Ireland has a highway service station dedicated former US President Barack Obama.

The site is a nice place to rest on your journey and grab food and gas, but it's also a bizarre themed site that has branded mugs, Obama's name on trash cans, and a whole floor as a free museum.

Located on Ireland's M7 highway, Barack Obama Plaza opened in 2014 in tribute to Obama's 2011 visit to the birthplace of his great-great-great-grandfather.

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Since 2014, one of Ireland's main highways has had a bizarre service station dedicated to former US President Barack Obama.

The justification for its existence is that Obama visited Moneygall, a nearby village, back in 2011 after learning that his great-great-great-grandfather was from there.

But that doesn't make the Barack Obama Plaza any less strange.

I am Irish and have been many times. Like every other Irish person I've spoken to about it, I have something of a love-hate relationship with the site. It's a very nice rest stop on a boring highway that has a widely stocked store, nice places to eat, friendly staff, and comfortable seats.

But there's something deeply embarrassing about it, and I really hope that tourists, particularly American tourists, don't take it too seriously — and don't think that we do either.

The branding, artwork, and statues — as well as the museum that has things like Obama badges, a Guinness glass Obama may or may not have drunk out of, and histories of other American presidents that had Irish heritage — all make for a truly confusing rest stop experience.

This is what it's like to visit: