Weird outdoor & roadside things to do in Albuquerque

Looking for weird outdoor & roadside oddities in Albuquerque? These 5 are the genuinely strange ones — Cruising San Mateo ("Chevy on a Stick"), Mesa del Sol Giant Rattlesnake Median Sculptures, Pueblo Montaño Chainsaw Sculpture Garden and more — each hand-vetted and sourced, not pulled from a top-ten list. Great for an unusual date, a weird afternoon, or showing a visitor the side of Albuquerque they'd never find on their own.

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Cruising San Mateo ("Chevy on a Stick") Commissioned in 1991 by artist Barbara Grygutis, this controversial public sculpture features a turquoise 195… Southeast Albuquerque
Mesa del Sol Giant Rattlesnake Median Sculptures Spanning nearly 200 feet long each, two giant rattlesnakes sculpted from concrete and hundreds of river cobbl… Mesa del Sol / South Valley
Pueblo Montaño Chainsaw Sculpture Garden After a 2003 wildfire burned 250 acres of the Rio Grande Bosque, retired firefighter and artist Mark Chavez t… North Valley
Route 66 Musical Highway Engineered in 2014 by National Geographic and the NMDOT, this quarter-mile stretch of historic Route 66 plays… Tijeras / East Mountains
May Café Lumberjack ("Fidel" the Bunyan Mutant) Standing 25 feet tall on a customized steel beam above a parking lot, this 2,000-pound fiberglass lumberjack… International District