Roadside Wonders

Hat Creek Cowboy Highway 89 Hat Creek, California submitted by “Butterfly” and “Kamikaze” (Amanda & Steve) Amanda & Steve are A++ “Roadside Wonderer-ers”!  Click the Butterfly or Kamikaze tags at the end of this post and stay tuned because there are more on the way! Amanda says: This guy was once the Mechanic Muffler Man of Dunsmuir, California —  but as of last summer...

Farmer Fred & His Son Clyde Sappington Farmers’ Market 8400 Watson Road St. Louis, Missouri submitted by “Jo,eh” Farmer Fred and his son, Clyde, stand watch outside Sappington Farmers’ Market in St. Louis, Missouri. Jo says: This a big Farmer..looks like a goober wendyvee says: You know, Jo …. I couldn’t agree more.  Hey! Maybe they are relatives of this oddly disproportionate granny/son/headless...

“Big Ole” The Largest Viking In The Land Alexandria, Minnesota submitted by “Solarwing” (Frank) Frank says: I came by “Big Ole” in Alexandria, Minnesota. My grandson had watched a National Geographic show about the Kensington Runestone and wanted to see it. Big Ole was across the street from the Runestone Museum. wendyvee says: Though I have some great big love for King Neptune...

General John F. Reynolds Statue (McPherson’s Ridge) Route 30 Gettysburg National Historic Site submitted by wendyvee wendyvee says: Living within an hour of Gettysburg, and having a father who was a Civil War buff, I’ve been to the Gettysburg Battlefield many times. Of the multitude of statues and memorial markers (which number in the thousands), General Reynolds’ equestrian statue has...