Other Attractions -- Bill and Barbara Windsor go Round America

Bill and Barbara Windsor's trip 'Round America covered 50 states and over 2,500 towns.
While we saw some major sights, such as Mount Rushmore, we were even more interested in seeing
the wide variety of "roadside attractions" developed by local entrepreneurs... and other not-so-famous attractions.

Attraction	State	Description	Status

Forrest Gump Bus Bench	GA	Great movie; we hope our trip will be like a box of chocolates.	Saw it -- disappointing as it isn't the original.
World Globe Tower	GA		Couldn't find it.
Smallest Church in America	GA	Several claims to this title, but we'll see.	This one is real and tiny.
Largest City in the Continental US	FL	Jacksonville covers 750 square miles.	Drove through it.
World's Largest Ball of Barbed Wire	FL	The first of many "world's largests."	Missed it.
The First Alligator Farm	FL	The granddaddy of all roadside creature attractions.	Drove by -- no time due to all the problems of Day 3.
One Log House	FL	A home built entirely out of one redwood log.	Missed it.
Fountain of Youth	FL	Major drinking to be done here.	Enjoyed it. We got water, too.
Oldest Wooden Schoolhouse	FL	St. Augustine has a lot of the oldest stuff.	Saw it.
Oldest Store	FL	More old stuff in St. Augustine, the first permanent settlement.	Saw it.
Hamburger Hall of Fame	FL	In someone's home; by appointment only.	Missed it.
Ron Jon's Surf Shop	FL	Humongous surf shop; a well-known landmark in Florida.	Missed it.
Home of The National Enquirer	FL	The home of very "creative" people.	Tried to find it.
Wolfsonian Museum	FL	Cool museum of all types of Americana stuff.	Saw it -- very cool.
Coral Castle	FL	Incredible home and furniture carved from coral.	Saw it -- amazing accomplishment.
Jule's Undersea Lodge	FL	Underwater motel. Dive down 25 feet to check in.	Saw it. Unusual.
World's Largest Lobster	FL	Sorry, but we'll wait until Maine to eat a smaller lobster.	Surprisingly impressive.
Perky Bat Tower	FL	A man built a place for bats to live, but mosquitoes claimed it.	Enjoyed it. Funny story.
World's Largest Conch Shell	FL	Where else but in the capital of the Conch Republic.	Missed it.
Hemingway Cats	FL	Hemingway had cats with an extra toe; many descendants remain.	Thoroughly enjoyed seeing the cats.
Southernmost point in USA	FL	Key West -- we'll also hit the Western, Northern, and Easternmost points.	We were there.
Green Flash	FL	Green flashing phenomenon in the sky in The Keys.	Missed it.
Jungle Larry's Caribbean Gardens	FL	Roadside attraction.	Missed it.
Ringling Museum	FL	The world famous Ringling Brothers Circus museum.	Missed it -- been there before.
Redneck Riviera	FL	Not so nice a term for the beaches from Panama City to Pensacola. Home of the infamous "Girls Gone Wild."	Enjoyed it.
World's Largest Beach Ball	FL	Pensacola's claim to fame.	Missed it.
Cemetery Tour	LA	New Orleans is one of the best places to tour cemeteries.	Too tired to tour.
Oldest Ranchlands in USA	TX	Near Laredo.	Saw them.
Spinach Capital of the World	TX	Beautiful Crystal Springs, Texas	Not a lot to see, but I was there.
Popeye Statue	TX	Prominently situated in the Spinach Capital of the World.	Saw it.
Judge Roy Bean Saloon	TX	Infamous judge.	Saw it.
World's Largest Horseshoe	TX	We're just sorry we can't make it to the town of Muleshoe as well.	It took some undercover work, but I managed to see it.
Birthplace of Roy Orbison	TX	Don't Wink or you'll miss it.	Saw it.
UFO Museum	NM	UFO's really did land in Roswell; this museum proves it.	Thoroughly enjoyed it.
Town Named Pie Town	NM	Pie-Town New Mexico; we are driving way out of the way to eat!	I drove 600 miles, but I made it.
Town Named by a TV Show	NM	A contest caused this city to be renamed Truth or Consequences.	Glad I went.
Boot Hill Cemetery	AZ	Famous gunfighters are buried here.	I saw the graves.
The Thing	AZ	Roadside attraction with an amazing assortment of stuff.	Missed it. The Thing was on the interstate, and I was on the 2-lane.
Old Tucson Movie Set	AZ	Great western town movie set that has been used in many movies.	Missed it due to eye injury -- but I've been several times before.
Biosphere II	AZ		Missed it.
Ostrich Farm	AZ		Drove by.
Hottest Spot in the Country	AZ	Gila Bend. Needles Arizona also wins this distinction quite often.	I was there.
Yuma Territorial Prison	AZ		Closed for the day, but I looked in.
Ghost Town	AZ	We'll visit a number of ghost towns in TX, NM, and AZ.	I saw many.
Center of the World Pyramid	CA	Bizarre.	I was there -- spooky.
Birthplace of Cher	CA	I don't like Cher's anti-war, anti-President Bush stand.	I didn't stop due to Cher's politics.
Largest Wooden Trestle in the World	CA		Missed it. I looked, but didn't see it (dark).
Home of Tecate Beer	CA	Drink it with lime.	Missed it. Drove nearby.
Del Mar Racetrack	CA	This racetrack has been seen in a number of movies.	Missed it.
Legoland	CA		Drove by.
Home of the Swallows	CA	San Juan Capistrano.	Saw it.
World's Largest US Flag	CA	Ski Dempski's place.	Saw the house for the flag.
Skinniest House in America	CA	It's in Long Beach.	Missed it.
World's Largest Donut	CA	Randy's Donuts in Los Angeles has the biggest. Sad that zoning ordinances in most locations will no longer allow this type of sign.	Loved it.
Surfrider Beach	CA	Frankie and Annette filmed their beach movies here.	Missed it.
LA County Coroner's Gift Shop	CA	Gotta see it to believe it.	Missed it.
Tail O' The Pup Hot Dog Stand	CA	A tribute to architectural splendor -- hot dog stand shaped like a hot dog.	Couldn't find it.
Start / end of Route 66	CA	Venice Beach -- lots of great sights.	We were there.
Birthplace of the Hell's Angels	CA	Fontana...on Route 66.	We were there.
Exotic World	CA	A museum dedicated to the art of striptease.	Missed it.
Famous Erin Brokovich Town	CA	Hinkley, California.	Sad, but we saw it.
Hottest Spot in the Country Part 2	CA	Needles. Gila Bend, AZ also wins this honor at times.	We were there. Not very hot.
London Bridge	AZ	It put Lake Havasu City on the map.	Very impressive.
International Bioregional Old Route 66 Visitor Center and Preservation Foundation	AZ	With a name like this, it's gotta be good.	Best Route 66 displays by far!
Don't Forget This Town	AZ	Winona -- made famous by the song "Route 66" -- "Don't Forget Winona."	We didn't forget it, but there's little or nothing there.
Famous Corner	AZ	"Standin' on the corner in Winslow, Arizona..." -- Lyrics from "Take It Easy" by The Eagles; the band donated money to establish a monument.	Thoroughly enjoyed Winslow!
Tinkertown	NM	Incredible tinker-toy sized western town.	Fabulous -- one of my favorite sights.
Cadillac Ranch	TX	Cadillacs buried in the ground a la Stonehenge.	Still cool.
Prairie Dog Town	TX	Infamous prairie dog home at McKenzie Park in Lubbock, Texas. Fortunately, the city residents (known as the Lucky Me's due to a 1960's Chamber of Commerce campaign - "Lucky Me I Live in Lubbock) now claim Buddy Holly and Bobby Knight as the city's claim to fame.	Unique!
Leaning Tower of Water	TX	Amazing what folks will do to get on the map; this Pisa-like leaning water tower is in Groom, Texas.	Saw it.
National Route 66 Museum	OK	There are more Route 66 Museums than gas stations, but this is THE national one in Elk City, Oklahoma.	Not as good as the Oklahoma Route 66 Museum.
World's Largest Praying Hands	OK	At Oral Roberts University.	Very impressive.
Originator of the Bumper Sticker	MO	Merramec Caverns.	Saw the grounds -- claustrophobic.
Boyhood Home of Rush Limbaugh	MO	Cape Girardeau -- also where Barbara's parents met and fell in love.	I liked Cape Girardeau.
Elvis Galore.	TN	Memphis has all kinds of funky Elvis attractions. We'll be looking for the funkiest.	I couldn't find any funky Elvis attractions, but I really enjoyed Graceland.
Twitty City	TN	It's just fun to say.	Missed it.
World's Largest Ketchup Bottle	IL	Collinsville, Illinois.	I didn't expect much, but this was big and very impressive.
World's Largest Ball of Twine	KS	There are three balls of twine claiming to the the largest, but after extensive research, we've named the ball in Cawker City, Kansas to be the biggest.	This was the most important sight to see on the trip, and I loved it. Huge ball of twine that continues to grow as folks leave twine in a box next to the ball.
Midway	KS	Kinsley, Kansas is 1,561 miles from New York and San Francisco.	I was there. Not much more to say.
The Wizard of Oz	KS	Liberal, Kansas is where Dorothy was from.	This was way off the route. I saw Dorothy's House and the "Land of Oz" as well as recent tornado damage.
In Cold Blood	KS	Holcomb, Kansas is where the In Cold Blood murders took place.	We haven't been seeing macabre sights such as this, but I drove out to the house as it was just off the route.
Liberace Museum	NV	In Vegas.	Lots of glitz. Candleabras and sequined costumes galore.
Elvis-A-Rama Museum	NV	Las Vegas has SO MUCH to offer.	Not huge, but a very impressive stash of Elvis memorabilia from the biggest private Elvis collector. Fun impersonator show.
World's Largest Clam	CA	Pismo Beach, California	We went in to ask the Chamber of Commerce where it was. They just laughed. When I walked out, we were parked next to it.
Madonna Inn	CA	Voted the best place to spend the night on a vacation.	Fabulous theme room place in San Luis Obispo, California. Stay there!
World's First Motel	CA	First motel anywhere in the world was in San Luis Obispo, California.	Closed, but still there. Adobe-style architecture.
World's Largest Chess Set	CA	Morro Bay, California offers this and a huge rock.	Big chess board; they keep the chess pieces locked up.
James Dean Memorial	CA	Located on the highway where he crashed.	Way out of the way and hard to find, but we went and we found.
Butterfly Zone	CA		Missed it.
World's Largest Artichoke	CA	I like artichokes and was disappointed to learn it's made of cement.	Missed it.
Mystery Spot	CA	It's a mystery.	Missed it.
House of Doors	CA		Missed it.
World's Largest Coca-Cola Bottle	CA		Missed it.
Doggie Diner	CA	We think this is a diner for dogs. We'll find out and report back.	We found it -- perhaps the last remaining doggie head sculpture.
Kendall Jackson Winery	CA	Barbara likes Kendall Jackson wines, so we will tour and taste.	Missed it.
Drive-Thru Tree	CA	They've actually cut a car-sized hole in the base of a redwood.	Fun to see, and the PT Cruiser did just fit.
World's Largest Wooden Totem Pole	CA		I've seen several. The CA pole was tall, but skinny.
World's Largest Redwood Mill	CA	It takes a big mill to process redwoods.	Couldn't see much at night.
World's Largest Hammer	CA	I guess it takes a big hammer to build big totem poles and other stuff with redwoods processed in the mill.	Not huge, but built like a hammer out of the correct materials, so it is real.
World's Tallest Tree	CA		Big.
Trees of Mystery	CA		Loved Paul Bunyan and Babe.
Prehistoric Gardens	OR	Amazing what an entrepreneur can dream up as a tourist attraction.	Lots of dinosaurs.
Westernmost Point of Land in USA	OR	Two down and two to go.	I was there.
World's Smallest Navigable Harbor	OR		Pretty place.
Tillamook Cheese Factory	OR	Biggest tourist attraction in Oregon.	Very enjoyable.
Lewis & Clark Campsite	OR		Not much to see.
Rainforest	WA	You don't have to go south to see beautiful rainforests.	Green and damp.
Largest Building in the World	WA	Boeing has a HUGE building to build airplanes in.	Saw it from the highway.
Largest Concrete Structure in the World	WA	It's a dam big structure.	Big, big dam, and very nice people.
Gehrke Windmill Garden	WA		One man's life work. Great to see it restored and living on.
Giant Radio Flyer Wagon	WA		Very big and cool. Boz came down the slide in the handle.
World's Largest Milk Bottle	WA		We couldn't find it.
Friendliest Dam Town in the Whole World	MT		Not friendly.
Coldest Spot in the USA	MT	Cut Bank is undisputed as the coldest spot in the USA.	80-degrees when we were there in the Coldest Spot in the Nation.
World's Largest Penguin	MT		It's big.
Flintstone's Bedrock City	SD		Clever theme park.
Deadwood	SD	Another great western town.	Nicely themed casino town.
World's Largest Cow	ND		Huge, and really an excellent sculpture.
Earl Bunyan Statue	ND	The first of many Paul Bunyan statues.	Still laughing about this one.
Underground Missile Silos	ND	We'll let you know if we see any pointed toward North Korea or France.	We think we saw one.
Geographical Center of North America	ND	I wonder if the toilets flush in the opposite direction or anything.	We were there -- lots of "centers" in America.
World's Largest Northern Pike	MN	A big fish.	Nice, but the folks in Garrison were even better.
Restaurant Inside a Fish	MN	A place to eat big fish.	We were there.
Judy Garland Museum	MN	Yellow Brick Road nearby.	Closed early, but we saw the ruby slippers and the Yellow Brick Road.
Largest Freshwater Port in USA	MN		Lake Superior is massive.
Birthplace of Bob Dylan	MN	Duluth, Minnesota. I lived there at the age of 5; I wonder if Bob was one of my playmates. Surely he must have been.	We saw Bob's childhood home. We lived 39 blocks apart, so it is unlikely that we knew each other.
52-Foot Statue of Hiawatha	WI		Really, really tall. World's Largest Indian.
Paul Bunyan Statue	WI	More Bunyan.	Bunyan #2.
Paul Bunyan & Babe Statue	MI	Yet another Bunyan and his sidekick.	Saw it from a distance in the rain..
Paul Bunyan Made of Car Parts	MI	Unique Bunyan.	The best Bunyan so far in terms of artistic quality.
Motown Museum	MI	Great music at this place.	We were there, but it was closed.
World's Largest Rubber Stamp	OH		Saw it.
Smallest Capitol in USA	VT	Hint -- it's in Vermont.	I was there -- tiny Montpelier. Very impressive capitol building.
Ben & Jerry's Factory	VT	They should rename the town Cherry Garcia.	Lots of fun, and the ice cream was really fresh.
Portrait of Abe Lincoln Made from 6,399 Dried Insects	VT	Could win Best Use of Insects in our Best & Worst Competition.	Bug Art -- amazing.
World's Largest Wooden Indian	ME		It was dark. I saw it, but my photos did not turn out.
Ear Muff Capital of the World	ME	Ear muffs were invented here.	I was there, but it was dark..
Northeasternmost Point in USA	ME	Three of four.	Missed it.
2-Story Outhouse	ME	There's a three-story outhouse elsewhere in the state, but we won't detour.	Missed it.
Paul Bunyan Statue	ME	After so many Bunyans, you'll definitely want to check our Best & Worst section at the end of the trip to see which one won Best Bunyan.	Another nice Bunyan.
Stephen King's Home	ME	Spooky dude.	Missed it. Disappointing.
Cranberry World	MA	Near Plymouth Rock; has to be a reason we all get a serving on Thanksgiving.	Drove by and waved.
World's Largest Padlock	MA		Missed it.
World's Largest Termite	RI	Tremendous promotion for local exterminator.	Big termite!
Ground Zero	NY		Sad place. Surprised to see so much below ground has been rebuilt.
Birthplace of the Submarine Sandwich	NJ	And it's not Subway.	White House Submarines -- packed.
Streets of Monopoly	NJ	Park Place, Boardwalk, etc.	Fun to see.
Lucy the Elephant	NJ		Massive wooden elephant with rooms built inside.
Oldest Seashore Resort in USA	NJ		Missed it.
Rolland A. Carpetman	MD	There are a lot of people into these huge advertising "statues."	Missed it.
World's Largest Chair	DC		Missed it.
Inventor of the Ice Cream Cone	VA	Ice cream and barbeque, mmm mmm good.	Missed it.
World's Largest Gorilla	VA		Couldn't find it.
World's Largest Sea Serpent	VA		Couldn't find it.
Venus Flytrap Capital of the World	NC	Is this a rap singer or a plant?	I drove through, but it was dark and raining.
South of the Border	SC	Amazing Mexican-themed roadside attraction just south of NC.	Missed it.
MacAulay Museum of Dental History	SC	Painful entertainment no doubt. We may just photograph the sign out front.	Missed it.
Pineapple Factory	HI	Tasty tour.	Still to see.

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