The Coolest Offbeat Attraction in Each U.S. State

I would love to see a video about the strangest cities in each state. We all have those outliers that have odd quirks. They usually have their own name like "the River People" or "the West Counties".

Offbeat attractions you say? Just come to Joshua Tree, Ca. We have a, wait for it... WORLD FAMOUS KNITTING MUSEUM ...and we have the ITEGRATRON too! And dont forget to check out our DILDO statue!

i am glad you mention the Museum of Bad Art it's on my bucket list to visit. loved your video

How about adding US Territories to the next video

I've seen about 10 of these things/ places.
now i have a list of the last 40.
thanks!

I don't see a comment with a guess for how many Spam cans could line the US-Mexico border, so I'm going to guess 30,951,360 Spam cans (±15,840). That's a 1954-mile-long border, times 5280 feet per mile, times 12 inches per foot, divided by 4 inches per Spam can. I didn't really look for a more exact measurement of the border, though, and just went with Wikipedia's entry. There's 15,840 Spam cans in a mile for margin of error.

i feel bad for this guy. He looks like if an alien made what they thought was a human but used substandard material

really nasty nail polish

Nebraska wasn't done justice on this list. Our best offbeat attraction is, by far, Carhenge.

The term meki neccko translating to lucky cat or welcoming cat the modern iteration
Is Hello Kitty. (Nippon)

I lived in a house in Murphysboro, IL, in the 1990s. That house survived the Tri-State Tornado.

I mean you can come visit the radiation horse but there isn’t a place to park. You just have to drive by it

I’m surprise that from my home stirfry when you do put a giant blue bug on top of a pest control building was people from Massachusetts and Connecticut call it the big blue bug or as of local Rhode Islanders call it nibbles woodaway

Kudos for showing the Beavers vs. Ducks to exemplify "hat on a hat" for the Portland Hat Museum.

After I stepped onto the island I was arrested on sight. Quick visit.

Wisconsin definitely should have been represented by House On The Rock! (Thirty years ago I'd have said Xanadu: House Of Tomorrow) Combine the Coral Castle, the Mechanical Museum, and the Anita Mystery House, and then multiply by a factor of nine. Much cooler than some silly old bobble-heads!

Whap ah tun is how it's pronounced

KISS lied, they said Detroit was rock city.

how many takes did it take to get millinery right?

I visited the Museum of Jurassic Technology years ago, and the whole time I kept thinking to myself “where the hell am I, and what the hell is this place?” Truly disorienting and weird in the best possible way.

I prefer Justin to do the videos. I like him better.

What happened to New Jersey's Lucy the Elephant? She just had a major face lift too!!

Illinois definitely should’ve been the bigfoot statue in the Shawnee. Best photo-op in the state

I was expecting the Mob Museum in Vegas as Nevada's entry, oh well. At first, I didn't like Justin as a host. This is his best video. He was a lot more relaxed and seemed like he was having fun. I still enjoy Erin, too, but Justin, keep up the good work.

Spooner Railroad museum in Spooner Wi.
And that’s not the only in town. Add that to the Wisconsin list.

I can't belive you missed Kansas's "Garden of eden" in Lucus! It's way more intresting than any ol yarn ball. It's the work of one gentelman who made a bunch of cement sculptures in his backyard. Kansas also has a museum dedicated to barbed wire. You dropped the ball on poor Kansas Mental Floss.

I'm Missouri, I worked next door to the hair museum. They supposedly had a lock of Jesus's hair.

When in Alabama go to an Auburn game.. We don't cheat when we play a game and most if all we don't have sex with our family members

I'm from the Alabama Gulf Coast, and though Ft. Gaines is neat, there is something down here called, "Bamahenge", which is a 1:1 replica of Stonehenge. When you're done gawking at it, there are about 5 or so, presumably, life sized dino statues spread about, and finding them is half the fun! This is in a place called Lillian, about 15 mins from the beach. Oh, and I can't forget about the "Lady of the Lake" which is a giant statue of a woman laying in this marina pond as if she's having a relaxing bubble bath, lol.

The Abita Mystery House really is worth the stop, even if you're just traveling through Louisiana on 12. It looks small but will take awhile to get through and really is more interesting than you may think from any pictures. As an added bonus, you can go to the Abita Springs Taproom and try some great local brews or have lunch at the Abita Springs Cafe because it is awesome.

For New Jersey you, missed the Palace of Depression in Vineland. It was created by George Daynor during the great depression out of basically found items & garbage. When Daynor was alive, he charged a $0.25 fee tour the property which took him 4 years to build at the cost of $4.00. Daynor passed in 1964 at the reported age of 104 years old and not long after that the palace caught fire & burned forcing the city to raze most of the property and leaving only the original ticket booth intact, but in 2001, a Vineland native decided to rebuild the Palace, Kevin Kirchner created the save the Palace of Depression fund & took an additional 3 years to obtain all the permits and clear the woods that had grown up on the property since the fire & razing. As of now it is in at least 90% completed status.
It was also mentioned in the movie Eddie and the Cruisers.

I HAD to watch this when I saw the giant pistachio at McGinns on the main page! I live less than an hour from it! Loved this video! As I recall, the original owners children had it made as a gift to him!

Kentucky has it's own Stonehenge and you recommend a museum of ventriloquist dummies? Yikes on the research.

How was House on the Rock not the attraction for Wisconsin? It is the coolest and most bizarre place I've ever been to

From Alabama, though you were going to talk about the dinosaurs in the forest

Ha, should have known my hometown's giant paint ball would be on the list

Lol....for Wyoming there are actually quirky tourist places. The Smith Mansion at Wapiti, the nuclear bomb facility at Chugwater, Crazy Woman Creek, Hell's Half Acre, the jail where Billy the Sundance Kid was held, Vore Buffalo Jump, South Pass...the list goes on. Yellowstone isn't quirky and you really missed the bus on this one.

What an insult to Hawaii and its history that you place the Iolani Palace in this video of “offbeat” attractions alongside silly indulgences like the world’s largest ball of paint. You should be ashamed of yourselves Mental Floss. What an absolute disgrace.

I’m surprised you did mention the world’s largest Dutch wooden shoes & candy store for IL.

I’m a native Arkansan. You should’ve mentioned that the Gurdon Light is seen when you walk down live railroad tracks, it’s illegal & must gain permission to walk down the tracks. A better attraction would’ve been the Crater of Diamonds State Park or Christ of the Ozarks in Eureka Springs or the Indian Mounds near Scott, AR or Quigley’s Castle or Fouke Monster Museum or The Alligator Farm or any number of other attractions that are less dangerous or not illegal.

I like the pistachio farm in Alamogordo N.M.,my home town. My brother still lives there,I live in Phoenix now. Next time I throw a road trip over there I would like to go see the pistachio farm because I have'nt been there yet. I saw it once featured on Only in America with Larry the cable guy. Yeah, Larry has been there too.

You didnt go to Pops in Arcadia Oklahoma and home to the round barn. Also in Pauls Valley Oklahoma is the super hero toy museum

I live in West Virginia and a forgotten attraction here is The World’s Largest Teapot in Chester. It’s right off the highway (30) and it’s hard to miss

I have been to the Museum of Dumb Guy stuff in Portsmouth, NH. Actually quite a cool collection of toys, figurines and dioramas. Literally in someone's basement and free to the public.

How about a video on failed ideas, include both museums and historical sights. Kentucky has CIvil war site ,Columbus Belmont, where the rebels stretched a chain across the Mississippi to try to keep the Yankies from getting further south. The chain kept breaking, also typhoid ran through the Confederate camp during the summer.
My rural church had a self flushing outhouse dumped into the river.

Very cool.

Time stamp, Time stamp, Time stamp would be VERY HELPFUL.