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Hebron, North Dakota

Fort Sauerkraut

A replica of a fort built from a frontier town's mass hysteria in the face of false reports of impending Native American violence.
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Rodeo, New Mexico

Chiricahua Desert Museum

This rural museum is home to more than 50 local desert reptiles and the world's largest snake bite kit collection.
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Newton, Kansas

'Blue Sky Sculpture'

This vivid painted ceramic sculpture evokes the expansiveness of the prairie sky.
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Milk Bottle Grocery

This giant mimetic milk bottle has encouraged Route 66 travelers to choose dairy since 1948.
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Cleveland, Mississippi

Grammy Museum Mississippi

An enormous, interactive museum with star-studded exhibits is surprisingly found deep in the Mississippi Delta.
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Neodesha, Kansas

Norman No. 1 Replica Oil Well

This replica oil derrick stands where a tiny Kansas town struck big in 1852, kicking off America's biggest oil boom.
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Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico

Fox Cave

This 1950s-era nostalgic roadside New Mexico attraction consists of a quirky curio store and museum embedded into the face of a cave.
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Fergus Falls, Minnesota

Otto the Otter

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

Emmot Field

This stadium was the home of the first organized night baseball game.
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Kemmerer, Wyoming

JCPenney Mother Store

One of America's largest retail chains got its start in one of its most remote rural destinations.
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Caldwell, Kansas

'Ghost Riders of the Chisholm Trail'

A series of silhouettes that recall the great cattle drives of the 19th-century.
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Yazoo City, Mississippi

Yazoo City Main Street

A downtown filled with nearly deserted historic buildings was revived as a pastel paradise.
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Gillette, Wyoming

Campbell County Rockpile Museum

The rockpile was the founding landmark for the town of Gillette, and is now the home of the region's history.
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Emporia, Kansas

All Veterans Memorial Park

A park to honor all U.S. Armed Forces veterans, and Emporia's status as the founding city of Veterans Day.
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Kensington, Kansas

'Home on the Range' Cabin

See the home and the range on which "Home on the Range" was arranged.
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Fargo, North Dakota

'Fargo Mario Wall'

In an alley behind a Fargo bar, you can roleplay as Mario while interacting with a popular street mural.
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Humboldt, Kansas

Walter Johnson Birthplace Memorial

Before he was the "Big Train," baseball's greatest pitcher was the original "Humboldt Thunderbolt."
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Meeteetse, Wyoming

Meeteetse Museum

This museum details the history of a local miracle: The return of the critically endangered black-footed ferret, which was once believed to be extinct.
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Muscotah, Kansas

World's Largest Baseball

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

Wolf Hotel

This historic Ellinwood hotel is also home to underground tunnels that were a popular haunt during Prohibition.
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Vega, Texas

World's Largest Branding Iron

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

Sad Saga of Vegetarian Creek

This historical marker is all that remains of Octagon City, Kansas, a failed vegetarian utopia.
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Gas, Kansas

World's Largest Gas Kan

Don't pass Gas, stop and enjoy it.
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Piqua, Kansas

Buster Keaton Museum

This rural water utility building houses a tribute to one of the greatest stars of the silent film era.
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