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Looking for something more interesting than your dinner plate to post on Instagram?

Why not take a road trip and snap some shots of America's weirdest roadside attractions? You can even pick up some strange and useless facts along the way.

See also: Hit the open road with these 25 hacks for the best road trip ever

The perfect shot of one of these roadside oddities could get you closer to becoming instafamous, so head out on the road and explore the U.S. and all the weirdness it has to offer.

Salvation Mountain

In the desert of southern California, a man named Leonard Knight created this colorful masterpiece known as Salvation Mountain, exclaiming his passion for his religion. The mountain is over 50 feet tall and 150 feet wide.





Cabazon Dinosaurs

For more than 30 years the Cabazon Dinosaurs have been a quintessential roadside attraction, pulling drivers off of Interstate 10 in California.

Driving through the desert is the best. Here is @bensasso being a T-Rex. Typical. A photo posted by Katch Silva (@katchsilva) on Aug 3, 2015 at 2:32pm PDT

"Mr. Rex" the T-Rex and Denny the apatosaurus are sure to shock your followers into liking your pic.

PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE vs THE WIZARD vs REBECCA DIAZ (we all won) A photo posted by Rebecca Diaz (@rebdiaz) on Jul 30, 2015 at 5:54pm PDT





Carhenge

A man named Jim Reinders built Carhenge, a circle of vintage American cars in Alliance, Nebraska, as a memorial to his father and an interpretation of the original Stonehenge.

Stopped at Carhenge, an interesting monstrosity constructed within some farmers corn field in nowhere Nebraska. A photo posted by Andy Fancher (@steak_dinner) on Jul 30, 2015 at 10:39am PDT





Cadillac Ranch

Along iconic Route 66 in Amarillo, Texas, are vintage Cadillacs half buried in the dirt, covered in layers and layers of spray paint.

Cadillac Ranch has become a huge tourist attraction and actually encourages visitors to paint the vehicles, so bring your spray paint and create a masterpiece.





Blue Whale of Catoosa

The Blue Whale of Catoosa, in Oklahoma, is actually a pier and slide into a pond, built for the creator's grandchildren.

Visitors can no longer swim in the pond, but can still picnic and fish on this historic landmark. Snap a photo inside the mouth of this land-locked whale for a sure Instagram hit.

#route66 #rt66 A photo posted by Gary Black (@gwblack) on May 17, 2015 at 1:03pm PD





Paul Bunyan Statue

The 30-foot tall Paul Bunyan Statue commemorates Akeley, Minnesota, as the hometown of Bunyan's legend. The legend of the giant lumberjack we know today was the product of an ad campaign for a lumber company based in town.

Hop into Bunyan's hand for a cozy pic with your new giant friend.

Paul didn't have any Bunyans A photo posted by Erica Fahey (@ericafahey) on Jul 1, 2015 at 5:15pm PDT





Rhyolite 'Ghost Town'

After quartz was found here in 1904, people flocked to this piece of desert on the edge of Death Valley and founded Rhyolite. After only 12 years, the rush was over and Rhyolite was abandoned, leaving the buildings to decay.

Besides the decaying buildings and restored bottle house, Rhyolite boasts the Goldwell Open Air Museum, a permanent sculpture collection including an interpretation of "The Last Supper" consisting of empty, ghost-like fiberglass robes.

the last supper ~ 1984 by Albert Szukalski A photo posted by @ninachabanon on Jun 13, 2015 at 4:33pm PDT





World's Largest Pistachio

New Mexico's World's Largest Pistachio serves as the landmark for McGinn's Pistachio Tree Ranch and Arena Blanca Winery, also known as PistachioLand.

Owner Tim McGinn created the giant nut as a tribute to his father who founded the pistachio farm and winery. You can grab a World's Largest Pistachio Shake from the ice cream parlor for a double-supersized photo op.

Go nuts!! #pistachio #welovenuts #alamogordo #newmexico A photo posted by @tracyemi86 on Apr 19, 2015 at 12:44pm PDT





Green Giant

The 55.5-foot Jolly Green Giant, the mascot of Green Giant vegetables, actually has little connection with its namesake. Radio host Paul Hedberg and local businesses in Blue Earth, Minnesota, funded the construction of the Jolly Green Giant statue to bring tourists to the community.

You can climb up the staircase to take a picture of your tiny self next to the towering green man in a leafy toga.

My spirit animal. A photo posted by Grady Kelly (@gradyckelly) on Jun 19, 2015 at 6:48pm PDT





World's Largest Buffalo

Dakota Thunder is a 26-foot tall, 60-ton concrete buffalo, symbolizing the wild animal which one heavily populated the plains of the midwest.

Dakota watches over Jamestown, North Dakota's Frontier Village, a replica of a frontier town complete with some original buildings and artifacts.

Buffalo buff before the world's largest buffalo in Jamestown, ND. #buffalotour A photo posted by Christopher Tassava (@tassava) on Jul 30, 2015 at 6:43pm PDT





World's Largest Chest of Drawers, North Carolina

Appropriately located in the Home Furnishings Capital of the World — High Point, North Carolina — lies the World's Largest Chest of Drawers. The two socks symbolize the area's hosiery industry as well.

Finally! A dresser big enough to hold all my clothes, lol A photo posted by Kristen Pitts (@kristen_pitts) on Jul 19, 2015 at 4:31pm PDT





Foamhenge

Foamhenge "appeared" in a field in Natural Bridge, Virginia, on April Fool's Day in 2004 and has since become a top roadside attraction.

Poking fun at the mysterious stone structure in England, Foamhenge is made entirely out of — you guessed it — foam. At sunset climb atop the 'sacrificial alter' in the center of the foam blocks for a dramatic picture that will top your previous likes record.

My life is complete #foamhenge #naturalbridge #virginia #ancientaliens #roadtrip #vacation #roadsideamerica #godblessamerica A photo posted by Emily Lacquerologist (@lacquerologist) on Jul 3, 2015 at 1:25pm PDT





Parthenon

You don't have to travel to Greece to get a selfie with the Parthenon. In the middle of Centennial Park in Nashville, Tennessee, stands a full-scale replica of the Parthenon and its centerpiece, the Athena statue.

The replica was built in 1897 and now serves as Nashville's art museum.

Nashville A photo posted by TJ Hire (@tjhire.13) on Jul 29, 2015 at 9:27am PDT





Hood Milk Bottle, Massachusetts

Hood Milk bought an abandoned ice cream stand shaped like a bottle of milk, renovated it, and donated it to the Boston Children's Museum.

The giant bottle, which could hold 58,620 gallons of milk, is now an ice cream and concession stand outside of the museum.

Located in front of #Boston Children's Museum since 1977, this #Hood Milk Bottle is an ice cream stand, but if it were a real milk bottle, it would hold 221,900 litres of milk! A photo posted by Ali ALSABBAGH(@ali_alsabbagh) on Nov 28, 2013 at 8:04am PST





Albert the Bull

Albert, a 30-foot concrete bull with baby-blue eyes, watches over his quaint park in Audubon, Iowa. Albert was built in 1964 as an exact replica of the perfect Hereford bull — only nine-times bigger.

Today I met Albert the Bull A photo posted by Gino DeFilippo (@gpdefilippo) on Jun 26, 2015 at 5:36pm PDT





Enchanted Highway

The Enchanted Highway is a 30-mile stretch of giant metal sculptures on Interstate 94 from Gladstone to Regent, North Dakota. There are seven sculptures along the highway including, Fisherman's Dream, Grasshoppers, and Geese in Flight.

Pick your shock factor photo op: a 70-foot fish, a 60-foot pheasant, or the World's Largest Outdoor Sculpture: Geese in Flight.





'north dakota fisherman's dream' on the #enchantedhighway #roadtrip A photo posted by @colleenlouisebarry on Jul 14, 2015 at 8:45pm PDT





The Heidelberg Project

The Heidelberg Project is a community organization in Detroit, Michigan, dedicated to improving neighborhoods through art. The Project is on Heidelberg Street, demonstrating the transformation of discarded communities into art.

Each year there are different artists creating exciting and unique pieces on Heidelberg Street, so you're sure to get some great photos.