When you’re driving along on a road trip, you may spot something unique on the side of the road and decide to pull over and explore.

Roadside attractions are often quirky landmarks that offer a nice reprieve from driving.

Fifty Grande, an American travel magazine, has compiled a list of the strangest roadside attractions in each state.

Abita Mystery House is Louisiana’s weirdest roadside attraction says Fifty Grande

Abita Mystery House, located in Abita Springs, is the weirdest roadside attraction in Louisiana, according to Fifty Grande.

This roadside attraction features a vintage service station, a 100-year-old Louisiana Creole cottage, an exhibition hall of memorabilia and junk, as well as the museum’s House of Shards.

The House of Shards is an old cottage decorated with thousands upon thousands of tile pieces, pottery shards, mirrors and glass. The building also houses an interesting collection of vintage bicycles.

Other exhibits at “Louisiana’s most eccentric museum” include a general store, car repair, comb collection, Airstream, “Bassigator,” “swamp ghost” and numerous art prints.

This folk-art environment, curated by Louisiana inventor and artist John Preble, is filled with thousands of found objects and homemade inventions. Here, visitors can observe artistic recreations of a Mardi Gras parade, New Orleans jazz funeral, rhythm and blues dance hall, haunted Southern plantation and more.

The weirdest roadside attraction in each state according to Fifty Grande

• Alabama: The Unclaimed Baggage Center
• Alaska: Igloo City
• Arizona: The Thing
• Arkansas: Thorncrown Chapel
• California: Chandelier Drive-Thru Tree
• Colorado: Rita the Rock Planter
• Connecticut: PEZ Visitor Center
• Delaware: Futuro House
• Florida: World’s Smallest Post Office
• Georgia: The Tree That Owns Itself
• Hawaii: Pineapple Garden Maze
• Idaho: Idaho Potato Hotel
• Illinois: World’s Largest Catsup Bottle
• Indiana: Martini-Drinking Pink Elephant
• Iowa: Future Birthplace of Captain James T. Kirk
• Kansas: World’s Largest Collection of the World’s Smallest Versions of the World’s Largest Things
• Kentucky: World’s Tallest Three Story Building
• Louisiana: Abita Mystery House
• Maine: Wild Blueberry Land
• Maryland: Vanadu Art House
• Massachusetts: The Paper House
• Michigan: Giant Uniroyal Tire
• Minnesota: Jolly Green Giant Statue
• Mississippi: The Frog Farm
• Missouri: BoatHenge
• Montana: Garden of One Thousand Buddhas
• Nebraska: Klown Doll Museum
• Nevada: International Car Forest
• New Hampshire: The USS Albacore
• New Mexico: International UFO Museum
• New Jersey: Lucy the Elephant
• New York: World’s Largest Pancake Griddle
• North Carolina: The World’s Largest Chest of Drawers
• North Dakota: The Enchanted Highway
• Ohio: World’s Largest Bobblehead
• Oklahoma: Winganon Space Capsule
• Oregon: Mill Ends Park
• Pennsylvania: The Haines Shoe House
• Rhode Island: The Big Blue Bug
• South Carolina: South of the Border
• South Dakota: The World’s Only Corn Palace
• Tennessee: Backyard Terrors Dinosaur Park
• Texas: Barney Smith’s Toilet Seat Art Museum
• Utah: Hole N” The Rock
• Vermont: Ben & Jerry’s Flavor Graveyard
• Virginia: Hugh Mongous
• Washington: Big Red Wagon
• West Virginia: World’s Largest Teapot
• Wisconsin: Al Johnson’s Goats on the Roof
• Wyoming: World’s Largest Elkhorn Arch

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns erupted for 15 hits and never trailed after the first inning Tuesday night, defeating the Marshall Thundering Herd 11-1 in seven innings at the Sun Belt Conference Tournament at Dabos Park.

Louisiana (35-21) answered an unearned Marshall run in the top of the first with three runs in the bottom half and continued to pile on offense throughout the night.

Center fielder Noah Lewis led the Cajuns offensively, finishing 4-for-5 with three runs scored, a double, a three-run home run and three RBIs. His fifth-inning blast to deep center field stretched Louisiana’s lead to 9-1 and effectively put the game out of reach.

Mark Collins added three hits and two RBIs, including a two-run double in the third inning, while Lee Amedee finished with two hits and two RBIs. Blaze Rodriguez scored three times and reached base four times with three walks.

The Cajuns wasted little time responding after Marshall took a 1-0 lead on an error-assisted run in the first inning. Louisiana answered with RBI hits from Amedee and Drew Markle before another run scored on a Marshall fielding error for a 3-1 advantage.

Louisiana extended the lead in the third inning after RBI singles from Owen Galt and Collins made it 6-1.

On the mound, Cody Brasch earned the win after allowing just three hits and no earned runs over 5 1/3 innings. He struck out one and walked two before Parker Smith closed out the final 1 2/3 innings.

Marshall managed only three hits in the game and went 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position.

With the victory, Louisiana advances to face Coastal Carolina on Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. in a rematch after the Cajuns took two of three from the Chanticleers in the final regular season series last week.

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