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searchaux" style="display:none">Roadside attraction area for visitors</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the unrelated American production and distribution company, see <a href="/wiki/Roadside_Attractions" title="Roadside Attractions">Roadside Attractions</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Drumheller_%26_the_Tyrell_Museum_(7897901734).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Drumheller_%26_the_Tyrell_Museum_%287897901734%29.jpg/220px-Drumheller_%26_the_Tyrell_Museum_%287897901734%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Drumheller_%26_the_Tyrell_Museum_%287897901734%29.jpg/330px-Drumheller_%26_the_Tyrell_Museum_%287897901734%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Drumheller_%26_the_Tyrell_Museum_%287897901734%29.jpg/440px-Drumheller_%26_the_Tyrell_Museum_%287897901734%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2121" data-file-height="1414" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/World%27s_Largest_Dinosaur" title="World's Largest Dinosaur">World's Largest Dinosaur</a>, a roadside attraction in <a href="/wiki/Drumheller" title="Drumheller">Drumheller</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alberta" title="Alberta">Alberta</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Colborne_Big_Apple.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Colborne_Big_Apple.jpg/220px-Colborne_Big_Apple.jpg" 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In general, these are places one might stop on the way to somewhere, rather than being a destination. They are frequently advertised with <a href="/wiki/Billboard_(advertising)" class="mw-redirect" title="Billboard (advertising)">billboards</a>. The modern tourist-oriented highway attraction originated as a <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada"> Canadian</a> phenomenon in the 1940s to 1960s,<sup id="cite_ref-QuinnAmerica2018_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QuinnAmerica2018-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and subsequently caught on in <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Chon2013_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chon2013-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roadside_attraction&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When long-distance road travel became practical and popular in the 1920s, entrepreneurs began building restaurants, motels, coffee shops, cafes, and unusual businesses to attract travelers.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Weingroff_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Weingroff-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many of the buildings were attractions in themselves in the form of <a href="/wiki/Novelty_architecture" title="Novelty architecture">novelty architecture</a>, depicting everyday objects of enormous size, typically relating to the items sold there.<sup id="cite_ref-Wickman_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wickman-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some other types of roadside attractions include monuments and fictionalized-paranormal/illusionary amusements such as the <a href="/wiki/Mystery_Spot" title="Mystery Spot">Mystery Spot</a> near Santa Cruz, California,<sup id="cite_ref-Green2014_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Green2014-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or curiosities such as <a href="/wiki/The_Thing_(roadside_attraction)" title="The Thing (roadside attraction)">The Thing?</a> along <a href="/wiki/Interstate_10" title="Interstate 10">Interstate 10</a> in Arizona.<sup id="cite_ref-TreatMoran2007_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TreatMoran2007-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the construction of the U.S. <a href="/wiki/Interstate_Highway_System" title="Interstate Highway System">Interstate Highway System</a> in the mid-1950s, many roadside attractions were bypassed and quickly went out of business.<sup id="cite_ref-Weingroff_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Weingroff-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some remained attractive enough to divert travelers from the interstate for a brief respite and thus remain in business. The best example of this change is along <a href="/wiki/US_Route_66" class="mw-redirect" title="US Route 66">US Route 66</a>, where in the southwest, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_40" title="Interstate 40">Interstate 40</a> provided for non-stop travel.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2017, the publication <i><a href="/wiki/Best_Life_(magazine)" title="Best Life (magazine)">Best Life</a></i> listed 33 top roadside attractions in the U.S. Among those listed were <a href="/wiki/Lucy_the_Elephant" title="Lucy the Elephant">Lucy the Elephant</a>, Margate, NJ; <a href="/wiki/Cabazon_Dinosaurs" title="Cabazon Dinosaurs">Cabazon Dinosaurs</a>, Cabazon, CA; <a href="/wiki/Oregon_Vortex" title="Oregon Vortex">Oregon Vortex</a>, Gold Hill, OR; <a 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novelty architecture, and large sculptures in Canada</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Margolies" title="John Margolies">John Margolies</a>, whose 13,000+ photographs of roadside attractions in the United States are now in the public domain</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_largest_roadside_attractions" title="List of largest roadside attractions">List of largest roadside attractions</a> (international)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novelty_architecture" title="Novelty architecture">Novelty architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roadside_America_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Roadside America (disambiguation)">Roadside America (disambiguation)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourist_trap" title="Tourist trap">Tourist trap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wall_Drug" title="Wall Drug">Wall Drug</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/What_Were_They_Thinking%3F" title="What Were They Thinking?">What Were They Thinking?</a></i>, a Canadian comedy television series which profiled roadside attractions</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roadside_attraction&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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(2001). <i>The American automobile in the 20th century : a reference guide</i>. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780313245589" title="Special:BookSources/9780313245589"><bdi>9780313245589</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+American+automobile+in+the+20th+century+%3A+a+reference+guide&rft.place=Westport%2C+CT&rft.pub=Greenwood+Press&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=9780313245589&rft.aulast=Berger&rft.aufirst=Michael+L.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoadside+attraction" class="Z3988"></span></ref></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHollis1999" class="citation book cs1">Hollis, Tim (1999). <i>Dixie before Disney: 100 years of roadside fun</i>. University Press of Mississippi. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781617033742" title="Special:BookSources/9781617033742"><bdi>9781617033742</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Dixie+before+Disney%3A+100+years+of+roadside+fun&rft.pub=University+Press+of+Mississippi&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=9781617033742&rft.aulast=Hollis&rft.aufirst=Tim&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoadside+attraction" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJakleSculle2011" class="citation book cs1">Jakle, John A.; Sculle, Keith A. (2011). <i>Remembering Roadside America Preserving the Recent Past as Landscape and Place</i>. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781572338333" title="Special:BookSources/9781572338333"><bdi>9781572338333</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Remembering+Roadside+America+Preserving+the+Recent+Past+as+Landscape+and+Place.&rft.place=Knoxville&rft.pub=University+of+Tennessee+Press&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=9781572338333&rft.aulast=Jakle&rft.aufirst=John+A.&rft.au=Sculle%2C+Keith+A.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoadside+attraction" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKirbySmithWilkins1992" class="citation book cs1">Kirby, Doug; Smith, Ken; Wilkins, Mike (1992). <i>The new Roadside America: the modern traveler's guide to the wild and wonderful world of America's Tourist attractions</i>. New York: Simon & Schuster. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780671769314" title="Special:BookSources/9780671769314"><bdi>9780671769314</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+new+Roadside+America%3A+the+modern+traveler%27s+guide+to+the+wild+and+wonderful+world+of+America%27s+Tourist+attractions&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Simon+%26+Schuster&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=9780671769314&rft.aulast=Kirby&rft.aufirst=Doug&rft.au=Smith%2C+Ken&rft.au=Wilkins%2C+Mike&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoadside+attraction" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMargolies1998" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/John_Margolies" title="John Margolies">Margolies, John</a> (1998). <i>Fun along the road : American tourist attractions</i>. 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