The Thing (Roadside attraction), Dragoon

About The Thing (Roadside attraction)

The Thing (Roadside attraction) is a museum and roadside curiosity stop in Dragoon, Arizona, where visitors explore a collection of strange exhibits housed in a modern facility. The star attraction is The Thing itself, a mysterious exhibit that originally inspired the museum's creation. The space displays aliens and dinosaur figures, including a T-Rex display that visitors photograph in front of. The museum occupies a building constructed in 2018 to house the original curiosities and expanded collections. Located along I-10, the attraction draws travelers through hundreds of billboards advertising the stop. A Dairy Queen restaurant and Shell gasoline station are available on site for visitors' convenience. Visitors encounter taxidermied animals, shrunken heads, and other unusual artifacts while moving through the exhibition spaces designed to showcase roadside Americana oddities and curiosities.