Roadside Attractions

The world's largest otter started his life as a high school shop project.

A small museum celebrating the fiberglass giants that are icons of America's highways.

This unfinished tribute to a hometown hero and early baseball great is now an abandoned roadside attraction.

A quirky mishmash of Route 66 memorabilia and other throwbacks from the past.

A towering, steel behemoth that has graced the skyline of Lakeland, Florida since the early 1980s.

The Milburn-Price Culture Museum in Vega offers a brand-name oversized cultural attraction.

Large rocks have been painted to whimsically resemble wild and farm animals.

A giant gorilla guardian of the neighborhood, warning people to drive safely.

A tribute to Rhode Island's state bird, a domesticated chicken breed that dominated the 19th-century poultry industry.

This giant, rotating globe was built to celebrate the expansion of a company that makes steam cleaners and pressure washers.