Way off the road: discovering the peculiar charms of small-town America

Standstill parade: Whalan, Minnesota

The flying paperboy: Loyalton, California

Prairie dog suckers: Cortez, Colorado

The church of the holy BBQ: Huntsville, Texas

Frozen dead guy: Nederland, Colorado

[Flying there]

The land of lost luggage!: Scottsboro, Alabama

Red rails in the sunset: Hanlontown, Iowa

The home of the range: Greenwood, Mississippi

The alien highway: Rachel, Nevada

Bombsville: McAlester, Oklahoma

Illegal porch furniture: Wilson, North Carolina

[Staying there]

The cow photographer: New Glarus, Wisconsin

Population: Elsie: Monowi, Nebraska

Figure 8 school bus racing: Bithlo, Florida

Mike the headless chicken: Fruita, Colorado

The mule train mailman: Supai, Arizona

[Eating there]

Roadkill, the man, and other gourmands: Outside of town, Kansas

The tourist harvest: Olney, Illinois (et al.)

Silver surfer: San Onofre, California

The museum of towing: Chattanooga, Tennessee

Boat church and other outdoor sports sects: Syracuse, Indiana (et al.)

Flamingos in paradise: Celebration, Florida

[Driving there]

Whores and Windex: Pahrump, Nevada

Moonburgers: Moonshone, Illinois

Watermelon capital of the world: Luling, Texas

The nation's icebox: International Falls, Minnesota

The holy grail of roadside attractions: Cawker City, Kansas (et al.)

The Napa Valley of cow chips: Beaver, Oklahoma.