Places The quirkiest local landmarks in small-town America

[JNA]

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I would add
Superman in Metropolis, IL http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2090
Popeye in Chester, IL http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2657

What is your favorite quirky small town symbol/statue ?

 

[Shellac And Vinyl VelocitY]

What is your favorite quirky small town symbol/statue ?

Without a doubt, The Big Duck, on the Eastern end of Long Island,
near the Hamptons, in the small town of Flanders, Suffolk County, NY.

Wikimedia photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)
Hollowed-out to be a store that's
18ft wide x 30ft long x 20ft high.
It started out in the 1930's selling ducks/poultry & eggs.
Now it's a gift shop selling duck-themed memorabilia.

Boy, do I love that Duck!
When I'm out by the Hamptons, I take a detour to visit it.
Next time I'll try to take a good picture of it.

During the holiday season the duck gets fancily decorated,
and the colorful lights adorning it are lit up in a town Christmas celebration.

The Big Duck, Flanders, New York

Built in 1931, the Big Duck originally sold ducks, now sells duck souvenirs to summertime city weekenders.

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[TOFB]

I see your duck and raise you one goose. https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/1951

 

[Doohickie]

I could go out to one of the small towns out here and snap a pic of a Confederate general. Do you want that? I could do it.

 

[Shellac And Vinyl VelocitY]

I see your duck and raise you one goose. https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/1951

All these year, a duck has been a Mother Goose imposter?
But surely she'd know her flat beak would eventually give her away...!

I could go out to one of the small towns out here and snap a pic of a Confederate general. Do you want that? I could do it.

The statues & street art with Confederate generals are not in the process of being taken down...?

 

[Doohickie]

The statues & street art with Confederate generals are not in the process of being taken down...?

You're funny. Some of the small towns are doubling down, saying they'll never take them down.

 

[Shellac And Vinyl VelocitY]

The quirkiest Paul Bunyan statue in Michigan is...???


Is it the 30-foot-tall Bunyan made of car parts in Alpena, Michigan?

Kaiser Paul: Bunyan Made of Car Parts, Alpena, Michigan

Now nearly 60 years old, Paul is the mascot of Alpena Community College. He's built of old Kaiser auto parts salvaged from Detroit junkyards.

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[kms]

The Kecksburg UFO.

Space Acorn - 1965 UFO, Kecksburg, Pennsylvania

A UFO allegedly crashed in Kecksburg in 1965, and the town proudly displays a replica that was left there by a TV show.

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Big Joe Nagasaki at US Steel

North Braddock, PA - Joe Magarac - Steel Bending Worker

Visit reports, news, maps, directions and info on Joe Magarac - Steel Bending Worker in North Braddock, Pennsylvania.

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[Shellac And Vinyl VelocitY]

The fake Prada store in a Texas dessert.

Google map shows how to get to it:**

Prada Marfa

★★★★★ · Sculpture · 14880 US-90

www.google.com

**Or just ask Homer Simpson.

 

[Luca]

Very cool

 

[EsquireHare]

This is so cool! Thanks for sharing!

 

[Shellac And Vinyl VelocitY]

Alexandria, Indiana:
The world's largest ball of paint.
"They let you paint a layer of paint and you become the world record holder until the next person comes in to paint."

Alexandria, IN - World's Largest Ball of Paint

Visit reports, news, maps, directions and info on World's Largest Ball of Paint in Alexandria, Indiana.

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[Hawkeye66]

Brandon Iowa's Giant Frying Pan