Roadside Wonders

Big Brutus Giant Shovel West Mineral, Kansas submitted by “Runner” (Barb) Barb captured Brutus during the AMA’s “World’s Biggest” Grand Tour in 2008. (Click on the “Runner” tag below — she has plenty of other cool Roadside submissions too!) According to the Big Brutus website, we’re talking about 16 stories and 11 million pounds of shovel here! Brutus is...

Madonna of the Trail Council Grove, Kansas submitted by: Genia Genia says: DH and I headed back to eastern Kansas for a long weekend and found ourselves on a route through Council Grove, Kansas. I wasn’t brazen enough to get a pic up next to the statue….ok I woulda been, but found the way there after I’d taken pics already and couldn’t back my bike uphill to ride up the wheelchair accessible...