Planning a Washington road trip and looking for all the best things to do and things to see in the state? Browse below to find a selection of the best Washington roadside attractions for sightseeing, famous tourist sites, tasty roadside restaurants, road trip stops, top attractions, destinations, and other must-see Washington tourist attractions at Silly America. Plan your next vacation or road trip driving through Washington and find all the most iconic, weird, cool, and silliest sites along the way!
Ivar Feeding the Gulls is a statue of Ivar Johan Haglund (March 21, 1905 – January 30, 1985), a folk singer, restaurateur and founder of Ivar’s, a well-known Seattle seafood restaurant chain. This statue lives in front of one of the chain’s first and most popular outposts, Ivar’s Fish Bar at Pier 54, located along …
The Seattle Museum of the Mysteries was a shopfront museum in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood that specialized in the paranormal. The small basement museum and research center was jam packed with books, photos, documents, and artifacts related to paranormal science, ancient civilizations, alternate reality, UFOs, crop circles, mysteries, and bigfoot. Exhibits included a wax head …
Ye Olde Curiosity Shop in Seattle, Washington is a must-see destination for lovers of the weird. The novelty shop and oddity museum has been around since 1899. It was opened that year by Joseph Edward Standley (1854-1940) and has been operated by his family ever since. Stop in to pick out a peculiar (or not …
I saw this Gold Prospector Statue in Sumas, Washington, out the car window on our road trip from Seattle to Hyder, Alaska. We didn’t have time to stop, so I could only get a couple of quick snaps in before we drove off. At the time (2009) it sat next to Lo’s Garden Chinese and …
There are plenty of weird, wacky, and peculiar things to see in Fremont, a weird wacky and peculiar neighborhood in Seattle, Washington. Call it “The People’s Republic of Fremont.” Call it “The Artists’ Republic of Fremont.” Call it the “center of the universe.” Whichever you choose, Fremont, a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, is unlike anywhere …
Are you planning a Washington road trip and want to find all the best Washington roadside attractions along your route? Whether you’re driving I-90 from Washington to Spokane, exploring the Cascade Loop or Chinook Pass, or taking Interstate 5 to Olympia, you won’t want to miss these fifteen must-see places to go in Washington. They’re …
The bronze Jimi Hendrix Statue in Seattle, Washington was unveiled in 1997. Now, over 20 years later, it is still a pop culture icon and popular tourist attraction in the city. Actually named “The Electric Lady Studio Guitar,” for locals and visitors alike the sculpture is more commonly called the bronze Jimi Hendrix statue. Hendrix …
“Rapunzel! Rapunzel! Let down your hair that I may climb thy golden stair!” The witch who holds the fair maiden captive (and, later, a handsome prince) calls out this famous phrase in the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale. And you can belt it out too at this roadside attraction: the Bridgetender Rapunzel in Neon on …
On my road trip from Seattle to Hyder, Alaska we stumbled upon this Big Rooster in Nooksack, Washington. And, let me tell you, this Washington roadside attraction rules the roost! The fiberglass rooster once advertised a restaurant named Dunny’s in Everson. When I visited in 2009 it showcased a family Mexican Restaurant called Mexico Tipico. …
A carved bear raises a beer and hides a cub outside of the Little Roadside Tavern in Everson, Washington. We saw this Washington roadside attraction last year on our road trip from Seattle, Washington to Hyder, Alaska, along with the Big Rooster in Nooksack and the Gold Prospector Statue in Sumas. Site: Carved Little Roadside Tavern …
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