Sight of the Week Archive: 2012
Since 1996, the creators of RoadsideAmerica.com have regularly featured a remarkable offbeat tourist attraction they have investigated and (mostly) visited as the website's Sight of the Week.
2012
- Dec 31: Harold Warp's Pioneer Village, Minden, Nebraska
- Dec 24: Billy Tripp's Mindfield, Brownsville, Tennessee
- Dec 17: Black Madonna Shrine and Grottoes, Pacific, Missouri
- Dec 10: Phineas Gage: A Rod Went Through His Skull, Cavendish, Vermont
- Dec 3: Unclaimed Baggage Center, Scottsboro, Alabama
- Nov 26: Sam Davis Museum, Hanging Site, Pulaski, Tennessee
- Nov 19: Spongeorama, Tarpon Springs, Florida
- Nov 12: Nikola Tesla: Scientist, Inventor, Crackpot Attractions
- Nov 5: Wax Museum of St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
- Oct 29: Jolly Green Giant, Blue Earth, Minnesota
- Oct 22: Wade's Garden, Huntsville, Alabama
- Oct 15: X-10 Nuclear Reactor, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
- Oct 8: Bonne Terre Mine: Billion Gallon Lake, Bonne Terre, Missouri
- Oct 1: Columbia, Challenger, and Criswell in Valhalla, North Hollywood, California
- Sep 24: Super Museum, Metropolis, Illinois
- Sep 17: World's Largest Ball of Twine, Branson, Missouri
- Sep 10: Arkansas Alligator Farm: Home of the Merman, Hot Springs, Arkansas
- Sep 3: Military Museums of Fort Leonard Wood, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
- Aug 27: Henry's Ra66it Ranch, Staunton, Illinois
- Aug 20: Magic Bus, San Francisco, California
- Aug 13: Hillbilly Garden, Calvert City, Kentucky
- Aug 6: Josephine Tussaud Wax Museum, Hot Springs, Arkansas
- Jul 30: City Museum, St. Louis, Missouri
- Jul 23: 13-Ton Boulder Carved Into John Wayne's Head, Lubbock, Texas
- Jul 16: The Mob Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada
- Jul 9: God's Acre Healing Springs, Blackville, South Carolina
- Jul 2: Wildman's Store, Kennesaw, Georgia
- Jun 25: Miner's Hat Realty, Kellogg, Idaho
- Jun 18: The Wegner Grotto, Sparta, Wisconsin
- Jun 11: Christ in the Smokies Museum and Gardens, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
- Jun 4: Million Barrel Museum: Giant Oil Crater, Monahans, Texas
- May 28: World's Largest Pig Hairball: Mount Angel Abbey Museum, St. Benedict, Oregon
- May 21: Grumman Greenhouse, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- May 14: Movie Manor Motor Inn, Monte Vista, Colorado
- May 7: America Unhenged - Stonehenge Replicas
- Apr 30: Borax Visitor Center, Boron, California
- Apr 23: Heart Attack Grill, Las Vegas, Nevada
- Apr 16: The Temple of Tolerance, Wapakoneta, Ohio
- Apr 9: Howard Finster's Paradise Garden, Summerville, Georgia
- Apr 2: Wheels Through Time, Maggie Valley, North Carolina
- Mar 26: Lincoln Museum on Rebel Ground, Harrogate, Tennessee
- Mar 19: Abingdon Medical Museum, Abingdon, Virginia
- Mar 12: The Congressional Bunker, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
- Mar 5: Jungle Jim's International Market, Fairfield, Ohio
- Feb 27: Jerry's Junk, Louisville, Kentucky
- Feb 20: Natural Bridge Wax Museum, Natural Bridge, Virginia
- Feb 13: The Kellogg Rejuvenators, Battle Creek, Michigan
- Feb 6: Armstrong Air and Space Museum, Wapakoneta, Ohio
- Jan 30: Western Historic Radio Museum, Virginia City, Nevada
- Jan 23: Zzyzx: Quack-Founded Town, Last Name In The Atlas, Zzyzx, California
- Jan 16: John Dillinger Museum, Crown Point, Indiana
- Jan 9: Kaskaskia Dragon, Vandalia, Illinois
- Jan 2: Auman Museum of Radio and TV, Dover, Ohio
