A boot fence.  Such as the boot fence  on State Route 39 west of
Hunt, TX.  Usually a ranch fence with many boots on the fence posts.

A Shoe Tree. More Info  lots of shoes hung from trees, why not

A Dust Storm

Ancient Mysterious Furnaces.  Feel like exploring?   Check out this link Furnaces

Any old band stand or gazebo in a small town square.

Any Barber Pole sign, the revolving red & white type. More info

Any Beaver Dam None submitted so far

Any body of water that has 15 or more letters in its name. ( one found so far)

Any hot dog stand, but they must feature hot dogs, be roadside and of the old fashion type, PLUS extra credit for those beauties usually found in Florida with the thong lady.

Any Church dated pre 1850. 

Any Drive- In  Check out this great Link Drive-In

Any Firehouse dated before 1800 Link  None submitted so far

Any hot spring.  Remote and off the beaten trail would be preferred.  Give location for others.

Any Steam fire engine
Any Fire engine dated before.... 1940

Any "Inflatable" advertising usually over 15 feet.  ( No Sex Toys)

Any "old" farming equipment made before the 1940's

Any old fire hydrant. These will be fun and check out this site to get you started Hydrant. Now I know we don't like rules but the hydrant has to have a personality to qualify.

Any old court house in the town square.  Building must be old and have bell tower and or clock tower.  None of these boring, modern types.  King's call on this one.   Building must have character.

Any old gas station.  "Old" is the operative word here.   Check out this link Gas Stations

Any "old" Town Clock.   These are those great clocks found on corners or the town square and are mounted on the ground.  Not to be confused with the clock towers in the town halls

Any Indian sweat lodge

Any life-size or larger plastic animal
Any old motel neon sign.  Want help?  Check out this link for more info

Any old missile bunker.

Any pony express monument

Any real-size vehicle "on a stick" (You'll often find vehicles on display high in the air.)

Any war bike.  Pick your make, year and war.  We will have a special page for these.

Any battleship

Any cave entrance ( entrance must be in the picture) No tourist attraction cave. We are looking for out of the way caves.

Any covered bridge Link

Any Domed Stadium

Any Ghost Town.  A ghost town is just that.  A place where once there was a town and it is now gone and only memories and hopefully some physical relics remain.  Want some help?  Then check out this Ghost Town Site  How much easier can I make it.

Any Lighthouse, sea or fresh water types.

Any Lighthouse with a cross on the top.  An extra point if you find this one. Clue, try FL

Any meteor crater.

Any nuclear submarine. ( OK.  We have accepted none nukes in the past. Rules get tougher now.  We need some radioactive stuff from here on.   Nukes only

Any old barn with an advertisement painted on it.

Any old wood outhouse ( additional .5 points for each addition holer) (Also see "Outhouse" under A walk on the Weird Side)

Any "Old" Log Cabin.  But wait.  No National Monuments etc.  What you must find is  a great old log cabin on the back roads that is "not" some National, State restored facility.

Any one room schoolhouse

Any original structure on Route 66  Finding and riding Route 66 has become a national as well as an international obsession.  So when searching for remnants of the once proud Mother of all Roads don't be surprised if you have international company.  So don't leave home without your foreign language dictionaries.

Any Route sign which is the Longest Road in US

Any observatory with telescope that is enclosed and rotates

Any tall ship with "3" masts under sail.  On this one your bike must be in picture. 2 points

Any town sign with a population less than 3.

Any town that celebrates the invention of Jell-O

Any town with the word " RAT" in it? ( and there are many ) OK.  Here is some help.  Check out the Towns with Rat in the name  Now how much easier can I make it?

Any town/city sign that says Angola. Also a lot to find.

Any Veterans monument for any period and any conflict. ( Max of 12 for civil war monuments )

Any Wall Murals, on the outside of a building.   Must be noteworthy?  King's call here. During a recent trip I noticed Tulsa OK had more murals then I could count.

Any waterfall that free falls at least 100 feet.  None of these wimpy trickles either.

Any weird building, usually a house, but can be commercial, that is shaped like, shoe, wind mill, has 6,7,8 sides, geodesic, flying saucer etc.  Kings call if it qualifies. 

Any Weird Road Xing Sign?(Take close up, sign only is best so the pic can be posted )

Any windmill, must be the older type, none of those new high tech types.  Sorry KS.

Any WW1 fighter aircraft.  Must be authentic.  But then how will I ever know?

Any WW 2 fighter aircraft.  You need to include name of air craft.

Bonneville Salt Flats

Bonneville Salt Flats under water. ( Not yet found! )

Boss RAT 98

Boss RAT 99 with his navigator.  No navigator, no points

Boss RAT 99

Boss RAT 2000

Boss RAT 2001

Branson Bunny

Butch Cassidy home, somewhere in Utah.  King found it, now you find it.

Caution Butterfly Zone sign.

Caution sign for any animal not mentioned below (excluding cows, DEER and horses)

Caution, Bear Crossing sign

Caution, Blue Wolf Crossing sign

Caution, Elk Crossing sign

Caution, Moose Crossing sign

Caution, Panther Crossing sign

Caution, Reindeer Crossing sign

Caution, Turtle Crossing sign

Champlain Monster

Dumb named Towns.  The name of the town must be unusual.  King's call on this one. Some suggestions can be found on each state page.  When taking picture your bike does not have to be in picture.  Just get a close up of the sign so we can put it on the RAT Web Page so it can be read.  Dumb Named Towns

Famous Graves, and to help you find them check out this link Graves

Ghost Town of Ballarat

Gigantic Cross, US 40, World's largest in Western Hemisphere

Grave Marker of someone who served in the French & Indian War. 2 points!

Hell's Half Acre

Highest mountain in US you can reach by motorcycle

Highest peak E of Mississippi @ 6684' ?

Highest point on the Blue Ridge Parkway

Home town of any Astronaut?

Home town of any Miss America

Geographical center of Tennessee

Giant Oranges, any style structure and Florida has a ton of these.  Include location

Indian petroglyphs (please do not disturb)

Loneliest Phone in the World, US 50, NV (found once) In trouble now.  May be gone

Luna's Jackal

Mom and Pop Motels. These are the great old 50's motels.  Include a brief description and address and we will also put your find on the Mom and Pop page.  If the motel is a place to stay more info is better such and phone and price. 

Most northerly point of Alaska you can get to by motorcycle

Most northerly point of US (lower 48)

Most southerly point of Continental US (East Coast)

Most southerly point of Continental US (West Coast)

Most westerly point of US (not including Hawaii)

Old Grist Mill

Peter Toth American Indian Sculptures, a tough one.  More Info

Picture of author of "K- 9 Cop" ( A Member of the International Order of the RAT)

Royal RAT Candy

Route 666

Site of the first Atomic Bomb test.

Stone marker where Bonnie and Clyde were killed. You find it.

Summit of Bear Tooth Parkway.  Bear Tooth must be in picture.

The County that has selected the new President 23 out of 25 times.

The company that started the Burma Shave Sign, somewhere in Minneapolis ( Never found )

The Great River Road.  Could offer many new RAT Sites   See this link River Road  

The geological center of North America

The oldest continually inhabited village in the US.   Clue, look in N. Mexico

Things on a stick.  People place all sorts of objects on poles to attract attention.  You findum.  Cars, animals and who knows what else.
The Lincoln Highway  More info 

Ugly town of Trona, ( near Ballarat)

VW Beetle with Six legs (an actual car) there are about 12 of these at last count(1 Found)

Wacky Road Signs.  Here is some help Help site  But you can go with your imagination.

Wall Drugs

World's Largest Transportable Smoker ? Always on the move.

Your bike and a Whale. Now an addition to this.  The Wyland Whaling Walls.  More Info

Your bike and an Alien

Your bike and any Blimp

Your bike and a hot air balloon (inflated or nearly so)

Your bike and an UFO

Your bike and the Wiennermobile.  Look to NC. Call Scott Hennon for help.

The Lincoln Highway

Check out this web site for more info.   And then try this one.   Once you have those two sites checked out find your March & April 2000 editions of your American Motorcyclist Magazine for two articles.  That should get you going!

Lincoln Highway Adventures: Links
Two-Lane Roads - Historic highways
Traveling America's First Transcontinental Highway