I would love to see a video about the strangest cities in each state. We all have those outliers that have odd quirks. They usually have their own name like "the River People" or "the West Counties".
Full disclosure: I doubt we would do this, because of the potentially pejorative nature of calling an entire city weird. Having said that, i would love nominations, for my own personal edification.
@@MentalFloss I understand. The 2 I know of from Sonoma County are the 2 I put into the original post. Just "River People", and something or someone can be "West County" think very confused hippies and rebels without a clue. There have been times that they have protested both sides of the same subject.
@@canis2020 Beautiful. There's a town in New York called Oniontown, which, as Wikipedia, says (in the first sentence of its entry), is "partially known for the historically off-putting demeanor of its residents towards outsiders."
From Washington State here. Have you heard of Jake the Alligator Man at Marsh's Free Museum? His 75th birthday is celebrated every year in August and he's probably my favorite attraction here, though the Mary Lou Beatty Memorial Park (A grassy crack in a sidewalk maybe 2 inches across with a plaque installed) in Olympia is a close second
I'm from Boston and The Museum of Bad Art is really fun and i went there by accident! It actually has three locations but the one i went to was in the basement of an old artsy theater, next to the bathroom. I went to see a Star Trek movie marathon at the theater with my dad and the museum was right next to our showing and we had a great time looking at lovingly displayed objectively terrible art.
They are now only in the Dorchester Brewing Co. I’ll miss visiting them in the basement of the Somerville Theater, and hopefully they’ll find more space in other locations because their collection of bad art is much bigger and more glorious than one location can show! ❤
@@nimue325 I used to live in Medford and went to Somerville Theater a lot. I was really bummed when MOBA left, but I thought it was closed for good. I don't live in MA anymore but I am still grateful to this video for letting me know that it lives on!
I’m surprised y’all didn’t talk about the people who live in Hollywood cemetery! The old grounds keepers house is now a small apartment, it’s a beautiful old Victorian with four or five apartments. Quietest neighbors and a fantastic view of the river.
As a Michigander, I agree with your choice of Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum. From carnival attractions, to modern arcade games, it's great for the whole family. I'm a suckered for their nickelodeon shows (not the cable TV children's network) to their hand carved scenes that are only live action because of a mechanical gear system hidden from view.
I would like to leave an honorary mention to the Yooper Tourist Trap in upper Is peninsula Michigan. A wonderful collection of taxidermy animals holding humans for display, the world's only double decker outhouse, and the world's largest revolver. It also contains a gift shop of fantastic gag gifts one of which was a Fart Extinguisher that ironically was highly flammable...
I HAD to watch this when I saw the giant pistachio at McGinns on the main page! I live less than an hour from it! Loved this video! As I recall, the original owners children had it made as a gift to him!
My favorite off-beat thing in Wisconsin is House on the Rock, outside of Madison. It's full of a little bit of (exaggeration) everything from this video and then some.
I wish So much you'd featured The House On The Rock for Wisconsin. It's in Spring Green & it is A-Mazing! If you ever decide to do a part 2, please use that for WI! But cool video overall 🙂
I appreciate the help you've given me. A road map of places to go explore. Look out for what I'll be doing in the future. I will go to all these places. Except for the urology museum. I think I'll pass that one up.
I live in Cincinnati, Ohio and have been to Vent Haven in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky - it is truly amazing, they offer guided tours. I had never heard of The Lucky Cat Mewseum - now I’ve gotta go. We also have The American Sign Museum in Cincinnati that is quite cool and unique!
Thanks for dropping in a North Dakota attraction I haven’t heard of. The whole video I was expecting the pick to be either the Enchanted Highway or maybe the Dunseith turtle.
Loved your video. My estimate for how many cans of Spam it would take to span the border of the continental U.S. is 87,516,000. I hope my math is correct!
For Missouri, I’m surprised you picked a closed museum. You’ve got the world’s largest rocking chair, the Uranus Fudge Factory, the Precious Moments museum and more!
I'm from Arkansas. Besides Gourdon's light; there is a place in Southwest Missouri off of a dirt road, that if you get out of your car an orb will follow you. They call it the spook light. I've never been, but I've heard people talk about it for decades. I've also heard about places in southeast Oklahoma where similar things happen. People say the lights are intelligent, and intentionally do things to mess with you. Who knows. But it's interesting.
Would love to add another tiny attraction for the state of Mississippi! It's called the Pocket Museum and it's in Hattiesburg. Originally the location was nothing but an alley behind the local Saenger Theater, but it's been transformed into a very quirky and fun space, full of "little people" (tiny figurines) in various whimsical miniature scenes - as well as scavenger hunts that are changed on a regular basis, and an "art depository" where people can bring their own tiny art and leave it to be claimed by another or simply appreciated for a time.
chiming in from Mass here! was the The Glass Flowers collection at Harvard University museum not offbeat enuff? Its really neat!! They are meticulously detailed, hundreds of diff plants.. but they are seriously all made of glass!
MOBA was hard to resist, but I love this suggestion! Did you happen to read "Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow"? Great book, and features the glass flowers in an interesting way.
I live in South Dakota and I was so worried you'd pick something on the interstate oddities track. The vinegar museum is located in Tom Brokaw's hometown, and actually Lawrence Diggs is a friend of mine. Word to the wise: you're going super country to get to Roslyn, South Dakota...
@2:03: Another of the "ghost lights" can be found in Marfa, Texas. Also home of the "Prada Marfa", a Prada store that you can't go into. It's an art exhibit. :) @5:41: ʻIolani Palace is the "home" to the Five-0 Task Force in the 2010 reboot of Hawaii Five-0. While not shot in the actual palace, the building is featured in establishing shots and mentioned by name. @11:46: "SPAM! Wonderful SPAM!!" -Monty Python Vikings...probably. @24:02: Robert Williams Daniel, a former Virginia State Senator and RMS Titanic survivor, is also buried there. Voice-over artist Hal Douglas (if you lived in San Francisco, Philadelphia, or Baltimore, you've heard him intro'ing local newscasts from the 80s to 2010), Conrad Frederick Sauer (founder of the C. F. Sauer Company, makers of Duke's Mayonnaise), and Richmond journalist and founder of The Shoe Fund (which provides approx. 2,500 children with new shoes each year) Alden Aaroe are also buried in Hollywood Cemetery.
Hey! A Justin in my list show? The universe is collapsing on itself! ... or... there are reasons Erin can't make it today. Ehhh, I go for the first.. Happy New Year~!
I was surprised at how many of these places I've seen. Nowhere near all of them but still a lot. The London bridge in Lake Havasu City Arizona is one that always comes to mind.
Iolani palace isn't the only royal palace in the U.S., It isn't even the only royal palace in Hawaii. There is also the Hulihee palace in Kona Hawaii, and Hānaiakamālama Queen Emma's Summer Palace in the Nuanuʻu Valley.
I went to college in Arkansas, near the Gurden Light. I've seen it a bunch of times. My geology professor was on the episode of Unsolved Mysteries featuring the light.
When I was growing up in Minnesota, it used to house a Museum of Quack Medicine. It has all sorts of weird, interesting stuff; I even had my head read by a phrenology machine! Sadly, it closed several years ago. There are a handful of items on display at the science museum of Minnesota, but it’s pennies compared to the full collection 😔
I'm from the Alabama Gulf Coast, and though Ft. Gaines is neat, there is something down here called, "Bamahenge", which is a 1:1 replica of Stonehenge. When you're done gawking at it, there are about 5 or so, presumably, life sized dino statues spread about, and finding them is half the fun! This is in a place called Lillian, about 15 mins from the beach. Oh, and I can't forget about the "Lady of the Lake" which is a giant statue of a woman laying in this marina pond as if she's having a relaxing bubble bath, lol.
For New Jersey you, missed the Palace of Depression in Vineland. It was created by George Daynor during the great depression out of basically found items & garbage. When Daynor was alive, he charged a $0.25 fee tour the property which took him 4 years to build at the cost of $4.00. Daynor passed in 1964 at the reported age of 104 years old and not long after that the palace caught fire & burned forcing the city to raze most of the property and leaving only the original ticket booth intact, but in 2001, a Vineland native decided to rebuild the Palace, Kevin Kirchner created the save the Palace of Depression fund & took an additional 3 years to obtain all the permits and clear the woods that had grown up on the property since the fire & razing. As of now it is in at least 90% completed status. It was also mentioned in the movie Eddie and the Cruisers.
The Abita Mystery House really is worth the stop, even if you're just traveling through Louisiana on 12. It looks small but will take awhile to get through and really is more interesting than you may think from any pictures. As an added bonus, you can go to the Abita Springs Taproom and try some great local brews or have lunch at the Abita Springs Cafe because it is awesome.
I live in West Virginia and a forgotten attraction here is The World’s Largest Teapot in Chester. It’s right off the highway (30) and it’s hard to miss
The Summum Pyramid and Gilgal Sculpture Garden would be great additions for Utah. They're both very bizarre, though I'm not sure whether the pyramid is open to the public.
Been to Coral Castle in Miami. It's an amazing place to see and an incredible work when you consider the sheer size and weight of some of those pieces of coral. One thing to keep in mind though: It's WAY outside the main part of Miami proper. We didn't realize it was so far south until we were most of the way there.
Lol....for Wyoming there are actually quirky tourist places. The Smith Mansion at Wapiti, the nuclear bomb facility at Chugwater, Crazy Woman Creek, Hell's Half Acre, the jail where Billy the Sundance Kid was held, Vore Buffalo Jump, South Pass...the list goes on. Yellowstone isn't quirky and you really missed the bus on this one.
During the 1950 Delmarva Chicken Festival in Georgetown, Delaware, a giant frying pan was unveiled. It was made by the Mumford Sheet Metal Company in Selbyville, Delaware. This colossal pan measured ten feet in diameter, had an eight-foot handle, and weighed 650 pounds. It could hold a whopping 800 chicken quarters! The pan set a world record as the World’s Largest Frying Pan and was a star attraction at the festival for 37 years, frying over 100 tons of chicken. Although it’s now retired, its legacy lives on, used to hold the title of world's largest frying pan. While the Delmarva Chicken Festival celebrates all things poultry, it’s held in Salisbury, Maryland, not Delaware, which is the location of the frying pan / skillet. The giant frying pan was originally constructed in 1950 by the Mumford Sheet Metal Works in Selbyville, Delaware. The pan was created specifically for the Delmarva Chicken Festival, which was an event organized by the Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. (DPI) to promote the local poultry industry across the Delmarva Peninsula, which includes parts of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia
Montana should have been the land of a thousand Buddha’s. Even though it is blessed and picked by a buddist priest, it’s just random to be in the middle of a Native American Reservation
Like Toast Angler said..the spook light here in southwest Missouri near State Line Road is one of the coolest attractions. Much better than a hair place that’s closed and a very publicized Titanic. A little disappointed in the lack of time spent on Missouri.
Better Kansas candidates, a long with their locations: Gallery of Presidential Also-Rans, Norton. A portrait gallery of people who ran and lost Garden of Eden, Lucas. A fever dream of an art installation Barbed Wire Museum, Lacrosse. Town may or may not be where it was invented. Or come see the Fish Within a Fish at the Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Hays. They also have (had? They were trying to make it a traveling exhibit, but logistics for it are terrifying) featuring live specimens of every rattlesnake species found in America.
My grandparents would always take me as a kid to the sternburg museum, I never made it past that animatronic T. rex until our last visit, that’s when they knew I was too old to be there now
I used to walk past "Light Rein" every day when I went to UW. Saw it from the outside all of the time, but unfortunately never had time to go inside to check it out.
I’m a native Arkansan. You should’ve mentioned that the Gurdon Light is seen when you walk down live railroad tracks, it’s illegal & must gain permission to walk down the tracks. A better attraction would’ve been the Crater of Diamonds State Park or Christ of the Ozarks in Eureka Springs or the Indian Mounds near Scott, AR or Quigley’s Castle or Fouke Monster Museum or The Alligator Farm or any number of other attractions that are less dangerous or not illegal.
Very interesting. But all of us who have lived in Sunny NoDak or neighboring lands want to teach you how to pronounce Wahpeton. Wikipedia comes close with its suggestion: WAH-pit-ən I'm guessing folks from other States will have additional suggestions because we love picking nits.
I have been to the Museum of Dumb Guy stuff in Portsmouth, NH. Actually quite a cool collection of toys, figurines and dioramas. Literally in someone's basement and free to the public.
Haven't been to any of those, don't intend to either... I do have one I like, tho... Powerland Heritage Park, near Salem. Bunches and bunches of old farm equipment, tractors, etc... They have a yearly event called The Great Oregon Steam-up, two weekends in late spring... LOTS more interesting than a bunch of hats, IMHO...
There's an attraction in Michigan that beats the Mechanical world. Da Yooper's Trap. It has taxidermized deer using participating in various activates including sitting in an outhouse. It also has the worlds largest working chainsaw
I visited the Museum of Jurassic Technology years ago, and the whole time I kept thinking to myself “where the hell am I, and what the hell is this place?” Truly disorienting and weird in the best possible way.
That Illinois one is weak. You couldn't pick the small town with all the world's biggest stuff Casey Illinois. Or the fairly accurate replica of many Egyptian landmarks in Chicago, or the Superman Statue In Metropolis Illinois and all the other Superman stuff there.
I’m surprise that from my home stirfry when you do put a giant blue bug on top of a pest control building was people from Massachusetts and Connecticut call it the big blue bug or as of local Rhode Islanders call it nibbles woodaway
Awwww. That's sad. Did you keep heading north? The hockey museum's up north. So is the largest Walleye, complete with saddle so you can ride it, and the largest Thermometer. That giant thermometer will tell you, sometimes, that you are in the coldest spot in all of the lower US states (meaning: not including Alaska.) If you pass through Brainard you'll find Paul Bunyan too. I have a pic of me (age 4) standing by a gigantic Paul. I'm the size of a mouse next to his boot. There are a lot of Largest this and that throughout Minnesota and the Midwest. Enjoy!! 🤍
I don't see a comment with a guess for how many Spam cans could line the US-Mexico border, so I'm going to guess 30,951,360 Spam cans (±15,840). That's a 1954-mile-long border, times 5280 feet per mile, times 12 inches per foot, divided by 4 inches per Spam can. I didn't really look for a more exact measurement of the border, though, and just went with Wikipedia's entry. There's 15,840 Spam cans in a mile for margin of error.
9:30 That is weird My mother's maiden name was Nancy Hoffman. But her middle name was "Ann" which has 3 letters. But also, the woman looks a bit like my mom.
I would love to see a video about the strangest cities in each state. We all have those outliers that have odd quirks. They usually have their own name like "the River People" or "the West Counties".
I live WV, that could be every city or town
Full disclosure: I doubt we would do this, because of the potentially pejorative nature of calling an entire city weird. Having said that, i would love nominations, for my own personal edification.
@@MentalFloss I understand. The 2 I know of from Sonoma County are the 2 I put into the original post. Just "River People", and something or someone can be "West County" think very confused hippies and rebels without a clue. There have been times that they have protested both sides of the same subject.
@@canis2020 Beautiful. There's a town in New York called Oniontown, which, as Wikipedia, says (in the first sentence of its entry), is "partially known for the historically off-putting demeanor of its residents towards outsiders."
@@MentalFloss another idea is the best scientific discovery per state?
From Washington State here. Have you heard of Jake the Alligator Man at Marsh's Free Museum? His 75th birthday is celebrated every year in August and he's probably my favorite attraction here, though the Mary Lou Beatty Memorial Park (A grassy crack in a sidewalk maybe 2 inches across with a plaque installed) in Olympia is a close second
Living in Cincinnati, I had never heard of the Lucky Cat Mewseum, but I'll be going very soon now!
WOW! I didn't expect to see the Rockmen!!! So awesome! I Iove these videos 😊
You have a mellow, relaxing voice and a nice cadence when you speak. 👍
I'm from Boston and The Museum of Bad Art is really fun and i went there by accident! It actually has three locations but the one i went to was in the basement of an old artsy theater, next to the bathroom. I went to see a Star Trek movie marathon at the theater with my dad and the museum was right next to our showing and we had a great time looking at lovingly displayed objectively terrible art.
They are now only in the Dorchester Brewing Co. I’ll miss visiting them in the basement of the Somerville Theater, and hopefully they’ll find more space in other locations because their collection of bad art is much bigger and more glorious than one location can show! ❤
@@nimue325 I used to live in Medford and went to Somerville Theater a lot. I was really bummed when MOBA left, but I thought it was closed for good. I don't live in MA anymore but I am still grateful to this video for letting me know that it lives on!
I’m surprised y’all didn’t talk about the people who live in Hollywood cemetery! The old grounds keepers house is now a small apartment, it’s a beautiful old Victorian with four or five apartments. Quietest neighbors and a fantastic view of the river.
Welcome back!
You are much better than the regular host. Good job.
i am glad you mention the Museum of Bad Art it's on my bucket list to visit. loved your video
As a Michigander, I agree with your choice of Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum. From carnival attractions, to modern arcade games, it's great for the whole family. I'm a suckered for their nickelodeon shows (not the cable TV children's network) to their hand carved scenes that are only live action because of a mechanical gear system hidden from view.
I love Marvin's I try to turn people on to it all the time.
As someone from Indiana, I was waiting for something about Santa Claus Indiana, but I'm happy yall went with the big ole ball of paint! lol
Holiday world was awesome. I used to go there and squire boons cave as a kid.
I've seen about 10 of these things/ places.
now i have a list of the last 40.
thanks!
I would like to leave an honorary mention to the Yooper Tourist Trap in upper Is peninsula Michigan. A wonderful collection of taxidermy animals holding humans for display, the world's only double decker outhouse, and the world's largest revolver. It also contains a gift shop of fantastic gag gifts one of which was a Fart Extinguisher that ironically was highly flammable...
I HAD to watch this when I saw the giant pistachio at McGinns on the main page! I live less than an hour from it! Loved this video! As I recall, the original owners children had it made as a gift to him!
My favorite off-beat thing in Wisconsin is House on the Rock, outside of Madison. It's full of a little bit of (exaggeration) everything from this video and then some.
Not to mention one of the world's largest carousels
I wish So much you'd featured The House On The Rock for Wisconsin. It's in Spring Green & it is A-Mazing! If you ever decide to do a part 2, please use that for WI! But cool video overall 🙂
I appreciate the help you've given me. A road map of places to go explore. Look out for what I'll be doing in the future. I will go to all these places. Except for the urology museum. I think I'll pass that one up.
The Spam Museum should be in Hawaii.
The magic gardens are a family fave!!! Been there several times! Most of that street has murals on the walls :)
I live in Cincinnati, Ohio and have been to Vent Haven in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky - it is truly amazing, they offer guided tours. I had never heard of The Lucky Cat Mewseum - now I’ve gotta go. We also have The American Sign Museum in Cincinnati that is quite cool and unique!
I'm in Ohio too and I didn't know this!
...gonna have to go!👍😻
Thanks for dropping in a North Dakota attraction I haven’t heard of. The whole video I was expecting the pick to be either the Enchanted Highway or maybe the Dunseith turtle.
Loved your video. My estimate for how many cans of Spam it would take to span the border of the continental U.S. is 87,516,000. I hope my math is correct!
Nice.
I have no idea. I guess, my guess, would be a bazillion. A Gazillion. Okay, a gazillion minus a fazillion plus 27.
Chattanooga, TN also has the International Towing and Recovery Museum.
I was fully expecting to see that. Although I know Rock City is north GA, everyone considers it a Chattanooga attraction.
For Missouri, I’m surprised you picked a closed museum. You’ve got the world’s largest rocking chair, the Uranus Fudge Factory, the Precious Moments museum and more!
"Uranus Fudge Factory?!" 🤣
I'm from Arkansas. Besides Gourdon's light; there is a place in Southwest Missouri off of a dirt road, that if you get out of your car an orb will follow you. They call it the spook light. I've never been, but I've heard people talk about it for decades. I've also heard about places in southeast Oklahoma where similar things happen. People say the lights are intelligent, and intentionally do things to mess with you. Who knows. But it's interesting.
Would love to add another tiny attraction for the state of Mississippi! It's called the Pocket Museum and it's in Hattiesburg. Originally the location was nothing but an alley behind the local Saenger Theater, but it's been transformed into a very quirky and fun space, full of "little people" (tiny figurines) in various whimsical miniature scenes - as well as scavenger hunts that are changed on a regular basis, and an "art depository" where people can bring their own tiny art and leave it to be claimed by another or simply appreciated for a time.
I would have thought MN's largest Candy store would have made it for MN. But I'll need to check out the spam museum.
I was thinking it was going to be the world's largest ball of twine. Weird Al Yankovic even wrote a song about it, lol.
Alaskan here, I KNEW the Hammer Museum would get a mention. :)
chiming in from Mass here! was the The Glass Flowers collection at Harvard University museum not offbeat enuff?
Its really neat!! They are meticulously detailed, hundreds of diff plants.. but they are seriously all made of glass!
MOBA was hard to resist, but I love this suggestion! Did you happen to read "Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow"? Great book, and features the glass flowers in an interesting way.
@@MentalFloss i have not, onto the "to read" list it goes!
I live in South Dakota and I was so worried you'd pick something on the interstate oddities track. The vinegar museum is located in Tom Brokaw's hometown, and actually Lawrence Diggs is a friend of mine. Word to the wise: you're going super country to get to Roslyn, South Dakota...
omg one degree of Vinegar Man separation. What a legend.
The Glore Psychiatric museum in St. Joseph, Missouri could be added to your list! The History Underground channel has a good video about it.
The Dog Bark Patk Hotel is definately a bucket list item 👌
@2:03: Another of the "ghost lights" can be found in Marfa, Texas. Also home of the "Prada Marfa", a Prada store that you can't go into. It's an art exhibit. :)
@5:41: ʻIolani Palace is the "home" to the Five-0 Task Force in the 2010 reboot of Hawaii Five-0. While not shot in the actual palace, the building is featured in establishing shots and mentioned by name.
@11:46: "SPAM! Wonderful SPAM!!" -Monty Python Vikings...probably.
@24:02: Robert Williams Daniel, a former Virginia State Senator and RMS Titanic survivor, is also buried there. Voice-over artist Hal Douglas (if you lived in San Francisco, Philadelphia, or Baltimore, you've heard him intro'ing local newscasts from the 80s to 2010), Conrad Frederick Sauer (founder of the C. F. Sauer Company, makers of Duke's Mayonnaise), and Richmond journalist and founder of The Shoe Fund (which provides approx. 2,500 children with new shoes each year) Alden Aaroe are also buried in Hollywood Cemetery.
Would have thought the Nutcracker Muesum in Leavenworth would have gotten a nod.
Hey! A Justin in my list show? The universe is collapsing on itself! ... or... there are reasons Erin can't make it today. Ehhh, I go for the first..
Happy New Year~!
Fun fact about Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum, there’s an album by a band called Tally Hall named after it!
I was surprised at how many of these places I've seen. Nowhere near all of them but still a lot. The London bridge in Lake Havasu City Arizona is one that always comes to mind.
Iolani palace isn't the only royal palace in the U.S., It isn't even the only royal palace in Hawaii. There is also the Hulihee palace in Kona Hawaii, and Hānaiakamālama Queen Emma's Summer Palace in the Nuanuʻu Valley.
I went to college in Arkansas, near the Gurden Light. I've seen it a bunch of times. My geology professor was on the episode of Unsolved Mysteries featuring the light.
I wonder when this was. I've seen the show is streaming somewhere and I'm watching it. I have seen it then.
When I used to live in Denver I went for a drive to clear my head and ended up driving past the sculpture at 3:05 and was SO confused and scared!
Should have used the "Mothman Museum " in Point Pleasant for West Virginia
When I was growing up in Minnesota, it used to house a Museum of Quack Medicine. It has all sorts of weird, interesting stuff; I even had my head read by a phrenology machine!
Sadly, it closed several years ago. There are a handful of items on display at the science museum of Minnesota, but it’s pennies compared to the full collection 😔
I'm from the Alabama Gulf Coast, and though Ft. Gaines is neat, there is something down here called, "Bamahenge", which is a 1:1 replica of Stonehenge. When you're done gawking at it, there are about 5 or so, presumably, life sized dino statues spread about, and finding them is half the fun! This is in a place called Lillian, about 15 mins from the beach. Oh, and I can't forget about the "Lady of the Lake" which is a giant statue of a woman laying in this marina pond as if she's having a relaxing bubble bath, lol.
As a former resident of Dover, NH, I am both intrigued and a little weirded out that there's a model of the town in a museum. I mean . . . why?
LOL. For what it's worth, I believe the museum doesn't call it by that name, but in the words of our fact-checker, "It's Dover, alright."
Very cool.
For New Jersey you, missed the Palace of Depression in Vineland. It was created by George Daynor during the great depression out of basically found items & garbage. When Daynor was alive, he charged a $0.25 fee tour the property which took him 4 years to build at the cost of $4.00. Daynor passed in 1964 at the reported age of 104 years old and not long after that the palace caught fire & burned forcing the city to raze most of the property and leaving only the original ticket booth intact, but in 2001, a Vineland native decided to rebuild the Palace, Kevin Kirchner created the save the Palace of Depression fund & took an additional 3 years to obtain all the permits and clear the woods that had grown up on the property since the fire & razing. As of now it is in at least 90% completed status.
It was also mentioned in the movie Eddie and the Cruisers.
Is the pencil sharpener museum twinned with the pencil museum in Keswick?
The Abita Mystery House really is worth the stop, even if you're just traveling through Louisiana on 12. It looks small but will take awhile to get through and really is more interesting than you may think from any pictures. As an added bonus, you can go to the Abita Springs Taproom and try some great local brews or have lunch at the Abita Springs Cafe because it is awesome.
I live in West Virginia and a forgotten attraction here is The World’s Largest Teapot in Chester. It’s right off the highway (30) and it’s hard to miss
The Summum Pyramid and Gilgal Sculpture Garden would be great additions for Utah. They're both very bizarre, though I'm not sure whether the pyramid is open to the public.
Been to Coral Castle in Miami. It's an amazing place to see and an incredible work when you consider the sheer size and weight of some of those pieces of coral. One thing to keep in mind though: It's WAY outside the main part of Miami proper. We didn't realize it was so far south until we were most of the way there.
Kudos for showing the Beavers vs. Ducks to exemplify "hat on a hat" for the Portland Hat Museum.
Saw Spiral Jetty same day as a visit to the Golden Spike memorial - worst “Are we there yet?” Experience EVER from my kids.
Lol....for Wyoming there are actually quirky tourist places. The Smith Mansion at Wapiti, the nuclear bomb facility at Chugwater, Crazy Woman Creek, Hell's Half Acre, the jail where Billy the Sundance Kid was held, Vore Buffalo Jump, South Pass...the list goes on. Yellowstone isn't quirky and you really missed the bus on this one.
You did a great job. Wipe the corners of your mouth and be a little less stoned. Nice voice, good cadence.
God, the white stuff on his lip was distracting me, especially when they zoom in! I couldn't finish the video.
During the 1950 Delmarva Chicken Festival in Georgetown, Delaware, a giant frying pan was unveiled. It was made by the Mumford Sheet Metal Company in Selbyville, Delaware. This colossal pan measured ten feet in diameter, had an eight-foot handle, and weighed 650 pounds. It could hold a whopping 800 chicken quarters! The pan set a world record as the World’s Largest Frying Pan and was a star attraction at the festival for 37 years, frying over 100 tons of chicken. Although it’s now retired, its legacy lives on, used to hold the title of world's largest frying pan. While the Delmarva Chicken Festival celebrates all things poultry, it’s held in Salisbury, Maryland, not Delaware, which is the location of the frying pan / skillet. The giant frying pan was originally constructed in 1950 by the Mumford Sheet Metal Works in Selbyville, Delaware. The pan was created specifically for the Delmarva Chicken Festival, which was an event organized by the Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. (DPI) to promote the local poultry industry across the Delmarva Peninsula, which includes parts of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia
Montana should have been the land of a thousand Buddha’s. Even though it is blessed and picked by a buddist priest, it’s just random to be in the middle of a Native American Reservation
Omg what time was Montana? I could not find it for the life of me
Like Toast Angler said..the spook light here in southwest Missouri near State Line Road is one of the coolest attractions. Much better than a hair place that’s closed and a very publicized Titanic. A little disappointed in the lack of time spent on Missouri.
Seen that
Better Kansas candidates, a long with their locations:
Gallery of Presidential Also-Rans, Norton. A portrait gallery of people who ran and lost
Garden of Eden, Lucas. A fever dream of an art installation
Barbed Wire Museum, Lacrosse. Town may or may not be where it was invented.
Or come see the Fish Within a Fish at the Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Hays. They also have (had? They were trying to make it a traveling exhibit, but logistics for it are terrifying) featuring live specimens of every rattlesnake species found in America.
My grandparents would always take me as a kid to the sternburg museum, I never made it past that animatronic T. rex until our last visit, that’s when they knew I was too old to be there now
12:50 You circled St. Louis, not Independence, Missouri. It’s clear across the state!
31,295,028 cans laying edge to edge
That is an incredibly accurate guess! Apparently, the # is 30,903,840 .
I was coming to guess 31,264,000.
I have seen a couple. The royal palace in Hawaii, world's largest pistachio in Alamogordo, New Mexico, and Yellowstone in Wyoming.
New York's thing definitely should've been the Jell-O Museum in LeRoy
I was going to post the same thing.kudos.
I used to walk past "Light Rein" every day when I went to UW. Saw it from the outside all of the time, but unfortunately never had time to go inside to check it out.
I lived in a house in Murphysboro, IL, in the 1990s. That house survived the Tri-State Tornado.
No mention of the biggest ball of twine in Minnesota?
Darn it, I forgot about that one!!
I’m a native Arkansan. You should’ve mentioned that the Gurdon Light is seen when you walk down live railroad tracks, it’s illegal & must gain permission to walk down the tracks. A better attraction would’ve been the Crater of Diamonds State Park or Christ of the Ozarks in Eureka Springs or the Indian Mounds near Scott, AR or Quigley’s Castle or Fouke Monster Museum or The Alligator Farm or any number of other attractions that are less dangerous or not illegal.
Spooner Railroad museum in Spooner Wi.
And that’s not the only in town. Add that to the Wisconsin list.
Very interesting. But all of us who have lived in Sunny NoDak or neighboring lands want to teach you how to pronounce Wahpeton. Wikipedia comes close with its suggestion: WAH-pit-ən I'm guessing folks from other States will have additional suggestions because we love picking nits.
Since you guys like morbid things as well I should mention Michigan's anatomy of death museum is pretty neat.
I haven’t seen the Giant Pistachio in person, but I know Tinkertown in Cedar Crest, NM snubbed.
Utah's Gilgal Garden is the real go-to. Joseph Smith sphinx is unrivaled
Nebraska wasn't done justice on this list. Our best offbeat attraction is, by far, Carhenge.
how many takes did it take to get millinery right?
We need a time stamp guy
17:55 it's actually pronouced "WAH-pe-ton" accent on the first syllable, not wah-PET-on
I have been to the Spam Museum! My friend who was with me is now a Spam connoisseur.
You didnt go to Pops in Arcadia Oklahoma and home to the round barn. Also in Pauls Valley Oklahoma is the super hero toy museum
Never heard of the Hollywood Cemetery. I was born in Virginia too. I live in Oregon now. Haven't been to that place but have been near it.
I have been to the Museum of Dumb Guy stuff in Portsmouth, NH. Actually quite a cool collection of toys, figurines and dioramas. Literally in someone's basement and free to the public.
I hate to say it but like, Pinball hall of fame isn't offbeat exactly anymore. It's on the strip now.
Haven't been to any of those, don't intend to either... I do have one I like, tho... Powerland Heritage Park, near Salem. Bunches and bunches of old farm equipment, tractors, etc... They have a yearly event called The Great Oregon Steam-up, two weekends in late spring... LOTS more interesting than a bunch of hats, IMHO...
Oklahoma: The Museum of Osteology is great and underrated.
Plus the banjo museum and apparently a pigeon museum which I was unaware of 😅
You forgot the PA Houdini Museum.
That Presidential bear-scratching post in Lucedale is simply the best.
I came here thinking the cool would be room temp, but I feel the chill. There's some low energy stuff in here for sure.
There's an attraction in Michigan that beats the Mechanical world. Da Yooper's Trap. It has taxidermized deer using participating in various activates including sitting in an outhouse. It also has the worlds largest working chainsaw
I visited the Museum of Jurassic Technology years ago, and the whole time I kept thinking to myself “where the hell am I, and what the hell is this place?” Truly disorienting and weird in the best possible way.
Spring Green Wisconsin's House on the Rock. It is creepy strange and weird. Many different collections of things inside.
That Illinois one is weak. You couldn't pick the small town with all the world's biggest stuff Casey Illinois. Or the fairly accurate replica of many Egyptian landmarks in Chicago, or the Superman Statue In Metropolis Illinois and all the other Superman stuff there.
I agree. So much better and weirder stuff in Illinois.
I’m surprised you did mention the world’s largest Dutch wooden shoes & candy store for IL.
One of the first 400 views🥰❤
I’m surprise that from my home stirfry when you do put a giant blue bug on top of a pest control building was people from Massachusetts and Connecticut call it the big blue bug or as of local Rhode Islanders call it nibbles woodaway
That hammer museum looks like captain Spaldings murder ride.
Ha, should have known my hometown's giant paint ball would be on the list
Stopped at the SPAM Museum while driving through Minnesota once, but it was closed. Just as well I suppose.
Awwww. That's sad.
Did you keep heading north? The hockey museum's up north.
So is the largest Walleye, complete with saddle so you can ride it, and the largest Thermometer. That giant thermometer will tell you, sometimes, that you are in the coldest spot in all of the lower US states (meaning: not including Alaska.)
If you pass through Brainard you'll find Paul Bunyan too.
I have a pic of me (age 4) standing by a gigantic Paul. I'm the size of a mouse next to his boot.
There are a lot of Largest this and that throughout Minnesota and the Midwest.
Enjoy!! 🤍
I don't see a comment with a guess for how many Spam cans could line the US-Mexico border, so I'm going to guess 30,951,360 Spam cans (±15,840). That's a 1954-mile-long border, times 5280 feet per mile, times 12 inches per foot, divided by 4 inches per Spam can. I didn't really look for a more exact measurement of the border, though, and just went with Wikipedia's entry. There's 15,840 Spam cans in a mile for margin of error.
Oklahoma has a action figure and toy museum that is a much more interesting place to visit in our state.
9:30 That is weird My mother's maiden name was Nancy Hoffman. But her middle name was "Ann" which has 3 letters.
But also, the woman looks a bit like my mom.