[pissant]

A couple of other fine attractions.

Tacoma, Wa....The Java Jive tavern

And in Reliance Nebraska....CarHenge..

[Millee]

This place just sucks you in after 300+ miles of their billboards.

[Moose4]

Feh. No mention of South of the Border? Pedro disapproves.

}:-)4

[cloud8]

Who among us does not love the Corn Palace of Mitchell, South Dakota?

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Rock City is not on this list? I demand a recount!

[Maximus of Texas]

If you are heading down Hwy 16 in Texas you need to stop in Dublin Texas, where they still make Dr Pepper with pure cane sugar.

[Young Werther]

Rugby North Dakota the center of North America!

[alisasny]

The Big Duck Long Island

The Big Duck is a wood frame, wire mesh, concrete surfaced building designed in the shape of a Peking duck to house a retail poultry store. The building was constructed in 1930-31 on busy West Main Street in the town of Riverhead on Long Island, New York. It measures approximately 15 feet wide across the front, 30 feet long from breast to tail, and 20 feet to the top of the head. The eyes are Ford Model "T" tail lights. The interior is approximately 11 by 15 feet.

In 1937, owner Martin Maurer moved the Big Duck four miles southeast to Flanders, where it occupied a prominent roadside location near the duck barns and marshes of Maurer's new ranch. The Riverhead area, including Flanders, was the center of Long Island's well-known duck industry. By 1939 there were approximately 90 duck farms in the county.

Maurer's unusual tactic for enticing customers to purchase his ducklings was apparently a success. The Big Duck's prime location, on one of the main roads leading east from New York City to the Hamptons, earned it a lot of attention. Many criticized the Big Duck, especially in the 1960s and early 70s, but architect Robert Venturi claimed that it clearly combined functional and symbolic aspects of architecture, and therefore was noteworthy. In fact, Venturi coined the term "duck" to describe a building in which the architecture is subordinate to the overall symbolic form.

The Big Duck closed in 1984, and since 1988 it has been located in Sears-Bellows Pond County Park between Flanders and Hampton Bays on eastern Long Island. It now houses a retail gift shop operated by the Friends for Long Island Heritage.

[ladtx]

Can't leave this one.

[Horatio Gates]

One of these days I'm just going to have to have a beer at the Java Jive or stick my nose in the door.. I drive by it every day but have never been in there

[LilDarlin]

Where's the Spam Museum in Austin, MN??

I know I can smell it around here somewhere!!

[Tijeras_Slim]

Chevy on a Stick, corner of San Mateo and Gibson, Albuquerque, NM.

[Clemenza]

Stopped here on a trip up I95 last year:

[socal_parrot]

A couple of my favorite examples of Roadside Americana are in Arizona along old Rte. 66...

The Wigwam Motel in Holbrook...

And Oatman and its burros...

[Feiny]

Pink's is much better than Tail o' the Pup.

[MotleyGirl70]

I know I'm late, but maybe someone (in WI) knows the animals outside of Hyw 10 going to 51 up north. It's a hoot. It's a drive-by on the hyw. You don't even need to stop.

FIBers might know this too.

[MotleyGirl70]

Chatty Belle/Wisconsin Pavilion ... Neillsville, WI

Just any place with cheese. Give me cheese and I'm a happy gal!

I'm not kidding either :)

[Serb5150]

The Precious Moments Chapel in Carthage, MO:

[GSWarrior]