see it all…
Attractions – Over 2,500 unique distractions.
Get out of the car and stretch your legs a bit.
Unusual Architecture – Looking for a building shaped like a shoe? A woman’s dress? A boat? You will find it here.
Roadside Attractions – You begged your dad to stop at the Mystery Spot, but he never did. Perhaps you should find out what you were missing.
- World’s Largest (and Smallest) Things – Love the superlatives! Giant balls of string. Huge fish. Jackalopes! Find them all.
- Muffler Men - Here is the scoop: A muffler man stands 18-25 feet tall and was originally designed to promote, well…mufflers, by holding the automotive part (or ax, golf club…) with the classic bend at elbow, left palm faces down, right palm faces up and an open grasp. He has friends…
Odd Memorials – The final resting spots are sometimes worth a rest stop for the living, too. Granite memorials of all kinds.
Natural Attractions – Not all of biggies, but some of the unsung beauties.
Offbeat Museums and Collections – “Two are a pair, Three are a collection.” More can be an obsession. Or a museum!
Unnatural Wonders – UFOs, ghosts, things that go bump in the night. Not everything should be explained.
Cools Signs – In the age of digital everything, a great neon sign is a beautiful thing. And if it is working, even better. Here you will find a lot of great old signs along Route 66.
Relics – Sadly, some icons of the Mother Road have been neglected, and all that remains are the remains. But you have heard about them…and now you can pay your respects. (They can be cool photo ops as well!)
Eat and Sleep – Skip the fast food for one of over 3,300 funky eateries.
Road food – These are the places in town with the full parking lot. Go where the locals eat and enjoy!
Classic Diners – Eat in a dining car, or at an automat…just the way God intended.
Eats (as seen on TV) (…like the show with 3 Ds) – Yes, I am a huge fan of the show, and make it a point to visit the spots that Guy has visited. Mmmm Mmmm good!
BBQ Joints – Enough Q spots to make the steering wheel greasy…wash your hands and don’t crash. Yeah, there is a concentration of Kansas City joints (whaddya expect from a KC girl?) and a lot in Texas (it is it’s own world). Cardiologists cringe.
Unique Lodging – There are a only a few of these beauties left…”Sleep in a Wigwam”, or caboose or a treehouse…
Folk Art – 930 places and artists that could happily challenge your notion of traditional art.
Self-taught Artists (hometowns only, no street addresses) – Their art is a joy to behold, and an afternoon on the front porch just chatting with the creators makes my heart sing. Please, please remember to call first, if you find them. Respect! (and see the notes on buying art…)
Folk Art Sites and Environments – Sometimes they are small gems in the garden, other times they are magnificent creations that take your breath away.
Outsider Art Galleries – These galleries are great places to collect art of artists that are hard to find. More often than not, the owners are passionate about folk art and love to share their knowledge.
- Museums and Collections – Ah, the creme de la creme of folk art collections.
Follow the Weasels – Visit 650+ places from “Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations”
Travel to more than 600 of the places that the guys from the KCPT/PBS travel show, “Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations,” have visited, and read what they have to say! You will find a yellow bar on every description, so you will know that some goober has filmed there.
