This document contains a list of attractions and lodging options in various US states. Some highlights include a giant head of Beethoven in Florida, the world's largest rubber band ball in Maryland, a chocolate moose statue in Maine, and a shoe shaped house in Pennsylvania. Lodging prices near these attractions range from around $40-250 per night.

1. Ana Duany
October 19, 2011
Period 4
US States Assignment
Florida
Fort Myers
Giant Head of Beethoven
Mighty Ludwig guards the entrance to the New University pyramid village.
Days Inn Fort Myers Springs Resort, $61 per night
Homestead
Coral Castle
Ed Leedskanin built this castle to impress his future wife, Agnes Scuffs.
Days Inn Homestead, $79 per night
Ochopee
Skunk Ape Research Center
Skunk Ape is similar to Big Foot.
Millers World Everglades, Duplex Cabin, $89.50 per night
St. Augustine
Fountain of Youth
Where Ponce de Leon landed in 1513.
Best Western Spanish Quarters Inn, $89 per night
Tutisville
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
Rockets, astronauts, outer space.
Radisson Resort at the Port, $82 per night
Colorado
Denver
“Why I Love Her” USA Map
Two maps of the USA explaining why Gary Sweehy loves America.
Hyatt Summerfield Denver Airport, $119 per night
Colorado Springs
World’s Largest Beetle
Monster-sized West Indian Hercules Beetle statue built in mid-1950s.
Crowne Plaza Hotel Colorado Springs, $95 per night
Illinois
Mount Pleasant
Grave of King Neptune the Pig
The US Navy’s unofficial mascot is buried in Mount Pleasant, Illinois.
Super 8 Anna, $65 per night
Arcola
One and Only Hippie Memorial
Memorial for hippies built in 1992.
America’s Best Value, $49 per night

2. Kansas
Goessel
Liberty Bell made of Wheat
Replica of the Liberty Bell from Pennsylvania made of wheat.
America’s Best Value Inn, $71 per night
Liberal
Dorothy’s House and Land of Oz
Dorothy home back in Kansas.
Super 8 Liberal Kansas, $49 per night
Louisiana
New Orleans
Voodoo Merman
Voodoo shop with exotic displays.
Sheraton New Orleans Hotel, $189 per night
Point Pleasant
Tiny Church-Chapel of the Madonna
Smallest church in the world, 8 feet x 8 feet.
Best Western Plaquemine Inn, $104 per night
Maine
Scarborough
Lenny, the Chocolate Moose
Lenny is made out of 1,700 pounds of chocolate.
Comfort Inn & Suite, $79 per night
Skowhegan
World’s Tallest Indian
The world tallest Indian stands 62 feet tall.
Fireside Inn & Suites, $80 per night
Maryland
Aberdeen
Field of Tanks
US Army ordnance museum.
Red Roof Inn Aberdeen $54 per night
Chevy Chase
World’s Largest Rubber Band Ball
A rubber ball weighing over 3,129 lbs.
Hyatt Regency Bethesda, $240 per night
Mississippi
Natchez
Mammy’s Cupboard

3. Restaurant built inside a 28-foot tall black woman’s skirt.
Days Inn Natchez, $64 per night
Vicksburg
Where Coca-Cola was First Bottled
A coca-cola museum.
Relax Inn Downtown Vicksburg, $43 per night
Nevada
Las Vegas
Eiffel Tower
Half-sized replica of the Eiffel Tower.
Hooter’s Casino Hotel, $162 per night
Las Vegas
The Little White Wedding Chapel
Tunnel of love: drive-thru wedding.
Stratosphere Tower $172 per night
New Jersey
Millville
Museum of American Glass
Glass museum and its star attraction, the world’s largest glass bottle.
Country Inn By Carlson Millville, $80 per night
Linden
Mercedes Benz Gravestone
Ray Tse’s tombstone is a Mercedes Benz.
Hampton Inn Linden, $92 per night
New Mexico
Shiprock
Four Corners USA
Only spot in the US where you can be in four place at once.
Best Western Plus Inn of Santa Fe, $78.75 per night
Capitan
Smokey Bear Museum and Grave
Smokey Bear was founded burned in Lincoln National Forest by firefighters,
now he’s home and buried in Capitan, NM.
Village Lodge Suites, $74 per night
Ohio
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Police Museum
Displays an entire case of murder weapons.
Millennium Hotel Cincinnati, $169 per night
Cincinnati
Passenger Pigeon Memorial

4. Martha, a pigeon, has her very own memorial.
Kingsgate Marriott Conference, $189 per night
Pennsylvania
Easton
Crayola Factory
Series of stations promoting appealing kid activities.
The Lafayette Inn, $125 per night
Helam
Haines Shoes House
Shoe shaped house built in 1948.
Hampton Inn York, Pennsylvania, $122 per night
Rhode Island
Chepachet
Little Bett the Elephant
Memorial to little Bett the elephant.
America’s Best Value, $62 per night
Providence
Tree Root That Ate Roger Williams
Man-eating tree root.
Renaissance Providence Downtown Hotel, $179 per night
Tennessee
Clinton
Museum of Appalachia
Rural life museum; quilts, baskets, and millstones.
Red Roof Inn Clinton, $53 per night
Gatlinburg
Museum of Salt and Pepper Shakers
Andrea Ludden and her family’s very own salt and pepper museum.
Sleep Inn & Suites Gatlinburg, $75 per night
Virginia
Arlington
Drug Enforcement Administration Museum
Drug museum.
Residence Inn Arlington Pentagon City, $139 per night
Natural Bridge
Professor Cline's Haunted Monster Museum & Dark Maze
Haunted monster museum.
Natural Bridge Hotel, $63 per night