free-ice-water empire of billboardsFree to wanderCaliforniaWinchester Mystery HouseStaircases to nowhere & doors to nothingTicketed guided tours

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