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Garbage Goat of the Welding Nun
Spokane, Washington
Municipal goat mechanism makes quick work of paper trash. Created by "the welding nun" for the 1974 Spokane World's Fair, whose theme was ecology.

Sights for Oddball Excursions

Dick and Jane's Spot
Ellensburg, Washington
Folk art environment is a colorful riot of bicycle wheel reflector sculptures, bottle cap tesserae, telephone pole heads studded with nails.
Historic Nuclear B Reactor
Hanford Nuclear Reservation, Washington
Welcome to the Cathedral of Bomb, where boron balls and tons of river rock might stop a nuclear meltdown.
Marsh's Free Museum
Long Beach, Washington
Enduring beachfront gift shop/museum is the home of Jake the Alligator Man and Morris the Cat -- both stuffed. Jam packed full of oddities.
Sam Hill's Stonehenge
Maryhill, Washington
This Stonehenge is built of solid reinforced concrete, the American way, not like England's crumbling pile of rocks.
The Fremont Troll
Seattle, Washington
A giant concrete troll has been lurking under the north end of the Aurora bridge and snacking on children and cars since 1990.
Archie McPhee Catalog Store
Seattle, Washington
Novelty item catalog store is also a museum of the weird.
Ye Olde Curiosity Shop
Seattle, Washington
Souvenir shop packed to the rafters with animal freaks, oddities, and mummy love couple Sylvia and Sylvester.
Lightning Cage: Spark Museum of Electrical Invention
Bellingham, Washington
In the Lightning Cage, tourists can sit while being bombarded with electric bolts from a Tesla Coil.
Yard Bird Statues
Chehalis, Washington
The goofy Yard Birds are cartoon mascot leftovers of a defunct chain store.
The Codger Pole
Colfax, Washington
Sixty-five-foot tall chain saw sculpture commemorates a 1988 high school football rematch -- played fifty years after the first game by the same participants.
Grand Coulee Dam Laser Light Show
Coulee Dam, Washington
Nightly laser performance on water cascading down the face of the dam, the largest laser light show in the world.
Big Catch: Fish With Woman's Breasts
Des Moines, Washington
Mutant horror in a whimsical (or naughty) bronze sculpture of a man and a fish next to the local grocery store.
Muffler Man - Stevedore Man
Everett, Washington
The Stevedore Muffler Man, a 20-ft. fiberglass giant, overlooks the Sound from the top of a building.
Dinosaur Town With Volcano
Granger, Washington
Granger is infested with prehistoric creatures and a volcanic Lava-tory.
Bigfoot and the Buried A-Frame
Kid Valley, Washington
On the way to sometimes-cranky volcano Mount St. Helens, stop to admire a very 28-ft. tall statue of Bigfoot and a home half-buried in volcanic mud.
World's Largest Frying Pan
Long Beach, Washington
It was the World's Largest when it was forged in 1941, and remains a classic Roadside photo-op.
Nutty Narrows - Squirrel Bridges
Longview, Washington
One town's engineered solution to traffic fatalities among the local squirrel population. Six squirrel bridges cross the town's streets.
Pickled Pioneer
Menlo, Washington
Go West, Young Cadaver! The place where Willie Keil's journey to "The Promised Land" ended is noted on a large historical marker.
Grave of Jimi Hendrix
Renton, Washington
Final resting place of the legendary rock guitarist is a popular site for music pilgrims.
Hat 'n' Boots
Seattle, Washington
Famous landmark south of Seattle, a former cowboy-themed gas station built in the 1950s as part of a half-completed "Frontier Village" attraction.