american nerd survey

Recommend a nice roadside oddity for those readers at home planning their summer road trips

Joel Jensen: This one makes a lot of sense.  Ten miles down an unpaved road outside of Lusk, Wyoming, is a monument to "Mother Featherlegs", a locally famous prostitute who was murdered in 1879.  The monument consists of a large inscribed rock with a fence around it, surrounded by miles of nothing.

Mark Kalar: The Lake Kabetogama Walleye is among the greatest giant fiberglass animals in the state of Minnesota. It's on US-53 between Orr and International Falls. Do it up right like Grandpa Kalar and stop at the muni in Orr for a shot of whiskey to soothe the nerves.

Keith Pille: Whenever we go visit my wife's parents, we drive through the town of Necedah, WI, where the Virgin Mary is claimed to have appeared and declared herself “the Mediatrix of Peace;” a sign near the town announces that if you don't stop and pray for the nation, the US doesn't have a prayer. Apparently there's quite a shrine commemorating this. I've never worked up the guts to go check it out-- Necedah's one of those little Wisconsin towns that just radiates hostile weirdness, plus we're always in a hurry to get back to Minneapolis before the cat shits in her carrier-- so I'd really appreciate it if a reader could swing by Necedah and report back to me. Thanks.

Simon Riordan: Check out the 50 foot plexiglass replica of "Hiawatha" in Ironwood, MI.  On the way, you can stop in Manito-wish Waters for a picture next to Wisconsin's biggest loon (2 stories high).  It's just off Highway 51 on your right.

Jonathan Shipley: Easy-- World's Largest Hand-Dug Well in Greensburg, Kansas. I mean, it's a freakin' big well!

Clint Weathers: The Wheel Inn, Sedalia, Missouri. Home of the Guber Burger (yes, it really is a hamburger with peanut butter on it) it is a historic landmark.  Have the double Guberburger and a chocolate shake.  Get curly fries to go along with it, and sit at the counter for mullets galore.