If you feel your family has visited all the “usual” tourist destinations in Alabama, why not get quirky this summer?

We came up with a list you won’t find under most “things to do” sections, places where you can pay homage to the days before interstates, when roadside attractions offered a peculiar kind of entertainment.

Hunt for sharks’ teeth

A visit to Shark Tooth Creek in Aliceville will yield evidence of life from 40 million years ago – and it is evidence you get to take home in the form of the teeth of ancient sharks and other fossils. Visit the fascinating creek at 24114 Alabama Highway 14 East in Aliceville. Read more here.

Get weirded out by McWeevil

What would happen if Ronald McDonald and a boll weevil had a baby? A bunch of scientists would show up with white coats and microscopes, that’s what. But if it were an imaginary pairing, we know what it would look like: The McWeevil statue in Enterprise. The boll weevil is sort of a mascot for the town to honor the agricultural pest’s role in the city’s history – it forced farmers to diversify from only growing cotton crops, which led to prosperity. See the McWeevil at 652 Boll Weevil Circle in Enterprise.

Play air guitar alongside a giant rock star

The 18-foot-tall aluminum statue in Muscle Shoals is one of several planned monuments for a project called the Singing River Sculptures to honor the area’s musical heritage. Similar sculptures are located in Sheffield and Florence.

Read More: Shiny, 18-foot musicians greet visitors to Alabama cities

Make a movie set pilgrimage

Take a tour of sites in Alabama where movies were made. Just a few examples are: Birmingham’s Rickwood Field where “42” was filmed; homes in Eufaula seen in “Sweet Home Alabama;” Mooresville where “Tom and Huck” was filmed; the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, where “Space Camp” and other space movies were filmed; and various sites from filming of “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” listed here. Find more info at the Alabama Film Office website here.

Spend an afternoon the Coon Dog Cemetery

Despite its isolated location, the Key Underwood Coon Dog Cemetery near Cherokee in Colbert County is a draw for visitors. People come to see the only cemetery in the world designated specifically for registered coon-hunting dogs. More than 300 are buried there, with names like Beanblossom Bommer, Doctor Doom, Strait Talk’n’ Tex, Flop, Hammer Tyme Red, Tennessee Bawling Barney and Easy Goin’ Sam. Their graves are marked with everything from wooden crosses to granite markers etched with artwork, as well as some heartfelt and humorous epitaphs. Read more and find directions here.

Throw your shoes over the line at Spectre

If you fondly recall the scene in the movie “Big Fish” where a little girl throws Edward Bloom’s (Ewan McGregor) shoes over the line so he can’t leave, you can follow in his bare footsteps. Visit Jackson Lake Island in Millbrook and see the preserved set of the fictional town of Spectre, complete with shoes on the utility line. Find information here.

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Bask in the shade of the Tree that Owns Itself

Just don’t invade its personal space. Yes, the property into which this tree’s roots grow was deeded to the tree itself, as a plaque on its fence states. Find out more by clicking here.

Prime the pump where Helen Keller learned to spell

The actual water pump where the deaf-blind Helen Keller learned to communicate in 1887 is still located at her childhood home, Ivy Green, preserved as a museum in Tuscumbia. The pump is used in the play “The Miracle Worker,” performed each summer at Ivy Green. Get more information here.

Place a banana on the grave of Miss Baker, the monkeynaut

Visitors to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville often honor Miss Baker by leaving bananas on her memorial. Miss Baker was a squirrel monkey, one of two monkeys who would become the first animals to be launched into space by the United States and be recovered alive. Miss Baker was born in 1957 and made her 16-minute space flight in 1959. She and Able, a rhesus monkey, returned to earth healthy and were treated as celebrities. Able would die four days later from complications of surgery to remove electrodes embedded for her flight. Miss Baker lived out her life in Huntsville, dying of kidney failure on Nov. 29, 1984. See it outside 1 Tranquility Base in Huntsville.

Read More: Memories of first space monkey Miss Baker from her Alabama ‘family’ with vintage photos

Take a selfie with a Mardi Gras jester

Mardi Gras is all about lavish excess, and Mobile found a way to celebrate it year-round. In Mardi Gras Park at 104 S Royal Street visitors can take selfies with colorful statues of a jester, a queen and king. Read more here.

Holler Ricky Bobby’s immortal line “If you ain’t first, you’re last…”

… from the grandstands of the Talladega Superspeedway. For fans of the film “The Ballad of Ricky Bobby,” this one’s self-explanatory. Visit it at 3366 Speedway Boulevard in Lincoln. Find directions and a history of the speedway here.

Sit a spell at the World’s Largest Office Chair

But unless you’re really tall, you can’t sit in it. You’ll have to settle for sitting at its base. Built by Leonard “Sonny” Miller in 1981 to promote his Anniston furniture store, the 33-foot office chair held the title of World’s Largest Office Chair until 2003, when a company from Italy built a larger one. Visit the chair at 625 Noble Street in Anniston.

Play “limb-o” beneath a goat tree limb

Dauphin Island is home to some unusual oaks, known as Goat Trees, with low-hanging limbs that grow nearly parallel to the ground. According to AlabamaBirdingTrails.com, the trees located near Shell Mound Park once served as shelter for wild goats that inhabited the island. The trees have limbs that reach as far as 50 feet and provide a perfect climbing surface for goats – or a good limbo dance. These days, the Goat Tree Preserve is listed as part of the National Wetlands Inventory and provides habitat for dozens of birds, including warblers, vireos and gnatcatchers. It is a favorite destination of bird watchers. Learn more here.

Have an ice cream on the spot where Harper Lee lived

Mel’s Dairy Dream at 216 South Alabama Avenue in Monroeville is an old-fashioned walk-up dairy bar that was built on the site of Harper Lee’s childhood home. The house was demolished after the Lee family moved out in the 1950s. Mel’s is a favorite spot for locals and for fans of Harper Lee, who died in 2016.

Read More: Was ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ actually filmed in Alabama?

Walk into a shark’s mouth

Souvenir City has been a fixture at Gulf Shores since 1956. The massive shark at the entrance was damaged by Hurricane Ivan in 2004, but was repaired. Visitors can enter through the shark’s mouth and look through windows inside its belly to see what it has eaten. Visit it at 217 Gulf Shores Parkway.

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Take cover in the tree where Civil War soldiers hid

At the Ghost Town of Blakely, now part of a state park, visitors can crouch inside the Hiding Tree’s large, human-sized opening. Legend says that during the Civil War, soldiers would crouch in the natural hollow, either to hide from attackers or to ambush them. The park is located at 34745 Alabama Highway 225 in Spanish Fort.

Pet a brontosaurus

Not a real one. Duh. This Bronty is one of four dinosaur replicas commissioned by George Barber. They stand in the woods surrounding Barber Marina, just waiting for visitors. Just head down Fish Trap Road in Elberta, and look for the Dinosaur Crossing sign. Read more here.

Play in the Dead Children’s Playground

Is the playground next to Huntsville’s historic Maple Hill Cemetery haunted by the ghosts of children? It’s an oft-told urban legend that stems from the park’s location next to the graves. In actuality, both the playground and cemetery are quiet, picturesque places to visit. Find them at 1351 McClung Avenue SE. Read more here.

Have a good cry over the gun that killed Ole Yeller

Some people call the scene in which the dog is shot in “Ole Yeller” one of the saddest in film history. Visit Huggin’ Molly’s Restaurant in Abbeville and see the prop gun used in the film displayed on a wall. Remind yourself it was just a movie, and the actor dog survived, but you’ll probably cry anyway, just thinking about it. Visit Huggin’ Molly’s at 129 Kirkland Street in Abbeville. See a menu here.

Stand in the center of the state if you can find it.

According to several online sources, the passage of the Submerged Lands Act of 1953 changed the location of the geographic center of the state of Alabama. If true, the historic marker was never moved to reflect the change. It still stands, oddly enough, on the grounds of Reynolds Cemetery in Montevallo. Read more here.