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1. Day 1: Chicago must-see spots. Start your time in Chicago with some of the top must-see spots. Head to Millennium Park to snap a selfie with the iconic Cloud Gate (aka “The Bean”), then head over to Crown Fountain — an interactive video sculpture showing the faces of 1,000 everyday Chicagoans.
Sep 28, 2021 · Destinations. 25 Best Roadside Attractions in the U.S., Ranked. By Mariana Zapata, updated on September 28, 2021. aris_storyteller_photographer / Instagram. Road trips aren't all fun and games. They can get monotonous at times while driving across long stretches of uninterrupted highways.
Woodruff, Wisconsin. The World's Largest Penny. In 1953, a group of Wisconsin high school students helped build a hospital by collecting over a million pennies. High Rolls, New Mexico. Apple Boy....
The best Chicago, Illinois oddities and offbeat attractions, road trip and vacation recommendations from Roadside America's writers and experts -- museums, statues, roadside stops, odd buildings, weird folk art.
Strange and unusual museums. Bizarre statues. Zany travel discoveries. And such. Here’s a glance at the hundreds of quirky museums and roadside attractions we’ve written about after personally visiting them. Zoom and manipulate the map to see all the Quirky Attraction stories published on the site.
1. World’s Largest Belt Buckle. Abilene, Kansas, is home to quite possibly the newest roadside attraction. The World’s Largest Belt Buckle, nestled in Eisenhower Park, was unveiled on December 21, 2022. It measures 19 feet and 10.5 inches wide, and 13 feet and 11.25 inches tall.
1. Lucy The Elephant. Margate, New Jersey. The first one we came across is dubbed the oldest roadside attraction in America; we saw her early in our RVing days. Built in 1881, Lucy the Elephant stands six stories high on the road alongside the beach in Josephine Harron Park in Margate, New Jersey near Atlantic City.
