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2023
- Petrified Wood Park Museum, Lemmon, South Dakota [May 29, 2023]
- Slug Bug Ranch, Conway, Texas [May 22, 2023]
- First Original McDonald's Museum, San Bernardino, California [May 15, 2023]
- Iwo Jima Flag Raising in Pipes, Bottineau, North Dakota [May 12, 2023]
- Bruno the Town Dog, Longville, Minnesota [May 12, 2023]
- Paul Bunyan Historical Museum, Akeley, Minnesota [May 9, 2023]
- Video: Ask An Expert: Maine. A whimsical state explained by photographer/writer Tim O'Brien. [May 8, 2023]
- Roger Maris Museum, Fargo, North Dakota [May 8, 2023]
- Last Supper Museum, Douglas, Arizona [May 1, 2023]
- Enchanted Castle, Regent, North Dakota [April 24, 2023]
- Ken Nyberg's Workshop, Vining, Minnesota [April 17, 2023]
- Lady in the Bay, Elberta, Alabama [April 10, 2023]
- Standin' on the Corner Park, Winslow, Arizona [April 3, 2023]
- Abe Lincoln Meets Perry Como, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania [March 27, 2023]
- Video: This Exit For News (No. 4, Mar. 22, 2023), Offbeat tourism newsreel highlights. [March 22, 2023]
- W'eel Turtle: World's Largest, Dunseith, North Dakota [March 20, 2023]
- Icons of Darkness, Los Angeles, California [March 13, 2023]
- International Paranormal Museum, Somerset, Kentucky [March 6, 2023]
- National Cryptologic Museum, Annapolis Junction, Maryland [February 27, 2023]
- Video: Ask An Expert: Cocaine Bear, Lexington, Kentucky. Co-owner Griffin VanMeter enlightens us about the public appeal of his stranger-than-fiction bruin on display. [February 24, 2023]
- Video: Ask An Expert: Presidential Grave Hunter. Kurt Deion has visited over 500 Roadside Presidents sites. He began seeking their burial sites when he was 7 years old. [February 20, 2023]
- Cocaine Bear, Lexington, Kentucky [February 20, 2023]
- Big Tom: World's Largest Turkey, Frazee, Minnesota [February 13, 2023]
- Hero the Elephant and Heintz Airship, Elkton, South Dakota [February 6, 2023]
- Video: This Exit For News (No. 2, Feb. 2, 2023), Offbeat tourism newsreel highlights. [February 2, 2023]
- Tail o' the Pup, West Hollywood, California [January 30, 2023]
- Scandinavian Heritage Park, Minot, North Dakota [January 23, 2023]
- Video: Meet Cecil Clemons, Gatorama, 1985, Palmdale, Florida [January 18, 2023]
- Video: Donna Marian's Creeper Gallery, New Hope, Pennsylvania [January 18, 2023]
- Video: This Exit For News (No. 1, Jan. 2023), Offbeat tourism newsreel highlights. [January 12, 2023]
- Trail of Governors, Pierre, South Dakota. A round-up of our favorite statues along the state capital's gubernatorial glory walk. [January 16, 2023]
- Spiked Skull of Harvey Morgan, Lander, Wyoming [January 9, 2023]
- Killed Here by Indians, Lander, Wyoming [January 9, 2023]
- Mystical Horizons: Century 21 Stonehenge, Bottineau, North Dakota [January 2, 2023]
2022
- Bush's Beans Museum, Chestnut Hill, Tennessee [December 26, 2022]
- Prairie Village Museum, Rugby, North Dakota [December 19, 2022]
- Woodchipper from the Movie Fargo, Fargo, North Dakota [December 12, 2022]
- Military Memorial Museum, Crossville, Tennessee [December 5, 2022]
- Afrika Korps POW Camp, Crossville, Tennessee [December 5, 2022]
- Nutcrackers of Luverne, Luverne, Minnesota [November 28, 2022]
- Jacque: World's Largest Bobblehead, Bellville, Ohio [November 21, 2022]
- Giant-Handed Jacque, Marblehead, Ohio [November 21, 2022]
- The UFO Watchtower, Hooper, Colorado [November 14, 2022]
- Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum, Harrogate, Tennessee [November 7, 2022]
- Museum of Bad Art, Boston, Massachusetts [October 31, 2022]
- Hollywood Museum, Hollywood, California [October 24, 2022]
- Ice Cave and Bandera Volcano, Grants, New Mexico [October 17, 2022]
- Porter Sculpture Park, Montrose, South Dakota [October 10, 2022]
- K-25 History Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee [October 3, 2022]
- The Blue Whale, Catoosa, Oklahoma [September 26, 2022]
- Dwarf Car Museum, Maricopa, Arizona [September 19, 2022]
- Connie's Photo Park, Madrid, New Mexico [September 12, 2022]
- General Patton Memorial Museum, Chiriaco Summit, California [September 5, 2022]
- Trigger Finger of Pancho Villa, El Paso. Texas [August 29, 2022]
- Lewis Antique Auto and Toy Museum, Moriarty, New Mexico [August 22, 2022]
- Biosphere 2, Oracle, Arizona [August 15, 2022]
- American International Rattlesnake Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico [August 8, 2022]
- Grand Canyon Caverns, Peach Springs, Arizona [July 31, 2022]
- Fox Cave: Billy the Kid, Zombie Hands, Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico [July 25, 2022]
- Claes Oldenburg: Giant Thing Artist (1929-2022) [July 19, 2022]
- Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona [July 18, 2022]
- Shark Tombstone, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [July 16, 2022]
- Bunny Museum, Altadena, California [July 11, 2022]
- Hindenburg, Jersey Devil, Stuffed Dog, Lakehurst, New Jersey [July 4, 2022]
- Point Reyes Lighthouse, Inverness, California [June 27, 2022]
- Airstream Museum, Jackson Center, Ohio [June 20, 2022]
- Chicken Boy: Muffler Man, Los Angeles, California [June 13, 2022]
- Russell Military Museum, Russell, Illinois [June 6, 2022]
- Matchbox Road Museum, Newfield, New Jersey [May 28, 2022]
- J.C. Penney Statue, Kemmerer, Wyoming [May 28, 2022]
- Fred Haise: Apollo 13 Astronaut, Biloxi, Mississippi [May 28, 2022]
- Elephant Rock, Dillon Beach, California [May 28, 2022]
- J. Earle Bowden, Town Cartoonist, Pensacola, Florida [May 24, 2022]
- Replica of the Mammoth Cheese, Cheshire, Massachusetts [May 23, 2022]
- Birthplace of Kentucky Fried Chicken, Corbin, Kentucky [May 23, 2022]
- Mothers of Gynecology, Montgomery, Alabama [May 18, 2022]
- Rubel Castle, Glendora, California [May 16, 2022]
- Denmark Vesey Statue, Charleston, South Carolina[May 12, 2022]
- Neptune's Portal, Encinitas, California [May 12, 2022]
- Wreck of the S.S. Point Reyes, Inverness, California [May 12, 2022]
- Point Reyes Lighthouse: The Fog, Inverness, California [May 12, 2022]
- Old Joliet Prison, Joliet, Illinois [May 9, 2022]
- Mary Tyler Moore Statue, Minneapolis, Minnesota [May 8, 2022]
- Memorial Statue to Dead Fishermen, 33802, New Jersey [May 6, 2022]
- Leslie Murray's Junk People, Woodbury, Connecticut [May 6, 2022]
- Pirate Captain of Dillon Beach, Dillon Beach, California [May 4, 2022]
- Belle Gunness: Butcher of La Porte, La Porte, Indiana [May 2, 2022]
- The Sunsphere, Knoxville, Tennessee [May 1, 2022]
- Sit With the Father of Video Games, Manchester, New Hampshire [May 1, 2022]
- Alligator Tombstone of Alligator Joe, Jacksonville, Florida [April 27, 2022]
- Man Buried In His Bed, Kinston, Alabama [April 27, 2022]
- World's Oldest Edible Ham, Smithfield, Virginia [April 25, 2022]
- Giant Transformer Bumblebee, Elmo, Texas [April 20, 2022]
- Skellville: Skeleton Scenes, Benton Harbor, Michigan [April 19, 2022]
- Busy Beaver Button Museum, Chicago, Illinois [April 18, 2022]
- Died Eating Library Paste, Goldfield, Nevada [April 16, 2022]
- Firefighter Rescue Statue, Painted Post, New York [April 16, 2022]
- Double Parking Meter Tombstone, Harlan, Indiana [April 16, 2022]
- SuperFrog, Fort Worth, Texas [April 16, 2022]
- Steve Heller's Spaceships and Robots, Boiceville, New York [April 11, 2022]
- Hall of Heroes Superhero Museum, Elkhart, Indiana [April 4, 2022]
- Mary's Gone Wild, Supply, North Carolina [March 28, 2022]
- Klairmont Kollections Museum, Chicago, Illinois [March 21, 2022]
- Creeper Gallery, New Hope, Pennsylvania [March 14, 2022]
- Rotary Jail That Rotates, Crawfordsville, Indiana [March 7, 2022]
- Giant Legs of Ricky Pearce, Henderson, North Carolina [February 28, 2022]
- Puppet Opera in Focus, Rolling Meadows, Illinois [February 21, 2022]
- Atlas Cement Memorial Museum, Northampton, Pennsylvania [February 14, 2022]
- Dinosaur Valley State Park, Glen Rose, Texas [February 7, 2022]
- Giant Alex "Roots" Haley, Knoxville, Tennessee [January 31, 2022]
- Chandelier Drive-Thru Tree, Leggett, California [January 24, 2022]
- Nessie: the Yaquina Bay Monster, Newport, Oregon [January 17, 2022]
- Giant Cat Head: Snowball in Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada [January 10, 2022]
- Graves of the King and Queen of the Gypsies, Meridian, Mississippi [January 3, 2022]
2021
- Zero Milestone, Washington, DC [December 27, 2021]
- Smoky: World War II Hero Dog, Cleveland, Ohio [December 20, 2021]
- Giant Lady Leg Lamp, Chickasha, Oklahoma [December 13, 2021]
- World's Largest Fire Hydrant, Columbia. South Carolina [December 6, 2021]
- Big Jim: Giant Gunslinger, Bentleyville, Pennsylvania [November 29, 2021]
- Arm of Stonewall Jackson, Fredericksburg, Virginia [November 22, 2021]
- Henry Darger's Room, Chicago, Illinois [November 15, 2021]
- The Big F Indian, Freeport, Maine [November 8, 2021]
- Jerry's Hat Museum, Forrest, Illinois [November 1, 2021]
- The Living Dead Museum, Monroeville, Pennsylvania [October 25, 2021]
- Houston's Miracle Water: Angel-Approved, New Market, Tennessee [October 18, 2021]
- International Spy Museum, Washington, DC [October 11, 2021]
- World Famous Clown Motel, Tonopah, Nevada [October 4, 2021]
- O.K. Corral, Tombstone, Arizona [September 27, 2021]
- SPAM Museum, Austin, Minnesota [September 20, 2021]
- The Paper House, Rockport, Massachusetts [September 13, 2021]
- Idaho Potato Museum, Blackfoot, Idaho [September 6, 2021]
- John's Beachcombing Museum, Forks, Washington [August 30, 2021]
- Shark Girl, Buffalo, New York [August 23, 2021]
- Fort Cody Trading Post, North Platte, Nebraska [August 16, 2021]
- Freakybuttrue Peculiarium, Portland, Oregon [August 9, 2021]
- Corn Palace, Mitchell, South Dakota [August 2, 2021]
- Art Cartopia, Trinidad, Colorado [July 26, 2021]
- Sterling Hill Mining Museum, Ogdensburg, New Jersey [July 19, 2021]
- Wacky Taxidermy and Miniatures Museum, Mackinaw City, Michigan [July 12, 2021]
- America, Get Centered!, a round up of geographical points of pride. [July 5, 2021]
- Whydah Pirate Museum, West Yarmouth, Massachusetts [June 28, 2021]
- Roswell Alien Attraction Autopsy!, Roswell, New Mexico [June 21, 2021]
- Cosmosphere, Hutchinson, Kansas [June 14, 2021]
- Ciderville, Powell, Tennessee [June 7, 2021]
- Reptile Gardens, Rapid City, South Dakota [May 31, 2021]
- The Big Pump, King City, Missouri [May 24, 2021]
- Giant Head of Abraham Lincoln, Laramie, Wyoming [May 17, 2021]
- Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park, Foyil, Oklahoma [May 10, 2021]
- Christ of the Ozarks, Eureka Springs, Arkansas [May 3, 2021]
- The A&W Burger Family, A round-up on America's favorite fiberglass root beer mug-hoisters. [April 26, 2021]
- The Strange Grave of John Milburn Davis, Hiawatha, Kansas [April 19, 2021]
- Maxie, World's Largest Goose, Sumner, Missouri [April 12, 2021]
- Old Bet the Elephant, Somers, New York [April 5, 2021]
- World's Largest Chest of Drawers, High Point, North Carolina [March 29, 2021]
- Beasts of Borrego Springs, Borrego Springs, California [March 22, 2021]
- Omega Mart, Las Vegas, Nevada [March 15, 2021]
- The Bayville Dinosaur, Bayville, New Jersey [March 8, 2021]
- World's Largest Pistachio, Alamogordo, New Mexico [March 1, 2021]
- The Pickled Pioneer, Menlo, Washington [February 22, 2021]
- Penguin Colossus At Coldest Spot, Cut Bank, Montana [February 15, 2021]
- Old Rip, Miracle Horned Toad, Eastland, Texas [February 8, 2021]
- Mighty Fist of Joe Louis, Detroit, Michigan [February 1, 2021]
- Hot Dog Muffler Man [January 25, 2021]
- Carpeteria Genies [January 18, 2021]
- Monument of States, Kissimmee, Florida [January 11, 2021]
- Grants Pass Caveman, Grants Pass, Oregon [January 4, 2021]
- Richard Ellis: Right-Hand Man, Grants Pass, Oregon [January 4, 2021]
- Little Bros Cavemen, Grants Pass, Oregon [January 4, 2021]
2020
- Kenny Hill's Sculpture Garden, Chauvin, Louisiana [December 28, 2020]
- America's First Santa Statue, Santa Claus, Indiana [December 21, 2020]
- National Museum of Military Vehicles, Dubois, Wyoming [December 20, 2020]
- Reb Helpy Helperton: Emma Sansom Statue, Gadsden, Alabama [December 14, 2020]
- U.S. Army Transportation Museum, Fort Eustis, Virginia [December 14, 2020]
- Mothman Statue, Plains, Georgia [December 7, 2020]
- Jimmy Carter Peanut, Plains, Georgia [November 30, 2020]
- Vanadu Art House, Hyattsville, Maryland [November 23, 2020]
- RyanHenge, Coyote Springs, Nevada [November 16, 2020]
- Liberty Sculpture Park: Crazy Horse, Tiananmen Square, Yermo, California[November 9, 2020]
- America's Street Corner Presidents, Rapid City, South Dakota [November 2, 2020]
- Martian Landing Site, Grover's Mill, New Jersey [October 26, 2020]
- Grave Offerings: Afterlife Fan Flair - How fans show love for their departed heroes and role models. [October 19, 2020]
- Fountain of Youth, St. Augustine, Florida [October 12, 2020]
- Mother of the Fountain of Youth, St. Augustine, Florida [October 12, 2020]
- Pointing Ponce de Leon, St. Augustine, Florida [October 12, 2020]
- Ponce de Leon Statue, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida [October 12, 2020]
- Vermontasaurus, Post Mills, Vermont [October 5, 2020]
- Experimental Balloon and Airship Museum, Post Mills, Vermont [October 5, 2020]
- Billy the Kid Round-Up [September 28, 2020]
- Billy the Kid Museum and Replica Grave, Fort Sumner, New Mexico
- Billy the Kid's Grave, Fort Sumner, New Mexico
- Billy the Kid Killed Here, Fort Sumner, New Mexico
- Pat Garrett Murder Site Sign, Las Cruces, New Mexico
- Pat Garrett Killed Here, Las Cruces, New Mexico
- Hat n' Boots, Seattle, Washington [September 21, 2020]
- Bedrock City and Raptor Ranch, Williams, Arizona [September 14, 2020]
- Hartman Rock Garden, Springfield, Ohio [September 7, 2020]
- Scary Lucy, Lovely Lucy, Celoron, New York [August 31, 2020]
- Lakenenland: Junk Art Park, Marquette, Michigan [August 24, 2020]
- Haines Shoe House, Hallam, Pennsylvania [August 17, 2020]
- Oregon Vortex, Gold Hill, Oregon [August 10, 2020]
- Desert of Maine, Freeport, Maine [August 3, 2020]
- Edgar Cayce and the Little Green Men, Hopkinsville, Kentucky [July 27, 2020]
- Site of 1955 Alien Attack, Kelly, Kentucky [July 27, 2020]
- Deadwood: Sin, Gold, Blood, A round-up of attractions in Deadwood, South Dakota [July 20, 2020]
- Wild Bill's Death Chair: No. 10 Saloon
- Adams Museum
- Mount Moriah Cemetery
- Broken Boot Gold Mine
- Wild Bill Bar: No. 10 Saloon #2
- Brothel Deadwood
- Wild Bill's Stone Head
- Days of ’76 Museum
- Sitting Bill
- Neon Tootsie the Coyote
- Preacher Smith Monument
- Deadwood: Signs and Wonders
- World's 3rd Largest Bronze Sculpture
- Celebrity Hotel
- Teddy Roosevelt Friendship Tower
- Saint Urho: Grasshopper Vanquisher, Menahga, Minnesota [July 13, 2020]
- Tree Trunk St. Urho, Finland, Minnesota [July 13, 2020]
- Giant St. Urho Grasshopper, Kaleva, Michigan [July 13, 2020]
- Spud Drive-In Giant Potato, Driggs, Idaho [July 6, 2020]
- America's Atomic Cannons - A Round-Up [June 29, 2020]
- Atomic Cannon in the Desert - Yuma, AZ
- Atomic Cannon - Rock Island, IL
- Atomic Cannon on a Hill - Junction City, KS
- Atomic Cannon - Albuquerque, NM
- Atomic Cannon That Shot a Nuke - Fort Sill, OK
- Atomic Cannon - Fort Lee, VA
- Atomic Cannon: Prototype or No. 1? - Newport News, VA
- World's Largest Ball of Twine, Cawker City, Kansas [June 22, 2020]
- Salvation Mountain, Niland, California [June 15, 2020]
- Enchanted Highway, Regent, North Dakota [June 8, 2020]
- The Way It Was Museum, Virginia City, Nevada [June 1, 2020]
- The Derrick Floor, Artesia, New Mexico [May 31, 2020]
- Toledo Police Museum: Old Sparky, Toledo, Ohio [May 31, 2020]
- Old Trail Town, Cody, Wyoming [May 25, 2020]
- Yellow Fever Steamer Monument, Gallipolis, Ohio [May 24, 2020]
- Rocky and Bullwinkle, West Hollywood, California [May 18, 2020]
- One Nation Under Dinosaurs - A round-up of the better dino parks and statues. [May 11, 2020]
- Jim the Wonder Dog Memorial Garden, Marshall, Missouri [May 6, 2020]
- Paul Bunyan: Friend or Foe?, An updated and expanded round-up of tall tale lumberjacks. [April 27, 2020]
- Sunnyslope Rock Garden, Phoenix, Arizona [April 20, 2020]
- World's Tallest Thermometer, Baker, California [April 13, 2020]
- World's Largest Cowboy Boots, San Antonio, Texas [April 6, 2020]
- Tom Every - Dr. Evermor, 1938-2020, a farewell. Sumpter, Wisconsin [April 1, 2020]
- Muffler Men: The Happy Halfwit, a round-up. [March 30, 2020]
- City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, Ukiah, California [March 23, 2020]
- Graveface Museum, Savannah, Georgia [March 16, 2020]
- Andy Griffith Museum, Mount Airy, North Carolina [March 9, 2020]
- Chang and Eng, Famous Siamese Twins, Mount Airy, North Carolina [March 8, 2020]
- Al Jolson's Flashy Tomb, Culver City, California [March 3, 2020]
- South Of The Border, Dillon, South Carolina [March 2, 2020]
- Ukrainian Tombstones and Tributes, South Bound Brook, New Jersey [February 26, 2020]
- Blackie, Horse That Never Moved, Tiburon, California [February 24, 2020]
- Stubb's Bar-B-Que Memorial, Lubbock, Texas [February 23, 2020]
- Bloodstained Tomb of Nina Craigmiles, Cleveland, Tennessee [February 20, 2020]
- Ruby Falls, Chattanooga, Tennessee [February 17, 2020]
- Big Jim, Giant Gunslinger, Bentleyville, Pennsylvania [February 13, 2020]
- Burger Bar, Bristol, Virginia [February 10, 2020]
- Neon: Moon Winx Lodge Sign, Tuscaloosa, Alabama [February 8, 2020]
- Garden Hose Volunteer, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California [February 6, 2020]
- 35-Foot-High Rocking Chair, Gulfport, Mississippi [February 3, 2020]
- Nessie, the Yaquina Bay Monster, Newport, Oregon [February 3, 2020]
- Rooster Cogburn Ostrich Ranch, Picacho, Arizona [February 3, 2020]
- Imperial Calcasieu Mardi Gras Museum, Lake Charles, Louisiana [January 26, 2020]
- Kidney Springs 1922 Gazebo, Hot Springs, South Dakota [January 22, 2020]
- Arizona K-9 Memorial, Phoenix, Arizona [January 22, 2020]
- Florida Crime Tours and Gallery, Hollywood, Florida [January 20, 2020]
- Nike Missile Site SF-88L, Mill Valley, California [January 13, 2020]
- Killed at the Speedway, Knoxville, Tennessee [January 9, 2020]
- Hi-way Grille Neon Sign, Ellensburg, Washington [January 9, 2020]
- First Among Cheeseheads: William Dempster Hoard, Madison, Wisconsin [January 9, 2020]
- Climb the Statehouse Dome, Topeka, Kansas [January 6, 2020]
- Vaccinating Big Baby, Knoxville, Tennessee [January 1, 2020]
