Sights of the Week Archive 2004-2009

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

Dec 28: Oasis Bordello Museum, Wallace, Idaho
Dec 21: The Robot Hut, Elk, Washington
Dec 14: Folsom Prison Museum, Folsom, California
Dec 7: Alf's - Ice Cream, Burgers, and Monkey, McMinnville, Oregon
Nov 30: John Brown Wax Museum, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Nov 23: Wild Bill's Nostalgia Center, Middletown, Connecticut
Nov 16: Midland Mosaics - Backyard Giants, Tacoma, Washington
Nov 9: Moxie Bottle House, Union, Maine
Nov 2: The Newseum, Washington, DC
Oct 26: Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum - The Spruce Goose, McMinnville, Oregon
Oct 19: Museum of Death, Hollywood, California
Oct 12: Shrine to Tacoma's Super-Salesman, Tacoma, Washington
Oct 5: Yankee Siege Trebuchet, Greenfield, New Hampshire
Sept 28: Stark's Vacuum Museum, Portland, Oregon
Sept 21: Marvin Carr's One of a Kind in the World Museum, Spokane, Washington
Sept 14: Henry the Bear, Mitchell, Oregon
Sept 7: Adolf Hitler's Toilet, Florence, New Jersey
Aug 31: Historic Nuclear B Reactor, Hanford, Washington
Aug 17: Bread and Puppet Museum, Glover, Vermont
Aug 10: American Classic Arcade Museum, Laconia, New Hampshire
Aug 3: Geppi's Entertainment Museum, Baltimore, Maryland
July 27: George Washington Masonic National Memorial, Alexandria, Virginia
July 20: Burlingame Museum of Pez Memorabilia, Burlingame, California
July 13: A National Salute to Bob Hope and the Military, San Diego, California
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

2007

Dec 24-30: That Grow a Beard Abe! Town, Delphos, Kansas
Dec 17-23: World's Largest Burgers, Clearfield, Pennsylvania
Dec 10-16: Museum of Religious Arts, Logan, Iowa
Dec 3-9: Official Center of the World, Felicity, California
Nov 26-Dec 2: Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center, Hutchinson, Kansas
Nov 19-25: Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Nov 12-18: Albert the Bull, Audubon, Iowa
Nov 5-11: Where the Ducks Walk on the Fish, Linesville, Pennsylvania
Oct 29-Nov 4: Largest Ball of String, Not Twine, Weston, Missouri
Oct 22-28: Subterra Castle - Missile Silo Home, Shawnee County, Kansas
Oct 15-21: Battle Hill Museum of Natural History, Battle Creek, Iowa
Oct 8-14: Strategic Air and Space Museum, Ashland, Nebraska
Oct 1-7: Territorial Prison, Yuma, Arizona
Sept 24-30: Leila's Hair Museum, Independence, Missouri
Sept 17-23: Big Mac Museum, North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
Sep 10-16: Shenandoah Caverns, Shenandoah, Virginia
Sep 3-9: Skull and Bones of Hero the Elephant, Vermillion, South Dakota
Aug 27-Sep 2: Insectarium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Aug 20-26: The Thing?, Dragoon, Arizona
Aug 13-19: Kool-Aid Museum, Hastings, Nebraska
Aug 6-12: Villisca Axe Murder House, Villisca, Iowa
July 30-Aug 5: London Bridge, Lake Havasu City, Arizona
July 23-29: Kansas Underground Salt Museum, Hutchinson, Kansas
July 16-22: Patee House Museum, St. Joseph, Missouri
July 9-15: Truckhenge, Topeka, Kansas
July 2-8: Magic Town, Colorado Springs, Colorado
June 25-July 1: Rainbow Rock Shop Dinosaurs, Holbrook, Arizona
June 18-24: Boggy Creek Monster, Fouke, Arkansas
June 11-17: Meteor Crater, Winslow, Arizona
June 4-10: American Celebration On Parade, Shenandoah, Virginia
May 28-June 3: Wildwood Inn Tropical Dome and Theme Suites, Florence, Kentucky
May 21-27: Museum of Appalachia, Clinton, Tennessee
May 14-20: Big Daddy Don Garlits Museum Of Drag Racing, Ocala, Florida
May 7-13: Museum of Earth History, Eureka Springs, Arkansas
Apr 30-May 6: Louis Lee's Rock Garden, Paradise Valley, Arizona
Apr 23-29: United States Astronaut Hall of Fame, Titusville, Florida
Apr 15-22: Liberace Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada
Apr 9-15: Ralph Foster Museum - Beverly Hillbillies Car, Point Lookout, Missouri
Apr 2-8: The Good Enough Mine, Tombstone, Arizona
Mar 26-Apr 1: Skywalk, Grand Canyon West, Arizona
Mar 19-25: Everglades Wonder Gardens, Bonita Springs, Florida
Mar 12-18: Wigwam Village Motel #6, Holbrook, Arizona
Mar 5-11: Roy Rogers-Dale Evans Museum, Branson, Missouri
Feb 26-Mar 4: Dinosaur World, Plant City, Florida
Feb 19-25: Madame Tussauds Interactive Wax Attraction, Las Vegas, Nevada
Feb 12-18: Glenn Goode's Big People, Gainesville, Texas
Feb 5-11: Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting, Greybull, Wyoming
Jan 29-Feb 4: Atomic Testing Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada
Jan 22-28: American Police Hall of Fame and Museum, Titusville, Florida
Jan 15-21: OK County 66, Arcadia, Oklahoma
Jan 8-14: Vernon Castle Airplane Crash Site Memorial, Benbrook, Texas
Jan 1-7: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan

2006

Dec 25-31: Friendship with Chief Baconrind, Skedee, Oklahoma
Dec 18-24: Last Supper and Giant Pink Woman, Rhyolite, Nevada
Dec 11-17: Conspiracy Museum, Dallas, Texas
Dec 4-10: The Georgia Guidestones, Nuberg, Georgia
Nov 27-Dec 3: Monkey Jungle, Miami, Florida
Nov 20-26: Giant Bo Pilgrim Head, Pittsburg, Texas
Nov 13-19: Jordan's Furniture, Natick, Massachusetts
Nov 6-12: Veterans Memorial Museum, Branson, Missouri
Oct 30-Nov 5: M. T. Liggett's Political Sculptures, Mullinville, Kansas
Oct 23-30: Toad Hollow - Tunnel for Toad Traffic, Davis, California
Oct 16-22: Bonnie and Clyde Ambush Museum, Gibsland, Louisiana
Oct 9-15: Living Ghost Town - Burros and Gunfights, Oatman, Arizona
Oct 2-8: Parrot Jungle Island, Miami, Florida
Sept 25-Oct 1: Star Trek: The Experience. Las Vegas, Nevada
Sept 18-24: Ashtabula Horror - Train Wreck Landmarks, Ashtabula, Ohio
Sept 11-17: Ezekiel Airship, Pittsburg, Texas
Sept 4-10: Daytona USA, Daytona Beach, Florida
Aug 28-Sept 3: Titanic: World's Largest Museum Attraction, Branson, Missouri
Aug 21-27: Boxy Paul Bunyan and Babe Statues, Bemidji, Minnesota
Aug 14-20: Stewart's Petrified Wood, Adamana - Holbrook, Arizona
Aug 7-13: Elvis-a-Rama Experience, Las Vegas, Nevada
July 31-Aug 6: Crystal Cave Park, Kutztown, Pennsylvania
July 24-30: Da Yoopers Tourist Trap, Ishpeming, Michigan
July 17-23:Fantastic Caverns, Springfield, Missouri
July 10-16:Gators! Guide to Florida Alligator Attractions
July 3-9: Skunk Ape Headquarters, Ochopee, Florida
June 26-July 2: Wave Organ, San Francisco, California
June 19-25: Coral Castle, Homestead, Florida
June 12-18: Hiawatha, World's Largest Indian, Ironwood, Michigan
June 5-11:Museum of American Glass, Millville, New Jersey
May 29-June 4: World's Largest Cherry Pie Battle, Charlevoix and Traverse City, Michigan
May 22-28: Romeo the Killer Elephant, Delavan, Wisconsin
May 15-21: RichArt's Art Yard, Centralia, Washington
May 8-14: Cereal City, USA, Battle Creek, Michigan
May 1-7: Sputnik Crashed Here, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Apr 24-30: New England Maple Syrup Museum, Pittsford - Rutland, Vermont
Apr 17-23: National Dairy Shrine Visitor's Center, Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin
Apr 10-16: Old Faithful Geyser of California, Calistoga, California
Apr 3-9: The Moccasin Bar, Hayward, Wisconsin
Mar 27-Apr 2: The Hall of Fame for Great Americans, New York City, New York
Mar 20-26: Exhibition Coal Mine, Beckley, West Virginia
Mar 13-19: World's Largest Praying Hands, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Mar 6-12: Napoleon's Horse - World's Longest Mane. Heritage Hall, Marion, Ohio
Feb 27-Mar 5: US National Ski Hall of Fame and Museum, Ishpeming, Michigan
Feb 20-26: Shell-shaped Gas Station, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Feb 13-19: American Museum of Magic, Marshall, Michigan
Feb 6-12: National Great Blacks in Wax Museum, Baltimore, Maryland
Jan 30-Feb 5:Town of Utopia, Ohio
Jan 23-29: Custer's Last Stand: Little Big Horn, Crow Agency, Montana
Jan 16-22: UFO Landing Port, Green Bay - Poland, Wisconsin
Jan 9-15: The Elephant and the Flower Shop, Seattle, Washington
Jan 2-8: John Henry, Steel Drivin' Man, Talcott, West Virginia

2005

Dec 25-Jan 1: Noah's Ark, Dillinger's Jail Cell, Things Swallowed, Lima, Ohio
Dec 19-25: Dr Pepper Museums, Dublin and Waco, Texas
Dec 12-18: Home of Mothman, Point Pleasant, West Virginia
Dec 4-11: The Hodags of Rhinelander, Rhinelander, Wisconsin
Nov 28-Dec 3: Giant Lady's Leg Sundial, Lake Village, Indiana
Nov 21-27: Jackson Cascades, Jackson, Michigan
Nov 14-20: Golf in a Fake Cave, Laurel Caverns, Hopwood, Pennsylvania
Nov 7-13: Kenosha Military Museum, Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin
Oct 31-Nov 6: West Virginia State Farm Museum, Point Pleasant, West Virginia
Oct. 24-30: Ultraviolet Apocalypse, Carmelite Shrines, Munster, Indiana
Oct. 17-23: American Museum of Science & Energy, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Oct. 10-16: American Dime Museum, Baltimore, Maryland
Oct. 3-9: Topiary French People, Columbus, Ohio
Sept. 26-Oct. 2: Alienville, USA, Roswell, New Mexico
Sept. 19-25: Shrine of the Snowshoe Priest, L'Anse, Michigan
Sept. 12-18: Flight 93 Crash Site, Shanksville, Pennsylvania
Sept. 5-11: JFK's Giant Twine Ball, Lake Nebagamon, Wisconsin
Aug. 29-Sept. 4: Graceland Too, Holly Springs, Mississippi
Aug. 22-28: Mystery Hole, Ansted, West Virginia
Aug. 15-21: Death Mask Of Pretty Boy Floyd, East Liverpool, Ohio.
Aug. 8-14: Tiny World, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania
Aug. 1-7: West Virginia State Penitentiary Tour, Moundsville, West Virginia
July 25-31: Quecreek Mine Rescue Memorial, Somerset, Pennsylvania
July 18-24: Swetsville Zoo, Fort Collins - Timnath, Colorado
July 11-17: Lost World Caverns, Lewisburg, West Virginia
July 4-10: National Museum of the US Air Force, Wright Paterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio
June 27-July 3: Dinosaur Kingdom, Jurassic Civil War in Natural Bridge, Virginia
June 20-26:Scythe Tree, Trees that Kill? Waterloo, New York
June 13-19: Tommy Turtle, Snowmobiling Reptile Hero of Bottineau, North Dakota
June 6-12: Petrified Wood Park, Lemmon, South Dakota
May 30- June 5: World's Largest Basket, Newark, Ohio
May 23-29: World's Largest Cow. Salem Sue, New Salem, North Dakota
May 16-22: The Pagoda, Reading, Pennsylvania
May 9-15: Memorials To The Shenandoah: America's Other Airship Disaster, Ava, Ohio
May 2-8: Hartman's Rock Garden, Springfield, Ohio
Apr. 25-May 1: World's Largest Thermometer, Baker, California
Apr. 18-24: The Pickled Pioneer, Menlo, Washington
Apr. 11-17: Raven Statue, Ravenden, Arkansas
Apr. 4-10: Paul Bunyan Statue & Birthplace, Bangor, Maine
Mar. 28-Apr. 3: Marsh's Free Museum, Long Beach, Washington
Mar. 21-27: World's First Wendy's Restaurant, Columbus, Ohio
Mar. 14-20: Museum of Pawn, Scottsdale, Arizona
Mar. 7-13: Granite Sculptures of Hope Cemetery, Barre, Vermont
Feb 28-Mar. 6: Andy D-Day and the Two-Headed Calf, Brookville, Ohio
Feb. 21-27: Passenger Pigeon Memorial Hut, Cincinnati, Ohio
Feb. 14-20: Anchor from the USS Maine, Reading, Pennsylvania
Feb. 7-13: Warther Carvings Museum & Button Collection, Dover, Ohio.
Jan. 31-Feb 6: Vent Haven: The Ventriloquist Museum, Fort Mitchell, Kentucky
Jan. 24-30:Cascade Caverns, Boerne, Texas
Jan. 17-23: World's Smallest Church, Oneida, New York
Jan. 10-16: Pee Wee Golf, Guerneville, California
Jan. 3-9:World's Largest Bat, Louisville, Kentucky