We always want to make the most of a hallowed day off, and so out comes the offbeat travel guide we got at an office white elephant party, and then — inevitably — the New York Times Travel section. Be it a colorful festival of birds in a Minnesota bog or battling nature-deficit disorder in a more hands-on way by attending a work song workshop and then putting the results to practice in the fields of a historic plantation, we crave unusual adventures. In honor of rip-roaring excursions, we’ve rounded up some of the most intriguing but bizarre tourist attractions of a bygone roadside era. From alligator farms and ostrich racetracks to meteorite museums, click through to check out lost roadside attractions we’d love to visit.
The Seville Peacock Farm — Clearwater, Florida
Image credit: Lost Parks; The Postcard Depot
Moonshine Still — St. Augustine, Florida
Image credit: Lost Parks; The St. Augustine Record; Florida Memory
Casper’s Ostrich and Alligator Farm and Racetrack — St. Augustine, Florida
Image credit: FavoriteMemories; Florida Memory
California Alligator Farm — Los Angeles, California
American Meteorite Museum — Meteor City, Arizona
Image credit: Meteorite Collector; Jensen Meteorites
Tom Gaskins’ Cypress Knee Museum — Palmdale, Florida
Image credit: Merri Belland via Florida Memory
Bible Land — Calimesa, California
Image credit: Gary Bogus
Yosemite “Firefall” – Yosemite National Park, California
Image credit: Firefall; Jassy 50
End of The Oregon Trail Interpretive Center and Museum –- Oregon City, Oregon
Image credit: Hells Canyon Scenic Byway
The Honey Bee Observatory — Fort Myers, Florida
Image credit: Lost Parks