Top 20 Roadside Attractions in America

Strange tourist attractions located along the roads and deserted towns of the USA are the hallmarks of this country. We invite you to travel in the footsteps of American oddities and absurdities.

1. Carhenge or hanging cars that are in Alliance in Nebraska. Carhenge is made of 38 used cars painted in gray and is a famous copy of Stonehenge. (Photo: Oldogs/flikr.com).

2. Cadillac Ranch or a row of brightly colored "Cadillacs" half buried in the ground in Amarillo, Texas. This is an art installation by the Ant Farm group. Interestingly, the angle of inclination of cars in relation to the ground is the same as that of the Egyptian pyramids in Giza. (Photo: Rozanne Hakala/flikr.com).)

3. Prada Marfa is an art installation by Elmgreena and Dragseta, which is located away from populated areas on Route 90 (Highway number 90) in Texas. Prada Marfa is an imitation of a real Prada store, which, alas, is always closed. (Photo: Will OHare/flikr.com).

4. Corn Palace or Corn Palace in Mitchell in South Dakota is built in neo-Moorish style and decorated with corn kernels. Nothing special, but this place is visited annually by more than 500 thousand people. (Photo: hculligan/flikr.com).

5. Paul Bunyan is a giant woodcutter with superhuman strength. The American folk hero and his sidekick, the blue bull Babe, stand in the town of Bemidji in Minnesota. The statue of Paul Bunyan is more than 5 meters high, and his companion is more than 3 meters. (Photo: John/flikr.com).

6. The dinosaurs of Claude'a Bella at Cabazon in California is a 150—ton building in the form of an apatosaurus (pictured) and a 100-ton tyrannosaurus sculpture. (Photo: slworking2/flikr.com).

7. The Blue Whale of Catoosa or the blue whale of Catoosa is located in a small pond off Highway 66 in Oklahoma. It was made at a time when it was possible to swim in this pond. (Photo: Doug Wertman/flikr.com).

8. The largest beagle (dog breed) in the world stands in Cottonwood, Idaho and is a boarding house. The surrounding residents affectionately call the almost 10-meter beagle Sweet Willy. (Photo: Alan Levine/flikr.com).

9. Peachoid — the famous giant peach, which is located in Gaffney in California. Many people think that it looks more like a buttock than a fruit. But it's up to you to decide. (Photo: Jared Zimmerman/flikr.com).

10. The world's largest 6 pack of beer is located in La Crosse, Wisconsin and was built in 1969. These large containers have been repainted several times, and their capacity is 22,220 barrels of beer. (Photo: Jimmy Emerson, DVM/flikr.com).

11. This huge basket is nothing but the office building of the "Longaberger Basket Company", which is located in Newark, Ohio. Guess what this firm does? That's right, the production of wooden baskets. (Photo: haRee/flikr.com).

12. The cornfield (in Dublin, Ohio) is also known as Cornhenge (obviously, megalithic circles are very inspiring to Americans). This is an art installation called "Corn Field", only the corn on it is concrete. (Photo: OZinOH/flikr.com).

13. The Enchanted Highway or Enchanted Highway is located in Regent in North Dakota. Large sculptures made of scrap metal are scattered along the entire highway without a license plate in New Dakota. (Photo: minnemom/flikr.com).

14. Jolly Green Giant at Blue Earth in Minnesota is the mascot of the Minnesota Valley Canning Company, which produces frozen and canned vegetables. The green giant with a height of almost 17 meters annually attracts about 10,000 tourists who want to take a look at it. (Photo: sfgamchick/flikr.com).

15. Queen California's Magical Circle Garden in Escondido in California is the work of artist Niki de Saint-Phalle. The garden consists of sculptures decorated with mosaics, which are associated with the beliefs and traditions of the indigenous peoples of this region. (Photo: Adam Lederer/flikr.com).

16. Mammy's Cupboard or mama's closet in Natches in Mississippi is a roadside restaurant in the form of a giant maid in a skirt, which is located on Highway 61. And instead of earrings, horseshoes were hung in her ears for luck. (Photo: Peter Merholz/flikr.com).

17. The story of Harvey Rabbit from the city of Aloha in Oregon dates back to 1962. Then a hurricane destroyed a statue nicknamed Big Friend, which was the mascot of Texaco. The owner took the statue to Ed, who has repaired such things more than once, and he repaired it, but the owner never came back for it. The statue has been gathering dust in the barn for many years Ed, until he came up with the brilliant idea to attach a rabbit's head to the Texaco mascot. (Photo: stacya/flikr.com).

18. Albert the Bull is a bull sculpture that was built in 1964 in Audubon, Iowa. A powerful bull with a height of 9.14 meters and a length of 10 meters weighs 45 tons. (Photo: Selbe B/flikr.com).

19. Golden Driller or golden driller was created in 1953. At the beginning of the twentieth century, large oil deposits were discovered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, thanks to which the city became prosperous. Therefore, it was decided to erect a monument to the drillers, to whom the city owes a lot. (Photo: Siggi Churchill/flikr.com).

20. Highway 50 at Middlegate in Nevada has been dubbed "the loneliest road in America." On this road there is the same lonely tree on which everyone hangs their... shoes. Therefore, now there are countless pairs of shoes hanging on Shoetree, which not only tourists, but also locals like to leave there. (Photo: Great Beyond/flikr.com).