Big Indian Shop and Statue: Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts – Offbeat Roadside Attractions
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The indian statue is big, at least 20 feet tal. Feather headdress that hangs down to the ground. In the gift shop you can buy indian souvenirs.

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Gingerbread Castle: Hamburg, New Jersey – Offbeat Roadside Attractions
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An old, castle-shaped kids attraction. Currently abandoned, but still perched on a hillside and recently repainted. But as you can see on the picture, we were not allowed to go closer.

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Lucy the Elephant: Margate City, New Jersey – Offbeat Roadside Attractions
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Lucy is the world’s largest elephant and the only one in America designated as a National Historic Landmark. Lucy was built in 1881 by James V. Lafferty. The elephant is six stories tall, weight 90 tons, covered with 12,000 square feet of sheet tin.

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Paul Bunyan Statue: Bangor, Maine – Offbeat Roadside Attractions
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Bangor claims to be both the birthplace of the lumber industry and the Birthplace of Paul Bunyan. A titan of a statue in the city reminds Bangorians of their connection to this mythic character.

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Large Fiberglass Lobster: Hancock, Maine – Offbeat Roadside Attractions
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It is just a red fiberglass lobster in front of a seafood restaurant. So, if you like to have a photo with a fiberglass lobster, stop there – take the picture and go on with your life.

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Perry’s Nut House: Belfast, Maine – Offbeat Roadside Attractions
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Unfortunately it was closed when we arrived. So we only could take pictures of the various animals sculptures on the outside. The Rocket-Bear on rollerblades, the huge Hot Dog-Bear and the giant squirrel holding a peanut.

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Pemaquid Point Lighthouse: Waldoboro, Maine – Offbeat Roadside Attractions
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The shop assistant in the Moody’s Diner gift shop told us, to visit the beautiful Permaquid Lighthouse. Compared to the lighthouses here in Germany, it is a small one, but laid on a cliff, were you can climb around.

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Frightening Saugus: Saugus, Massachusetts – Offbeat Roadside Attractions
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Route 1 in Saugus is known as the restaurant capital of the world. One restaurants next to each other. Many of these restaurants have world-famous landmarks. Kowloon, a Chinese/Polynesian restaurant. Prince’s Leaning Tower of Pizza restaurant.

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Mainer C. Lobster Sculpture: Woolwich, Maine – Offbeat Roadside Attractions
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This crazy looking metal Lobster statue is on right in front of restaurant parking lot. We stopped by, took a look at the menue and decided to drive on. Okay the lobster looked nice, but not the restaurant, maybe it changed the style since our visit.

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Red’s Eats Lobster: Wiscasset, Maine – Offbeat Roadside Attractions
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Many people believe that you get the best lobster roll in the world at Reds Eats. Red’s is a shack, a building about the size of a small trailer with a single window.

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