Today’s catch is American: three pieces of roadside kitsch that outlasted the highways that built them, and three corners of public land where the trail or the water does the work. None on the canonical itinerary, none over $15.
A 28-foot fiberglass astronaut Muffler Man, restored and re-erected in Wilmington, Illinois
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A 45-ton concrete vault unsealed in 2025 after fifty years underground — Chevy Vega included
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The Florida state park with a live mermaid show, running since 1947
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A 256-foot waterfall, the tallest free-falling drop east of the Mississippi
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A short Marin Headlands hike to a hidden Golden Gate Bridge view
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An in-city wilderness trail through Portland's Hoyt Arboretum
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