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Monument to Birdboy
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Art "Birdboy" Smith built and flew his first airplane in 1910 on the spot where his 50-foot-high monument now stands.

Sights for Oddball Excursions

World's Largest Ball of Paint
Alexandria, Indiana
Painter Mike Carmichael has his singular attraction hanging on a chain as he continues to add multi-colored layers. It started as a baseball.
RV Museum and Hall of Fame
Elkhart, Indiana
Museum chronicles a century of trailers, RVs and mobile homes, in a town where they are manufactured.
Dan Quayle Vice Presidential Museum
Huntington, Indiana
James Danforth Quayle served as George H. W. Bush's VP from 1989-93. The museum's slogan is "Second to One."
Indiana Medical History Museum: Brains in Jars
Indianapolis, Indiana
Highlights include a real autopsy room and a room filled with brains in jars. Abby Normal!
Old Ben, World's Largest Steer
Kokomo, Indiana
A 2.5-ton steer named Old Ben, dead over a century, but preserved behind glass.
Birdhouse Paradise of Bill Larkin
Loogootee, Indiana
He filled the yard of his geodesic dome home with thousands of hand-painted birdhouses.
Ultraviolet Apocalypse
Munster, Indiana
Contemplation and surprises at the Carmelite Shrines, part of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Monastery.
Backyard Roller Coasters of John Ivers
Bruceville, Indiana
The man who had to have his own thrill ride -- even though he sez he build it for the kids.
Hall of Heroes Superhero Museum
Elkhart, Indiana
Allen Stewart claims to have the largest comic book and superhero memorabilia collection in the world.
Giant Santa
Evansville, Indiana
35 feet tall, formerly welcomed all good boys and good girls to a truck stop (demolished). Abandoned, then saved, fully restored, and set up in a new location in September 2016.
Dairy Adventure at Fair Oaks Farms
Fair Oaks, Indiana
Agritourism the way it should be. Watch calves born in the Birthing Barn, see 72 cows milked by a revolving giant turntable!
Coach of the Leg Lamps
Indianapolis, Indiana
Bronze sculpture of basketball coach John Wooden shows him crouched in a huddle, surrounded by five pairs of disembodied human legs.
World's Largest Sycamore Stump
Kokomo, Indiana
Formerly the world's largest sycamore tree. Still an impressive attraction.
Virgil I. Gus Grissom Memorial Museum
Mitchell, Indiana
America's hard luck spaceman finally got some recognition, but only after he was dead.
Corey the Ice House Giant
New Castle, Indiana
A towering, thickly-clothed man painted in cool blue shades, appropriate for the mascot of a bar named Old Ice House Tavern.
Joe Palooka Statue
Oolitic, Indiana
Palooka was a Sunday comic strip character -- an honest boxer. This statue was commissioned in 1947, when the champ's popularity was at its highest.
Three White Men Hanged For Killing Indians
Pendleton, Indiana
A bluntly worded stone marker actually preserves a happy moment in Indiana history, when killing Indians became a capital crime.
Giant Lady's Leg Sundial
Roselawn, Indiana
Where a leg tells nudists the time of day.
Santa's Candy Castle
Santa Claus, Indiana
Restored and revived portion of Santa Claus Town, a never-completed 1930s mega-Christmas-themed attraction. Now a full-time candy shop.
World's Oldest Santa Statue
Santa Claus, Indiana
22 feet tall and slightly frightening. Dedicated on Christmas Day, 1935, it's the sole survivor of an attraction named Santa Claus Park.