#1: Ostrich Festival
Chandler, Arizona At this annual bash celebrating the southern Arizona tradition of ostrich ranching Read more.
#2: World Championship Punkin Chunkin
Bridgeville, Delaware How far can you chunk a pumpkin? . The record: 4,483.51 feet.
#3: Sputnikfest
Manitowoc, Wisconsin In September 1962, a chunk of glowing debris from Sputnik 4-one of the first Earth-orbiting satellites.
#4: Frozen Dead Guy Days Nederland, Colorado
When Grandpa Bredo Morstoel died in 1989, his cryogenically minded family packed him in dry ice and placed him in a shed to await a cure for death. This festival honors him.
#5: Moose Dropping Festival
When nature gives you moose poop, drop it on people from hot-air balloons.
#6: Humungus Fungus Fest
Want to see the largest mushroom in the world? Then this is the festival for you.
#7: Underwater Music Festival
Come on down to the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary and snorkel or dive your way to Looe Key Reef.
#8: Kinetic Sculpture Race
Baltimore, Maryland Is it art-or transportation? Both, it turns out, when human-powered sculptures cross sea, mud, and sand in an eight-hour, 15-mile race along the city's Inner Harbor each May.
#9: Chitlin’ Strut
Annual celebration of the chitlin', a boiled or fried pig intestine that is considered a delicacy by many around the world. Visit Salley, South Carolina.
#10: Stahlstown Flax Scutching Festival
Every year in September, descendants of Ligonier Valley, PA gather to demonstrate the centuries-old tradition of making linen from the flax plant.
#11: Interstate Mullet Toss
Thousands will flock to the Gulf Coast for the chance to toss a mullet fish over the state line between Alabama and Florida.
#12: Washboard Music Festival
The event is held in Logan, Ohio, home to the last remaining company to manufacture washboards, the Columbus Washboard Company.
#13: Turpentine Festival
There's the Turpentine Festival in Portal, Georgiaabout an hour outside of Savannahwhere you'll find one of the last remaining turpentine stills in the country.
#14: The Honobia Bigfoot Festival and Conference
The legend lives in southeastern Oklahoma, and each October the faithful gather to browse all manner of Bigfoot art, jam to the Big Foot Boogie Band, and hear fireside tales from those who've experienced a sighting.
#15: Slug Fest
Celebrate the slimy yellow-green banana slug at the Northwest Trek Wildlife Park outside Eatonville, Washington. There will be human slug races, specimen observations, and arts and crafts activities for kids.
