wierd/unique places in the U.S?

Question

i have a social studies project where i have to describe a trip across the U.S. i have to stop at unique places along the way. some places like "the ringing rocks park in Pennsylvania". can someone give me some ideas?

Answer 1

I can suggest some places in the southeast. . .
Nashville has a full-scale replica of the Parthenon, complete with a 40-foot statue of Athena.
From Nashville, drive 3 hours west on I-40 to Memphis. While you're there, you can check out something both unusual and educational. Martin Luther King, Jr was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. Afterwards, the hotel's owner was unable to maintain the business. The bank foreclosed on the property, and a group of citizens stepped in to preserve it as an important landmark. Now the Lorraine Motel is the site of The National Civil Rights Museum.
So then, you drive due South until you're on the MS Gulf Coast. If you time this right (say, Oct 20) you'll be able to have a once-in-a-lifetime experience at Gautier's mullet fest. A mullet is a popular fish down here, and you can have it cooked any way you can think of, as long as its fried. The most unusual part of this festival has to be the mullet toss, though. Prizes are given for best distance, contestants broken up into their age groups.
While you're on the Gulf Coast, you and your traveling companions can spend a couple of days volunteering for Hurricane Katrina relief. There are too few construction workers to meet the current demand, and many people who had retired before the storm are unable to pay the full cost of rebuilding their home. Some volunteers get to do 'demolition duty' - taking down a structure that's not safe anymore, and others work on getting a home liveable again. Many elderly residents cannot do the physically demanding work, and you have a chance to make someone's life much happier.
Have fun on your 'trip.' I'm giving you a star because I've enjoyed reading everyone's responses so much.

Answer 2

Wow, I never had a project like that in school. I love to travel especially by car I could go on for hours. I would suggest just search for one thing in each state and get detailed with it. If you can make it as far as Chicago This is where route 66 starts and runs all the way to California. Having made this trip a number of times I can say if you search for "obscure route 66" you could just follow the map. Good luck. Remember just because you might not think it's worth stopping for doesn't mean it's not. If you find it on the web then you can guarantee that someone somewhere thinks that place is the greatest.

Answer 3

You could stop at the salt mines in Lyons, Ks, or dig selenite crystals in Cherokee, Oklahoma. Tour the Alabaster Caverns in Freedom, Oklahoma. Climb Glass Mountain in Norman, Oklahoma, visit the Eisenhower museum in Abilene, Ks. I would say you could see the world's largest hand dug well in Greensboro, Ks, but a HUGE tornado wiped that town off of the map this summer. There's Cave of the Winds and Manitou Springs in Colorado as well as the Molly McVicker Gold Mine Tour. Fire & Ice caves near Albuquerque, New Mexico. Sedona, Arizona is a story all by itself. Utah has seven different park areas--all very unique. I especially enjoyed Arches National Park near Moab, Utah---it's one of the places where Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade was filmed.

Answer 4

To avoid actually DOING your homework for you here is a suggestion- the travel channel did a show on just this topic. That might be a good place to research. (Ringing rocks is very odd, btw!!) Another oddball place (this is the only one I'll give you) Fouke, Arkansas. Include time to chat with the locals!!!
Good luck. Try to find somewhere near you that you can REALLY go to!

Answer 5

There are two places with huge crosses which are visible from the highway for miles around. One is in Effingham, Illinois, and the other is Groom, Texas (claims to be the second largest cross in the Western Hemisphere.) At Groom, there are also life-size depictions of Jesus with the Cross on the way to Calvary.

Answer 6

I'd stop at the National Parks - each of them is totally unique : )

Here's the website for the National Park Service, with info on all the parks:
http://www.nps.gov/

HTH : )

Answer 7

This Web site has all sorts of places on it, including some really odd stuff as well as the usual attractions.

Answer 8

You can go to the Oregon Vortex.
http://www.oregonvortex.com/photographs-backyard.htm
I think it's a hoax, but many people say otherwise.