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Giant objects, odd monuments and things built for no clear reason.
Vernon Township, PA
A roughly quarter-mile art wall outside PennDOT's Crawford County offices turns retired road signs into barns, animals, a Ferris wheel, a roller coaster, oil wells and other Pennsylvania scenes. It grew from a collaboration between PennDOT employees and Allegheny College artists; there is no dedicated attraction parking, so it works best as a roadside view along Smock Highway.
Prospect, ME
An elevator inside one of the Penobscot Narrows Bridge towers carries visitors to an observation room about 420 feet above the river. The enclosed observatory offers a 360-degree view and is accessed through the Fort Knox historic-site entrance.
Afton, WY
One of the world's largest rhythmic springs periodically stops and restarts its flow, likely because of a natural siphon system underground.
Twin Falls, ID
A tall waterfall dropping into the Snake River Canyon with a short trail that can pass behind the falling water. Parking near the trail is extremely limited; use only legal spaces and choose alternate canyon parking when full.
Twin Falls, ID
High bridge over the Snake River Canyon internationally known as a legal BASE-jumping location. Visitors should use the official visitor-center overlooks and sidewalks; OddWay does not encourage jumping or climbing.
Washington, DC
An ornate Gilded Age mansion became the international headquarters of the Order of the Eastern Star and is filled with ceremonial and architectural detail.
Belfast, ME
Perry’s Nut House is a surviving piece of old-school Maine roadside culture, historically famous for taxidermy, curiosities, oversized objects, souvenirs, and odd displays. The revived shop continues the name and keeps the strange roadside-stop tradition alive.
Diamond, OR
This enormous late-19th-century circular barn was built for rancher Pete French and used to train horses through winter; the site's history also includes the land disputes that preceded French's 1897 killing.
Redmond, OR
A hand-built landscape of miniature castles, bridges, towers and monuments made from local rock spreads across a rural property begun in the 1930s.
Yellowstone National Park, WY
A standing fossilized redwood relative left from ancient volcanic burial; one of the park's most accessible petrified-tree remnants.
Lamar, CO
A 1930s former filling station faced with enormous quantities of petrified wood, built specifically to stop highway travelers. The structure survives along Main Street and is best treated as an exterior roadside stop.
Baraboo, WI
Skillet Creek cuts through a narrow sandstone gorge filled with dark pools, ledges and small waterfalls. The fragile site has special rules and no cliff jumping; OddWay should route visitors only to legal trails and viewpoints.
Regent, ND
A colossal pheasant family stands above the prairie beside the Enchanted Highway. The birds are built from welded metal and are deliberately exaggerated into a classic North Dakota photo stop.
Philadelphia, PA
Artist Isaiah Zagar transformed buildings and vacant lots along South Street into a dense mosaic environment of mirrors, tiles, bottles, bicycle wheels and found objects. The nonprofit attraction preserves a multi-level indoor and outdoor labyrinth that visitors can enter with a timed ticket.
Phoenix, AZ
Thousands of Mexican free-tailed bats use this flood-control tunnel near the Arizona Canal during the warm season, emerging around dusk in a dense stream. Visitors should remain behind fencing, stay on the public path and never enter the drainage channel or handle bats.
Bainbridge Island, WA
Danish artist Thomas Dambo built this enormous troll from recycled and reclaimed materials near Sakai Park. It is part of the Northwest Trolls project and is reached on foot through public parkland.
West Liberty, OH
Mac-A-Cheek is an elaborate nineteenth-century stone mansion built by the Piatt family and filled with unusual carved woodwork, painted ceilings and family collections. It survives as the publicly toured half of the Piatt Castles property, with access generally limited to seasonal scheduled hours.
New Orleans, LA
Designed by Charles Moore, this postmodern plaza uses bright colors, classical columns, neon and a fountain shaped around the map of Italy. It looks like a theatrical Roman ruin built for the late twentieth century.
Ste. Genevieve, MO
Pickle Springs protects an extraordinary concentration of sandstone arches, slot-like passages, hoodoos and weathered rock forms. The Trail Through Time loops through the natural area and gives OddWay several strange formations within one routeable stop.
McGregor, IA
A high bluff overlook gives a sweeping view of the Mississippi and Wisconsin Rivers near their confluence. The park's cliffs, ravines and archaeological history make it more than a standard scenic pull-off.
Helena-West Helena, AR
This elaborate Queen Anne mansion is one of Helena’s most striking surviving historic homes. Tours reveal ornate woodwork, period rooms and the grandeur of Delta-era wealth.
Bend, OR
An extinct cinder cone rises directly inside Bend, with a summit viewpoint above the city; in September 2026 some trail work is temporarily affecting portions of the park.
Iron Mountain, MI
The towering Pine Mountain ski jump rises above Iron Mountain as one of the Upper Peninsula's most dramatic pieces of sports infrastructure. It hosts major ski-jumping competition and can be seen year-round, but access to the jump structure and event areas depends on current schedules and restrictions.
Pine River, MN
This is the historic 1887 caboose displayed near the Pine River Depot in Pine River, not Pequot Lakes. Heritage Group North restored the aging railroad car in 2019, and travelers now find it beside the depot as an outdoor piece of local railroad history.
