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.
2009
- July 6: International Spy Museum, Washington, DC
- June 29: Catacombs of St. Joseph, Newark, New Jersey
- June 22: Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- June 15: Museum of Bad Art, Dedham, Massachusetts
- June 8: Bonnie & Clyde's Death Car, Primm, Nevada
- June 1: FAST Fiberglass Statue Factory, Sparta, Wisconsin
- May 25: World's Largest Horseshoe Crab, Blanchester, Ohio
- May 18: World's Largest Bug, Providence, Rhode Island
- May 11: Muhammad Ali's Broken Jaw X-Ray, Hookset, New Hampshire
- May 4: Toy Robot Museum, Adamstown, Pennsylvania
- Apr 27: Hindenburg Crash Site, Lakehurst, New Jersey
- Apr 19: Flintstone's Bedrock City, Custer, South Dakota
- Apr 13: World's Largest Lincoln Statue, Ashmore, Illinois
- Apr 6: Titanic Museum, Indian Orchard, Massachusetts
- Mar 30: Grotto of the Redemption, West Bend, Iowa
- Mar 23: Ghost Outpost, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
- Mar 16: Wall Drug Store, Wall, South Dakota
- Mar 9: Shoes Made From Big Nose George, Rawlins, Wyoming
- Mar 2: World's Largest Cross, Effingham, Illinois
- Feb 23: Thunder Mountain Park, Imlay, Nevada
- Feb 16: Cosmos Mystery Area, Rapid City, South Dakota
- Feb 9: Deke Slayton Memorial Space and Bicycle Museum, Sparta, Wisconsin
- Feb 2: Cincinnati Police Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Jan 26: Mecca of Albino Squirrels, Olney, Illinois
- Jan 19: Answers In Genesis Creation Museum, Petersburg, Kentucky
- Jan 12: Pioneer Auto Show, Murdo, South Dakota
- Jan 5: Wizard Quest, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
2008
- Dec 29: Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, Springfield, Illinois
- Dec 22-28: Bosco the Dog Mayor, Sunol, California
- Dec 15-21: A Town Named Santa Claus, Santa Claus, Indiana
- Dec 8-14: Porter Sculpture Park, Montrose, South Dakota
- Dec 1-7: Space Acorn, Kecksburg, Pennsylvania
- Nov 24-30: Two-Story Outhouse, Gays, Illinois
- Nov 17-23: SPAM Museum, Austin, Minnesota
- Nov 10-16: Wyoming Frontier Prison, Rawlins, Wyoming
- Nov 3-9: Top Secret Inc, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
- Oct 27 - Nov 2: National Presidential Wax Museum, Keystone, South Dakota
- Oct 20-26: Museum of Funeral Customs, Springfield, Illinois
- Oct 13-19: 1880 Cowboy Town, Buffalo Ridge, South Dakota
- Oct 6-12: Gilgal Garden, Salt Lake City, Utah
- Sep 29-Oct 5: Virgin Mary Appeared Here, Necedah, Wisconsin
- Sep 22-28: Ames Brothers Pyramid, Buford, Wyoming
- Sep 15-21: Historic Auto Attractions, Roscoe, Illinois
- Sep 8-14: American Sign Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Sep 1-7: Chief Crazy Horse Memorial, Crazy Horse, South Dakota
- Aug 25-31: Museum of Historic Torture Devices, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
- Aug 18-24: Captured Leg of Juan de Santa Anna, Springfield, Illinois
- Aug 11-17: Dinosaur Land, White Post, Virginia
- Aug 4-10: Rock City, Lookout Mountain, Georgia
- July 28-Aug 3: International Towing and Recovery Museum, Chattanooga, Tennessee
- July 21-27: NRA National Firearms Museum, Fairfax, Virginia
- July 14-20: Wells Dinosaur Haven, Uncasville, Connecticut
- July 7-13: Emilio Carranza Crash Monument, Tabernacle, New Jersey
- June 30-July 6: Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast, Fall River, Massachusetts
- June 23-29: Tree Root That Ate Roger Williams, Providence, Rhode Island
- June 16-22: Higgins Armory Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts
- June 9-15: Mighty Joe the Gorilla, Shamong, New Jersey
- June 2-8: Eartha, World's Largest Rotating Globe, Yarmouth, Maine
- May 26-June 1: Miles the Monster, Dover, Delaware
- May 19-25: Dinosaur Walk Museum, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
- May 12-18: Golden Driller, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- May 5-11: Hi Jolly's Tomb, Quartzsite, Arizona
- Apr 28-May 4: He Killed Lincoln's Killer, Concordia, Kansas
- Apr 21-27: Drake Well Museum, Titusville, Pennsylvania
- Apr 14-20: Titan Nuclear Missile Museum, Green Valley, Arizona
- Apr 7-13: Trinity Heights: Giant Jesus and Mary, Sioux City, Iowa
- Mar 31-Apr 6: Mad Anthony Wayne, Erie, Pennsylvania
- Mar 24-30: Castle Island, Junction City, Kansas
- Mar 17-23: World's Largest Ball of Stamps, Boys Town, Nebraska
- Mar 10-16: Burt Reynolds and Friends Museum, Jupiter, Florida
- Mar 3-9: Marx Toy Museum, Erie, Pennsylvania
- Feb 25-Mar 2: Elvis Museum, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
- Feb 18-24: Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Titusville, Florida
- Feb 11-17: Castles of Ida Grove, Ida Grove, Iowa
- Feb 4-10: Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame, Hayward, Wisconsin
- Jan 28-Feb 3: Weather Capital of the World, Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania
- Jan 21-27: Where Jesse James was Killed, St. Joseph, Missouri
- Jan 14-20: The Hall of Flame, Phoenix, Arizona
- Jan 7-13: Christus Gardens, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
- Jan 1-6: World's Largest Time Capsule, Seward, Nebraska
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