9. Racing Lobsters
Where: United States.
Price: A lobster
Americans observe July 4th as a national holiday each year to commemorate their nation’s independence from Great Britain in 1776. While typical customs include fireworks, red, white, and blue, picnics, and more, some regional festivities are quite distinctive.
Lobster Race Photography by Sean Gallup/Getty Images
Every year, there’s a lobster race in Bar Harbor, Maine. While the race isn’t particularly exciting or fast-paced, visitors can have a supper of poached salmon and egg sauce while they watch the crustaceans compete in this popular New England tourist site.