Ted's World of Roadside Attractions

“I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.”   –Susan Sontag

This is just a sampling of the fun stuff that one can encounter while traveling about the countryside.  Our first stop (above) is a city park in Sterling, Colorado, which features SkyGrazer one of many bronzed trees about town.
 

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Bronze horse just south of Bridgeport, California

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Ranch gate in rural Kanab, Utah

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It's a different world in Death Valley, California

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Dinosaurs roam the desert in Anza Borrego State Park, California

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Tricky street name in Magalia, California

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Parking reserved for the world's smartest people at Cal Berkeley, California

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The Wizard of Odd in Nevada City, California

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Modern art in Springdale, Utah

Face Rock greets visitors to the famous western-movie set in the Alabama Hills between Lone Pine, California and Mount Whitney, highest in the U.S. outside Alaska.  Over the years, the greeter's personality has changed considerably, albeit not surprisingly.

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Alabama Alice, circa 1997 {not my photo}
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Alabama Archie, circa 2020

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Watch for turtles at Red Rock National Conservation Area near Las Vegas, Nevada

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Ranch entrance near Pilot Hill, California

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The movable Sand Mountain on US-50 is in the middle of nowhere

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This sage advice on US-50 at White Hall, California, was obliterated in 2020

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The movie set for TV's Gunsmoke series (1955-75)...

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...now falling into ruin off Johnson Canyon Road near Kanab, Utah

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Rural front yard in Woodland, California

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Mural in Christina Lake, British Columbia

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Friendly greeting at a former resort east of Georgetown, California

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A shortcut-that-wasn't in Central Oregon

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Getting through Area-51 to Tonopah, Nevada

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The owners have retired in Hamilton, Idaho

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Unlikely stuff in Bridgeport, California

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An unusual entreaty in Revelstoke National Park, British Columbia

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Halfway to nowhere on the Salmon River, Idaho

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Automobile nostalgia in Harrington, Washington

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Fun stuff in diminutive Alta, California

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Huckleberry, Rocky, and Bullwinkle in Columbia Falls, Montana

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Critter warning at Palouse Falls State Park, Washington

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At the Laws Railroad Museum near Bishop, California

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Adobe art near Pipe Spring, Arizona

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Flying Pink Pig in Topanga Canyon, Los Angeles County, California

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Unlikely motorist warning in Mina, Nevada

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Eagle, Colorado hosts an interesting variety of charitable events ...

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...The main street is lined with twenty hand-painted globes

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On the frontage road near Crowley Lake, California

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Standard fixtures of Beautiful Downtown Chicken, Alaska

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Biker mom and doggie at the former Dewey Bridge near Moab, Utah

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A band of friendly wild burros roams Custer State Park in the Black Hills of South Dakota

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This exquisite mural in Ely, Nevada is too wide for a single photograph.  Above is the right-hand side

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Left-hand side

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At IdidaRide near Seward, Alaska, every dog is anxious to be selected for the 'sled' team

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Visitors are encouraged to interface with the animals

More than any other scene, the photo of the little girl holding the husky pup is what prompted me to create this page.

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Unique bridge configuration in Feather River Canyon, California

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Any guests of this place in Vale, Oregon must not have seen the movie, Psycho

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Storefronts in Ten Sleep, Wyoming

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Storefront in Deadwood, South Dakota

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The little Alaska communities host some strangely wonderful events

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Homemade parade floats compete for a prize

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Yes, that's the correct elevation on the Scenic Byway east of Beaver, Utah

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The real action is on the second floor at the Red Onion in Skagway, Alaska

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Modern-day gypsies in environment-friendly Glenwood Canyon, Colorado

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Bunion, anyone?

For many years it didn't matter in Camino, California; but as of 2020, "Bunyan" has been replaced by "Bunyon", making both signs historically incorrect.

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Jack London's meat cache in Dawson City, Yukon Territory

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Commemorating the Chilkoot Trail at Diamond Tooth Gertie's, Dawson City, Yukon Territory

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Watch for children in Zion National Park, Utah

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Entering Rio Grande Gorge State Park near Taos, New Mexico

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Signpost Forest, Watson Lake, British Columbia
(yes, we contributed to the clutter)
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For those not yet old enough to read

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The bones of a 50-foot fish are housed at Ichthyosaur State Park near Gabbs, Nevada

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The ferry near Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky is more fun than a boring old bridge

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Storefronts in Moab, Utah

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At the Mount Rose Trailhead near Incline Village, Nevada

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RV Park entrance near Homer, Alaska

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Residence in Homer, Alaska

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On the Kenai Peninsula near Homer, Alaska

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Cemetery humor at Tombstone, Arizona

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Backroad entreaty near Parker Lake, California

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Kinetic Sculpture Parade and Races, Eureka, California

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The race continues on the water in Arcata, California, then finishes up on land in Ferndale

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A straight stretch of road dead-ends at a major highway near Baker, Nevada

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Battle scene in Baker, Nevada

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Veterans Living Memorial near Weed, California

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Near Cedar City, Utah

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1950s humor in Tom's Place, California

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On the Beartooth Highway near Cody, Wyoming

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Storefront in Chitina, Alaska

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At Bodie State Park near Bridgeport, California

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Motel in Greybull, Wyoming

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Resident peacock at Daffodil Hill, California

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Iron art in Hanksville, Utah, in 2010...

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...the display now is much more extensive, and is called Carl's Critter Garden

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A retired "pig" at Delta Junction, Alaska — used to clean the oil pipeline

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Hot August Nights in Reno, Nevada

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On a back road west of Bishop, California

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A serious miscalculation in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado

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Halloween in Sevierville, Tennessee

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Halloween at Grand Lake, Vermont

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Halloween in Nevada City, California

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Halloween in the Berkshire Hills, Pennsylvania

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'Viking' guards near Seward, Alaska

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Heartfelt message near Garrison, Utah

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Storefront in Silverton, Colorado

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Tunnel Tree in Sequoia National Park, California

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Commemorating the elusive Area-51 in Rachel, Nevada

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They serve Alien Burgers and delicious homemade asparagus soup

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Used-car dealership in Sedro Woolley, Washington

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A welcome prospect in the heat of lower Kings Canyon National Park, California

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Nursery rhymes are alive and well in Paradise, near Bishop, California

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Appearing to hold up traffic deliberately in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

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Shoe Tree at Middlegate, Nevada — destroyed by a jealous lover who believed it a trysting spot

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Directions to a downstairs shop in Leadville, Colorado

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Observed in Wallace, Idaho

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This anemic replacement movie set for The Outlaw Josie Wales, Paria, Utah, was burned by vandals in 2006

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Near Fredonia, Arizona

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The resident Monster at Bear Lake State Park, Idaho

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Upside-Down House at the Old Schoolhouse Museum in Lee Vining, California

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Chief Blockhead guards Lundy Canyon near Lee Vining, California

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Johnny Appleseed's image on a locomotive smokestack at the Golden Spike National Historic Site, Utah

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A llama enjoys its temporary freedom near Virgin, Utah

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An unlikely wind chime with night lighting near Virgin, Utah

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The wait is not very long in Vacaville, California

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Wood sculptures in Chetwynd, British Columbia ...

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...the self-proclaimed chainsaw capital of the world

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A cabin gate on Old Donner Summit, California

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The bar is open in Riggins, Idaho

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These off-roaders in Lakeview, Oregon should have stayed out of that Riggins bar

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Our tax dollars at work in Newcastle, California

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Chapel in the Hills, Rapid City, South Dakota — constructed without a single nail

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On the road to Pikes Peak Summit, Colorado

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Placerville, California always will be known as Hangtown

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Jarbidge, Nevada — home of the cleanest air in the Lower-48

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Stonehenge replica at Maryhill, Washington

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Action-doll shrine near Trona, California
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Giant Desert Piranha threaten Trona, California

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Paul Bunyan and his Blue Ox, Babe, at the Trees of Mystery, California

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Guarding the granary near Bucks Corners, Oregon

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Did Crocodile Dundee dine here in Naches, Washington?

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On the outskirts of Sacramento, California

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Self-cancelling idiocy in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington

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Ranch humor in the foothills behind Rocklin, California

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Greeting visitors to the dock in Seward, Alaska

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