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The Center of the Universe,An acoustic anomaly in Tulsa where you can shout and only you hear the echo.,36.1553,-95.9931
The World's Tallest Thermometer,"A 134-foot tall reminder that Baker, California, is basically the surface of the sun.",35.2661,-116.0725
Carhenge,A faithful replica of Stonehenge made entirely of vintage American automobiles.,42.1422,-102.8581
The Fremont Troll,A massive stone troll living under a bridge that is currently eating a real VW Beetle.,47.651,-122.3473
The Leaning Tower of Niles,A half-size replica of the Tower of Pisa that was built to hide a water tank.,42.0233,-87.7964
Unclaimed Baggage Center,The only place on Earth where you can buy someone else's lost vacation dreams.,34.8697,-86.0028
The Maine Ridge Runner,A tribute to the man who lived in the woods and stole only library books.,44.5497,-69.7797
Cadillac Ranch Graffiti,A public note to the world where everyone is encouraged to bring spray paint.,35.1872,-101.987
The Muffler Man,A giant fiberglass Paul Bunyan who lost his axe and now just looks confused.,35.5122,-98.9819
World's Largest Ball of Twine,Built by one man who just didn't know when to stop winding.,39.4842,-97.6475
The Mushroom Houses,Architectural notes in stone that look like they were designed by a Smurf.,45.3167,-85.2583
Berkeley's Fish House,A house shaped like a giant fish because why live in a square box?,40.015,-105.2705
The Prada Marfa,"A permanent ""store"" in the middle of the desert that will never actually open.",30.6035,-104.5185
The Beer Can House,"A retirement project involving 50,000 flattened cans and a lot of patience.",29.7711,-95.4294
The Republic of Molossia,"A sovereign ""micronation"" in Nevada that is currently at war with East Germany.",39.3233,-119.5397
The Oregon Vortex,"A ""forbidden"" patch of land where brooms stand up and people look shorter.",42.4936,-123.0844
Dinosaur Park,A collection of green concrete monsters that haven't aged a day since 1936.,44.0761,-103.2436
The Paper House,"A home built out of 100,000 newspapers that has survived since 1922.",42.6681,-70.6289
The Jolly Green Giant,A 55-foot tall statue that makes every visitor feel like a side dish of peas.,43.6483,-94.1039
World's Largest Chest of Drawers,"A 38-foot tall dresser that serves as a literal ""note"" on the local furniture industry.",35.975,-80.0069
Lucy the Elephant,A six-story high wooden elephant that used to be a real estate office.,39.3225,-74.4533
Desert Christ Park,A hillside covered in giant statues waiting for a movie that never started.,34.1197,-116.4447
The Gum Wall,"A colorful, sticky, and slightly gross public mosaic of chewed-up history.",47.6083,-122.34
Ave Maria Grotto,A tiny world of 125 miniature stone shrines built by a hunchbacked monk.,34.1758,-86.8294
"Hole N"" The Rock","A 5,000-square-foot home blasted into a solid cliff face by one very determined man.",38.39,-109.455
The Spite House,A very narrow home built specifically to block a neighbor's view of the street.,42.3781,-71.1167
Coral Castle,"A monument built by a 100-pound man using ""the secrets of the pyramids.""",25.5006,-80.4442
The Haines Shoe House,A literal giant shoe that you can actually sleep in.,39.9928,-76.6347
The Toilet Seat Art Museum,"A collection of over 1,000 lids proving that anything can be a canvas.",35.2014,-101.8317
Enchanted Highway,A stretch of road featuring a 110-foot tall family made of scrap metal.,46.4719,-102.5589
The Peachoid,A water tower that looks suspiciously like a giant bottom from the highway.,35.0808,-81.6739
The Big Duck,A poultry-shaped building designed specifically to sell duck eggs.,40.8233,-72.7153
The Hat Museum,A tribute to the days when nobody left the house without a topper.,45.5122,-122.6758
Jimmy Carter's Peanut,A giant smiling peanut statue that bears an uncanny resemblance to the president.,32.0436,-84.3917
The UFO Watchtower,A platform in the desert where people wait for a ride to the stars.,37.935,-105.8753
The Longaberger Basket,A seven-story office building that looks exactly like a picnic basket.,40.0636,-82.3458
Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park,"A field of massive, colorful kinetic sculptures made from farm parts.",35.7311,-77.9125
The Bone Museum,An Oklahoma City gem where the skeletons literally tell the story.,35.3942,-97.4933
The Wigwam Village No. 2,"A 1930s hotel where you can tell people you ""slept in a teepee.""",37.1472,-85.9189
The Blue Hole,A natural artesian spring in the desert that stays 62 degrees all year.,34.9439,-104.6736
Salem Witch Trials Memorial,"A somber note in stone to those who were ""not actually witches.""",42.5211,-70.8911
The Evolution of the O,A statue at OU that students touch for luck before finals.,35.2089,-97.4456
Old North Tower,A historic building on UCO's campus that is a landmark for every Edmond local.,35.6558,-97.4725
World's Smallest Police Station,A repurposed phone booth that was used by the local force until 1990.,29.8136,-84.6589
The Egg City,A tribute to the once-thriving poultry industry that now looks like an alien base.,34.2814,-118.8833
Sleepy Hollow Headless Horseman,A bridge where people still look over their shoulders for a pumpkin-headed rider.,41.0903,-73.8617
The International UFO Museum,"The only place where ""I saw a weather balloon"" is an insult.",33.3944,-104.5231
Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum,A chaotic collection of vintage coin-op machines and weird neon signs.,42.5286,-83.3528
The Winchester House Mystery,A home with stairs that lead nowhere and doors that open to drops.,37.3184,-121.9367
The Neon Museum,"The ""Boneyard"" where retired Las Vegas signs go to spend their golden years.",36.1769,-115.1356
Lucy the Elephant,A six-story elephant built in 1881 to sell real estate and survived several hurricanes.,39.3233,-74.4533
Prada Marfa,A permanently closed luxury boutique in the middle of the Texas desert that is actually an art installation.,30.6035,-104.5185
The Corn Palace,A multipurpose arena decorated annually with murals made entirely of corn and other grains.,43.7142,-98.0253
Wall Drug Store,A massive tourist stop that started by offering free ice water and now takes up an entire city block.,43.9928,-102.2414
The Thing?,"A roadside mystery in Arizona that you have to pay a few dollars to see, hidden in a series of sheds.",32.0942,-110.3019
Salvation Mountain,"A massive colorful art installation made of adobe and straw, covered in thousands of gallons of paint.",33.2538,-115.4731
Seven Magic Mountains,"A desert art installation featuring seven towers of colorful, stacked boulders.",35.8383,-115.2708
Musical Highway,A stretch of Route 66 that plays 'America the Beautiful' if you drive exactly 45 mph.,35.0744,-106.4322
Carving of Crazy Horse,A mountain monument under construction since 1948 that will eventually be the world's largest sculpture.,43.8367,-103.6244
Bottle Tree Ranch,A forest of 'trees' made from glass bottles and scrap metal along old Route 66.,34.6908,-117.3374
Wigwam Motel,A classic motel where you sleep in individual concrete teepees.,34.9022,-110.1581
London Bridge,"The actual bridge from London, dismantled and moved to the Arizona desert in 1968.",34.4717,-114.3472
Meteor Crater,"The best-preserved meteorite impact site on Earth, nearly one mile across.",35.0272,-111.0225
Bishop Castle,A massive stone castle built by one man over 60 years using local rocks.,38.0614,-105.0942
The Stanley Hotel,The inspiration for Stephen King's 'The Shining' and a hotspot for ghost hunters.,40.3833,-105.5189
Meow Wolf Santa Fe,An immersive art experience that starts in a Victorian house and leads to psychedelic dimensions.,35.6548,-105.9967
Cadillac Ranch,"Ten Cadillacs buried nose-first in the ground, inviting visitors to leave their mark with spray paint.",35.1872,-101.987
Hole N' The Rock,"A 5,000 square foot home carved directly into a massive sandstone rock.",38.3912,-109.4567
Enchanted Highway,A collection of the world's largest scrap metal sculptures along a 32-mile stretch of road.,46.4674,-102.5583
Cabazon Dinosaurs,Giant roadside dinosaurs featured in the movie 'Pee-wee's Big Adventure'.,33.92,-116.7725
Winslow Corner,"A park dedicated to the Eagles' song 'Take It Easy', complete with a flatbed Ford.",35.0242,-110.6975
Hoover Dam,A massive concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River.,36.0162,-114.7372
Four Corners Monument,The only place in the US where you can stand in four states at the same time.,36.9991,-109.0452
Shiprock,"A towering volcanic rock formation that rises 1,500 feet above the desert floor.",36.6872,-108.8364
Very Large Array,A massive radio astronomy observatory consisting of 27 giant dish antennas.,34.079,-107.6184
Rio Grande Gorge Bridge,"The tenth highest bridge in the United States, offering dizzying views of the river below.",36.4764,-105.733
Garden of the Gods,A park of towering red sandstone rock formations against a backdrop of Pikes Peak.,38.8785,-104.8806
Royal Gorge Bridge,"One of the world's highest suspension bridges, hanging 955 feet above the Arkansas River.",38.4614,-105.3253
Casa Bonita,"A legendary pink Mexican restaurant with indoor waterfalls, cliff divers, and puppet shows.",39.7419,-105.0708
Coral Castle,An oolite limestone structure built by one man who claimed to know the secrets of the pyramids.,25.5003,-80.4442
Ames Pyramid,A 60-foot tall granite pyramid built to honor the brothers who financed the Union Pacific Railroad.,41.1314,-105.3975
Market Theater Gum Wall,"A brick wall covered entirely in used chewing gum, considered a local landmark.",47.6084,-122.3404
The Big Basket,A seven-story office building shaped exactly like a Longaberger picnic basket.,40.0633,-82.3464
Carhenge,A replica of England's Stonehenge formed from vintage American automobiles.,42.1422,-102.8581
Winchester Mystery House,A massive Victorian mansion built continuously for 38 years to appease spirits.,37.3184,-121.9511
Dinosaur Park,A hilltop park featuring seven giant concrete dinosaur sculptures built during the Great Depression.,44.0789,-103.2458
International UFO Museum,A museum dedicated to the 1947 Roswell UFO incident and all things extraterrestrial.,33.3944,-104.523
Gatorland,"The 'Alligator Capital of the World', featuring thousands of gators and crocodiles.",28.3556,-81.3364
The Blue Hole,A sapphire-blue artesian spring in the middle of the New Mexico desert.,34.9439,-104.6736
Dinosaur Kingdom II,A bizarre theme park where Union soldiers fight dinosaurs in the Civil War.,37.6631,-79.4883
Desert of Maine,A 40-acre patch of glacial silt that looks exactly like a desert in the middle of a forest.,43.8586,-70.1283
World's Largest Chest of Drawers,"An 80-foot tall building shaped like a dresser, complete with giant socks hanging out.",35.9681,-80.0101
Ava Maria Grotto,A park containing 125 miniature replicas of famous religious structures from around the world.,34.1764,-86.8331
The Unclaimed Baggage Center,The only store in the world that buys and sells lost luggage from airlines.,34.8697,-86.0028
Voodoo Doughnut,A quirky doughnut shop known for its eccentric decor and unconventional toppings.,45.5227,-122.6731
The Heidelberg Project,An open-air art environment in Detroit that transformed a neighborhood into a massive gallery.,42.3584,-83.0214
Wall Drug,The legendary drug store that grew from free ice water into a world-famous attraction.,43.9928,-102.2414
The Salt Palace,A salt-covered building in Utah where you can literally lick the walls.,40.7667,-111.895
Paper House,A house built entirely out of newspapers by a mechanical engineer in 1922.,42.6622,-70.6289
Dog Bark Park Inn,"A bed and breakfast shaped like a giant beagle, where guests sleep inside the dog.",46.0583,-116.4447