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Extreme Roadside Attractions

Hit the road and check out the country's wackiest roadside attractions.

Carhenge features 38 vintage American cars planted in the ground or stacked upon each other and positioned in a circle.

More than 50,000 visitors head to the Rooster Cogburn Ostrich Ranch in Arizona each year to see over 1,600 ostriches.

The Rooster Cogburn Ostrich Ranch is without a doubt the most exotic roadside petting zoo in the country.

Visit the world's only palace built out of corn that has stood in South Dakota since 1921.

The towering 170-foot water tower shaped as a bottle of catsup has been in Illinois since 1949.

Minnesota boasts a 55-foot fiberglass mega-statue of the Jolly Green Giant himself.

The center of tiny Darwin, MN, revolves around the world's largest ball of twine weighing in at 17,400 lbs.

Pigeon Force, TN, is a roadside extravaganza with spots like the upside-down WonderWorks interactive adventure center.

The fun at Pigeon Forge continues at the Dinosaur Walk Museum with a 45-foot T-Rex and a 35-foot prehistoric alligator.

Weeki Wachee, FL, is home to the world's only underwater mermaid cabaret, an underwater spectacle with dancing mermaids.

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