Gettysburg Women’s Memorial Evergreen Cemetery 799 Baltimore Street Gettysburg, Pennsylvania   I’ve been to Gettysburg dozens of times, but somehow I missed featuring the Gettysburg Women’s Memorial. It was sculpted by Ron Tunison and dedicated in 2002. To find the Elizabeth...

Tour Of Honor 2012 “A Ride To Remember” April 1 – October 31, 2012 submitted by:  Steve Brooks and “wendyvee”   On April 1, 2012, another Tour of Honor begins! 2012 sites will be released April 1 at 0001 hours. wendyvee says: The 2012 Tour of Honor provides an...

Three Babes In The Woods Marker near the intersection of Pine Tree Drive & Centerville Road (Route 233) Newville, Pennsylvania submitted by: “wendyvee” For parts of my junior and senior years in college, I tended bar at a little mountaintop bar/seafood restaurant called...

PA American Legion Statue Garden 800 North Front Street Wormleysburg, Pennsylvania   Along the Susquehanna River’s western shore in Wormleysburg, the Pennsylvania Office of the American Legion boasts a great 1970s era split-wing building (shared with the PA Legion Auxiliary). I took...

Vinton Veterans Monument 814 East Washington Avenue Vinton, Virginia submitted by : “MikeP” Mike says: I discovered the Vinton Veterans Monument on the way home from a trip to southwest Virginia. The Monument was under construction, but still looked great!  They are doing a great...

The Gainesville Poultry Park Jesse Jewell Parkway & Grove Street Gainesville, Georgia submitted by:  “UrbanDragon” (Scott)   Where can I find a chicken atop a 25 foot marble obelisk? According to intrepid “roadside wonder-er” Scott — the answer is Gainesville, Georgia!...

Bloody Tomb of Nina Craigmiles 320 Broad Avenue Cleveland, Tennessee submitted by: “Road Runner” (Bill) In 1871, a young girl named Nina Craigmiles, the child of a prominent Cleveland family, was killed in a buggy accident. Shortly after her death, her parents had a white marble...

Camp Toccoa Memorial (former entrance to Camp Toccoa) Highway 123 Toccoa, Georgia submitted by: “UrbanDragon” (Scott)   Scott says: If you’ve ever seen HBO’s mini-series Band of Brothers you may remember a phrase, “Three miles up, three miles down!” as the...

9/11 Memorial Old Virginia Brick Plant 2500 West Main Street Salem, Virginia submitted by: “MikeP” Mike says: This is the 9/11 Memorial located at the Old Virginia Brick plant in Salem, Virginia. The Memorial consists of an actual steel beam section from one of the World Trade...

Cherokee “Center of the World” Marker US Highway 29 3 miles south of Hartwell, Georgia submitted by: “Road Runner” (Bill) and “UrbanDragon” (Scott)   wendyvee says: Two of my favorite roadside “wonder”-ers, Bill and Scott, were in synchronicity...

The Marine Corps War Memorial Arlington Blvd. and Meade Street Arlington, Virginia submitted by “MikeP” Mike says: I stopped by the Marine Corps War Memorial (better known as the Iwo Jima Memorial) in Rosslyn,Virginia today. It was unusually quiet… usually there are a number of visitors...

Molly Pitcher Gravesite & Memorial Old Graveyard Carlisle, Pennsylvania   If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook, you might recall that this summer was not a lucky one for me with regard to cameras. In June, my camera was stolen in broad daylight from my motorcycle bag while I was...

The Gateway Arch Jefferson National Expansion Memorial St. Louis, Missouri submitted by “Jo,eh” wendyvee says: There is no denying that The Gateway Arch is one of the most recognizable of America’s “roadside wonders” …. but I think Jo says it best below 🙂 jo says: This...

General John F. Reynolds Statue (McPherson’s Ridge) Route 30 Gettysburg National Historic Site Gettysburg, Pennsylvania   Living within an hour of Gettysburg, and having a father who was a Civil War buff, I’ve been to the Gettysburg Battlefield many times. Of the multitude...

Jefferson Davis Historic Site East of Hopkinsville (US68) Todd County, Kentucky submitted by “SkyKing96” (Ray)       update 6/08/10: (refers to smaller picture at left) Ray says: When I first saw this one last year, near Jackson, Mississippi, it was just a little over a week since my...

Trahlyta’s Grave Stonepile Gap (near) Dahlonega, Georgia submitted by UrbanDragon (Scott)   Scott says: Heading into the North Georgia mountains just north of Dahlonega on US Route 19/GA Route 60, you come to a pile of stones where the two highways separate.  You may drive by a few...

Hank & Audrey Williams Gravesite Montgomery, Alabama submitted by “Road Runner″ (Bill) wendyvee says: Bill shares these photos of Hank Williams’ final resting place (alongside his first wife, Audrey) in Montgomery, Alabama. Hank Williams lived a short and complicated life. There...

click for larger image Geronimo Surrender Site Memorial Skeleton Canyon – off Highway 80 Apache, Arizona submitted by “Road Runner″ (Bill) wendyvee says: Bill visited the memorial cairn near the location of Geronimo’s (much debated) surrender. He expressed dismay at the...

Tom Mix Memorial Arizona State Route 79 Florence, Arizona submitted by “Road Runner″ (Bill) Bill brings us another great RoadsideWonder (click the “Road Runner” tag at the end of this post to view more of his finds) This is the Tom Mix Memorial at the site of the Hollywood cowboy...

Mattie Harriet Lyon Sculpture Confederate Cemetery Marietta, Georgia submitted by UrbanDragon (Scott)   Another in a series of great submissions by Urbdragn! I tend to be snarky here at RoadsideWonders, but I can’t seem to do it this time. Mattie is so sweet that I just want to pinch...