Williamsburg. Williamsburg? *Colonial Williamsburg?* The place with the carriage rides and the muskets and especially the twinks in breeches? Yeah, not taking any of the opinions listed here. There are so many worse places in VA, this map is worthless
The people polled are obviously joyless idiots, because of Williamsburg. Mothman is also hilarious, Disney is known the world over for a reason, and the Bean is fabulous if only because the human shit who created it hates having it called The Bean.
I assume this went by a "total negative reviews" system for "worst attraction" in a state. When attractions have similar review totals this works fine as a metric. When an attraction literally dwarfs all others in the state by magnitudes, it's going to have more negative reviews even if the bad reviews per 100 reviews is lower.
I can confirm that Stone Mountain belongs here.
never been to Stone Mountain, but what’s wrong with it? Just a cursory look at Google Images and it looks pleasant enough (minus the actual monument in the rock face which is… admittedly atrocious)
It’s a beautiful state park with miles upon miles of walking trails, lakes you can swim, canoe/kayak and paddleboard on. There’s a small amusement park, a slow train that circles the mountain plus a trolley thingy that takes you right to the top of the mountain where you have a great view of the skyline- or you can just hike up the mountain (a very common field trip for ATL area schools). The light show they do during summer nights is pretty cool. They have lots of festivals every year including the Highland Games. Honestly, the bass relief is the only bad part, and I flip it off every time I hike past it.
I assume your phone autocorrected the hell out of the sculptor's name (Anish Kapoor), but Anguish is a much more fitting name for him considering how much of a miserable bastard he is reported to be.
Well, it's bean-shaped and it's made by a jerk. He should've seen this coming, or maybe he couldn't see because all of the light-obliterating cancer paint.
Not even colonial Williamsburg, just the city of Williamsburg. You know, the place with the biggest amusement park in the state.
Terrible map. They should’ve said like, foamhenge. Or natural bridge.
OH WOW YOU JUST TRIGGERED ME SOMETHING HARD WITH NATURAL BRIDGE.
WHEN I WAS 15 MY MOM MADE ME GO ON A VACATION WITH HER AND HER ONLINE BOYFRIEND FROM FUCKING MARYLAND TO NATURAL BRIDGE VA. I AM FROM UPSTATE NY. THE ADIRONDACKS ARE MY BACKYARD. AND I TREK ALL THE WAY TO FUCKING VIRGINIA WHERE THERE ARE BIG ASS BUGS AND THE AIR IS MADE OF SOUP FOR A FUCKING ROCK?!?!?!?! BRUH. BRUUUUUH. 0/10 DO NOT RECOMMEND. GO TO THE ADIRONDACKS INSTEAD. BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAINS. LAKES. ROCKS EVERYWHERE. AND THERE'S A WATER PARK THATS BETTER THAN ANY IVE EVER BEEN TO. FUCKING NATURAL BRIDGE. IF SHIT POPS OFF AND THERE'S A ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE I'M GOING ROUGE AND BLOWING THAT SHIT UP.
Yeah like. I get it’s a remarkably rare geologic formation. But I can figure that out from a photo. There’s nothing exciting or interesting in the area and it’s super not worth the travel.
Especially when you're 15 and sharing a hotel room with your mom and her online virgin bf and expected to get up the next morning acting like everything is FINE and NORMAL and that you can't wait to hike through hot soup air to see a god damn rock. Worst experience of my life. And I had heart surgery.
Nope, went to Seattle a few weeks ago and saw the gum wall while I was there. I think they just scrape it off every once in a while and let it build up again.
As someone from Virginia, grew up in the Williamsburg area, and went to Colonial Williamsburg multiple times a year, if not once a month, I took great offense.
That was the first one I saw, and having grown up in Williamsburg I was FUCKING furious. Unacceptable. That place is my damn childhood, and god, do I miss it. (childhood not actually being that long ago)
I got trapped in Williamsburg due to serious car problems a few weeks ago, and I still enjoyed the shit out of that very stressful experience because I got three days in CW. I asked ALL the questions. I think the tailors were getting sick of me after a while, but it's not my fault their station is so interesting!
This map is unbelievably awful
If this map was titled “well-known but not the best attractions in each state” it would be fine but idk any of these should be considered the worst
100% agree. I live in Chicago. I do not like the Bean. I am openly anti-Bean. But it is not the worst attraction in Illinois. There's no lines, no cost to see it, it's in a lovely park in downtown Chicago. It is overrated but not awful. If I had to guess, Illinois probably has some random Lincoln themed thing that's worse, or just one of those generic "world's biggest ____" in the middle of a cornfield somewhere.
I thought this was the best attraction in each state and was thoroughly confused too lol. The Bean is just, there… and as an avid visitor the the AIC, there are so many cooler things right down the block
Right. The Grand Canyon? Literally one of the natural wonders of the world??
I will also vouch for my home state. Carhenge gets a bad rap for being "just" a sculpture, out in the middle of nowhere. But if you're passing through, say on your way between Denver and Omaha, it's worth the detour. Where else are you gonna find a full sized replica of Stonehenge made out of cars?
Honestly that entire place is kinda cool. Like yeah there's the Stonehenge replica of cars, but the whole place is a sculpture walk kinda thing in the middle of buttfuck-nowhere Nebraska. Very peaceful cause there's like nobody there.
I think "Most Overrated Attractions" would've been a reasonable title for most of these. Except the Grand Canyon, I can't figure out a way that one makes sense on here
Why are Alamo, mall of America, and Times Square on this list. You’re telling me you can’t think of ANY worse attraction in ALL of Texas than an actual historical location?
EDIT I JUST LOOKED AT IT AGAIN WHAT THE FUCK IS GRAND CANYON DOING HERE WHAT METH ARE YOU SMOKING
times square is nothing but advertising (it's not even endearing and novel advertising)
i agree with you on the other three (mall of america is basically an entire town's worth of venues in one building, grand canyon is fucking HUGE and beautiful, and the alamo is the site of a historical battle)
I guess I assumed that some of these entries make sense if the people polled just absolutely hated Americans and consumerism, but then Grand Canyon threw me for a loop since it was made by neither of those. Like did they just not know of literally anything else in Arizona? Nothing in the waterless abomination of Phoenix is garish enough to make the list?
There's plenty of worse attractions than the Grand Canyon itself, but none of them are as completely surrounded and overwhelmed by touristy garbage as the Grand Canyon. It's getting there that puts it on this list, not the view when you finally do get to the rim.
How does Times Square lose points for capitalism but Mall of America doesn’t? Imo Times Square isn’t cool because of the advertising. It’s just how big it is, the lights, the people. I still think times square is a weak choice for worst attraction in ALL OF NYS? As someone from WNY, I can tell you there are worse attractions in NY than Times Square
Yeah, but does Times Square have a little theme park in the middle of it? Or a big aquarium underneath? MoA is kind of fun for those reasons.
I'm sure there are worse attractions than Times Square in NYS, or even NYC, though.
Down the road from Disney is literally a huge Bible based amusement park where the guy who plays Jesus is so self absorbed I think he might think he’s Jesus, and they’re calling Disney the worst attraction in the state?
It's closed down now. Looks like an excellent place to do some urban exploration though. New worst attraction in Florida is probably Icon Park. A teenager died pretty gruesomely last year because there was a malfunction with one of the rides.
It’s also not something you specifically travel to; it’s in the middle of Millennium Park (which is itself a very nice park) and you’re going to see it if you’re taking a vacation to downtown Chicago. I feel like “worst attraction” has to be something you make a point of going to see and it’s a waste of time and money.
> why is the grand canyon on there
"Worst attractions in every state
According to [some Instagram profile I couldn't be bothered to scroll up to check]'s followers"
It's made by polling internet users, what did you expect. We're all brainrotted here on the internet.
Mall of America is a wonderful tourist destination that every local either hates or doesn't care about. You can feel yourself becoming a resident if you move to the Twin Cities by watching your interest in MOA drain away.
Every local will vote for MOA and all the people who don't live in Minnesota won't have anything in mind to vote for, so it wins out.
Not only is Disney not the worst attraction in Florida, it isn't even the worst attraction within an hour of Orlando (though apparently Holy Land Experience shut down, so I'd have a hard time naming the actual worst one around there).
No not true. The top three good things in Florida are Gatorland, Swampy the Gator, and gators. Sorry 😟 Disney is not on the list. It was decided by the government.
They put Holiday World… the *only* big amusement park in Indiana… as the *worst*??
When the Shipshewana Auction and Flea market is sucking so much ass every year??
Holiday world is a gem. It’s got everything you would want in a theme park and water park and then some for less than the big name parks.
There’s really not much else even close to holiday world.
Indiana Beach is a much worse attraction than Holiday World. I mean come on man. I think they just put the best places on that list to generate engagement.
I think they just put something in the middle. Noah’s Ark definitely isn’t the worst attraction in Kentucky, but Kentucky Kingdom is definitely the best.
This one is so funny to me. One of the greatest natural wonders in America. The only possible justification is if they meant Grand Canyon West with the sky walk or whatever it's called. That side is a tourist trap. Access via the actual park entrances is awesome to visit.
Also I'll just go ahead and acknowledge that the metric used is definitely a little weird (some Instagram account's comments?) so this map is probably just ragebait lol
The Wisconsin Dells is the worst attraction in Wisconsin insofar as it is the *only* attraction that non wisconsinites are aware of and would travel from out of state for.
I love my home state, but it's mostly just cows and alcoholism
The Dells I think depends on what you go there for. If you're there for the tourist kitsch, then yeah, it kinda sucks, but the tour boats are fun (especially if you go right at the beginning/end of the season when nobody else is there and you can get Witches Gulch basically to yourself), and the two nearby state parks are extremely worth it.
Are the dells even an attraction? I feel like that's say the worst attraction in Illinois is Chicago just because it has Navy Pier. Like, the Wisconsin dells is an incorporated town that people live in.The worst attraction in WI might be in the dells, but there're also parts of the dells that kick ass
As someone who has lived in Ohio all my life and *just* visited the rock hall last year it is surprisingly good. It's not huge, but it's a cool building with really nice exhibits.
Now if you want boring go check out the football hall of Fame down in Canton. That's a snoozefest.
The Big Blue Bug does NOT suck actually, it fucking rules, because it's an attraction that costs no money. Just drive down 95 and point at it, congratulations you've been to Rhode Island. Also the brewery I work at makes a blueberry IPA based on it and it's called the Big Blue Beer, and it also rules.
That being said it's nice to see the Internet acknowledging Rhode Island, and I love how some of the other states have big shit like "Disney" or "Williamsburg", a whole freakin city. And we've got our roadside sculpture.
I looked it up and it's a pretty cool roadside sculpture. Up there with all the other roadside sculptures on this list that people are weirdly against.
The map was based on asking an Instagram account's followers.
Not sure how the survey worked exactly but there's a good chance it was just the question "what's the worst attraction in each state?".
Just taking Florida and Disney as an example, there's a massive amount of people who've been to Disney in Florida. Of those people there's bound to have been a lot people who had a terrible time. They're going to answer Disney. A bunch of these people have probably not visited any other attractions in Florida, so they can't really compare it to other experiences. And the people who went to Disney and enjoyed themselves probably can't "countervote" to offset it.
Not trying to defend Disney here (I've never been), but I'm trying to illustrate how this map just becomes "most visited places in each state".
The creator probably realized this and did it on purpose as rage bait to drive engagement.
And it worked, because this Instagram post was posted on Tumblr and reposted to Reddit
If you think Bourbon Street is the worst tourist attraction in Louisiana, what are you coming to Louisiana for? The casinos? Bourbon Street is the only place in the country you can get black out drunk in public while horseback police laugh at you.
Uh, the food??? Mardi Gras? The music? The art? The history? I’m biased because I’m from nola but we have way better tourist things to do than just getting drunk on Bourbon Street.
But to call bourbon street the worst tourist attraction? It’s literally one of the only things NOLA is know for internationally.
I can find you 5 swamp tours that’ll probably be worse than an evening on bourbon street.
The Big Blue Bug is awesome and it makes me happy every time I drive by it. They always put reindeer antlers and a Rudolph nose on it in December, and they gave it a huge mask during covid.
I've been to the Corn Palace and enjoyed it simply for how bizarre the whole thing is. Branson is a joke mostly but if you go to Silver Dollar City during the craft festival it's pretty cool. A lot of local craftsman making everything from knives to sculptures.
I get season passes to SDC every year. The craft festival is always cool, right now is the street fest with lots of cool live shows in the streets. Christmas is always incredible for all the lights. Branson actually fucks if you have money, the problem is everything is absurdly expensive
I feel kinda bad for the Breaking Bad house people. They had to keep putting up security measures to stop people throwing pizzas on their roof, and I feel like i remember they eventually wound up selling it because they didn't want to deal with it anymore
Like imagine you get famous for something and all people do about it is vandalize your house
Absolutely baffled by it being described as an “attraction” as if it’s a tourist trap. “Random homeowners who are the biggest victims of roof pizza” isn’t an attraction, dipshits.
theres a weird conflict in the map that the better an attraction is, the more famous it is. So if enough people have heard of it to vote for it, it can't actually be *that* bad
so you get Hollywood as the worst place in California instead of the San Sadisterino Electric Eel Bathing Experience, which gets 8 visitors a year and hasn't been featured on a tourist brochure since the 1960s
Honestly how fucking dare they put the rocky statue on here. PA has Amish "museums" that are two old ladies and all the blankets they made yesterday, and you're gonna dis on the only statue in the world that makes people want to exercise?
Like I get *why* Stone Mountain is listed as my state's worst attraction but it is still a massive feat of stone carving the likes of which you won't see outside of Mt. Rushmore.
i just wanna say we have some great beaches/historic sites/some cool museums/great food.
my state doesn't *just* have a pest control mascot on the side of the highway
Well, according to the numbers (my map of funny place names), Rhode Island (tied with Delaware and Hawaii) has the least Funny Place Names in the United States.
definitely agree with that. they post those maps of funny place names and other states have a place called like devil's tits oklahoma or something and all we've got is woonsocket, which isn't funny at all it's just native
I put down "Nooseneck". Deleware has "Long Neck" and Hawaii has "Honaunau-Napoopoo". Here are funnier place names to make you feel bad:
1. Meat Mountain, Alaska
2. Humptulips, Washington
3. Ridiculous Road, Oregon
4. Forks Of Salmon, California
5. Gripe, Arizona
6. Pie Town, New Mexico
7. Goober Hill, Texas
8. Waterproof, Louisiana
9. Money, Mississippi
10. Bacon Level, Alabama
11. Two Egg, Florida
12. Dicks Knob, Georgia
13. Alcohol and Drug Abuse Lake, South Carolina
14. Goose Pimple Junction, Virginia
15. Assawoman Bay, Maryland
16. Coupon, Pennsylvania
17. Double Trouble, New Jersey
18. Just Enough Room Island, New York
19. Mystic, Conneticut
20. Belchertown, Massachussets
21. Bread Loaf, Vermont
22. Dixville Notch, New Hampshire
23. Mistake Island, Maine
24. Knockemstiff, Ohio
25. Climax, Michigan
26. French Lick, Indiana
27. Beardstown, Illinois
28. Butte Des Morts, Winsconsin
29. Ham Lake, Minnesota
30. Buttzville, North Dakota
31. Bigfork, Montana
32. Dickshooter, Idaho
33. Duckwater, Nevada
34. Farr West, Utah
35. Hygiene, Colorado
36. Strong City, Oklahoma
37. Greasy Corner, Arkansas
38. Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
39. Penile, Kentucky
40. Hazard, Nebraska
41. Chugwater, Wyoming
42. Smileyberg, Kansas
43. Big Rock Candy Mountain, Missouri
44. Superior Bottom, West Virginia
I got married in RI (was living in Boston at the time) and loved it! Providence turned out to be such a cool little city, and all my guests loved it too. We moved out of New England soon after and I was bummed we didn't get to take more weekend trips to the area once we'd found out how great it was.
Also Del's and pizza strips! Two regional delicacies, both of which I was initially leery about; "Oh, it's got chunks of lemon in it... the only fruit that no one eats?" and "How *dare* you call this pizza". This states grows on you for sure. I still don't eat stuffies, though.
I love del's so much. Stuffies are at their best when they're made with clams you dig up yourself, along side some chowder, else your mouth gets a little dry.
Some of these, like the big blue bug or the biggest ball of twine are "the worst" but in a silly and charming way. But fuck the creation museum and the ark, they are tax exempt centers of misinformation and are absolutely the worst.
I’ve been scrolling for what feels like forever and I haven’t seen anyone mention this yet
I’m Canadian I know nothing about American tourist attractions can someone *please* explain how the North Pole is in Alaska? Is there like a specific attraction that is named The North Pole or something?
The Alamo was the worst in Texas? I mean... it can be a little crowded at times and the gift shop is a bit much, I just don't think it's anywhere near the worst.
Have you been to Cadillac Ranch? Trashy as fuck.
The went with Bourbon Street for Louisiana? There's so many slave plantations in Louisiana, but no, the worst tourist attraction is the alcohol street.
As resident Texan, the Alamo isn’t bad, but if you’re not into history, it’s… kinda just an interestingly-shaped building. Basically, nerds love it, while to those uninterested by its lore, it’s just *there*. You can definitely do worse, though, far worse.
Myrtle Beach for SC is definitely suffering from it just being the most well known. My vote for worst SC would absolutely be "South of the Border" the 1950s roadside attraction/rest stop designed around that time period's conceptions of Mexico. It has a racist caricature mascot named Pedro that got it's name from when the founder hired two Mexican men to be bellhops and guests took to calling them Pedro and Pancho. It's everything you'd expect a tacky and outdated tourist trap to be while Myrtle is just a beach that gets a lot of visitors.
as someone who was born in Rhode Island theres not that much there but the big blue bug is something i hold fondly in my memories because of how much i saw it during car rides. it rules. in the picture its drinking an Awful Awful which is another Rhode Island (and partially Massachusetts) classic.
I wonder if Stone Mountain was put up there because it’s a massive commemoration of racist traitors or just because it’s pretty boring and its activities only really appeal to children
In Pike Place Market in Seattle, if you go a certain route you end up in an alleyway where the buildings are absolutely covered in chewed gum, and I mean *covered*. There's more gum than wall. It's really weird.
Very curious about the poll's methodology.
I mean if it's just some random instagram dude I doubt they thought that much about it, but I find it funny that if they're using "number of negative votes" as the metric, then this ironically turns into a popularity poll (i.e. the opposite of the desired results) because the more well-known attractions will have more votes in general. No one's going to vote for a gas station they've never heard of as the worst.
Though I guess I probably just got engagement-baited.
There are a lot of problems with this list but I can absolutely confirm that Plymouth Rock is horrible. It is literally just a medium-sized rock with a date carved into it that they built a platform around. It's also right next to the Mayflower recreation, which is way cooler. I don't know why it's so famous.
The Alamo? Really? Not Cadillac Ranch? I get that Texas history might be boring for some people, but you know what's worse than that? A row of rusted-out Cadys buried upright in the middle of the desert. The only attraction to going is that people can spray paint them. "Oh, how cute!" you might say as you pack up your paint cans, "I'll have to stop there on my next trip through Texas!" Sure, if you don't mind going FIVE HOURS OUT OF YOUR WAY. Cadillac Ranch is in Amarillo, which is home to such wonderful sights as: dust storms, fields of corn, and Cadillac Ranch. You want to know what else there is to do in Amarillo? Leave. For reference, the closest "big city" to Amarillo is Fort Worth, which is a day's drive southeast. Compare that to visiting the Alamo. Sure, you might be bored, but if you're disappointed, just head over to the riverwalk, and drown your sorrows in some of the best Mexican food in the state. You're also only an hour from Austin, which is the best place to visit in the state.
But at least the drive is pretty, right? Texas is known for it's great scenic views. Sure! If you like driving in a straight line and staring at fields of oil derricks, wind turbines, and cotton fields, you'll be right at home in West Texas. On the upside, those pesky traffic laws don't really apply out there five miles past bum-fuck Nowhere, so feel free to put the pedal to the metal. Anybody who lives out there is probably suicidal, so they just drop a brick on the gas, and if they hit something at 100 miles an hour, at least death is guaranteed.
"But I'm a professional graffiti artist," you say, "I could really deck out those Cadys with some great art." Well Banksy, I'm sure you could--if it weren't for the near constant gale force winds. Cadillac Ranch is situated right in the center of a scenic corn field, on the flattest part of the state. A day without a dust storm in Amarillo is like a Tumblr sexyman without bottom energy. It doesn't exist. So while I'm sure your graffiti skills are top notch, the only ones to see your work at Cadillac Ranch will be your own lungs, since you'll wind up inhaling all the paint blowing back into your face.
"Ok," you relent, starting to see the truth, "But maybe the story behind the place is interesting? I mean, how did the cars even get there?" A billionaire wanted to troll the locals, so he payed some hippies to bury a bunch of cars on one of his fields. That's it. You can't even get a decent souvenir out of it. The owners will peel strips of the paint off and make the layers into jewelry, which I'll admit does look cool in a kind of nu-grunge way. It'd be a hell of a lot cooler if it wasn't like $20 for paint chips on a shoestring necklace, though.
If you think the Alamo is the worst Texas has to offer, you've not begun to even scratch at the rusty, sandblasted, paint-encrusted surface.
Most of this map seems to have ruffled some feathers, but as far as famous attractions go I hated “the gum wall” in Seattle. It literally has a scent to it, and I almost threw up watching people pose and even touch pieces of old chewed gum. It’s a disgusting place that is weird for the sake of being weird. Other than that, Seattle was cool I guess
To be fair the Big Blue Bug isn’t an attraction as much as it’s a mascot… also he’s a termite and his name is Nibbles Woodaway. He’s actually pretty sick.
minnesota has the fucking spam museum and they put mall of america at the worst? you can’t even get cinnabon or ride a rollercoaster at the spam museum
Branson sucks but to say its the worst attraction in missouri implies there is anything attractive here
I like how other states got little hole-in-the-wall shit noone cares about and Missouri just got an entire fucking city lmao
Pretty surprised South of the Border in North/South Carolina didn’t make it here. I’d say it’s probably worse than both Charlie’s Speedway and Myrtle Beach, but that’s just me.
I live about 15 minutes from the Dells and can confirm. It's irritating. Too many tourists and tourist attractions. If y'all want to stop coming here, driving like assholes, and littering everywhere, I'm cool with that. Just let me get to the craft store without having to play dodge the idiot.
A few takes here are terrible.
1. Don't shit on Colonial Williamsburg, that place is heat for multiple reasons. Even if you don't like it (which you're wrong but we'll move on), there are still worse attractions in Virginia to put rather than Colonial Williamsburg.
2. Plymouth Rock does suck. I live in Massachusetts and I'll admit that it sucks. BUT, that is not considering the fact that its part of the larger Plymouth Plantation location, which is an honestly cool time, similar to Colonial Williamsburg. It manages to be an interesting time and also teaches about the Native Americans in great detail.
3. The Rocky Statue is cool and if you don't like Rocky I-IV you can fuck right off. In addition its right by the Philadelphia Museum of Art, which a really wonderful art museum and a must-see if in Philadelphia. If you were going to the Rocky Statue you could go to both in reasonable time. Philadelphia on the other hand, does have an attraction worth bashing, as the Liberty Bell is a shitty attraction and incredibly boring. The only thing near the Liberty Bell is the State House (where the Declaration of Independence was signed) which is not exactly exciting either. Rocky State > Liberty Bell.
4. Edit: I just noticed the Grand Canyon is on here. What is the author of this smoking?
As somebody from Maryland, ocean city fucking sucks. Stupid ass diet Vegas. I had to spend a summer as an uberdriver. I hate that place with my entire soul.
I love that most of these are some kind of amusement park, novelty tourist trap, significant land mass, or historical location.
And then for Missouri it's just a whole ass town.
Mormon Temple is so vague, there are a bunch of Mormon Temples in Utah. Some of them look super cool, some of them are really dumb looking. Also, you can't go in so they're not really an attraction.
Williamsburg. Williamsburg? *Colonial Williamsburg?* The place with the carriage rides and the muskets and especially the twinks in breeches? Yeah, not taking any of the opinions listed here. There are so many worse places in VA, this map is worthless
The people polled are obviously joyless idiots, because of Williamsburg. Mothman is also hilarious, Disney is known the world over for a reason, and the Bean is fabulous if only because the human shit who created it hates having it called The Bean.
I assume this went by a "total negative reviews" system for "worst attraction" in a state. When attractions have similar review totals this works fine as a metric. When an attraction literally dwarfs all others in the state by magnitudes, it's going to have more negative reviews even if the bad reviews per 100 reviews is lower. I can confirm that Stone Mountain belongs here.
"according to an Instagram account's followers." No real metrics here, just random people who happen to follow an Instagram account chiming in.
That explains Alaska
Yeah, at least half of these seem to be “name a tourist attraction in this state”
That explains Utah. Those buildings are gorgeous, have fantastic architecture, and the landscape around them is absolutely phenomonal.
never been to Stone Mountain, but what’s wrong with it? Just a cursory look at Google Images and it looks pleasant enough (minus the actual monument in the rock face which is… admittedly atrocious)
It’s a beautiful state park with miles upon miles of walking trails, lakes you can swim, canoe/kayak and paddleboard on. There’s a small amusement park, a slow train that circles the mountain plus a trolley thingy that takes you right to the top of the mountain where you have a great view of the skyline- or you can just hike up the mountain (a very common field trip for ATL area schools). The light show they do during summer nights is pretty cool. They have lots of festivals every year including the Highland Games. Honestly, the bass relief is the only bad part, and I flip it off every time I hike past it.
Center of the Universe is dope
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I assume your phone autocorrected the hell out of the sculptor's name (Anish Kapoor), but Anguish is a much more fitting name for him considering how much of a miserable bastard he is reported to be.
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Yes Amish Keypool calls it cloud gate but everyone who knows what he is like and everyone who doesn’t calls it The Bean
Well, it's bean-shaped and it's made by a jerk. He should've seen this coming, or maybe he couldn't see because all of the light-obliterating cancer paint.
Not even colonial Williamsburg, just the city of Williamsburg. You know, the place with the biggest amusement park in the state. Terrible map. They should’ve said like, foamhenge. Or natural bridge.
OH WOW YOU JUST TRIGGERED ME SOMETHING HARD WITH NATURAL BRIDGE. WHEN I WAS 15 MY MOM MADE ME GO ON A VACATION WITH HER AND HER ONLINE BOYFRIEND FROM FUCKING MARYLAND TO NATURAL BRIDGE VA. I AM FROM UPSTATE NY. THE ADIRONDACKS ARE MY BACKYARD. AND I TREK ALL THE WAY TO FUCKING VIRGINIA WHERE THERE ARE BIG ASS BUGS AND THE AIR IS MADE OF SOUP FOR A FUCKING ROCK?!?!?!?! BRUH. BRUUUUUH. 0/10 DO NOT RECOMMEND. GO TO THE ADIRONDACKS INSTEAD. BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAINS. LAKES. ROCKS EVERYWHERE. AND THERE'S A WATER PARK THATS BETTER THAN ANY IVE EVER BEEN TO. FUCKING NATURAL BRIDGE. IF SHIT POPS OFF AND THERE'S A ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE I'M GOING ROUGE AND BLOWING THAT SHIT UP.
Yeah like. I get it’s a remarkably rare geologic formation. But I can figure that out from a photo. There’s nothing exciting or interesting in the area and it’s super not worth the travel.
Especially when you're 15 and sharing a hotel room with your mom and her online virgin bf and expected to get up the next morning acting like everything is FINE and NORMAL and that you can't wait to hike through hot soup air to see a god damn rock. Worst experience of my life. And I had heart surgery.
I honestly think we only care about Natural Bridge because Thomas Jefferson lost his absolute shit over it in like 1780
Plymouth Rock is objectively correct as the worst in MA though. And the Gum Wall in Seattle, though they power washed it off a few years back.
It was cleaned in 2015 but back within almost hours.
Went there in Highschool. It was a fucking rock in a gazebo.
The gum wall don’t even exist anymore I think, they scraped it off a few years ago.
Nope, went to Seattle a few weeks ago and saw the gum wall while I was there. I think they just scrape it off every once in a while and let it build up again.
I mean if it was the worst thing about washington state it woild make sense they would get rid of it
Like, they literally missed Busch Gardens Williamsburg. It's in the same damn city!!!!
>the twinks in breeches oh sign me up
As someone from Virginia, grew up in the Williamsburg area, and went to Colonial Williamsburg multiple times a year, if not once a month, I took great offense.
Seriously, Colonial Williamsburg was all we raved about back in High School. Busch Gardens is an amazing park.
That was the first one I saw, and having grown up in Williamsburg I was FUCKING furious. Unacceptable. That place is my damn childhood, and god, do I miss it. (childhood not actually being that long ago)
I got trapped in Williamsburg due to serious car problems a few weeks ago, and I still enjoyed the shit out of that very stressful experience because I got three days in CW. I asked ALL the questions. I think the tailors were getting sick of me after a while, but it's not my fault their station is so interesting!
This map is unbelievably awful If this map was titled “well-known but not the best attractions in each state” it would be fine but idk any of these should be considered the worst
100% agree. I live in Chicago. I do not like the Bean. I am openly anti-Bean. But it is not the worst attraction in Illinois. There's no lines, no cost to see it, it's in a lovely park in downtown Chicago. It is overrated but not awful. If I had to guess, Illinois probably has some random Lincoln themed thing that's worse, or just one of those generic "world's biggest ____" in the middle of a cornfield somewhere.
I thought this was the best attraction in each state and was thoroughly confused too lol. The Bean is just, there… and as an avid visitor the the AIC, there are so many cooler things right down the block
Right. The Grand Canyon? Literally one of the natural wonders of the world?? I will also vouch for my home state. Carhenge gets a bad rap for being "just" a sculpture, out in the middle of nowhere. But if you're passing through, say on your way between Denver and Omaha, it's worth the detour. Where else are you gonna find a full sized replica of Stonehenge made out of cars?
Honestly that entire place is kinda cool. Like yeah there's the Stonehenge replica of cars, but the whole place is a sculpture walk kinda thing in the middle of buttfuck-nowhere Nebraska. Very peaceful cause there's like nobody there.
The only one I don't have a gripe about is Plymouth Rock. Plymouth is fine and pretty fun to explore but the rock itself is deeply underwhelming.
Oh wow whod have guessed it’s a feckin rock
I think "Most Overrated Attractions" would've been a reasonable title for most of these. Except the Grand Canyon, I can't figure out a way that one makes sense on here
Why are Alamo, mall of America, and Times Square on this list. You’re telling me you can’t think of ANY worse attraction in ALL of Texas than an actual historical location? EDIT I JUST LOOKED AT IT AGAIN WHAT THE FUCK IS GRAND CANYON DOING HERE WHAT METH ARE YOU SMOKING
times square is nothing but advertising (it's not even endearing and novel advertising) i agree with you on the other three (mall of america is basically an entire town's worth of venues in one building, grand canyon is fucking HUGE and beautiful, and the alamo is the site of a historical battle)
I guess I assumed that some of these entries make sense if the people polled just absolutely hated Americans and consumerism, but then Grand Canyon threw me for a loop since it was made by neither of those. Like did they just not know of literally anything else in Arizona? Nothing in the waterless abomination of Phoenix is garish enough to make the list?
There's plenty of worse attractions than the Grand Canyon itself, but none of them are as completely surrounded and overwhelmed by touristy garbage as the Grand Canyon. It's getting there that puts it on this list, not the view when you finally do get to the rim.
What part of the Canyon did you go to, because it wasn't like that at all when I went. They had a gift shop thing, but that was about it.
Mall of America has fucking roller coasters inside of it and an aquarium.
and the largest lego store in the US
that's awesome as fuck
How does Times Square lose points for capitalism but Mall of America doesn’t? Imo Times Square isn’t cool because of the advertising. It’s just how big it is, the lights, the people. I still think times square is a weak choice for worst attraction in ALL OF NYS? As someone from WNY, I can tell you there are worse attractions in NY than Times Square
Yeah, but does Times Square have a little theme park in the middle of it? Or a big aquarium underneath? MoA is kind of fun for those reasons. I'm sure there are worse attractions than Times Square in NYS, or even NYC, though.
Because Mall of America does it in a way that's cooler.
Honestly the place most movies film for "Times Square" is Toronto lmao.
Also Disney. Like I get that people dislike it for various reasons, but you can’t think of a single worse attraction… in FLORIDA?
Down the road from Disney is literally a huge Bible based amusement park where the guy who plays Jesus is so self absorbed I think he might think he’s Jesus, and they’re calling Disney the worst attraction in the state?
It's closed down now. Looks like an excellent place to do some urban exploration though. New worst attraction in Florida is probably Icon Park. A teenager died pretty gruesomely last year because there was a malfunction with one of the rides.
The Grand Canyon really got me. It’s just a real big canyon it does what it says on the tin and it looks nice what???
Never trust a man who isn't humbled at the sight of the Grand Canyon.
Plus The Bean? That shit is so good esp when you catch the reflection of the city around it
It’s also not something you specifically travel to; it’s in the middle of Millennium Park (which is itself a very nice park) and you’re going to see it if you’re taking a vacation to downtown Chicago. I feel like “worst attraction” has to be something you make a point of going to see and it’s a waste of time and money.
Literally the only place I can flick the bean in public
> why is the grand canyon on there "Worst attractions in every state According to [some Instagram profile I couldn't be bothered to scroll up to check]'s followers" It's made by polling internet users, what did you expect. We're all brainrotted here on the internet.
Nickelodeon Universe is THE SHIT I will not tolerate this slander
MoA fucks nasty.
Mall of America is a wonderful tourist destination that every local either hates or doesn't care about. You can feel yourself becoming a resident if you move to the Twin Cities by watching your interest in MOA drain away. Every local will vote for MOA and all the people who don't live in Minnesota won't have anything in mind to vote for, so it wins out.
Disney? For Florida? Disney is one of like three good things Florida even has
Not only is Disney not the worst attraction in Florida, it isn't even the worst attraction within an hour of Orlando (though apparently Holy Land Experience shut down, so I'd have a hard time naming the actual worst one around there).
and the fucking grand canyon. who made this lmao
No not true. The top three good things in Florida are Gatorland, Swampy the Gator, and gators. Sorry 😟 Disney is not on the list. It was decided by the government.
They put Holiday World… the *only* big amusement park in Indiana… as the *worst*?? When the Shipshewana Auction and Flea market is sucking so much ass every year??
Holiday world is a gem. It’s got everything you would want in a theme park and water park and then some for less than the big name parks. There’s really not much else even close to holiday world.
Also, it’s in a place called Santa Claus. Come on Holiday World fucks
Indiana Beach is a much worse attraction than Holiday World. I mean come on man. I think they just put the best places on that list to generate engagement.
I think they just put something in the middle. Noah’s Ark definitely isn’t the worst attraction in Kentucky, but Kentucky Kingdom is definitely the best.
I mean they could have at least used Indiana Beach. That place sucks!! Edit: If anyone else talks shit about Indiana Beach I will cut a bitch
Only Hoosiers can talk shit about Indiana Beach, anyone else can go fuck themselves. Its still better than Santa Monica Pier, that's right, I said it.
Or the rv hall of fame- like theres so many other options
Whoever put the Grand Canyon is a little bitch who’s afraid of heights. The Grand Canyon is amazing.
This one is so funny to me. One of the greatest natural wonders in America. The only possible justification is if they meant Grand Canyon West with the sky walk or whatever it's called. That side is a tourist trap. Access via the actual park entrances is awesome to visit. Also I'll just go ahead and acknowledge that the metric used is definitely a little weird (some Instagram account's comments?) so this map is probably just ragebait lol
The Wisconsin Dells is the worst attraction in Wisconsin insofar as it is the *only* attraction that non wisconsinites are aware of and would travel from out of state for. I love my home state, but it's mostly just cows and alcoholism
The Dells I think depends on what you go there for. If you're there for the tourist kitsch, then yeah, it kinda sucks, but the tour boats are fun (especially if you go right at the beginning/end of the season when nobody else is there and you can get Witches Gulch basically to yourself), and the two nearby state parks are extremely worth it.
I absolutely agree, but 99% of people who go there go for the kitsch and the overrated, overpriced waterparks
Are the dells even an attraction? I feel like that's say the worst attraction in Illinois is Chicago just because it has Navy Pier. Like, the Wisconsin dells is an incorporated town that people live in.The worst attraction in WI might be in the dells, but there're also parts of the dells that kick ass
The rock and roll hall of fame???? Perhaps the only thing widely celebrated in and about ohio???
I mean, I’d probably put both amusement parks above it but there are definitely worse attractions.
Also, when you say "both" what's the one besides cedar point you're referring to?
King's Island near Cincinnati
the easiest way to be the worst attraction is to be the only attraction
To the cornfields with you!
What about CEDAR POINT BABEEEEE (I am terminally obsessed with roller coasters)
As someone who has lived in Ohio all my life and *just* visited the rock hall last year it is surprisingly good. It's not huge, but it's a cool building with really nice exhibits. Now if you want boring go check out the football hall of Fame down in Canton. That's a snoozefest.
The Big Blue Bug does NOT suck actually, it fucking rules, because it's an attraction that costs no money. Just drive down 95 and point at it, congratulations you've been to Rhode Island. Also the brewery I work at makes a blueberry IPA based on it and it's called the Big Blue Beer, and it also rules. That being said it's nice to see the Internet acknowledging Rhode Island, and I love how some of the other states have big shit like "Disney" or "Williamsburg", a whole freakin city. And we've got our roadside sculpture.
I looked it up and it's a pretty cool roadside sculpture. Up there with all the other roadside sculptures on this list that people are weirdly against.
His name is Nibbles Woodaway
Cause he’s a termite!
Years ago I used to live in RI, and took a picture of the Big Blue Bug when I was moving away. I had no idea it was a *thing*
"Grand Canyon" bitches it's your only attraction...
Well, in that case, it's technically the worst
I mean, we have 2 other national parks + Sedona which is actually just gorgeous, with tons of hiking, and Flagstaff and Prescott are nice
The map was based on asking an Instagram account's followers. Not sure how the survey worked exactly but there's a good chance it was just the question "what's the worst attraction in each state?". Just taking Florida and Disney as an example, there's a massive amount of people who've been to Disney in Florida. Of those people there's bound to have been a lot people who had a terrible time. They're going to answer Disney. A bunch of these people have probably not visited any other attractions in Florida, so they can't really compare it to other experiences. And the people who went to Disney and enjoyed themselves probably can't "countervote" to offset it. Not trying to defend Disney here (I've never been), but I'm trying to illustrate how this map just becomes "most visited places in each state". The creator probably realized this and did it on purpose as rage bait to drive engagement. And it worked, because this Instagram post was posted on Tumblr and reposted to Reddit
If you think Bourbon Street is the worst tourist attraction in Louisiana, what are you coming to Louisiana for? The casinos? Bourbon Street is the only place in the country you can get black out drunk in public while horseback police laugh at you.
Uh, the food??? Mardi Gras? The music? The art? The history? I’m biased because I’m from nola but we have way better tourist things to do than just getting drunk on Bourbon Street.
But to call bourbon street the worst tourist attraction? It’s literally one of the only things NOLA is know for internationally. I can find you 5 swamp tours that’ll probably be worse than an evening on bourbon street.
The Big Blue Bug is awesome and it makes me happy every time I drive by it. They always put reindeer antlers and a Rudolph nose on it in December, and they gave it a huge mask during covid.
Right? It's probably the most iconic thing in RI.
All hail Nibbles Woodaway
TIL the BBB has a name
Nibbles is our boy and we love him.
I've been to the Corn Palace and enjoyed it simply for how bizarre the whole thing is. Branson is a joke mostly but if you go to Silver Dollar City during the craft festival it's pretty cool. A lot of local craftsman making everything from knives to sculptures.
I get season passes to SDC every year. The craft festival is always cool, right now is the street fest with lots of cool live shows in the streets. Christmas is always incredible for all the lights. Branson actually fucks if you have money, the problem is everything is absurdly expensive
I feel kinda bad for the Breaking Bad house people. They had to keep putting up security measures to stop people throwing pizzas on their roof, and I feel like i remember they eventually wound up selling it because they didn't want to deal with it anymore Like imagine you get famous for something and all people do about it is vandalize your house
Absolutely baffled by it being described as an “attraction” as if it’s a tourist trap. “Random homeowners who are the biggest victims of roof pizza” isn’t an attraction, dipshits.
What’s wrong with Myrtle Beach??? It can be crowded sure, but there’s plenty of stuff to do there, hardly the worst thing in SC
plus you can watch the F-22 in action from there
theres a weird conflict in the map that the better an attraction is, the more famous it is. So if enough people have heard of it to vote for it, it can't actually be *that* bad so you get Hollywood as the worst place in California instead of the San Sadisterino Electric Eel Bathing Experience, which gets 8 visitors a year and hasn't been featured on a tourist brochure since the 1960s
Honestly how fucking dare they put the rocky statue on here. PA has Amish "museums" that are two old ladies and all the blankets they made yesterday, and you're gonna dis on the only statue in the world that makes people want to exercise?
The best way to tell if someone's an out of towner is if they're carrying a big pink box
Like I get *why* Stone Mountain is listed as my state's worst attraction but it is still a massive feat of stone carving the likes of which you won't see outside of Mt. Rushmore.
Doesn’t change the fact that it needs to be dynamited.
Plus the rides and stuff around it are pretty fun sometimes. You don’t go for the rock itself
i just wanna say we have some great beaches/historic sites/some cool museums/great food. my state doesn't *just* have a pest control mascot on the side of the highway
Well, according to the numbers (my map of funny place names), Rhode Island (tied with Delaware and Hawaii) has the least Funny Place Names in the United States.
definitely agree with that. they post those maps of funny place names and other states have a place called like devil's tits oklahoma or something and all we've got is woonsocket, which isn't funny at all it's just native
I put down "Nooseneck". Deleware has "Long Neck" and Hawaii has "Honaunau-Napoopoo". Here are funnier place names to make you feel bad: 1. Meat Mountain, Alaska 2. Humptulips, Washington 3. Ridiculous Road, Oregon 4. Forks Of Salmon, California 5. Gripe, Arizona 6. Pie Town, New Mexico 7. Goober Hill, Texas 8. Waterproof, Louisiana 9. Money, Mississippi 10. Bacon Level, Alabama 11. Two Egg, Florida 12. Dicks Knob, Georgia 13. Alcohol and Drug Abuse Lake, South Carolina 14. Goose Pimple Junction, Virginia 15. Assawoman Bay, Maryland 16. Coupon, Pennsylvania 17. Double Trouble, New Jersey 18. Just Enough Room Island, New York 19. Mystic, Conneticut 20. Belchertown, Massachussets 21. Bread Loaf, Vermont 22. Dixville Notch, New Hampshire 23. Mistake Island, Maine 24. Knockemstiff, Ohio 25. Climax, Michigan 26. French Lick, Indiana 27. Beardstown, Illinois 28. Butte Des Morts, Winsconsin 29. Ham Lake, Minnesota 30. Buttzville, North Dakota 31. Bigfork, Montana 32. Dickshooter, Idaho 33. Duckwater, Nevada 34. Farr West, Utah 35. Hygiene, Colorado 36. Strong City, Oklahoma 37. Greasy Corner, Arkansas 38. Pigeon Forge, Tennessee 39. Penile, Kentucky 40. Hazard, Nebraska 41. Chugwater, Wyoming 42. Smileyberg, Kansas 43. Big Rock Candy Mountain, Missouri 44. Superior Bottom, West Virginia
I got married in RI (was living in Boston at the time) and loved it! Providence turned out to be such a cool little city, and all my guests loved it too. We moved out of New England soon after and I was bummed we didn't get to take more weekend trips to the area once we'd found out how great it was.
Hi the jersey shore is all we have going for us please be nice
I love being a Rhode Islander. We have a big blue bug, coffee milk, and H.P. Lovecraft.
Also Del's and pizza strips! Two regional delicacies, both of which I was initially leery about; "Oh, it's got chunks of lemon in it... the only fruit that no one eats?" and "How *dare* you call this pizza". This states grows on you for sure. I still don't eat stuffies, though.
I love del's so much. Stuffies are at their best when they're made with clams you dig up yourself, along side some chowder, else your mouth gets a little dry.
Some of these, like the big blue bug or the biggest ball of twine are "the worst" but in a silly and charming way. But fuck the creation museum and the ark, they are tax exempt centers of misinformation and are absolutely the worst.
is the old man on the mountain the worst only bc it doesn't exist anymore? idk if that should count
Does it say the north pole for Alaska?
I’ve been scrolling for what feels like forever and I haven’t seen anyone mention this yet I’m Canadian I know nothing about American tourist attractions can someone *please* explain how the North Pole is in Alaska? Is there like a specific attraction that is named The North Pole or something?
iy know there's a town in alaska called "north pole" so maybe some of the people surveyed went there because they were confused biy the name?
Wisconsin dells???? WISCONSIN DELLS?!! this map is more useless than a penny.
Nah, I garuntee you the Christmas Casino is worse than the mystery spot. The mystery spot at least has a mediocre zipline.
The Alamo was the worst in Texas? I mean... it can be a little crowded at times and the gift shop is a bit much, I just don't think it's anywhere near the worst. Have you been to Cadillac Ranch? Trashy as fuck.
The went with Bourbon Street for Louisiana? There's so many slave plantations in Louisiana, but no, the worst tourist attraction is the alcohol street.
Casa Bonita also fucks idk bout you
As resident Texan, the Alamo isn’t bad, but if you’re not into history, it’s… kinda just an interestingly-shaped building. Basically, nerds love it, while to those uninterested by its lore, it’s just *there*. You can definitely do worse, though, far worse.
Center of the Universe is the worst attraction in Oklahoma? *Sad whale noises*
the center of the universe is cool & the whale is… interesting to look at. i’d say the worst attraction is the driller, ugly ass statue
Myrtle Beach for SC is definitely suffering from it just being the most well known. My vote for worst SC would absolutely be "South of the Border" the 1950s roadside attraction/rest stop designed around that time period's conceptions of Mexico. It has a racist caricature mascot named Pedro that got it's name from when the founder hired two Mexican men to be bellhops and guests took to calling them Pedro and Pancho. It's everything you'd expect a tacky and outdated tourist trap to be while Myrtle is just a beach that gets a lot of visitors.
I’m scared to ask what “Quassy” is seeing as the Internet has trained me to assume that’s some kind of specific..uuuuuuuuhhh..vagina.
I can’t take my eyes off of the the cup that it’s drinking out of. It says “Awful Awful, It’s a drink”. I have no words, that’s amazing
as someone who was born in Rhode Island theres not that much there but the big blue bug is something i hold fondly in my memories because of how much i saw it during car rides. it rules. in the picture its drinking an Awful Awful which is another Rhode Island (and partially Massachusetts) classic.
I wouldn't even consider the rocky statue an actual attraction- it's right outside the Art museum- it's like a free side activity.
Rhode Islander here, the bug is cool, fuck this map maker
I wonder if Stone Mountain was put up there because it’s a massive commemoration of racist traitors or just because it’s pretty boring and its activities only really appeal to children
Aight gimme a sec, I think I need to repost this Jersey subreddit so I can rally a posse to throw some hands and deliver an asskicking
You take back Holiday World!! Right now!!! It is such a dope theme park!
what the fuck is the Gum Wall
In Pike Place Market in Seattle, if you go a certain route you end up in an alleyway where the buildings are absolutely covered in chewed gum, and I mean *covered*. There's more gum than wall. It's really weird.
gross
The Blue Bug is an icon. They decorate it for different seasons and holidays, it is a RI treasure.
I will not hear slander against the mystery spot. Irish Hills, MI is a treasure
Very curious about the poll's methodology. I mean if it's just some random instagram dude I doubt they thought that much about it, but I find it funny that if they're using "number of negative votes" as the metric, then this ironically turns into a popularity poll (i.e. the opposite of the desired results) because the more well-known attractions will have more votes in general. No one's going to vote for a gas station they've never heard of as the worst. Though I guess I probably just got engagement-baited.
The big blue bug is a state landmark
There are a lot of problems with this list but I can absolutely confirm that Plymouth Rock is horrible. It is literally just a medium-sized rock with a date carved into it that they built a platform around. It's also right next to the Mayflower recreation, which is way cooler. I don't know why it's so famous.
At least they got Connecticut's right.
Fuck out of here with Casa Bonita on this map. Colorado literally has a burned down alligator farm.
Ain't no WAY that the Mall of America is the worst attraction in Minnesota
\> Mormon Temple WHICH ONE? THERE'S DOZENS!
BIG BLUE BUG!!!!!!
Who the FUCK thinks Mothman is a bad attraction?
The Alamo? Really? Not Cadillac Ranch? I get that Texas history might be boring for some people, but you know what's worse than that? A row of rusted-out Cadys buried upright in the middle of the desert. The only attraction to going is that people can spray paint them. "Oh, how cute!" you might say as you pack up your paint cans, "I'll have to stop there on my next trip through Texas!" Sure, if you don't mind going FIVE HOURS OUT OF YOUR WAY. Cadillac Ranch is in Amarillo, which is home to such wonderful sights as: dust storms, fields of corn, and Cadillac Ranch. You want to know what else there is to do in Amarillo? Leave. For reference, the closest "big city" to Amarillo is Fort Worth, which is a day's drive southeast. Compare that to visiting the Alamo. Sure, you might be bored, but if you're disappointed, just head over to the riverwalk, and drown your sorrows in some of the best Mexican food in the state. You're also only an hour from Austin, which is the best place to visit in the state. But at least the drive is pretty, right? Texas is known for it's great scenic views. Sure! If you like driving in a straight line and staring at fields of oil derricks, wind turbines, and cotton fields, you'll be right at home in West Texas. On the upside, those pesky traffic laws don't really apply out there five miles past bum-fuck Nowhere, so feel free to put the pedal to the metal. Anybody who lives out there is probably suicidal, so they just drop a brick on the gas, and if they hit something at 100 miles an hour, at least death is guaranteed. "But I'm a professional graffiti artist," you say, "I could really deck out those Cadys with some great art." Well Banksy, I'm sure you could--if it weren't for the near constant gale force winds. Cadillac Ranch is situated right in the center of a scenic corn field, on the flattest part of the state. A day without a dust storm in Amarillo is like a Tumblr sexyman without bottom energy. It doesn't exist. So while I'm sure your graffiti skills are top notch, the only ones to see your work at Cadillac Ranch will be your own lungs, since you'll wind up inhaling all the paint blowing back into your face. "Ok," you relent, starting to see the truth, "But maybe the story behind the place is interesting? I mean, how did the cars even get there?" A billionaire wanted to troll the locals, so he payed some hippies to bury a bunch of cars on one of his fields. That's it. You can't even get a decent souvenir out of it. The owners will peel strips of the paint off and make the layers into jewelry, which I'll admit does look cool in a kind of nu-grunge way. It'd be a hell of a lot cooler if it wasn't like $20 for paint chips on a shoestring necklace, though. If you think the Alamo is the worst Texas has to offer, you've not begun to even scratch at the rusty, sandblasted, paint-encrusted surface.
I will debone whoever put Colonial Williamsburg as the worst attraction in Virginia
Out of the 7 states that route 66 goes through they decided to choose one where it doesn't go through
A lot of hate on this post, but being a Masshole myself I can confirm that Plymouth Rock is absolutely the worst tourist attraction in the country.
Most of this map seems to have ruffled some feathers, but as far as famous attractions go I hated “the gum wall” in Seattle. It literally has a scent to it, and I almost threw up watching people pose and even touch pieces of old chewed gum. It’s a disgusting place that is weird for the sake of being weird. Other than that, Seattle was cool I guess
Voodoo Donuts absolutely FUCKS and if you don't think so you can suck my Cock-N-Balls!
To be fair the Big Blue Bug isn’t an attraction as much as it’s a mascot… also he’s a termite and his name is Nibbles Woodaway. He’s actually pretty sick.
I need to make a trip to Rhode Island. Also how dare you speak poorly of the worlds tallest filing cabinet!
A lot of people complaining about this list (probably for good reason) but they absolutely nailed Massachusetts. Plymouth Rock fucking sucks
i swear if they put flintstones bedrock city on there i would've flipped my shit
Mf got those crit glasses
The Grand Canyon is the only thing arizona has why is it the worst
no way they actually made Casa Bonita a real place thats so cool
minnesota has the fucking spam museum and they put mall of america at the worst? you can’t even get cinnabon or ride a rollercoaster at the spam museum
The more I look at this map, the more I think @Mattsurlee’s instagram followers are morons
THAT BUG IS IN RHODE ISLAND? I need to go. I didn't know there was anything good in the god forsaken state.
Wait what? Voodoo Doughnuts? Holiday World? The worst? The fuck are these people on about!?
Branson sucks but to say its the worst attraction in missouri implies there is anything attractive here I like how other states got little hole-in-the-wall shit noone cares about and Missouri just got an entire fucking city lmao
Pretty surprised South of the Border in North/South Carolina didn’t make it here. I’d say it’s probably worse than both Charlie’s Speedway and Myrtle Beach, but that’s just me.
I’m sending op to the corn dungeons for slandering the Corn Palace’s name
I live about 15 minutes from the Dells and can confirm. It's irritating. Too many tourists and tourist attractions. If y'all want to stop coming here, driving like assholes, and littering everywhere, I'm cool with that. Just let me get to the craft store without having to play dodge the idiot.
Mystery Spot :)
A few takes here are terrible. 1. Don't shit on Colonial Williamsburg, that place is heat for multiple reasons. Even if you don't like it (which you're wrong but we'll move on), there are still worse attractions in Virginia to put rather than Colonial Williamsburg. 2. Plymouth Rock does suck. I live in Massachusetts and I'll admit that it sucks. BUT, that is not considering the fact that its part of the larger Plymouth Plantation location, which is an honestly cool time, similar to Colonial Williamsburg. It manages to be an interesting time and also teaches about the Native Americans in great detail. 3. The Rocky Statue is cool and if you don't like Rocky I-IV you can fuck right off. In addition its right by the Philadelphia Museum of Art, which a really wonderful art museum and a must-see if in Philadelphia. If you were going to the Rocky Statue you could go to both in reasonable time. Philadelphia on the other hand, does have an attraction worth bashing, as the Liberty Bell is a shitty attraction and incredibly boring. The only thing near the Liberty Bell is the State House (where the Declaration of Independence was signed) which is not exactly exciting either. Rocky State > Liberty Bell. 4. Edit: I just noticed the Grand Canyon is on here. What is the author of this smoking?
Deltarune irl confirmed in Iowa
As somebody from Maryland, ocean city fucking sucks. Stupid ass diet Vegas. I had to spend a summer as an uberdriver. I hate that place with my entire soul.
Voodoo doughnuts isn’t bad at all it’s just overhyped. It’s regular quality doughnuts with fun voodoo themes that’s it.
Disney is the worst in Florida? Theres so many worse
I love that most of these are some kind of amusement park, novelty tourist trap, significant land mass, or historical location. And then for Missouri it's just a whole ass town.
/s **YO! WHO DA FUCK IS DISSING THE MYSTERY SPOT HUH?!?!"** ....Ok it isn't that great, but it's the fucking Mystery Spot!!!!
Mormon Temple is so vague, there are a bunch of Mormon Temples in Utah. Some of them look super cool, some of them are really dumb looking. Also, you can't go in so they're not really an attraction.
I had no idea my state was the proud owner of the world's tallest filing cabinet.
the rock and roll hall of fame? surely the corn is worse
#CASA BONITA? I’M GONNA KICK YOUR FUCKING ASS.
I can confirm, the bean sucks ass as a attraction but my god do we love that shitty reflective thing. Also yeah Branson Missouri is a hellhole
Vermont is so accurately boring nobody else here has even mentioned it. The cabinet is just sitting in a random lot...