Roadside Attractions

Introduction

The website Roadside America is one of my favourite websites. We hardly go anywhere any more without seeing what odd, quirky, but always interesting, roadside attractions are somewhere near the towns we travel through.

This page is a celebration of Roadside America and some of the strange and wonderful attractions that people have created that make our trips more interesting.

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Abraham Lincoln, Ashmore, Illinois
American Gothic (God Bless America) Statue
Beloit, Wisconsin
Bemidji, Minnesota
Buddy Holly Crash Site, Clear Lake, Iowa
Casey, Illinois
Coal Mine Monument, Wenona, Illinois
Curtis Orchard, Champaign, Illinois
Danville, Illinois
Dead Mailmen Haunted Castle, Elk Mound, Wisconsin
Dubuque, Iowa
Duluth, Minnesota
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Illinois
Field of Dreams, Dyersville, Iowa
Historic Attractions, Roscoe, Illinois
Lake Itasca, Minnesota

Longaberger Building, Newark, Ohio
Longaberger Homestead, Frazeysburg, Ohio
Lorain, Ohio
Money Museum, Chicago, Illinois
Northwest Angle, Minnesota
Peoria, Illinois
Pink Elephant, DeForest, Wisconsin
Rochester, Minnesota
Square Knot, Hudson, Illinois
Terre Haute, Indiana
Triceratops, Elk River, Minnesota
Twine Ball, Darwin, Minnesota
Viking Pieman, Decorah, Iowa
Wally Walleye, Garrison, Minnesota
Wild Bill Hickok, Troy Grove, Illinois
Woody's Chicken, Minonk, Illinois

The Attractions

Abraham Lincoln, Ashmore, Illinois

9699 CR 2000E, Ashmore, IL

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We visited the "World's Largest Statue of President Abraham Lincoln" on June 6, 2021, and it was difficult to find. We drove past it a couple of times before we spotted it and got as close to it as we could. How could we miss something that's 62ft tall? It's actually pretty easy to miss as it's been moved around a couple of times and is now on a closed property.

Weighing nine tons, the statue was created in 1968 to mark the 110th anniversary of a Lincoln-Douglas debate in nearby Charleston. My wife comes from the area and remembers it being in a small park in nearby Charleston around 1970 or so. The small plot of land was supposed to have been developed into the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Park, but that never happened. In 1978, the statue was moved three miles east to Ashmore. He was set up in a private campground, at the bottom of a wooded hollow.

The campground was closed in 1996 and it was abandoned. David Kirsch bought it in 2002, and in 2004, restord it and built the Lincoln Springs Resort, which closed in 2011. The statue is still in the grounds of the resort but the entire property is locked off and the statue is among trees and hidden from view.

The closest you can get to it is by going to the Charleston Speedway, but we found another way. Behind the Speedway is a gravel track and following that we found a quarry. June 6, 2921, was a Sunday and although closed, the gates were open so we drove through the quarry and I climbed one of the rock piles and stood on one of the bulldozers to try and get a better view of the statue. It really wasn't worth it, the view wasn't much better than from the Speedway.

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American Gothic (God Bless America) Statue

American Gothic was painted by Grant Wood (1891-1942) in 1930. In 2005, J. Seward Johnson, Jr. (1930-2020), created his 25ft tall, 27,000lb statue based on the painting calling it "God Bless America". The statue is made of painted aluminium and made to be disassembled and moved and has been several times.

In 2008 it was in Key West, Florida. Between 2008 and 2010 it was on Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois; in 2010, it was moved to Mesa, Arizona. In 2013, it was in Trenton, New Jersey; then at Indianola, Iowa; In 2014 it was at Des Moines, Iowa. Between 2017 and 2018 it was in Elkhart, Indiana; In 2019 it was in Peoria, Illinois; then moved to Anamosa, Iowa until 2022.

It's been to several of the above towns and cities more than once but I cannot find a definitive history of where it has been nor anything about anywhere it is planned to be in the future.

We were in Peoria, Illinois and stumbled across it on October 4, 2019.

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Beloit, Wisconsin

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We visted Beloit and saw some of its quirky roadside attractions on July 6, 2022.

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Bemidji, Minnesota

Bemidji Ave., Bemidji, MN

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We visited Bemidji on July 19, 2016.

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Black River Falls, Wisconsin

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The places here are all by the gas station on Oasis Road. We visited them on July 7, 2022 and again on July 15, 2025.

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In the same area there's the amazing Plants and Art store that specialized in those metal plate sculptures. In 2022 it was thriving, I don't know what happened, but when we revisited it in 2025 it looked rundown, shabby and almost empty.

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Buddy Holly Crash Site, Clear Lake, Iowa

Gull Ave., Clear Lake, IA

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The Buddy Holly crash site is about 5 miles north of the town of Clear Lake. On February 3, 1959, American rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and "The Big Bopper" J. P. Richardson were all killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, together with pilot Roger Peterson. The event became known as "The Day the Music Died" after singer-songwriter Don McLean referred to it as such in his 1971 song "American Pie".

At the time, Holly and his band, consisting of Waylon Jennings, Tommy Allsup, and Carl Bunch, were playing on the "Winter Dance Party" tour across the American Midwest. Rising artists Valens, Richardson and vocal group Dion and the Belmonts had joined the tour as well. The long journeys between venues on board the cold, uncomfortable tour buses adversely affected the performers, with cases of flu and even frostbite.

After stopping at Clear Lake to perform, and frustrated by the conditions on the tour buses, Holly chose to charter a plane to reach their next venue in Moorhead, Minnesota. Richardson, suffering from flu, swapped places with Jennings, taking his seat on the plane, while Allsup lost his seat to Valens on a coin toss. Soon after takeoff, late at night and in poor, wintry weather conditions, pilot Peterson lost control of the light aircraft, a Beechcraft Bonanza, which crashed into a cornfield, killing all four on board.

We visited the crash site on October 8, 2019. The actual crash site is about half a mile from the road and I can't think of a more miserable place to die - at night, in a corn field, in the middle of winter, miles from anywhere.

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Casey, Illinois

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Casey is well known as "Big Things in a Small Town" We visited the town on August 1, 2023.

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Coal Mine Monument, Wenona, Illinois

111 E. Elm St., Wenona, IL

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The Wenona Coal Mine was 555 feet deep and produced over 3.5 million tons of coal during the 44 years it was mined. The mine shut down in 1927. The monument is at the bottom of a steep hill that was once one of the spoil tips. During the 1950s, the top was levelled off and a radar station built on it. You cannot drive up it, but if you walk to the top of the hill, you can see the scattered reamains of the radar station and a large concrete block which has murals on it by local artist Amy Breyne-Bogacz (1984 - 2018) who died shortly after completing them.

We visited Wenona on July 9, 2025.

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Curtis Orchard, Champaign, Illinois

3902 S. Duncan Rd, Champaign, IL

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Curtis Orchard & Pumpkin Patch is an interesting place south of Champaign, Illinois. The orchard and surrounding farm have a sort of Wizard of Oz feeling about them. We visited it on October 4, 2019.

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Danville, Illinois

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We visited Danville, IL on October 4, 2019.

The "Danville, U.S.A." or more popularly the "Brick People" sculpture was unveiled in 2003. The sculpture was the vision of the vision of Parks Superintendent Steve Lane, architect Dave Parker of Springfield and mural artist Donna Dobberfuhl of Sculptureworks Inc. of Fort Worth, Texas. The 30ft x 10ft sculpture depicts people from old photos of coal miners, business people and school children from Danville, some are of more famous local people.

A plaque lists these:

1. Dr. William Fithian - Prominent physician close friend of Lincoln, residence is now Vermillion County Museum.
2. Capt. William P. Black - Company commander during Civil War. He and John Black are only two brothers in U.S. History to win Congressional Medals of Honor.
3. Jasper C. Winslow - Elected Danville's first Mayor in 1863.
4. Laura Lee - Teacher, humanitarian, community center named for her.
5. Chief Keannekeuk - Native American Chief of the Kickapoo Tribe.
6. Wayman "Hickey" Mayberry - War hero, killed by sniper during World War I. Anmerican Legion Post 736 named for him.
7. Helen Morgan - Club singer, actress, appeared in many movies and on radio.
8.Joseph G. "Uncle Joe" Cannon - Famed Danville Congressman and Speaker of the House.
9. Katherine Randolph - One of the founders of Red Mask Theater, its only director from 1936 - 1968.
10. Lottie Jones - Author, local historian, co-founder Illinois Printing Company.
11. Joe Tanner - Astronaut, Atlantis Mission STS - 66.
12. Red Ruffing - Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher with New York Yankees.
13. Charles Bradley - War here, died in France during World War I. American Legion Post 736 named for him.
14. Lucy Woodbury - Bicycle enthusiast, early feminist.

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Dead Mailmen Haunted Castle, Elk Mound, Wisconsin

Elk Mound Hill Rd, Elk Mound, WI

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The tower was built in 1937, and in 1994, restored and dedicated as a memorial to Dunn County postal employees. As it's built on the top of a hill, from the top you can see for miles in every direction. We visited the tower on July 15, 2025.

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Dubuque, Iowa

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We visited Dubuque, Iowa on a wet October 5, 2019.

The Fenlon Place (top) or Fourth Street (bottom) Elevator as it is sometimes called was opened in 1882. It was built because Mr. J. K. Graves, lived at the top of the hill but worked at the bottom. Taking the road between them would take half an hour, so had the funicular railway built and reduced the journey to just minutes.

A plaque about the elevator reads:

Fourth Street Elevator

Built in 1882 by J.K. Graves for his own convenience; and rebuilt after a fire in 1884. It was then opened as public transport.

Originally operated by steam, then by electricity in 1893, the elevator was incorporated as the Fenelon Place Elevator Co., with neighbors as stockholders.

First board of directors: June 21,1893: L.C. Bissell, Pres.; W.A. Leathers, V. Pres.: j. H. Kleine, Sec'y; Chas. Sass, Treas. Other stockholders: Jacob Rich, Frank H. Weihe, Geo. B. Burch. D.J. Scott. J. F. Ris, J. Hooper, W.G. Norman, J. R. McFarland and G. F. Markle.

In 1912, C.B. Trewin acquired control. To date, (1967) his family owns and operates it for the use and enjoyment of the public.

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We tried to get to other attractions around Dubuque such as the Zebulon Pike memorial and the sites in the Mines of Spain area. The weather was just horrible and although we got close, did not manage to get to see them.

The marker for the Zebulon Pike memorial reads:

This monument is located a quarter of a mile south of here and marks the arrival of Lieutenant Zebulon Pike.

On Sept 1st 1805, during his voyage of exploration to the Upper Misissippi River, Zebulon Pike landed at the mouth of Catfish Creek and visited Julien Dubuque at his Mines of Spain mining operation.

The original marker established by the D.A.R (Daughters of the American Revolution) in 1923 is now unaccessible.

New monument funded by the D.A.R, White Tails Unlimited, and other dedicated donors

But, we did manage to see the Gas Station Jesus.

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Duluth, Minnesota

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We have had two quick trips to Duluth. One on July 7, 2022 and the other on July 13, 2025, neither time did we have time to explore the city properly, but we have seen the Aerial Lift Bridge.

Aerial Lift Bridge, Duluth, Minnesota Statue at Downtown Lake Walk, Duluth, Minnesota

Eau Claire, Wisconsin

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Chippewa Valley Museum
Eau Claire Sculpture Tour
Wisconsin Logging Museum & Logging Camp

We visited Eau Claire on July 7, 2022.

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Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Illinois

302 E. Miller St., Bloomington, IL

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Evergreen Memorial Cemetery contains all sorts of intersting things. We visited it on October 4, 2019.

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Poppy Plane Memorial

On May 31, 1948, a group of citizens gathered at Evergreen Memorial Cemetery's Civil War Veteran's enclosure to honor those who had given to our great nation through their military service. During the ceremony, a WWII trainer plane flown by James A. Tuley and passenger Chester H. Frahm was flying over Evergreen Memorial Cemetery and Park Hill Cemetery to drop poppies over the grounds. On the second pass over Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, the plane crashed into this tree killing Frahm and severely injuring Tuley.

In 2015 this tree had to come down and cemetery employees felt something more needed to be done with the wood from the tree. Research was done and chainsaw artist Tim Gill was contacted and he accepted the challenge.

A ribbon cutting dedication was held Nov. 07, 2015, and members of the Tuley and Frahm families were present and cut the ribbon.

The carving and plaque are now (2025) gone, it was removed after becoming infested.

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Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourne

Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourne, a Hall of Fame baseball pitcher, is buried in Evergreen Cemetery. A dead tree near his grave was carved into his likeness by artist Bill Baker.

Old Hoss (1854-1897) pitched professionally for 11 years in the National League. He won 310 games and lost 191. In 1884 he won 62 games. In 1884 he struck out 411 batters. His best three years were 1882, 1883, and 1884.

The tree carving suffered extensive termite damage in 2023 and was cut down.

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Dorothy Grave and Statue

Dorothy Gage died of Congestion of the Brain when she was just five months old. Her uncle was writer L. Frank Baum and he used Dorothy's name in the Wizard of Oz. In 2018, a dead oak tree near the grave was carved into a likeness of the fictional Dorothy.

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Field of Dreams, Dyersville, Iowa

28995 Lansing Rd, Dyersville, IA

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The Field of Dreams was built on two farms by Universal Pictures for the 1989 film Field of Dreams starring Kevin Costner. We visited it on October 9, 2019.

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Historic Attractions, Roscoe, Illinois

13825 Metric Drive, Roscoe, IL

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When we visited Historic Attractions on July 6, 2022, we almost turned around before we got there. The reason being Metric Drive leads to a commercial trading estate. We thought the place couldn't possibly be here, but it was and we were so glad we found it. Up until 2025, it was known as Historic Car Attractions but it was much more than that.

Auto assembly line worker turned millionaire businessman, Wayne Lensing, started the museum in the late 1990s when he bought a limousine once owned by Howard Hughes. Over the years he's bought not only cars, but all sorts of memorabilia which makes the museum such a delight to visit.

The place is huge and packed with interesting exhibits of all types.

Smokin' Joe's Hydroplane - The hull was built by Jim Lucero in 1987, and ran as the Miller High Life with Chip Hanauer driving. In 1988, it ran as Miss Circus Circus. It was the first hull to go over 170 mph in a timed qualifying or racing session. In 1989, new sponsons were put on the boat. In 1991, it was bought by Steve Woomer and became the Winston Eagle. It ran for 3 years under that name with Mark Tate behind the wheel until it became the Smokin' Joe's.

"Proud American" land speed record car and its "Bonneville Boss" transporter - The "Proud American" was a proposed vehicle to make an attempt at the world land speed record (LSR). It was never built, but the futuristic looking transporter, the "Bonneville Boss", was. The six wheels rear wheels were to carry the weight of the rocket car while the front four wheels provide power and steering. The cab has seating for three, with the driver sitting furthest back and in the middle. Built in 1976, the transporter cost $225,000.

Miss Belvedere, a 1957 Plymouth Belvedere has a plaque which reads:

The car was sealed in an underground vault on the grounds of the Tulsa city courthouse on June 15, 1957 as a 50-year time capsule. The car, displaying only four miles on its odometer, was entombed as part of the city of Tulsa's "Tulsarama" Golden Jubilee Week festivities celebrating Oklahoma's 50th year of statehood. The vehicle was intended to be a prize awarded upon the vehicle's unearthing to the individual, or their descendant, who came nearest to guessing Tulsa's population in 2007.

Along with the vehicle, other contemporary items were placed inside the vault as a time capsule for the people of the year 2007. It was felt that these items, when the vault was opened in 2007, would help acquaint future generations with life in 1957. When asked why the 1957 Plymouth Belvedere was chosen, event chairman Lewis Roberts Sr. was quoted that the car represented, "an advanced product of American industrial ingenuity with the kind of lasting appeal that will still be in style 50 years from now." The car was donated by Plymouth Motors.

Nicknamed the "Miss Belvedere" by a member of the commitee organizing the 2007 event, she was unearthed on June 14, 2007, during the state's centennial celebration and publicly unveiled the next day. The enclosure, built of poured-in-place concrete and sprayed with pneumatically applied gunite, was advertised as having been built to withstand a nuclear atack. However, the vault was breached by long-term water intrusion that submerged the entire vehicle causing significant cosmetic and stuctural damage.

Efforts were made to stabilize Miss Belvedere's condition with the hope of placing her in a museum. After being stored for ten years, she was accepted by the Historic Auto Attractions in Roscoe, IL and shipped in June 2017. Now she has a place to be displayed for the public to enjoy.

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Lake Itasca, Minnesota

County Rd 117, Park Rapids, MN

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At the northern end of Lake Itasca are the headwaters of the Mississippi River. We visited the place on July 19, 2016 but almost missed it. We were on our way to the Great Lakes and happened to stop at a store which had some fascinating postcards. We asked where the photos were taken and were told about Lake Itasca. It was 60 miles south of where we had already come from, so turned the car around to take a look at it. The water here takes three months to reach the Gulf of Mexico.

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Longaberger Building, Newark, Ohio

1500 East Main St., Newark, OH

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In the 1990s, Longaberger commissioned an unusual headquarters on a 21.5-acre lot in eastern Newark: a seven-story building that would resemble one of the company's baskets. The 180,000-square-foot building, located along Ohio State Route 16 on the east side of Newark,[3] was difficult to design and build because the upper floors were wider than the floors below them; for example, the second floor is 20,000 ft² and the top floor is 25,000 ft². The basket handles weigh almost 150 tons and can be heated during cold weather to prevent ice from falling onto the building's glass roof.

The building opened in 1997. Longaberger ran into financial problems and the building was emptied in 2016. We visited this unique building on July 26, 2016.

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Longaberger Homestead, Frazeysburg, Ohio

5563 Raiders Rd, Frazeysburg, OH

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The Longaberger Homestead was once a thriving place. It was a manufacturing site, museum, and welcome center that belonged to the Longaberger Company that made handcrafted maple wood baskets. We visited it on July 26, 2016, and the buildings were locked up. The grounds were open though, so we wandered around a little and saw the World's Largest Apple Basket which was there.

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Lorain, Ohio

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Lorain, Ohio, is located on the south shore pf Lake Erie, at the mouth of the Black River, about 25 miles west of Cleveland. We visited Lorain for the Easter Basket, but found the lake shore is a wonderful place with a great beach. The Easter Basket is at the entrance of the Lakeview Park Rose Garden which was nice. We visited it on July 26, 2016.

The story behind the basket is that Lorain Park Superintendent George Crehore's son suggested that a basket be made in 1937. Lorain Parks Department's mechanic David Shukait at first thought it could not be done. Shukait and other staff worked on the idea and created the 10 feet tall, three and a half ton, concrete basket.

The basket was built in a city garage and transported more than a mile, on skids, to Lakeview Park. The actual installation is believed to have occurred in April 1941. Just before retiring from the parks department in 1957, Shukait received a US Patent for his unique concrete basket weave design.

Shukait died in 1976, and the city honored Shukait with a plaque on the basket. This plaque reads, "In recognition of the exceptional artistic creativity in design and construction of the concrete Easter baskets for the city of Lorain's park system."

The basket has been repainted several times over the years. Some images I have seen of the basket show the colours used as: In 1958, it had pink and yellow horizontal bands, with pink uprights. Between 1959 and 1963, it had pink and yellow horizontal bands, with blue uprights. In 2008/9, it had green and yellow horizontal bands with pink uprights. In 2019/21, it had brown and yellow horizontal bands, with darker brown uprights. In 2023, it had pink and green horizontal bands, with blue uprights. In 2024, it had multicoloured bands. Other years it had purple and blue horizontal bands, with yellow uprights.

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Money Museum, Chicago, Illinois

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I visited the Money museum at the Federal Reserve in Chicago, illinois on November 1, 2019. It is a fascinating place with interesting exhibits of counterfeit and rare notes. It also has piles of money on view - lots of it.

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Northwest Angle, Minnesota

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Northwest Angle is the only place in the contiguous United States north of the 49th parallel, and the only way to get to it by land is to drive through part of Canada! The crossing point between Canada and Northwest Angle has a phone connection where you have to register at Jim's Corner.

We visited the place on July 20, 2016. The black fly were atrociously vicious and can eat you alive! We were swarmed by them whenever we left the car.

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Peoria, Illinois

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We visited Peoria, Illinois on October 4, 2019.

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Pink Elephant, DeForest, Wisconsin

4995 County Rd V, DeForest, WI

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We visited the Pink Elephant on July 9, 2025 and the plaque at the site says:

The Pink Elephant has been at this gas station since the mid-late 1960's. The elephant was brought here because the owner was looking for a way to make his gas station to stand out from the other stations on this intersection. The elephant has been here ever since.

It certainly is a road-side attraction and landmark in the area!

This Pink Elephant along with others were produced by Sculptured Advertising in Sparta, WI. Pinky was the first produced Pink Elephant and was installed in 1963 in front of the Pink Elephant Supper Club in Marquette, IA. The Marquette elephant never had the cool sunglasses though. Other pink elaphants were produced for Arco Gas Stations in the area that all displayed Pink Elephants. Our famous Pink Elephant is the last one left in this area. A few other elephants can be found at car washes, antique malls and car dealerships in Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Tennessee.

Many people would stop here to take photos with the elephant and continue to do so today. Some tourists even tell us they have pictures of their children with the elephant from years ago and are now stopping to show their grandchildren.

The Pink Elephant has had several owners over the years and has endured too much graffiti but with each change of hands the Pink Elephant has been loved and cherished. This gas station is known for the Pink Elephant, has lots of Pink Elephant merchandise and works hard to keep him clean. There isn't one name associated with our Pink Elephant; most refer to him as "Pinkie". Pinkie loves to see visitors and is still so photogenic!

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Rochester, Minnesota

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We visited Rochester on October 5, 2019.

The cannery first opened in 1929 and was operated by Reid, Murdoch and Company who built the water tower in 1931. The cannery was then purchased by Libby Foods in 1949. Seneca Foods acquired the plant in 1982 but eventually shut down production in 2018. It was then purchased by Olmsted County with plans to keep the water tower and incorporate the rest of the property into Graham Park, formerly known as the County Fairgrounds. The cannery was demolished in 2020.

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Square Knot, Hudson, Illinois

13001 Recreation Area Drive, Hudson, IL

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The world's largest square knot is situated in Comlara Park by the boat ramp on the shore of the beautiful Evergreen Lake. Sculpted in metal by Morgan Elser, and unveiled on October 2, 2010, in honour of the Boy Scouts of America 100th birthday as a symbol of their unity and strength. We visited the park on July 9, 2025.

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Terre Haute, Indiana

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Max Ehrman statue - The figure was crreated in 2010 by Bill Wolfe and placed on the corner of Wabash Avenue and Seventh Street. In 2025, it was moved to Seventh Street. Ehrman (1872 - 1945) is best known for writing Desiderata in 1927.

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Triceratops, Elk River, Minnesota

Ralphie's Minnoco, 13374 US-10, Elk River, MN 55330

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This is a rare case of Roadside America being a bit confusing and it's probably the history of the attraction that did it. In 2005, there was a collection of dinosaurs at the Jurassic Auto Wash in Brainerd, which is about 95 miles north of Elk River. The car wash went out of business but Josh Porter of Avalon Studios did some restoration work on them.

The dinosaurs were at Paul Bunyan Land, which was known as This Old Farm in Baxter/Brainerd, in 2008. In September 2011, the triceratops was at a BP station a little west of Elk River. That gas station was sold in 2013, and was at Ralphie's Minnoco when we visited it on October 8, 2019.

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Twine Ball, Darwin, Minnesota

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We visited The World's Largest Ball of Twine in Darwin, Minnesota on July 16, 2016. Francis A. Johnson was 45 years old when he started rolling scraps of twine from his family's farm into a ball. Francis wrapped his twine ball strand by strand, from March 1950 until 1979, when he was forced to stop because of emphysema. Darwin is a tiny place with a population of less than 350.

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Viking Pieman, Decorah, Iowa

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The Viking Pieman stands outside the Family Table Restaurant in Decorah, Iowa. We visited it on October 5, 2019.

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Wally Walleye, Garrison, Minnesota

Central St., Garrison, MN

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Garrison is on the northwest shore of Mille Lacs Lake in Minnesota. We visited it on July 11, 2022 and in July 2025.

A plaque on the base of the big fish reads, "Legend has it this walleye was caught by Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox after a three day struggle. Paul finally wrapped his line around Babe's horns and Babe pulled the fish out of Lake Mille Lac and up onto Garrison Beach."

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Wild Bill Hickok, Troy Grove, Illinois

Main St., Troy Grove, IL

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James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok was born on this block in 1837. It's now a park and marked with a monument, a bust, and a historical marker. We visited the park on July 9, 2025.

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Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin

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We stopped at Wisconsin Dells on July 6, 2022. We could not resist visiting Ripley's Believe it or Not. It's full of interesting exhibits and well worth the stop. The Big Teddy Bear looks as if it might have come from some sort of carnival ride.

We visited Dale Morrison's house to see his giant mailbox sculture he's been working on since 2012 and his Bed Pan Wind Chime. He was in his front yard when we arrived so spent some time chatting to him. He showed us his pedal mower which is the mechanism from an old pushalong mover attached to a bicycle. Apparently is wasn't a great success. Your legs get a really good workout, but you don't get much grass cut.

We got on so well, he invited us into his house and backyard. He's got disassembled bit and pieces all over the place. He had about eight of the Big Mouth Billy Bass novelties screwed to a wall and they are all wired into his doorbell and garden gate. His front room must get awfully noisy when he has visitors.

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Woody's Chicken, Minonk, Illinois

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We visited Minonk on July 13, 2016. The chicken advertised Woody's Family Restaurant which closed in 2024.

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