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However, if you are planning a road trip for this year, you may be looking for interesting rest stops or destinations that you can add to your itinerary. Regardless of where you are going in the US, or who you are traveling with, there are always a few interesting stops, landmarks, and spots along the way that are worth exploring. By pausing at a few of the below landmarks, museums, and pull-outs, you will be able to make the journey just as memorable as the destination.
Unusual landmarks
America is such a vast country that you could be forgiven for not knowing that the world’s largest ball of twine, boot, ball of paint, bull, pistachio, beagle, fork, frying pan, killer bee, and thermometer are all landmarks in various states across the country.
There are also small landmarks that you might miss if you did not already know there were there, like Nevada’s Area 51 alien mailbox, which is a solitary, metal mailbox 12 miles away from the infamous Area 51. You can also visit the small Mill’s End Park in Oregon, which is known as the “Smallest Park in the World” and which contains only one tree.
Each and every state has its own set of unique landmarks, so no matter where you go, you are sure to find something unusual and noteworthy!
Unique museums
If you prefer to visit museums as you travel, fear not, there are plenty of unusual and memorable museums dotted across the 50 states. The Takara Sake Museum is one of them. Situated in Berkeley, it is the only museum dedicated to the drink in America and involves not only a brewery tour and tasting but also a lesson in the 2,000-year history of Sake.
A classic museum to visit is the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, California. This home was famously built by Sarah Lockwood Pardee Winchester, the widow of William Wirt Winchester. She was the inheritor of his fortune. Sarah felt that the house was filled with spirits and ghosts, and she built the home and all of its strange additions and outcroppings (including doors that lead to nowhere, and curious, twisting passageways) to confuse and distract the spirits. This museum is well worth a visit for anyone interested in the paranormal, history, and architecture.
Those who are enchanted by the secrets of the forest can also visit Boring, Oregon’s North America Bigfoot Centre and Museum. After reviewing the artifacts, photographs, and evidence on display, you can decide for yourself whether or not bigfoot is real!
Strange restaurants and cafes
There are unique, strange, and downright weird restaurants, bars, and cafes across America. The Bors Hede Inne in Carnation, Washington, is both a restaurant and a museum as it is a perfect replica of an English village from around 1376. All of the food on the menu has been taken straight from actual 14th-century recipes as well, so you can enjoy your Sanc dragon, blamanger, or fenberry pie and have a pint of home-brewed, traditional ale while taking in the medieval surroundings.
If you are more interested in 20th-century history, why not stop by Milwaukee’s Safe House? This restaurant is designed to make you feel like you are stepping back in time to the Cold War. Not only do you need a password to be able to enter the door, but there are also secret doors, hidden passages, and spy gadgets throughout the restaurant.
For those of you who will want a vacation from your vacation, try stopping by San Francisco’s Tonga Room & Hurricane Bar. This San Francisco gem takes the concept of a tiki bar to the next level; with a wraparound “lagoon,” fake rainstorms, and drinks and food inspired by the tropics, you will feel like you have been transported back to an incredibly kitschy, fun version of 1940s Hawaii.
America is so large and full of beautiful and strange landmarks, museums, and restaurants that this list could go on forever. No matter where you travel in America, you are sure to find your own unique, fun, and memorable landmarks and hidden gems along the way.