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Posted: 6/21/2022 7:38:23 AM EDT
I love odd roadside anomolies. I'll start, feel free to share ones you have found.
In a small town called Packerton in northern Indiana there stands a lone pop machine in the front yard of a mobile home. There was a group of people sitting on lawn chairs in the front yard, so I hopped out of the jeep and struck up a conversation about the pop machine. This pop machine has been tended to by the home owners for over 50 years. The pop is very cold and only costs $.75 for a 12 ounce can. Last week the old pop machine finally gave it's last pop. But fear not. A local business donated a new machine within 24 hours so the legendary Packerton pop machine could live on. Here is a google maps pin if you feel inclined to stop by and grab a nice cold pop. Packerton Pop Machine 
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Posted: 6/21/2022 8:12:10 AM EDT
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One can wile away many idle hours at the Monkey Massacre Memorial....
https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/29730 |
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Posted: 6/21/2022 8:22:15 AM EDT
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On the old Route 66 from Kingman to Oatman - in the middle of nowhere you see a toilet on the shoulder ( just the white porclain toilet ) and a sign entioning rest stop or public toilet or some such.
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Posted: 6/21/2022 8:26:20 AM EDT
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J.M Davis gun museum
https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/19315 Blue whale https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/14307 |
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Posted: 6/21/2022 8:31:25 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: J.M Davis gun museum https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/19315 Blue whale https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/14307 Visited the museum. The biggest private gun collection in the world. And the owner was entombed in the museum with his guns as per his wishes. |
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Posted: 6/21/2022 8:44:02 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/21/2022 8:49:10 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/21/2022 8:52:28 AM EDT
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Old shitty mobile home in the Ozarks, has the words "keep out or be shout" spray painted on the side of it.
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Posted: 6/21/2022 8:57:23 AM EDT
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Bishop Castle
We took a family road trip in 2016 that took us through Colorado. I had never heard of the place but somehow my daughter had learned about it and convinced me to swing by it. Interesting place in a beautiful area. 
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Posted: 6/21/2022 8:59:53 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/21/2022 9:02:38 AM EDT
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There is a billboard on the side of the southbound I-75 in GA "Biden - making the taliban great again".
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Posted: 6/21/2022 9:07:18 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryInteresting, never heard of it |
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Posted: 6/21/2022 9:10:17 AM EDT
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Garden of Eden
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Posted: 6/21/2022 9:13:27 AM EDT
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A local farmer has a massive ancient Niles metal lathe about 10' off the road. About 18 feet long, and has a 5 foot faceplate, probably weighs 15-20k at least. Gets painted gray every year, including all the way surfaces. Have pictures, but not on this device.
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Posted: 6/21/2022 9:16:22 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/21/2022 9:18:26 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/21/2022 9:31:42 AM EDT
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Returning from a family trip from Phoenix to Tampa, we started seeing billboards for 'The Thing' before we even got to Louisiana. Then we started seeing the billboards about every 10-20 miles.
The Thing is just off I-10 in Arizona so we must have seen 100+ of these billboards through every Gulf state and Texas. It was just a crappy roadside attraction--fake native american mummy, a sheet metal teepee, and the usual trinkets/gift shop crap. The weirdest part was the old Mercedes limo on display that 'might have been Adolf Hitler's'. As stupid as it sounds, this little roadside attraction holds some of my best memories of that trip. https://www.azcentral.com/story/travel/arizona/road-trips/2018/09/19/thing-arizonas-weirdest-roadside-attraction-just-got-stranger/1291604002/ |
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Posted: 6/21/2022 9:34:47 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/21/2022 9:35:52 AM EDT
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 Foamhege, Virginia. Replica of Stonehege made of styrofoam. |
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Posted: 6/21/2022 9:41:27 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: On the old Route 66 from Kingman to Oatman - in the middle of nowhere you see a toilet on the shoulder ( just the white porclain toilet ) and a sign entioning rest stop or public toilet or some such. Saw that, also saw in Truxton a reader board that stated "Stop here, we're bored"...so we did, spent an hour or so with cold drinks and shooting the breeze with the proprietors. |
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Posted: 6/21/2022 9:47:08 AM EDT
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I've driven past this giant tire in Allen Park, MI, just outside Detroit, hundreds of times.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniroyal_Giant_Tire |
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Posted: 6/21/2022 9:47:45 AM EDT
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Quote Historyp.s. What is a pop? lol |
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Posted: 6/21/2022 9:56:23 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Ha! Hello Neighbor! p.s. What is a pop? lol It's kinda like a soda. 
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Posted: 6/21/2022 10:03:42 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It's kinda like a soda. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Ha! Hello Neighbor! p.s. What is a pop? lol It's kinda like a soda. So, kind of like a coke? |
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Posted: 6/21/2022 10:11:34 AM EDT
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_of_One_Thousand_Buddhas
The Garden of One Thousand Buddhas is a spiritual site near Arlee, Montana, within the Flathead Indian Reservation in Lake County, Montana. Under construction in 2012, the monument portion of the site is 750 square feet (70 m2) in area and the surrounding garden is spread across 10 acres (4.0 ha) of land.[1] It is intended to be a pilgrimage destination for the Western hemisphere and is expected by its builders to become a major place of worship for people of many faiths.[2] It is free to the public and will feature over one thousand statues. 
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Posted: 6/21/2022 10:19:25 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Returning from a family trip from Phoenix to Tampa, we started seeing billboards for 'The Thing' before we even got to Louisiana. Then we started seeing the billboards about every 10-20 miles. The Thing is just off I-10 in Arizona so we must have seen 100+ of these billboards through every Gulf state and Texas. It was just a crappy roadside attraction--fake native american mummy, a sheet metal teepee, and the usual trinkets/gift shop crap. The weirdest part was the old Mercedes limo on display that 'might have been Adolf Hitler's'. As stupid as it sounds, this little roadside attraction holds some of my best memories of that trip. https://www.azcentral.com/story/travel/arizona/road-trips/2018/09/19/thing-arizonas-weirdest-roadside-attraction-just-got-stranger/1291604002/ Was going to post this. Never been there, but first learned of it because of the song below. One of the comments described what "they came upon the thing" meant. Ever since then, I've had an urge to take a road trip in an old Oldsmobile.   The Men Church Of Logic Sin And Love.wmv |
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Posted: 6/21/2022 10:21:40 AM EDT
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Casey Illinois off I-70 near Indiana has a dozen extra large attractions from a huge pitchfork to a house sized mailbox. My favorite
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Posted: 6/21/2022 10:39:49 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/21/2022 10:42:37 AM EDT
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Quote Historyit seems like a franchise, more than one place has them Adding the link above is for Michigan's Mystery Spot. But it's not the only one. The Mystery Spot is a tourist attraction near Santa Cruz, California  The Mystery Spot in Santa Cruz |
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Posted: 6/21/2022 10:43:01 AM EDT
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i don't know why, but south of the border is the creepiest place that i've ever been to
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Posted: 6/21/2022 10:47:31 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/21/2022 10:47:58 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f5/22/85/f522859a853b2b543061481c26ddac82.jpg Foamhege, Virginia. Replica of Stonehege made of styrofoam. The inscription at the base of Foamhenge always made me laugh. The Clines were family friends when I lived up there. |
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Posted: 6/21/2022 10:48:11 AM EDT
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There are See Rock City barns all over the South.
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Posted: 6/21/2022 10:54:37 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/21/2022 10:55:17 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I've driven past this giant tire in Allen Park, MI, just outside Detroit, hundreds of times. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniroyal_Giant_Tire I used to travel to Detroit in the 80's. There were dozens of arrows stuck in it. |
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Posted: 6/21/2022 10:58:11 AM EDT
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This house is up the road from where I am.
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Posted: 6/21/2022 11:02:38 AM EDT
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A house that used to be in town. Owner was a weirdo. Main structure is a train caboose, then he built on to it.
Extreme Wizard of Oz fetish. It is no more. The caboose and house structure is still there, but under new ownership. I saw the ad when it went up for sale: inside looked like early '60s crackhouse. 
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Posted: 6/21/2022 11:03:59 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: i don't know why, but south of the border is the creepiest place that i've ever been to It’s sad and depressing, just like the real south if the border  One time the Wife and I stopped there and this adorable little girl was sent over to us by a couple grifters to ask for money “so [she] could eat”. e told her to tell her parents no. When we went inside the store to get a receipt. A security guard asked us if the little girl had asked us for money. When we told him yes he called the police because they had already been trespassed off the property earlier. It really affected my Wife because for the rest of our trip she couldn’t get the welfare of that little girl out of her mind. |
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Posted: 6/21/2022 11:15:21 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/21/2022 11:15:22 AM EDT
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Quoted: I love odd roadside anomolies. I'll start, feel free to share ones you have found. In a small town called Packerton in northern Indiana there stands a lone pop machine in the front yard of a mobile home. There was a group of people sitting on lawn chairs in the front yard, so I hopped out of the jeep and struck up a conversation about the pop machine. This pop machine has been tended to by the home owners for over 50 years. The pop is very cold and only costs $.75 for a 12 ounce can. Last week the old pop machine finally gave it's last pop. But fear not. A local business donated a new machine within 24 hours so the legendary Packerton pop machine could live on. Here is a google maps pin if you feel inclined to stop by and grab a nice cold pop. Packerton Pop Machine https://i.postimg.cc/2SdrcCTh/20220621-072606.jpg Packerton Pop Machine even showed up on Google maps! 
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Posted: 6/21/2022 11:16:01 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryWe have the same one in Clanton AL.  |
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Posted: 6/21/2022 11:21:04 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Just a random front yard https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/35314/Helena__1__JPG-2425744.JPG M-O-O-N, that spells moon. |
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Posted: 6/21/2022 11:24:43 AM EDT
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Nothing comes to mind around here but nice shirt!
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Posted: 6/21/2022 11:26:11 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/21/2022 11:31:49 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Touchdown Jesus (gone now). Even had a song about it.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Mf2u9VWAhMOle Touchdown Jesus and his human slaying successor, Terminator Jesus. Now it's just a plain old statue of our Lord and savior. 
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Posted: 6/21/2022 11:39:26 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryBeen there with some brothers from the sub service. |
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Posted: 6/21/2022 11:46:15 AM EDT
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King's Bay Naval Base - St. Marys, Ga.
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Posted: 6/21/2022 11:47:36 AM EDT
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The Big Duck, in Flanders on Long Island, NY.
 The Big Duck is a 20-foot-tall by 30-foot-long ferroconcrete building in the shape of a Pekin duck in Flanders, located in the northwest section of the Town of Southampton. It was first conceived by duck farmer Martin Maurer in 1931 as a retail shop for duck eggs and poultry and was initially located in the Upper Mills section of Riverhead. As conceived, it was both functional and symbolic—an actual location for purchasing duck products, and a locally iconic landmark heralding the rise and strength of Long Island’s burgeoning duck farming industry, which, at its height, included approximately 90 duck farms. But since that time, with the decline of the duck farming industry, resulting in just one remaining farm—Crescent Duck Farm, founded in 1908 in Aquebogue—the Big Duck’s function has also shifted dramatically. You can no longer buy edible duck products inside the structure, but you can purchase duck memorabilia and learn about the history of Long Island duck farming. Despite those changes, the notability of the Big Duck endures. It has been a subject of popular and artistic treatment, in cartoons by Saul Steinberg on the cover of the New Yorker, and in comic strips and countless works of art. Despite its popularity, it narrowly escaped destruction in the late 1980s, due in part, no doubt, to the strong outpouring of support it received from Suffolk County administrators and local politicians, the now defunct Friends for Long Island’s Heritage, as well as members of the local community. |
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Posted: 6/21/2022 11:58:35 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryCame here to post this one, Dale is an interesting dude for sure. |
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Posted: 6/21/2022 11:58:58 AM EDT
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"Statue of Jolly Green Giant has tourists seeing green."  The Jolly Green Giant of Minnesota has tourists seeing green |
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Posted: 6/21/2022 12:00:38 PM EDT
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