Sights of the Week Archive
List of the best offbeat travel destinations and tour stops, selected by the editors of RoadsideAmerica.com and featured as a Sight of the Week.
2012
- May 21: Grumman Greenhouse, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- May 14: Movie Manor Motor Inn, Monte Vista, Colorado
- May 7: America's Stonehenges
- Apr 30: Borax Visitor Center, Boron, California
- Apr 23: Heart Attack Grill, Las Vegas, Nevada
- Apr 16: The Temple of Tolerance, Wapakoneta, Ohio
- Apr 9: Howard Finster's Paradise Gardens, Summerville, Georgia
- Apr 2: Wheels Through Time, Maggie Valley, North Carolina
- Mar 26: Lincoln Museum on Rebel Ground, Harrogate, Tennessee
- Mar 19: Abingdon Medical Museum, Abingdon, Virginia
- Mar 12: The Congressional Bunker, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
- Mar 5: Jungle Jim's International Market, Fairfield, Ohio
- Feb 27: Jerry's Junk, Louisville, Kentucky
- Feb 20: Natural Bridge Wax Museum, Natural Bridge, Virginia
- Feb 13: The Kellogg Rejuvenators, Battle Creek, Michigan
- Feb 6: Armstrong Air and Space Museum, Wapakoneta, Ohio
- Jan 30: Western Historic Radio Museum, Virginia City, Nevada
- Jan 23: Quack-Founded Town With Last Name in the Alphabet, Zzyzx, California
- Jan 16: John Dillinger Museum, Hammond, Indiana
- Jan 9: Kaskaskia Dragon, Vandalia, Illinois
- Jan 2: Auman Museum of Radio and TV, Dover, Ohio
2011
- Dec 26: Groom Cross, Groom, Texas
- Dec 19: Louisville Mega Cavern, Louisville, Kentucky
- Dec 12: The Heidelberg Project, Detroit, Michigan
- Dec 5: A Christmas Story House, Cleveland, Ohio
- Nov 28: Pacific Tsunami Museum, Hilo, Big Island, Hawaii
- Nov 21: Star Museum, Abingdon, Virginia
- Nov 14: RV Museum and Hall of Fame, Elkhart, Indiana
- Nov 7: Mansfield Reformatory, Mansfield, Ohio
- Oct 31: Pollard's Collection, Salem, Illinois
- Oct 24: The Tank Museum, Danville, Virginia
- Oct 17: Human Fingers in a Jar, Bowling Green, Ohio
- Oct 10: Silvio's Italian American Historical Artistic Museum, Redford, Michigan
- Oct 3: Toy and Plastic Brick Museum, Bellaire, Ohio
- Sep 26: Dairy Adventure at Fair Oaks Farms, Fair Oaks, Indiana
- Sep 19: Elektro, Robot of Mansfield, Mansfield, Ohio
- Sep 12: Jack Barker's Metal Menagerie, Essex, Illinois
- Sep 5: Hall of Heroes Museum, Elkhart, Indiana
- Aug 29: Museum of Divine Statues, Oakwood, Ohio
- Aug 22: Hamtramck Disneyland - Folk Art, Hamtramck, Michigan
- Aug 15: Illinois Route 66 Hall of Fame and Museum, Pontiac, Illinois
- Aug 8: Cardboard Boat Museum, Race, New Richmond, Ohio
- Aug 1: Backyard Roller Coasters of John Ivers, Bruceville, Indiana
- July 25: United Memorial Gardens, Plymouth, Michigan
- July 18: Skeleton of Jeff Davis in Hangtown, Ragersville, Ohio
- July 11: International Pancake Day Hall of Fame, Liberal, Kansas
- July 4: The Very Large Array, Socorro, New Mexico
- June 27: Hometown of Uncle Sam, Troy, New York
- June 20: Light Dispelling Darkness, Edison, New Jersey
- June 13: Billy Carter Gas Station Museum, Plains, Georgia
- June 6: Colorado Gators Reptile Park, Mosca, Colorado
- May 30: Gene Cockrell's Yard Art, Canadian, Texas
- May 23: The Cursed Pillar, Augusta, Georgia
- May 16: World's Biggest Kid - EdVenture, Columbia, South Carolina
- May 9: Hitler's Tea Service and Spy Weapons, Anniston, Alabama
- May 2: The New World of Coca-Cola, Atlanta, Georgia
- Apr 25: Polynesian Cultural Center, Laie, Oahu, Hawaii
- Apr 18: Roswell Alien Attraction Autopsy, Roswell, New Mexico
- Apr 11: May Museum of the Tropics, Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Apr 4: National Prisoner of War Museum, Andersonville, Georgia
- Mar 28: American Wind Power Center and Museum, Lubbock, Texas
- Mar 21: Pasaquan, Buena Vista, Georgia
- Mar 14: Kidd's Toy Museum, Portland, Oregon
- Mar 7: Whimzeyland - Bowling Ball House, Safety Harbor, Florida
- Feb 28: Casa Bonita, Lakewood, Colorado
- Feb 21: Giant Shoe Museum, Seattle, Washington
- Feb 14: Miniature Golf Capital of the World, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
- Feb 7: National Museum of Nuclear Science and History, Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Jan 31: Statue of Philo Farnsworth, Father of TV, Salt Lake City, Utah
- Jan 24: World's Largest Six Pack, La Crosse, Wisconsin
- Jan 17: Habitat for Humanity's Slum Theme Park, Americus, Georgia
- Jan 10: National Border Patrol Museum, El Paso, Texas
- Jan 3: Vulcan the Iron Man, Birmingham, Alabama
2010
- Dec 27: Wilbur D. May Museum, Reno, Nevada
- Dec 20: House of the Temple, Washington, DC
- Dec 13: Cano's Castle - Beer Can Folk Art, Antonito, Colorado
- Dec 6: New Mexico Museum of Space History, Alamogordo, New Mexico
- Nov 29: National Civil War Naval Museum, Columbus, Georgia
- Nov 22: Mt. Blanco Fossil Museum, Crosbyton, Texas
- Nov 15: Dorothy's House and Land of Oz, Liberal, Kansas
- Nov 8: UFO Watchtower, Hooper, Colorado
- Nov 1: Teako's Giants of Hatch, Hatch, New Mexico
- Oct 25: Hitler's Telephone: U.S. Army Signal Corps Museum, Fort Gordon, Georgia
- Oct 18: Bobbie the Wonder Dog, Silverton, Oregon
- Oct 11: Cadillac Ranch, Amarillo, Texas
- Oct 4: Atom Bomb Dropped Here, Mars Bluff, South Carolina
- Sep 27: Space Murals Museum, Organ, New Mexico
- Sep 20: Crime & Punishment Museum, Ashburn, Georgia
- Sep 13: Minister's Tree House, Crossville, Tennessee
- Sep 6: Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, Alabama
- Aug 30: Dragon Man's Military Museum, Colorado Springs, Texas
- Aug 23: Devil's Rope Museum, McLean, Texas
- Aug 16: Tinkertown, Sandia Park, New Mexico
- Aug 9: Bruce Weiner's Microcar Museum, Madison, Georgia
- Aug 2: Grand Coulee Dam Laser Light Show, Coulee Dam, Washington
- Jul 26: UFO Welcome Center, Bowman, South Carolina
- Jul 19: In the Box: US Army Trains in Fake Iraq, Fort Irwin, California
- Jul 12: Lunch Box Museum, Columbus, Georgia
- Jul 5: Dick & Jane's Spot, Ellensburg, Washington
- Jun 28: The Human Centrifuge, Warminster, Pennsylvania
- Jun 21: Joe Minter's African Village in America, Birmingham, Alabama
- Jun 14: National Infantry Museum, Fort Benning, Georgia
- Jun 7: Queen Califia's Magical Circle Garden, Escondido, California
- May 31: USS Albacore - Sub in a Ditch, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
- May 24: Babyland General Hospital, Cleveland, Georgia
- May 17: Button King Museum, Bishopville, South Carolina
- May 10: Drug Enforcement Administration Museum, Arlington, Virginia
- May 3: National Museum of Patriotism, Atlanta, Georgia
- Apr 26: Hank Williams Death Car, Montgomery, Alabama
- Apr 19: Devil's Gulch - Jesse James Jumped Here, Garretson, North Dakota
- Apr 12: Harvey the Giant Rabbit, Aloha, Oregon
- Apr 5: Dinosaur Town with Volcano Toilets, Granger, Washington
- Mar 29: Ray Murphy's Chainsaw Show, Hancock, Maine
- Mar 22: Julia C. Bulette Red Light Museum, Virginia City, Nevada
- Mar 15: Jetliner Home in the Woods, Hillsboro, Oregon
- Mar 8: Mercer Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania
- Mar 1: Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame, Seattle, Washington
- Feb 22: National Museum of Dentistry, Baltimore, Maryland
- Feb 15: Museum of Jurassic Technology, Culver City, California
- Feb 8: U.S.S. Ling, WWII Sub, Hackensack, New Jersey
- Feb 1: Sam Hill's Stonehenge, Maryhill, Washington
- Jan 25: Scheels - Sportsman Attraction, Sparks, Nevada
- Jan 18: 7 Wonders of God Creatures, Houlton, Maine
- Jan 11: Velveteria- Museum of Velvet Paintings, Portland, Oregon
- Jan 4: Grant County Historical Museum, Canyon City, Oregon
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