Our Favorite Weird Stops Just here for the big stuff? Jump to a state: Arkansas | Missouri | North Carolina | Oklahoma | South Carolina | Tennessee | Texas Here’s what had happened… We didn’t start out chasing the world’s largest roadside attractions. It sort of attached itself to us while we were living on …
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We were not looking for Harold’s Restaurant in Gaffney SC. (this is a recurring theme) We were on our way to see a giant peach water tower, but it was overcast, so we decided to kill some time at antique malls, hoping for sunny skies later in the morning. We found a few in the …
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This guy’s head spins around. That’s the whole pitch for Metalmorphosis Charlotte NC… That’s why we drove 45 minutes from Shelby, North Carolina, again. Hoping the thing was actually working this time. Because here’s the thing — we’d been to Metalmorphosis before. Two years ago, same bus, same Zach madness, completely different experience. It was …
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We weren’t looking for a Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives location. We were looking for a giant freestanding jukebox. That’s how it usually goes with us — we’re chasing something weird, and we stumble into something weirder. The Penguin Drive-In Charlotte NC had been on our radar because the internet told us there was a massive freestanding …
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The Giant Red Ryder That Started It All 📍 Location: 202 W Walnut St, Rogers, AR 72756 We had a VA appointment in Fayetteville, and since we were already up that way, we drove a little further north to Rogers. We were actually in town to check out Flashback Pizza (bucket list item #1 – …
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Parts of this park are Temporarily Closed for Renovations! ~currently The Blue Whale of Catoosa is OSHA compliant, complete with his own personal hard hat! 📍 Location: 2600 N Highway 66, Catoosa, OK 74015 The Blue Whale of Catoosa might not scream “romance” at first glance, but stick with me—it’s actually a love story for …
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The 25-Foot Hair Tonic Bottle in Tulsa The World’s Largest Hair Tonic Bottle sits in a parking lot at 12320 East Skelly Drive in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It’s 25 feet tall, white with a red label, and towers over the parking lot outside what used to be the Liquid Life headquarters. This giant bottle has been …
The Bear Store in Hale, Michigan sits right along M-65 at 6787 M-65, and if you’re driving by, the giant Adirondack chair out front is probably what gets your attention first. That’s what got ours, anyway. We weren’t planning to stop, didn’t have it marked, weren’t looking for anything — but the chair was enough …
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