Virginia Attractions and Oddities

All the oddball Virginia places in RoadsideAmerica.com Visitor Tips, news, stories and field reports. Closed and extinct attractions may be found in Gone But Not Forgotten

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Abingdon: Abingdon Medical Museum
Abingdon: Star Museum
Abington: Banjo Man Sculpture
Alexandria: Eisenhower - The Highway President
Alexandria: George Washington Masonic National Memorial
Alexandria: Giant Water Can
Alexandria: National Inventors Hall of Fame Museum
Alexandria: Parking Lot Mausoleum
Alexandria: Queen Street Narrow House
Alfonso: Birthplace of Washington's Mom
Appomattox: Robert E. Lee's Surrender Sword
Arlington: 18-Foot-Tall Mermaid Carved from Tree
Arlington: Dark Star Park
Arlington: Deep Throat's Parking Garage
Arlington: Drug Enforcement Administration Museum
Arlington: The Skinny House
Arlington: Unheralded Grave of Robert Kennedy
Ashland: Big Leaping Bass
Bealeton: Flying Circus Airshow
Bealeton: Giant Roller Skate
Bedford: National D-Day Memorial
Bristol: Official Birthplace of Country Music
Bristol: Vintage Signs at Self Storage
Buchanan: Glow-A-Rama: Time Travel Mini-Golf
Buckingham: Light of Truth Universal Shrine - LOTUS
Cape Charles: Giant Beach LOVE Chairs
Cape Charles: Lighthouse Water Tower
Chantilly: Sully Plantation - Historical Stuffed White Squirrel
Charlottesville: Beta, Magical Mongrel
Charlottesville: Lewis and Clark Starting Point Geodetic Marker
Charlottesville: Nearly Nude Dropout Hero Monument
Charlottesville: The Great Seal of Virginia
Chincoteague: Big Viking
Chincoteague: Capt. Bob Payne's Sea Treasures
Chincoteague: Misty, Chick Lit Hero Horse
Clear Brook: Giant Cross with Night Colors
Clifton: Bunny Man's Bridge - Urban Legend
Coeburn: Muffler Man - Paul Bunyan
Colonial Heights: Noah's Ark Being Rebuilt?
Covington (near): "Virginia's Technology Corridor"
Covington: King Kong and the Giant Buffalo
Culpeper: Moonshine Made Here
Dale City: Rest Stop Dedicated by Lady Bird
Danville: The Tank Museum
Dooms: Purple Cow Head
Doswell: Tiny Church: All Faiths Chapel
Duffield: Natural Tunnel State Park
Edgehill: Big Pig
Edinburg: Hot Air Balloon Water Tower
Exmore: Statue Of Liberty Replica
Fairfax Station: The Curious Case of the White Squirrel Corpse
Fairfax: Ductwork Tin Man
Fairfax: National Firearms Museum
Fort Lee: U.S. Army Women's Museum
Fort Myer: Grave of Black Jack, the Riderless Horse
Fredericksburg: Arm of Stonewall Jackson
Fredericksburg: Downtown Slave Auction Block
Fredericksburg: Grave of Washington's Mom
Fredericksburg: Mysterious Confederate Pyramid
Fredericksburg: Washington's Mom's House
Glasgow: The Town That Time Forgot
Grottoes: Grand Caverns
Hampton: Air Power Park
Harrisonburg: Mummy's Hand, Two-Headed Calf
Herndon: Perils of the Lost Jungle Mini Golf
Hillsboro: Birthplace of Wright Brothers Mom
Hood: Roaring Twenties Antique Car Museum
Irvington: Giant Corkscrews
Lawrenceville: Head of Ol' Red the Mule
Leesburg: Mighty Midget Kitchen
Lexington: Big Full-Color Statue of Stonewall Jackson
Lexington: Building Shaped Like a Coffee Pot
Lexington: Stonewall Jackson's Stuffed Horse
Lexington: Stonewall Jackson, But Not His Arm
Lorton: Lorton Workhouse Museum - Suffragettes Behind Bars
Luray: Luray Caverns
Luray: Yogi Bear Statue
Lynchburg: Enema Museum - Temporarily Closed
Lynchburg: Giant Red Shoes
Lynchburg: HVAC School Bus And Big Bugs
Lynchburg: Large Metal Water Pitcher
Lynchburg: Rock Solid Biker Church and Thrift Store
Marion: Hot and Cold Water Tower Tanks
Martinsville: 20-Foot-Tall Mission Chair
Midland: Corn Cob Silo
Mount Crawford: Turkey Statue Marks the Turkey Capital #2
Mount Jackson: Apple Basket Water Tower
Mount Jackson: Route 11 Potato Chip Factory
Mount Solon: National Jousting Hall of Fame
Mount Vernon: George Washington's Home, Grave, and False Teeth
Natural Bridge: Enchanted Castle Studios
Natural Bridge: Foamhenge
Natural Bridge: George Washington's Initials and Light Show

Natural Bridge: King Kong Crushing Airplane
Natural Bridge: Natural Bridge - Mini-Mecca
Natural Bridge: Natural Bridge Wax Museum
Natural Bridge: Natural Bridge Zoo Elephant Rides
Natural Bridge: Virginia Safari Park
Natural Bridge: Yogi Bear Statue
New Market: Doofy Johnny Appleseed Statue
Newport News: Auto Muffler King
Newport News: Giant Propeller From SS United States
Newport News: Police Memorabilia, Officer Bear
Newport News: USS Monitor - Civil War Ironclad Replica
Newport News: Virginia War Museum - Atomic Cannon
Nokesville: Barn Mural of Dancing Cow and Pig
Norfolk: Battleship Wisconsin
Norfolk: Life-Sized Elephant - Tribute to Hard Life in the Circus
Norfolk: Mermaid Statue
Orange: Giant Nutcracker Head
Paint Bank: Udderly Chic(k)
Pennington Gap: Stone Face Rock with Nonoffensive Name
Petersburg: House Built of Old Tombstones
Petersburg: Pamplin Historical Park - Virtual Civil War Battle
Petersburg: Trapezium House
Pocahontas: Pocahontas Exhibition Coal Mine
Portsmouth: Commodore Theatre: Dinner and a Movie
Portsmouth: Confederate Monument - Vandalized
Pungo: Metal Dinosaurs and Aviation Museum
Purcellville: Crux Gloria Cross - Night Outline of Jesus
Quantico: US Marine Corps Museum
Quicksburg: Shenandoah Caverns
Remington: Ice Cream Store Cow
Richmond: A. P. Hill statue
Richmond: Abe and Tad Lincoln Statue
Richmond: Dog Statue on Child's Grave
Richmond: Giant Lurking Indian
Richmond: Giant Milk Bottles
Richmond: J.E.B. Stuart's Death Jacket
Richmond: Jugs of Pee - Urine-filled bottles
Richmond: Large Confederate Pyramid
Richmond: Last Conceptual BEST Products Store
Richmond: Mini-Statue of Liberty
Richmond: Museum of Edgar Allan Poe
Richmond: Policeman Head Metal Sculpture
Richmond: Statue of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson
Richmond: The Powhatan Stone
Richmond: Tractor Trailer On Poles
Roanoke: Big Chicken
Roanoke: Big Comb
Roanoke: Coffee Pot Restaurant
Roanoke: Large Frying Pan
Roanoke: Mill Mountain Star
Roanoke: Mini-Graceland, Elvis City
Roanoke: Muffler Man - Bunyan
Roanoke: Steam Engine Tombstones
Rocky Mount: Chicken Statue
Ruckersville: Big Dining Chair
Rural Retreat: Grave of Doctor Pepper
Rustburg: Concrete World
Salem: Brick Company 9/11 Memorial
Sandbridge Beach: Driftwood Sea Serpent
Schuyler: Boyhood Home of the Real John-Boy Walton
Scottsville: Large Rooster
Shenandoah Caverns: American Celebration On Parade
Smithfield: World's Oldest Edible Cured Ham
South Richmond: Highway Marker to a Dead Confederate Tree
Staunton: Giant Watering Can and Flower Pots
Temperanceville: Presbyterious Francis Makemie Monument
Thaxton: Giant Apple on a Stick
Timberville: Turkey Statue Marks Turkey Capital #1
Triangle: Iwo Jima Statue
Virginia Beach: Cap'n Cline's Pirate Ghost Ride
Virginia Beach: Circus Elephant Buried There?
Virginia Beach: Edgar Cayce Institute/Association of Research and Enlightenment
Virginia Beach: Flagship Motel's Military Might Mural
Virginia Beach: Giant Beach Dude Gorilla
Virginia Beach: Giant Statue of Neptune
Virginia Beach: Hippie Bus in Pizzeria
Virginia Beach: Mount Trashmore Park
Virginia Beach: Witch of Pungo Statue
Wattsville: Where NASA Launches Its Other Rockets
Waverly: Oldest Peanut Museum in the U.S.
White Post: Dinosaur Land
Williamsburg: Giant Wolves - Great Wolf Lodge
Williamsburg: Thomas Jefferson, College Loan Deadbeat
Winchester: Huge Apple #2
Winchester: World's Largest Apple
Windsor: Cecil Proffit's Esso Gas Station Museum
Wytheville: Big Pencil
Wytheville: Big Walker Lookout
Wytheville: Great Lakes to Florida Highway Museum
Wytheville: Hot Air Balloon Water Tower
Wytheville: The First Lady of Hot Dogs
Wytheville: Tiny Church

Gone But Not Forgotten

Closed and extinct places to remember, even if it's just to milk them for one more chuckle...

Aldie: Bull Run Castle - Closed
Bedford: Virginia's Holy Land USA
Buena Vista: 9/11 Memorial - Gone
Burnt Chimney: Ass Kicking Machine - Gone
Colonial Beach: Styrotown - Miniature Styrofoam Community - Gone
Daleville: Victim of Jack the Giant Killer
Natural Bridge: Dinosaur Kingdom
Natural Bridge: Hunt Bigfoot with a Redneck

Natural Bridge: Professor Cline's Haunted Monster Museum & Dark Maze
Salem: Butt Hollow Road Sign (Gone)
Vienna: Midgetville - Gone
Virginia Beach: Giant Beach Ball Statues - Gone
Waynesboro: Dinosaur with Hot Dog (Gone)
Williamsburg: Presidents Park - Closed
Wytheville: Virginia City - Old West Town

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