Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Washington

While in Washington, you might enjoy a visit to:

The goofy Yard Birds are cartoon mascot leftovers of a defunct chain store.

One town's engineered solution to traffic fatalities among the local squirrel population.

Go West, Young Cadaver! The place where Willie Keil's journey to "The Promised Land" ended is noted on a large historical marker.

Outsider artist Rich Tracy will explain his jumble of sculptures and yard art to anyone with 5 dollars and 55 minutes to spare.

"Dirty Biter" was missed so much by the town that they immortalized him in bronze and named a park after him.

"Manic" Mike Hammond has been building creatures out of junk car parts, and putting them on display at his muffler shop, for years.

Dinosaur-themed McDonald's features skeletal sculpture, a T-Rex scene and a prehistoric playland.

Coffee shop in a narrow alley between two buildings. Take out only.

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