6 Must Visit America's Best Roadside Attractions

Road trips aren't all fun and games. They can get monotonous at times while driving across long stretches of uninterrupted highways. A good way to break up the monotony is a roadside attraction.

No one needs roadside attractions more than Americans exploring their country by car. It's a good thing the United States has countless roadside stops. Many of them are nothing special, but some have become actual destinations, inspiring people to drive just to see them.

These are America’s best roadside attractions.

# Museum of American Glass

Established in 1993, the Museum of American Glass is all about glassmaking. The collection has more than 20,000 items and a library with more than 1,500 books on the subject.

Items include a stained glass dollhouse, glass perfume bottles and artistic sculptures made of glass.

# Carhenge

Americans no longer have to be jealous of England's mysterious Stonehenge. After all, the U.S. now has Carhenge, which is exactly what it sounds like.

The curious project began in 1987, when artist Jim Reinders brought together family and friends to help him replicate the famous stone structures with cars. The result is a pretty good replica that uses an ambulance, a truck and several cars, all painted gray.

# Prada Marfa

If you live in the city, a Prada store won't make you do a double-take. But if you're on the road in the Texas desert, you may think you're seeing a mirage when you run into this sculpture.

Made by the team Elmgreen and Dragset, the installation is somehow meant to be a commentary on Western consumerism, since the store's location is ridiculous. The building is also made of biodegradable materials that will eventually (and we mean, very eventually) disintegrate.

But maybe the most interesting thing about Prada Marfa are the weird conspiracy theories that have sprung up around it. Some people believe it is an alien trap. Visit at your own risk.

# USS Albacore

The USS Albacore was once the most advanced submarine the U.S. Navy possessed. While it has since been dethroned, it still is considered the blueprint for the modern submarine. Its importance is commemorated at the USS Albacore Museum in New Hampshire.

What makes this roadside attraction so cool is that you won't just stop and take a picture in front of the submarine. Rather, you can go inside, see what the control group looks like, play with the periscope and even go into the bunk rooms where the crew slept.

# Granite Sculptures of Hope Cemetery

Elaborate tombstones have made many cemeteries around the world into attractions, but no cemetery has a story quite like this one. Hope Cemetery is located in Barre, a city known for its granite sources that brought stone carvers to it in the late 19th century.

Granite mining led to the town having an abnormally high death rate. Coupled with the tragic Spanish Flu, this led many stone carvers to carve their own tombstones in preparation for their death.

The tombstones range from classic religious representations and headstones to unique carvings representing the deceased's interest. Knowing that the people resting beneath them are the same people that carved them certainly adds some interest to the cemetery.

# Devil’s Rope Museum

Who knew barbed wire could be so interesting? Most people often overlook it as something that simply exists, like roads and chairs. But this museum urges you to look past that and find the interesting history behind the fencing material.

The devil's rope, as it is also called, is used to keep both animals and humans in and out of places. You can expect a collection that has a lot of range, going from cattle ranching to prisons. The museum is part of the iconic Route 66.