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2017 Iron Butt Rally North American Safari

The 2017 Iron Butt Rally (IBR) is designed to lead you on a photo safari of North America’s iconic animals, both real and imagined. Armed with only your camera and motorcycle, you will roam the wilds in search of these elusive creatures. Fortunately, all of the target creatures are sedentary and quite unlikely to run onto the road.

In this catalog, you will find data on different beasts to hunt. Your goal is to capture a photo and escape before they turn on you.

The animals in the rally book are divided into five categories for your sorting enjoyment:

Air These majestic birds and insects capture our imagination with their ability to soar above it all and see the world from a different perspective.

Land From iconic images of native bison to fearsome predators to pets, land animals are symbols of nature, strength, and companionship.

Water Creatures of ocean, lake, river, and stream, these animals provide food, sport, and in some cases provoke visceral fear.

Prehistoric Eons ago, giants roamed these lands. You can still find their remnants today if you know where to look.

Mythical Born of our imagination, whimsy, or a need to explain the unknown, these creatures popped up throughout history. Search out representations of those fanciful ideas.

This keepsake booklet identifies each of the 328 different creature bonuses available on your safari and provides specific directions to document each bonus. Bonus codes are listed alphabetically. Points and leg-specific instructions will be in the Leg Bonus Packs.

Enjoy the adventure!


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Bonus Information

This book describes the bonus locations available in the 2017 Iron Butt Rally. Each bonus entry provides the following information:

• Bonus Code • Bonus Name • Street address or nearest intersection/cross-street • City and State/Province • GPS coordinates in degrees decimal rounded to the nearest 0.0001 degree • Available hours • Bonus requirements in italic type • Bonus description including important notes as needed • A photo of the bonus object

Bonus point values and instructions will be handed out for each leg according to the following schedule:

• Leg 1: Sunday evening, June 25, 2017 during the Opening Banquet • Leg 2: Thursday morning, June 29, 2017 at 4 A.M. CDT • Leg 3: Sunday morning, July 2 at 4 A.M. CDT

WARNING: DO NOT LEAVE ON A LEG UNTIL YOU HAVE VERIFIED THAT ALL PAPERWORK IS IN YOUR RALLY PACKAGE FOR THAT LEG. EACH PAGE IS NUMBERED. THIS IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.

CRITICAL: Please be respectful when placing your flag in photos. Private property and priceless museum pieces must not be used as your flag support.

This bonus listing is like a restaurant menu. If you order everything on the menu and eat it, you are going to get sick and perhaps die. Please choose bonus destinations carefully.

All times are local unless otherwise specified.

Unless otherwise specified, rally ID flags are required in all photos.

To earn any bonus, you MUST claim it on the Claimed Bonuses form. This includes Rest bonuses, Call-In bonuses, and Tracking bonuses. If you lose the Claimed Bonuses form, you will earn no bonus points for the leg.

Info on Call-In and Rest bonuses as well as the Checkpoints is at the back of this book.

Bonus Information


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Air AAE

Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan 491 Johnson St Alpena, MI

45.0801, -83.4487

24 Hours

Take a photo of the metal eagle head.

This large eagle head stands in front of the Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan. It was created by Tom Moran of Moran Iron Works in nearby Onaway, MI.

AAS

Arachophilla the Spider Berkman Dr at Manor Rd Austin, TX

30.2894, -97.6993

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the giant spider.

This twenty-three foot high giant spider is named Arachophilla. It was created by sculptor Dixie Friend Gay.

ABB

Back Bay NWR N Entrance Rd Virginia Beach, VA

36.6723, -75.9158

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the Back Bay NWR Visitor Center sign.

Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge was established on June 6, 1938 as a 4,589-acre refuge to provide feeding and resting habitat for migratory birds.

Air

ABC

Belt Salvage 6702 US-491 Cortez, CO

37.3076, -108.6119

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the vultures gutting the car.

Metal vultures are gutting a dead car on the roof of this salvage yard. Be wary they don't turn their hungry eyes towards your motorcycle.

ABD

Big Duck Building 1024 NY-24 Flanders, NY

40.9072, -72.6225

24 hours

Take a photo of The Big Duck building.

The Big Duck is a building in the shape of a duck located in Flanders, New York. It was built in 1931 by duck farmer Martin Maurer in nearby Riverhead and used as a shop to sell ducks and duck eggs.

ABF

World's Largest Bee 3rd Ave SE and Range Road 213A Falher, AB

55.7341, -117.2012

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the Falher Bee.

Falher, Alberta is known as the "Honey Capital of Canada". The area produces more than 45 million kg of clover honey per year. This statue was built in 1990 by Richard Ethier for Falher's very first Honey Festival.


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ABG

Bowling Green University 1535 E Wooster St Bowling Green, OH

41.3749, -83.6256

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the bronze falcon.

This two-ton bird is claimed to be the "World's Largest Bronze Falcon". Don't become its next snack.

ABH

University of Delaware Pencader Way, Univ. of Delaware campus Newark, DE

39.6880, -75.7555

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the Blue Hen statue.

The Blue Hen statue depicts the University of Delaware mascot. Legend has it that this statue will fly away if a virgin graduates from the University of Delaware.

ABN

Norwalk Metro Green Line Station 12901 Hoxie Ave Norwalk, CA

33.9138, -118.1038

24 Hours

Take a photo of the bee at the station entrance.

The theme for this Los Angeles Metro station is "bee hive". There is a freestanding bee at the entrance and the station is lined with hexagonal tiles to mimic a hive.

Air

ABO

Leader Burrowing Owls 4 Ave and 1 St W Leader, SK

50.8905, -109.5412

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the burrowing owls.

The small community of Leader has many sculptures that represent area wildlife. Your challenge is to find the Burrowing Owls at the corner of 1 Street W and 4 Avenue.

ABU

Lunsford Welding US-177, approx 2 miles south of OK-19 Stratford, OK

34.7694, -96.9680

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the sculpture of a hand and butterfly.

A butterfly alights on a large metal hand in front of Lunsford Welding.

ABV

Vilano Beach Pier West end of Vilano Road Vilano Beach, FL

29.9167, -81.2981

24 Hours

Take a photo of the Vilano Beach bluebird.

This bird from the 1940's was originally orange and promoted the citrus industry. It is now painted blue and transformed into the Bluebird of Happiness, greeting visitors at the Vilano Beach pier.


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ACB

Surfsand Resort W Gower Ave at Rock Ct Cannon Beach, OR

45.8900, -123.9624

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the puffin statue.

Cannon Beach is famous for the Tufted Puffins that roost every year on the town's iconic Haystack Rock. This puffin statue at the Surfsand Resort pays homage to these annual visitors.

ACC

Coxs Creek Rooster 6515 New Shepherdsville Rd Coxs Creek, KY

37.8865, -85.5496

24 Hours

Take a photo of the rooster statue outside the gas station.

This big rooster keeps watch in rural Kentucky.

ACM

Coal Mine Canary 219 W Main St Trinidad, CO

37.1681, -104.5069

24 Hours

Take a photo of the canary in the cage.

"The Coal Miner's Canary" honors mine safety canaries. This bird is shown alive and not dropped off the perch due to carbon monoxide poisoning.

Air

ACR

Belgrade Crow US-71, south edge of town Belgrade, MN

45.4442, -95.0091

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the crow

This huge black crow perches atop a 31-foot long branch. Inside the base is a tiny self-guided museum. Push a button and a prerecorded narration will tell you more than you would ever want to know about this crow.

ACY

The Butterfly House 15193 Olive Blvd Chesterfield, MO

38.6649, -90.5424

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the large butterfly statue outside the Butterfly House.

The Butterfly House opened in 1998 and is a division of the Missouri Botanical Garden. It is the only dedicated insect facility accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.

ADA

World's Largest Mallard AB-855 and 50 Ave Andrew, AB

53.8783, -112.3322

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the large mallard.

The tiny town of Andrew, Alberta takes pride in having the "World's Largest" mallard. Two other towns in North America make that same claim. In any case this is one huge mallard.


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ADD

Make Way for Ducklings Boston Public Garden Boston, MA

42.3555, -71.0698

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the duck and ducklings.

This line of bronze statues pays tribute to the 1941 children's book Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey. The sculptures by artist Nancy Schön were installed in 1987.

ADS

Innovative Pest Management 6608 Campground Rd Denver, NC

35.5335, -81.0293

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the stainless steel spider

The owner of Innovative Pest Management wanted to draw attention to the business. They hired local race car designer-turned-sculptor Dave Simpson to create this nightmare of a Black Widow spider out of stainless steel.

ADW

Canada's Largest Dragonfly 50 St and 56 Ave Wabamun, AB

53.5628, -114.4682

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the dragonfly.

The community of Wabamun, Alberta holds its annual Dragonfly Festival in June. This dragonfly sculpture is claimed to be the largest in Canada

Air

AEG

Greenville Rancheria Tribal Office 408 Main St Greenville, CA

40.1407, -120.9502

24 Hours

Take a photo of the eagle outside the Tribal Office.

A large scrap metal eagle swoops at the Greenville Rancheria Tribal Office.

AEL

City of Eagles Minnesota Ave and E 9th St Libby, MT

48.3858, -115.5484

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the large eagle sculpture at E 9th St and Minnesota Ave.

Libby, Montana claims the title of "City of Eagles".

AEP

Carl's Bakery Rooster 819 E Camp St East Peoria, IL

40.6664, -89.5672

24 Hours

Take a photo of the rooster.

Outside of Carl's Bakery in East Peoria resides a 10 foot tall rooster wearing a hat. This dapper fellow may be world's largest rooster wearing a hat; or it may not.


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AER

Dennis Weaver Memorial Eagle Riversage Dr Ridgway, CO

38.1673, -107.7469

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the soaring eagle.

This memorial is a tribute to environmental activist, actor, and local resident Dennis Weaver. Weaver passed away in 2006. The memorial features a large eagle soaring above a prayer stone stack.

AFB

Adirondack Carousel Pavilion Depot St. Saranac Lake, NY

44.3302, -74.1314

1000-1700

Take a photo of the black fly on the Adirondack Carousel.

Inside the Adirondack Carousel pavilion you will find what is likely to be the only black fly you will ever see on a carousel. The official name of this sculpture is "Bug-Eye".

AFS

Paisano Pete the Roadrunner E Dickenson Blvd and N Main St Fort Stockton, TX

30.8930, -102.8788

24 Hours

Take a photo of Paisano Pete the roadrunner.

Paisano Pete was erected in 1980 in the center of Fort Stockton. It was declared the largest roadrunner in the world at the time. Paisano Pete no longer holds that title but its 11 foot height and 22 foot length are still impressive.

Air

AGB

The Mother Goose House 2906 N Main St Hazard, KY

37.2728, -83.1929

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the Mother Goose House.

This stone building was built to resemble a goose sitting on a nest. It was built in 1940 by George Stacy. The goose's eyes are automotive headlights, designed to light up at night.

AGE

University of Southern Mississippi Near US-49 and W 4th St Hattiesburg, MS

31.3303, -89.3312

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the golden eagle statue.

The golden eagle statue at Southern Mississippi is titled "Lofty Return". The three-ton eagle sculpture was commissioned by SMU alumni Chuck Scianna and installed in 2013.

AGL

World's Largest Grasshopper 100th Ave SW Lefor, ND area

46.6617, -102.5596

1400, July 6, 2017

Have your photo taken by IBR staff in front of the monstrous grasshopper as part of a group.

Local metal sculptor and retired school teacher Gary Greff created a series of large statues to draw visitors off the interstate and down the "Enchanted Highway". This large grasshopper was erected in the spring 1999. It is considered to be the world's largest grasshopper.


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AHB

Hercules Beetle CO-115 at Rock Creek Canyon Rd Colorado Springs, CO

38.7026, -104.8274

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of Herkimer the hercules beetle.

"Herkimer", the monstrous West Indian Hercules Beetle, was built in the 1950's to draw attention to the May Museum of the Tropics. We don't recommend standing in its way should it be brought to life by a freak cosmic radiation storm.

AHP

Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve Near Gilgare Ln and Cliff Rd Highland Park, IL

42.2194, -87.8162

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the amphitheater nest with three eggs.

A short hike through the woods will lead you to this oversized red-tailed hawk nest. Here you can look through the telescope in the hawk's head and learn about the bird's natural habitat.

Park in the lot at (42.2223, -87.8130) and walk to the nest.

AKB

Hidalgo Killer Bee E Texano Dr Hidalgo, TX

26.1039, -98.2549

24 hours

Take a photo of the killer bee statue.

Hidalgo marks the first known location where, in 1990, African Killer Bees crossed the border into the US. This killer bee statue was created by Jerome Vettrus of Sparta, WI. It was commissioned by the Hidalgo Economic Development Department to celebrate the invasion.

Air

AKF

Oregon Institute of Technology Oregon Tech Library Klamath Falls, OR

42.2568, -121.7862

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the sculpture of geese taking flight.

The sculpture "Lakeside Manner" is located on the Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT) campus. It was completed and installed by artist Del Hodges in 1982. It is a tall, welded steel sculpture depicting a flock of Canada geese taking flight.

AKG

Kaleva Grasshopper Walta St, between Sampo Ave and Wuoski Ave Kaleva, MI

44.3728, -86.0129

24 Hours

Take a photo of the grasshopper statue.

This grasshopper welded of metal junk was created by a local high school class. It is in honor of St. Urho's Day, March 16, when St. Urho drove the grasshoppers out of Finland, thus saving the grape crop. Or maybe not … as the legend of St. Urho originated in the 1950's in Northern Minnesota where the winters are long.

ALD

Brand Park Catherine St Elmira, NY

42.0865, -76.7962

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the commemorative bronze duck statue in Brand Park.

The last known specimen of Labrador Duck was shot, killed, and eaten on Dec 12, 1878 in Elmira, NY. The species had been thought extinct since 1875. A novice bird watcher caught wind of the catch and tried to acquire the specimen, but alas it was already dinner for the family. He was able to retrieve the duck's head and neck for identification and delivery to the National Audubon Society.


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ALM

World's Largest Talking Loon US-51, next to Mercer Chamber of Commerce Mercer, WI

46.1641, -90.0587

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of "Claire d'Loon".

Known as "Claire d'Loon", this statue was unveiled in May of 1981. Claire d'Loon claims to be the "World's Largest Talking Loon", although only in loon sounds.

ALQ

Coachella Roadrunner Avenue 52 and Jefferson St La Quinta, CA

33.6710, -116.2686

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the roadrunner.

This roadrunner statue landed in La Quinta in May 2015 after serving as an art installation for the Coachella Music Festival. Its job is a little easier now; it held a five-foot long porch swing from its beak during the festival.

ALR

Tom the Turkey - La Riviere Broadway St and Railway Ave La Riviere, MB

49.2394, -98.6800

24 hours

Take a photo of Tom the Turkey

Tom the Turkey was erected in 1986 for La Riviere's Centennial Celebration. It commemorates those who introduced and still promote the wild turkey in Manitoba.

Air

AMD

Mallard Duck IA-4, south of 490th St Mallard, IA

42.9367, -94.6789

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the Mallard statue atop the town welcome sign.

Mallard, Iowa is home to friendly ducks. Don't be an unfriendly duck.

AME

The Milwaukee Building 618 N Water St Milwaukee, WI

43.0379, -87.9089

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the ladybugs on the side of the Milwaukee Building.

Officially it’s the Milwaukee Building, but since 1999 few have called it that. Most call it the Ladybug Building. Back in '99, the city of Milwaukee went on a beautification bender and this building was one of their pet projects.

AMK

World's Largest Mosquito Road 9E, 1/2 block south of MB-229 Komarno, MB

50.5060, -97.2523

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the massive mosquito statue.

Komarno, MB claims the title of Mosquito Capital of the World. The name Komarno itself translates to "Mosquito" in Ukrainian.


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AMT

Shem Creek Park Shrimp Boat Ln Mt. Pleasant, SC

32.7939, -79.8830

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of Pete the Pelican

Pete is a pelican sculpted by a student from plastic garbage and marine debris found in the coastal waterway. A nearby sign inventories a year's worth of cigarette butts, food wrappers and plastic bottles hauled out of the creek.

AOG

Spirit of Nebraska's Wilderness Dodge St and N 16th St Omaha, NE

41.2594, -95.9370

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the geese being flushed into the air out of the fountain.

This unique sculpture is officially titled "Spirit of Nebraska's Wilderness". It starts off with a wagon train, which stampedes a herd of bison, which flushes a flock of Canada geese. The geese then take off and fly into the First National Tower. The sculpture covers six city blocks and consists of over 100 pieces.

AOS

The Owl Club 505 Main St Salmon, ID

45.1757, -113.8943

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the owl sculpture on the front of the Owl Club.

The Owl Club is the place to be Salmon, unless you're someplace else. Ask not why the owl is riddled with arrows.

Air

APC

World's Largest Prairie Chicken I-94 Exit 38 south Rothsay, MN

46.4814, -96.2816

1400, June 26, 2017

Have your photo taken by IBR staff in front of the giant Prairie Chicken as part of a group.

The 9,000 pound creature was designed and built by Art Fosse as Rothsay's contribution to America's 1976 Bicentennial. A bronze plaque in front informs all that, "On June 10, 1975, Rothsay was designated Prairie Chicken Capital of Minnesota."

APH

World's Largest Pheasant US-14 and Jersey Ave NE Huron, SD

44.3699, -98.2000

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of The World's Largest Pheasant.

Rumor has it that this pheasant was built in 1962. It spent most of its life atop Pheasant Liquor. It has since been repainted, restored, and given a more befitting home.

APJ

Literary Praying Mantis 433 E Lafayette St Jackson, TN

35.6151, -88.8150

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the praying mantis

A large praying mantis, wearing glasses and reading a book, stands outside the main Jackson library.


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APK

The KokoMantis N Washington St and W Sycamore St Kokomo, IN

40.4866, -86.1335

24 Hours

Take a photo of the KokoMantis.

The KokoMantis is a 22-foot long and 17-foot tall scrap art insect created by artist Scott Pitcher. The mantis torso and wings are made from WWII fuel pontoons and the legs from stop light arms.

APM

Container Park 707 Fremont St Las Vegas, NV

36.1680, -115.1382

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the Praying Mantis.

Container Park has a huge recycled metal praying mantis that blasts flames out of its antennae at random moments in the evening. The flames can reach six stories high. If you're lucky on your arrival time, you may see the flames in action.

NOTE: We will accept a dusk/night photo of this mantis if you capture the image with the flames active.

APP

US Coast Guard Pelican W Garden St and N Palafox St Pensacola, FL

30.4131, -87.2155

24 Hours

Take a photo of the US Coast Guard pelican statue.

Pelicans in Paradise was a community art project organized by the Pensacola News Journal in 2004-05. Over 40 pelican statues were decorated by various artists and placed at various outdoor locations around downtown Pensacola. Those near the intersection of Garden and Palafox commemorate the US military branches.

Air

APR

Covey of Pheasants 102 Ave SW and 61st St SW Regent, ND

46.5293, -102.5504

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the pheasant sculptures.

This covey of pheasants was completed in 1998. The rooster is 60 feet long, and the hen 50 feet. Three 12-foot high chicks complete the scene

ARL

Angelina College 3500 S 1st St Lufkin, TX

31.2872, -94.7304

24 Hours

Take a photo of the roadrunner statue.

A large statue of a roadrunner stands guard at the entrance to the Angelina College campus.

ARP

Parkway Central Philadelphia Library 1901 Vine St Philadelphia, PA

39.9593, -75.1711

1300-1700, Sun

0900-2100, Mon-Thurs

0900-1800, Fri

0900-1700, Sat

Closed, July 4

Take a photo of Grip the Raven. You will find Grip on the 3rd floor of the library in the Rare Books section.

Grip was once Charles Dickens’ pet raven. Upon its death Dickens had it stuffed. Grip even makes an appearance in Dickens’ lesser-known story “Barnaby Rudge.”

That book was reviewed by then literary critic Edgar Allan Poe. Poe wrote that “[the raven’s] croaking might have been prophetically heard in the course of the drama.” It wasn’t long after this that Poe published his breakout work “The Raven.”


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ARR

Ravenden Raven US-63 and Betty St Ravenden, AR

36.2361, -91.2501

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the raven statue.

This giant raven statue is the third to reside here. The first was built in 1991 by the town volunteer fire department. That fiberglass statue, and the one that followed, were torched by vandals. The current statue was built in 1996 out of more fire-retardant materials. It's hard to be a raven statue.

ARS

Lumpkin's Restaurant and Hotel 1075 Valley St Scottsville, VA

37.8074, -78.4988

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the large rooster.

A giant rooster stands outside of Lumpkin's Restaurant and Hotel in Scottsville. Why? Well this rooster needs to be somewhere and this place is as good as any.

ASA

University of Texas at San Antonio UTSA Multidisciplinary Studies Building Courtyard San Antonio, TX

29.5837, -98.6187

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of Rowdy the Roadrunner.

Rowdy the Roadrunner is 6-feet tall and weighs in at a half ton. Rowdy was installed on the University of Texas at San Antonio campus in 2013.

Air

ASG

World's Largest Goose Park Dr Sumner, MO

39.6530, -93.2462

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of Maxie the goose.

With a 65-foot wingspan, Maxie's claim to be the World's Largest Goose looks solid. Maxie is made of fiberglass and has rollers on the bottom, allowing the beak to point in the direction the wind is blowing.

ASK

Yanney Park Kea W Ave south of W 11th St Kearney, NE

40.6805, -99.1077

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the Sandhill Crane sculpture

This Sandhill Crane sculpture by artist Walt Matia was donated to Yanney Heritage Park by the Edith & Jerry Marlatt Family Foundation. Sandhill cranes migrate through this area in the spring and fall.

ASM

Pointe aux Oies campground North end of Avenue du Bassin N Montmagny, QC

46.9905, -70.5459

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the snow goose sculpture.

Montmagny is famed for its annual Snow Goose populations. You'll find a statue of one outside the Pointe aux Oies campground entrance.


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ASO

National Gallery of Canada Sussex Dr and St. Patrick St Ottawa, ON

45.4294, -75.6972

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of Maman the spider.

Maman is a bronze, stainless steel, and marble sculpture created by the artist Louise Bourgeois in 1999. The sculpture, which depicts a spider, is among the world's largest, measuring over 30 ft high and over 33 ft wide. It includes a sac containing 26 marble eggs and its abdomen and thorax are made of ribbed bronze. The title is the familiar French word for Mother.

ASP

Evander Preston Contemporary Jewelry Design 106 8th Ave St. Pete Beach, FL

27.6879, -82.7371

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the giant flies.

Giant flies have landed on the west exterior wall of Evander Preston's gallery in St. Pete Beach. Some wonder why they are here. Is this an omen? Could you be their next victim?

ASS

Dorchester Town Office 4984 Main St Dorchester, NB

45.8998, -64.5166

24 Hours

Take a photo of Shep the Sandpiper

Every summer the upper Bay of Fundy plays host to massive flocks of migrating Sandpipers. From mid-July to early September, more than a quarter of a million shorebirds converge on Fundy’s nutrient-rich mudflats. After fattening up, the birds will fly directly to South America without stopping. Shep, the statue, is thirteen feet long, eight feet tall, and weighs 850 pounds

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ASV

Olympic Village Square Athletes Way and Salt St Vancouver, BC

49.2714, -123.1062

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the giant Black Throated Sparrow sculpture.

Two large sparrows arrived in 2010 for the Vancouver Winter Olympics and never left. They were created by artist Myfanwy MacLeod. She is on record saying she created them simply because she wanted to make giant birds. One of the two has a large black patch on its throat. Find that one.

ASW

UNC-Wilmington Wagoner Drive Wilmington, NC

34.2268, -77.8781

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the hawk statue

University of North Carolina Wilmington erected this mascot statue in 2009. It tends to attract stunt riders, who risk arrest. There is actually no such thing as a "seahawk" but it's a common nickname for ospreys or skuas.

ATE

Edgefield Patriotic Turkey Northwest Corner of Main St and Buncombe St Edgefield, SC

33.7900, -81.9300

24 Hours

Take a photo of the red, white, and blue "Uncle Sam" turkey just northwest of the main town square.

Edgefield is the home of the National Wild Turkey Federation. It celebrates this with several large turkey statues around the streets of downtown.


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ATL

Preferred Poultry Supply 2285 E Pridemore Dr Lincoln, AR

35.9513, -94.3903

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the large turkey statue.

This large turkey statue sits outside Preferred Poultry Supply. Do not be confused by the chicken statue nearby. We want a photo of the turkey.

ATW

Huntoon Park SW Topeka Blvd between SW 12th St & SW Huntoon St Topeka, KS

39.0443, -95.6824

24 Hours

Take a photo the wren statue.

This big statue of a little bird sat atop local radio station WREN from 1947 to 1993. It was constructed sometime during the 1930s when the station was located in Lawrence, KS and the wren became a local landmark.

AVC

Vermillion Cliffs Condor Viewing Area House Rock Road, 2.8 miles north of US-89A Coconino County, AZ

36.7710, -112.0564

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the sign showing the relative size of a condor as compared with other large birds of prey.

California condors were placed on the Endangered Species list in 1967 and only 22 were known to remain in 1982. Today the world population exceeds 400, with over 225 living in the wild. Approximately 75 condors reside in Vermillion Cliffs National Monument. If you scan the cliffs east of the viewing site you might spot one of these rare birds yourself.

WARNING: House Rock road is unpaved.

Air

AWB

Witless Bay Ecological Reserve East end of Harbour Rd near Deans Rd Witless Bay, NL

47.2818, -52.8113

24 hours

Take a photo of the Visitor Information Centre building with the sign containing the image of a puffin.

The Witless Bay Ecological Reserve teems with bird life during the breeding season. The reserve contains North America's largest Atlantic Puffin colony. More than 260,000 pairs of Newfoundland's official bird nest here during the late spring and summer.

AWW

Wawa Goose Mission Road Wawa, ON

47.9735, -84.7830

24 Hours

Take a photo of the Wawa goose.

A big goose has been welcoming travelers to Wawa since the Trans-Canada was completed in 1960. The original goose was plaster and only lasted a few years. The current one is steel and looks ready for renovation.


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Land LAA

University of Michigan - North Campus Approx. 450 feet ESE of the Lurie Bell Tower Ann Arbor, MI

42.2916, -83.7146

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the wolverine statue on the University of Michigan - North Campus

One might think the University of Michigan took the "Wolverine" nickname was because they were numerous in the state. However, all evidence points otherwise, as there has never been a verified trapping of a wolverine inside the state's borders, nor have remains been found.

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University of California - Berkeley 2175 Piedmont Ave Berkeley, CA

37.8716, -122.2525

24 Hours

Take a photo of Oski.

In front of Memorial Stadium you will find the most famous of UC Berkeley's many bear statues. The statue's name is Oski, after the name of the official mascot of the university.

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The Colorado Convention Center 14th St near Stout St. Denver, CO

39.7436, -104.9953

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the blue bear statue.

The name of the 40-foot blue bear sculpture at the Colorado Convention Center is "I See What You Mean". According to the artist, the blue color was an accident - originally the bear was going to reflect the natural colors of Colorado, with sandstone shades. A printout of the design came back blue by mistake and he thought that was much more exciting.

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Order of the Hoo Hoo - Black Cat N 1st St at Main St Gurdon, AR

33.9201, -93.1526

24 Hours

Take a photo of the monument with the two black cats on top.

The International Concatenated Order of the Hoo Hoo was founded in 1892 in Gurdon, Arkansas by lumbermen stranded in town. The organization has had from its inception a sense of humor about itself, naming its officers the Snark, Scrivenoter, Bo-jum, Sr. High Hoo Hoo, and other whimsical names. Along the nearby railroad tracks, a small statue commemorates the Hoo Hoo symbol, the black cat whose up-raised tail forms the number "9".

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Boll Weevil Monument Intersection of College and Main Enterprise, AL

31.3145, -85.8540

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the Boll Weevil Monument.

The Boll Weevil Monument is a tribute to how something disastrous can be catalyst for change. Indigenous to Mexico, the boll weevil appeared in Alabama in 1915. By 1918 farmers were losing whole cotton crops to the beetle. This spurred a change to general diversification of crops.


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Montana State University NW of College of Letters and Science Building Bozeman, MT

45.6687, -111.0493

24 Hours

Take a photo of Spirit the bobcat

The Bobcat was selected as Montana State University's mascot in 1916 for its intelligence, athletic prowess and independent spirit. This bronze statue, titled "Spirit" was created by two MSU alumni.

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James Madison University Champions Dr Harrisonburg, VA

38.4343, -78.8727

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the big bulldog.

A maniacally grinning, big-toothed bulldog -- the James Madison University mascot -- wears a crown, stands seven feet tall at the shoulders, and weighs over a ton.

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LBI Starlight Theatre 631 Ivey Rd Terlingua, TX

29.3212, -103.6166

1700-0000, Sun-Fri

1700-0100, Sat

Take a photo of Clay Henry in the Starlight Theatre.

In the eighties, beer-chugging goat Clay Henry, much loved in nearby Lajitas for increasing tourism, got elected mayor. All you had to do was put an open bottle in Clay's mouth. He knew how to chug it for himself. Clay Henry Sr. was known to drink as many as 35-40 beers a day. He was killed by his son and then-current goat mayor Clay Henry, Jr. in a drunken rutting season brawl over a female.

In 1999, the Iron Butt Rally visited Lajitas. Riders were asked to buy and provide a beer to Clay Henry in exchange for bonus points. So of course we're sending you back there. You won't find a beer drinking goat in Lajitas anymore but you will find Clay's stuffed carcass up the road in Terlingua's Starlight Theatre.

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Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump World Heritage Site AB-785, 10 miles west of AB-2 Fort MacLeod, AB

49.7015, -113.6556

24 Hours

Take a photo of the Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump entrance sign.

Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump is known around the world for its remarkable testimony of prehistoric life. The site bears witness to a custom practiced by native people here for nearly 6,000 years. Thanks to excellent understanding of topography and bison behavior, they were able to kill bison by driving them over a precipice. The carcasses were carved up and processed in the butchering camp below.


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World's Largest Beaver 505 1 Ave Beaverlodge, AB

55.2040, -119.4231

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the giant beaver statue.

The town of Beaverlodge, Alberta boasts that they have the world's largest beaver statue. They are likely correct as this statue measures 18 feet long and weighs in at 3000 lbs This landmark was built in 2004 to celebrate the town's 75th anniversary.

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Sutton Place Park East end of E 57th St New York, NY

40.7571, -73.9601

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the boar statue in the park at the end of E 57th St.

This statue of a pig in Sutton Place Park is a bronze copy of a marble replica of a Renaissance statue of a wild boar named Porcellino. Philanthropist Hugh Trumbull Adams found the statue in a shop in Florence, Italy. He liked it well enough to purchase and donate it to the park in the early 1970s.

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South Carolina Cotton Museum 121 W Cedar Ln Bishopville, SC

34.2206, -80.2466

1000-1630, Mon-Fri

1000-1600, Sat

Closed July 4

Take a photo of the Boll Weevil model in the museum

The South Carolina Cotton Museum is in the heart of South Carolina's cotton country. A hundred years ago the Boll Weevil nearly destroyed the cotton crop; eating the plant, not the cotton. The museum's custom-built weevil -- the World's Largest -- is a six-legged nightmare, with bulbous eyes and probing snout.

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Utah State University E 1000 N and Lars Hansen Dr Logan, UT

41.7499, -111.8135

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the bull statue.

"Meet the Challenge" is the title of the bull mascot statue for the Utah State University Aggies. Climbing the statue in the nude has long been a furtive ritual for students seeking the unofficial "Ultimate Aggie" status.

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World's Largest Desert Tortoise AZ-95 Bullhead City, AZ

35.1386, -114.5703

24 Hours

Take a photo of Poki the tortoise.

Poki is the world's largest desert tortoise and resides outside the Bullhead Area Chamber of Commerce. Poki was donated by Bill Hayes, a former winter resident of Bullhead City, who had the sculpture in his yard.

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Canada's Largest Bison 14 St, one block south of AB-14 Wainwright, AB

52.8425, -110.8507

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the bison statue.

Wainwright was once the home of the world's last great herd of bison. It is still home to Canada's largest bison statue. Buffalo National Park used to be in this area but in the 1920's most of the buffalo were either slaughtered or shipped north.


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Gonzaga University Upper Kennedy Dr Spokane, WA

47.6659, -117.3992

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the bulldog.

The 5-foot-tall bulldog guards the student entrance to the McCarthey Athletic Center, where the Gonzaga Bulldogs play basketball. The statue is titled "It's Our House".

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Wishek Badger Beaver Ave and 7th St Wishek, ND

46.2589, -99.5561

24 hours

Take a photo of the large badger mascot statue.

Created in 1978, this painted concrete badger is a cartoon version of Wishek's school mascot. Its eyes, originally red light bulbs, blinked on and off.

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Biwabik Park Main St and 5th Ave N Biwabik, MN

47.5330, -92.3428

24 Hours

Take a photo of Honk the Moose

Honk the Moose is a life-size statue in a park right on Main Street. Honk is depicted in a 1935 children's story about a real-life moose that took up winter residence in Biwabik. The town erected a life-size fiberglass moose in his honor, part of its 1980s makeover into a Bavarian-themed village.

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Worth Harvesting CA-33 at S Buffalo Ave Coalinga, CA area

36.1911, -120.3416

24 Hours

Take a photo of the buffalo statue.

Worth Harvesting has a buffalo ranch along CA-33 north of Coalinga. They also have a large statue of a buffalo where their driveway meets the highway.

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Big Moose Deli 4956 NY-7 Hoosick, NY

42.8624, -73.3277

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the Big Moose Deli showing the carved animals on the roof.

The Big Moose Deli is a classic country store where you can find all sorts of cool stuff, like bottles of Ranch Dressing flavor soda. They have an amazing array of carved wooden animals on the roof; all painted like Holstein cows.

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Cow Bay Moose Cow Bay Rd Cow Bay, NS

44.6148, -63.4326

24 Hours

Take a photo of the huge Cow Bay moose sculpture.

Artist Winston Bronnum created the Cow Bay Moose in 1959 when he was just was 30 years old. He had long been a self-taught carver and sculptor, but what started as a hobby making tabletop animals soon became a mission to make a bigger impression.


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Cairo Camel S High St, 0.1 mile north of NE-2 Cairo, NE

41.0035, -98.6071

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the camel statue

Small town Cairo has a bit of a Middle East theme, starting with a metal pyramid sign and camel sculpture, and continuing with street names such as Mecca, Nile, Medina, Nubia, Alexandria, and Suez.

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Dog Bark Park Inn 2421 US-95BUS Cottonwood, ID

46.0575, -116.3445

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the Dog Bark Park Beagle.

Dennis and Frances Sullivan spent seven years building the world's largest Beagle. The 35-foot-tall dog serves as Bed & Breakfast lodging with a bed and bathroom in the dog's belly, and a loft in the dog's head. The dog is known as "Sweet Willy" and sleeps four.

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Friendship Park E 5th Ave Ellensburg, WA

46.9967, -120.5465

24 Hours

Take a photo of the memorial statue to Washoe.

Washoe lived in Ellensburg with four other chimpanzees. She and the other chimps learned sign language to communicate with humans and with each other. Washoe was the first chimp to teach sign language to another chimp. She passed away in 2007. In this sculpture, she is signing the word "friend."

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Manitoba Desert Camel 407 Cochrane St Glenboro, MB

49.5614, -99.2836

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of Sara the Camel.

Sara the Camel was created and installed in 1978 by Berone Sculptures of Winnipeg. The camel is emblematic of the Spirit Sands ("Manitoba Desert") just six miles to the north of Glenboro in Spruce Woods Provincial Park.

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Horsepower the Carousel Horse 22nd Ave and 4th St Meridian, MS

32.3633, -88.6992

24 Hours

Take a photo of "Horsepower" the carousel horse.

"Around Town Carousels Abound" was a 2002 fundraising project to benefit Hope Village for Children in Meridian. More than 50 miniature horses were hand-painted by artists, celebrities, and dignitaries. At the corner of 4th Street and 22nd Avenue you will find a red carousel horse painted with flames and outfitted like a motorcycle. This horse's name is "Horsepower"

LCI Museum of Chincoteague Island 7125 Maddox Blvd Chincoteague, VA

37.9229, -75.3528

1100-1700, Tue-Sun

Closed July 4

Take a photo of Misty in the museum.

You can see the preserved (stuffed) bodies of Misty and Stormy of Chincoteague (subjects of books by Marguerite Henry) at Beebe Ranch on Chincoteague Island.


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Key Underwood Coon Dog Memorial Graveyard 4945 Coondog Cemetery Road, 11.3 miles south of US-72 Cherokee, AL

34.6300, -87.9667

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the Key Underwood Coon Dog Memorial Graveyard statue

In a small, grassy meadow, deep in the rich, thick wilderness of Freedom Hills, Key Underwood sadly buried his faithful coondog, Troop. They had hunted together for more than 15 years.

Out of one hunter's devotion to his faithful coonhound was born the "Key Underwood Coon Dog Memorial Graveyard", which is the only cemetery of its kind in the world.

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Remembrance Square Main St and West St Corner Brook, NL

48.9528, -57.9453

24 hours

Take a photo of the statue with the caribou.

Sculptor Morgan MacDonald unveiled the statues in Corner Brook's Remembrance Square in 2012. One statue represents a Newfoundland soldier from WWI and the other a Canadian soldier fighting in Afghanistan. The third statue portrays the iconic Newfoundland caribou.

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The Seeing Eye N Park Pl and E Park Pl Morristown, NJ

40.7979, -74.4808

24 Hours

Take a photo of the statue of Morris Frank and Buddy.

In 1929, The Seeing Eye was founded as the first organization to provide dogs trained to guide people who are blind. Morris Frank and Buddy, pioneers of the modern dog guide movement, changed society's perception of blindness and disability, and opened doors to independence for blind people. The Seeing Eye came to Morris County in 1931 and the Morristown Green has served as a classroom for many a dog.

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Fall Creek Farms 6920 Fall Creek Hwy Granbury, TX

32.4006, -97.6652

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the dung beetle.

Fall Creek Farms in Granbury, TX provides "you pick" strawberries, peaches, and other produce. They also have, rather unexpectedly, a metal dung beetle sculpture. I say unexpectedly because who would expect a metal dung beetle sculpture to exist?

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Duke University Science Drive, Duke University campus Durham, NC

36.0015, -78.9433

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the camel statue

On the Duke University campus there is an eight foot bronze camel sizing up a bronze Knut Schmidt-Nielson, the famous animal physiologist. Schmidt-Nelson spent his career studying how animals meet challenges in their environments.


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Rich Street Bridge W Rich St over the Scioto River Columbus, OH

39.9575, -83.0051

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the deer statue on the bridge.

Yeah, motorcyclists hate deer. This one is pretty chill though, just hanging out on the W. Rich Street bridge watching the Scioto River pass by.

NOTE: You may not stop on the bridge for this photo. There is an easy access parking lot at the west end of the bridge. Park there and walk to the deer.

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The Shep Memorial Front St Fort Benton, MT

47.8166, -110.6679

24 Hours

Take a photo of the statue of Shep in downtown Ft. Benton.

The story of Old Shep is a powerful one for any dog lover. In the summer of 1936, a sheep herder fell ill and headed to Fort Benton for treatment. His dog, Shep, came along. When the herder died a few days later, his body was crated and sent back east to relatives. Shep followed the box to the Fort Benton train depot, and watched as his master was put on board and taken away. He followed the train a short way, then came back to the station. For the next five and a half years, Shep maintained a vigil at the station, greeting the four trains that arrived each day, waiting for his master to return. Eventually, tragedy struck. On January 12, 1942, an arthritic and deaf Shep failed to hear the 10:17, then slipped on an icy rail trying to get away. Shep's obituary was carried by the major wire services, and his funeral two days later was attended by hundreds. Shep is buried on a bluff above town.

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The Ranch Store SD-240, south of I-90 at exit 131 Cactus Flats, SD

43.8215, -101.9002

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the giant Prairie Dog.

The giant concrete Prairie Dog outside the Ranch Store was built by Harold Zundel and set into place on July 1, 1959. We know this because Harold scratched that information into the wet cement of the Prairie Dog's base, and it's still visible today.

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Shreveport Regional Arts Council 801 Crockett St Shreveport, LA

32.5088, -93.7512

Nighttime Hours Only

Take a photo of the statue at night with the dots lit up.

"Art" is a 19-foot-tall statue of a Dalmatian dog. He is said to be the guardian of the arts in northwest Louisiana, During the day Art is a white statue, but at night his spots light up. The community helped support the statue by purchasing dots.

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Elkhorn Arch US-89 between 4th Ave and 5th Ave Afton, WY

42.7243, -110.9336

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the Afton Elkhorn Arch.

The World's Largest Elkhorn Arch contains over 3,000 elk antlers. The arch is 75 feet wide, and 18 feet above the four lanes of Highway 89 in downtown. An informative sign on one end claims: "To duplicate this arch at today's prices the cost would be over $300,000 for the antlers alone.”


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Jumbo the Elephant Talbot St near King St St. Thomas, ON

42.7789, -81.2082

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the elephant statue.

Jumbo (1861–1885), was an African Bush Elephant born in the Sudan. Jumbo was eventually was sold to P. T. Barnum in March 1882. In 1885, Jumbo died at a railway yard in St. Thomas, Ontario, where he was hit and fatally wounded by a locomotive.

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Rattlesnake Round Up US-59 on the east side of town. Freer, TX

27.8831, -98.5995

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the rattlesnake.

Freer is home to the annual Rattlesnake Round Up. So it makes sense that the town also has a huge rattlesnake statue.

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New Mexico Museum of Space History 3198 NM-2001 Alamogordo, NM

32.9205, -105.9209

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the grave of Ham the Chimp.

Ham (1956 – 1983) the Astrochimp, was a chimpanzee and the first hominid launched into space, as part of America's space program.

In his pre-flight training, Ham was taught to push a lever within five seconds of seeing a flashing blue light.

On January 31, 1961, Ham was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a suborbital flight. The capsule suffered a partial loss of pressure during the flight, but Ham's lever-pushing performance in space was only a fraction of a second slower than on Earth, demonstrating that tasks could be performed in space. Ham's capsule splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean and was recovered by a rescue ship later that day. He only suffered a bruised nose. His flight was 16 minutes and 39 seconds long.

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Ken's Sporting Goods 136854 US-97 Crescent, OR

43.4640, -121.6944

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the bear on the roof of Ken's Sporting Goods

Known to the locals as "Griz," this bad-attitude bear has been on the roof of Ken's Sporting Goods since the late 1980s. Bear statues are common, but we like this one's snarl. He's already snatched some poor gasping fish, yet he has the time to pause and menace cars in the parking lot.


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Dallas Zoo S Lancaster Ave Dallas, TX

32.7438, -96.8144

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the giraffe statue from the zoo entry side. Photos taken from the freeway shoulder or frontage road will not be accepted.

This 67½-foot-tall giraffe was installed at the Dallas Zoo in 1997. It is the tallest statue in the state of Texas. It was created by St. Louis artist Bob Cassilly. The statue's metal base is built to withstand 100-mph winds.

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Punxsutawney Memorial Library 301 E Mahoning St Punxsutawney, PA

40.9438, -78.9683

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the happy tophat behatted groundhog statue.

America's foremost weather forecasting groundhog, a superstar in meteorological circles, officially works one day a year: February 2nd. The other 364 days he spends in "Groundhog Zoo," a warm terrarium built into the Punxsutawney library. The wall that faces the outside is made of glass, so visitors can pay their respects at any time.

LGI Alfred Construction US-50, between WV-131 and WV-76 Bridgeport, WV

39.2856, -80.2360

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the giraffe.

This giraffe statue in Bridgeport stands in front of Alfred Construction. Why? Because reasons.

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Shell Station Gila Monster I-8 Exit 119 north Gila Bend, AZ

32.9292, -112.6728

24 Hours

Take a photo of the Gila monster sculpture.

At Gila Bend's Shell station near I-8 you will find a menagerie of crude metal animal sculptures.

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Pittsburg State University Carnie Smith Stadium Pittsburg, KS

37.3912, -94.6987

24 Hours

Take a photo of the gorilla statue.

Unveiled in 2014, this 1-ton bronze gorilla sculpture serves as a center piece in Pittsburg State's Champions Plaza.

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Al Johnson's Swedish Restaurant & Butik 10698 N Bay Shore Dr Sister Bay, WI

45.1899, -87.1204

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the goat silhouettes painted like flags on the side of the restaurant.

Al Johnson’s is a family-owned authentic Swedish restaurant where you can find goats grazing the sod roof. The first goat was a gag birthday present to Al Johnson and the rest is history.

If it's not too hot a day, you may see the goats on the roof yourself.


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Great Dane Trailers 602 E Lathrop Ave Savannah, GA

32.0865, -81.1110

24 Hours

Take a photo of the Great Dane statue.

Great Dane Trailers commissioned a statue of their namesake in 1993.

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DeWitt Hippo US-30, approx. 7 miles east of US-61 DeWitt, IA

41.8151, -90.4409

24 Hours

Take a photo of the hippo statue.

On the SE corner of US-30 and 335th Ave east of DeWitt, Iowa you will find a hippo. It seems a bit out of place.

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Springerville Heritage Center 418 E Main St Springerville, AZ

34.1327, -109.2819

24 Hours

Take a photo of 'Easy' the metal horse.

Outside of the Springerville Heritage Center you will find a rearing horse made out of found metal junk. This horse's name is 'Easy'.

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University of Saskatchewan 10 Stadium Crescent Saskatoon, SK

52.1278, -106.6311

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the husky dog statue.

This bronze husky dog was donated in 2007 by alumni to welcome fans to Griffiths Stadium at the University of Saskatchewan. Visitors are encouraged to rub its paw for good luck.

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Ivins Mustangs Snow Canyon Pkwy at Splitrock Dr Ivins, UT

37.1630, -113.6436

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the mustang statues in the traffic circle.

A beautiful sculpture by local artist Ed Hlavka. It is comprised of statues of five horses, one of them mounted by a Native American, in a sandstone setting.

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Frontier Village Louis Lamour Ln Jamestown, ND

46.8893, -98.6985

0800-2000

Take a photo of the huge buffalo statue.

This 26-foot-tall, 60-ton concrete giant has been standing watch over Jamestown from the Frontier Village since 1959. Created by sculptor Elmer Petersen, he has proven one of the midwest's most popular roadside attractions. In 2010, the World's Largest Buffalo received his name, Dakota Thunder.


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Jacumba Rattlesnake 44632 Old Hwy 80 Jacumba Hot Springs, CA

32.6175, -116.1863

24 Hours

Take a photo of the rattlesnake.

This 20-foot-tall, 800 pound rattlesnake was constructed by artist Ricardo Breceda. Breceda is best known for his gigantic metal sculptures in the Anza-Borrego Desert. This rattlesnake was a gift in 2013 to the community of Jacumba Hot Springs by an anonymous community booster.

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Chrome on the Range S 4th St and Main St Grand Junction, CO

39.0671, -108.5664

24 Hours

Take a photo of the chrome bison sculpture

"Chrome on the Range II" is a downtown Grand Junction icon. It was constructed by artist Lou Willie and dedicated on December 15, 1989.

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Jim the Wonder Dog Memorial Park N Lafayette Ave near W North St Marshall, MO

39.1217, -93.1975

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the statue of Jim the Wonder Dog

It's rare for an entire park to be dedicated to the memory of a pet, and that's just what the town of Marshall did in 1999, when it opened Jim the Wonder Dog Memorial Park. When Jim was three years old, his owner began to notice that he obeyed commands as if he could really understand English. This evolved into informal demonstrations and even being hauled before a combined session of the state legislature where tests had been devised to debunk the dog. Jim passed the tests then developed an ability to predict the future including seven consecutive Kentucky Derby winners.

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Sterling Town Common Main St and Park St Sterling, MA

42.4380, -71.7600

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the lamb statue in the Sterling common.

Sterling, MA is one of two towns that claim boasting rights to the children's poem "Mary Had a Little Lamb". This lamb statue was erected to celebrate the birthplace of Mary Sawyer. In 1815, young Mary was followed to Sterling's schoolhouse by her pet lamb. Her classmate, John Roulston, wrote a poem; what are now known as the first 12 lines of the poem. Poetess Sarah Jospeha Hale of Newport, NH added the second 12 lines and published the poem in 1830. As a point of honor, the town of Sterling maintains that the first three stanzas of Roulston's poem were "lifted" by Hale from the Sterling kids verse.

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New York Public Library - Bryant Park 5th Ave at E 41st St New York, NY

40.7530, -73.9815

24 Hours

Take a photo of one of the lion sculptures at the New York Public Library on 5th Ave between 40th and 42st St.

Patience and Fortitude, the world-renowned pair of marble lions stand proudly before the majestic library at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street in Manhattan. They have captured the imagination and affection of New Yorkers and visitors from all over the world since the Library was dedicated on May 23, 1911.


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Boone and Crockett Club 250 Station Dr Missoula, MT

46.8678, -113.9984

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the grizzly bear statue.

You will find the Boone and Crockett Club's iconic Grizzly Bear statue outside their headquarters in Missoula.

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Moose Visitor Center CO-14, approx. 22.5 miles south of Walden Gould, CO

40.5116, -106.0102

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the barbed wire moose.

Outside the Moose Visitor Center in Gould, you will find a life-size moose sculpture made from old barbed wire. It was commissioned by the City of Walden from a local family team of artists; Louis, Carl, and Brian Gueswel. The Gueswels put nearly 700 hours into building this sculpture, layering a frame of steel tubing with bits of old barbed wire from the hooves upward.

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Mac the Moose 450 Diefenbaker Dr Moose Jaw, SK

50.4131, -105.5101

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of Mac the Moose.

Mac the Moose was built in 1984 as one of Moose Jaw's first tourist attractions. It is claimed to be the world's largest moose at 9.8m tall and 10 tons in weight.

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Morris the Moose Trans-Canada Hwy near NL-210 Goobies, NL

47.9464, -53.9508

24 hours

Take a photo of Morris the Moose.

Morris the Moose was built and installed in 1994 as a reminder to the motoring public to be watchful of moose. Morris obtained his name from a contest involving all elementary schools in the area.

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The Minnehaha Bunny E Minnehaha Pkwy near Portland Ave S St. Paul, MN

44.9123, -93.2671

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the rabbit statue.

Sculpted by Jeffrey Barber in 2002, the big bronze bunny's official name is "Cottontail on the Trail," but everyone else calls it The Minnehaha Bunny. Offerings of craft-made baby bunnies and Easter eggs are usually left at the statue in early Spring.

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Hearst Moose and Wolves ON-11 Hearst, ON

49.6886, -83.6516

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the moose and wolves statues

Hearst is known for being Canada's national moose capital. They have a huge male moose fighting off wolves to protect his cow (female moose).


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Bunnyhenge San Miguel Dr and Avocado Ave Newport Beach, CA

33.6112, -117.8711

Daylight Hours Only

Take a picture of the circle of white bunnies.

Fourteen white bunnies face inward in a circle. Their unblinking pastel eyes see everything and nothing. Perhaps they are performing an arcane bunny ritual. We do not recommend standing in the center and tempting fate.

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Harbourside Park Water St near Queens Cove St John's, NL

47.5671, -52.7029

24 hours

Take a photo of the dog statues.

These two statues represent the dog breeds named for this province; Labrador and Newfoundland. The statues were created by artist Luben Boykov and placed in Harbourside Park with a view of The Narrows and the Atlantic Ocean beyond.

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Bowling Green - Evacuation Day Plaza Broadway and Morris St New York, NY

40.7056, -74.0134

24 Hours

Take a photo of the Charging Bull sculpture near Battery Park in Lower Manhattan

Charging Bull, which is sometimes referred to as the Wall Street Bull, was originally a piece of guerrilla art installed by artist Arturo Di Modeca.

New York City does not own the sculpture. There is only a temporary permit allowing it to stand on city property, but that temporary permission has lasted since 1989.

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The Talking Bear CA-41 and Crane Valley Rd Oakhurst, CA

37.3329, -119.6506

24 Hours

Take a picture of the Talking Bear.

The Talking Bear is a fiberglass statue posing on a corner in Oakhurst. If you press the button the bear will give you an educational talk about the California grizzly bear.

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Ottertail Otter Main St and Buchanan Rd Ottertail, MN

46.4273, -95.5787

24 Hours

Take a photo of the otter statue.

Artist Ken Nyberg sculpted a mascot for Ottertail out of scrap steel. The 14-foot-long otter holds a fish under its front paw.

LPB

Prairie City Buffalo S Prairie Dr Prairie City, IA

41.5958, -93.2483

24 Hours

Take a photo of the large metal bison statue.

Prairie City is near the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge was established in 1990 with the mission to actively protect, restore, reconstruct, and manage the native ecosystems of tallgrass prairie, oak savanna, and sedge meadow that existed prior to Euro-American settlement.


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Commercial Hotel and Casino 345 4th St Elko, NV

40.8313, -115.7643

24 Hours

Take a photo of the stuffed polar bear inside the casino lobby.

White King, a large polar bear, is on display in the coffee shop of Elko's Commercial Hotel and Casino. Standing 10 feet, 4 inches and weighing 2,200 pounds, White King's arrival here was the result of a 1957 challenge to find the largest Polar Bear.

LPG

Hardy Psychological Services 1268 5 Ave Prince George, BC

53.9153, -122.7464

24 Hours

Take a photo of the "Moon Bear" statue found on the sidewalk at 1268 5th Avenue.

The majestic Kermode Bear ("Spirit Bear") is found in some parts of central and north coastal British Columbia. These rare bears have all-white fur and are a subspecies of Black Bear. Nine hand-painted statues of the Spirit Bear were designed in support of the BC Lions Society.

LPM

View Arts Center 3273 NY-28 Old Forge, NY

43.7141, -74.9616

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the painted moose statue.

It's a blue moose wearing floral pants. What more could you possibly want?

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LPN

Edgehill Polar Bears Edgehill Ave and 12th Ave S Nashville, TN

36.1426, -86.7868

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the polar bears having a snowball fight.

The polar bear statues have long been a symbol of the community of Edgehill. They were the creation of the late Gio Vacchino and were built as advertisements for the Polar Bear Frozen Custard shops on Gallatin Road and West End Avenue. The shops closed after World War II but the bears remain.

LPO

Trail Lakes Campgrounds 40904 Tamiami Trail E Ochopee, FL

25.8942, -81.2788

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the panther statue.

Next to the Skunk Ape Research Center you will find a monstrous panther statue. The statue is 40 ft. long and 12 ft. high.

WARNING: Do not approach the low fence outside business hours as it is alarmed.

LPX

National Infantry Museum - Walk of Honor Fort Benning Cusseta, GA

32.3853, -84.9538

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo Polar Bear Regiment memorial with the polar bear statue visible on top.

The 31st Infantry (Polar Bears) of the US Army was formed in 1916 at Fort William McKinley in the Philippine Islands. The unit is rare in that it was formed and has spent most of its life on non-American soil.


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Bedford Rhinos US-460 at VA-680 Bedford, VA

37.3437, -79.5663

24 hours

Take a photo of the rhinos.

Rhinoceros mother and baby! Cement statues! Photo opportunity!

LRC

Maryland Historical Society Heritage Gallery Park Ave at W Centre St Baltimore, MD

39.2965, -76.6185

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of Nipper the dog.

Nipper is the name of the huge dog, as is the name of every canine mascot employed by the Radio Corporation of America.

Nipper was a stray black-and-white terrier adopted in England in the 1880s by painter Francis Barraud. Captivated by the dog's reaction to the then-relatively new phonograph, Francis painted a picture of Nipper, his head cocked near the trumpet of the sound machine.

In 1900, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a trademark for the image, which had come to be known by the title "His Master's Voice." This statue of Nipper was created in 1954 and resided on the roof of an RCA distributor in Baltimore until 1976.

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LRG

Rabbittown Rabbit 2415 Old Cornelia Hwy Gainesville, GA

34.3141, -83.7782

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the rabbit statue.

Once upon a time, this corner of Gainesville was called Rabbittown because of the farms that raised rabbits for food. That name disappeared when the community was absorbed by Gainesville. As a counterpoint to Gainesville's claim of "Poultry Capital of the World", residents of the Rabbittown area erected this statue in 1993.

LRR

Chiricahua Desert Museum NM-80 and Portal Road Rodeo, NM

31.8700, -109.0351

24 Hours

Take a photo of the rattlesnake tail sculpture

Outside the Chiricahua Desert Museum, which exhibits live rattlesnakes and large, poisonous lizards, is a sculpture of a giant rattlesnake tail sticking up from the ground.

LSA

L L Cote Sports Center 7 Main St Errol, NH

44.7812, -71.1372

0800-1700

Take a photo of the taxidermy albino moose on display inside L L Cote Sports Center

The L L Cote Sports Center has a rare white bull Moose on display.


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Salisbury Silver Fox NB-112 at TC-2 Salisbury, NB

46.0507, -65.0604

24 hours

Take a photo of the Silver Fox statue.

Salisbury was once a center of Silver-fox fur ranching. In tribute to that animal and the history of the industry, a commemorative statue of a larger-than-life, Silver fox can be seen today at the junction of the Trans-Canada Highway and Highway 112.

LSH

Hall Wines 401 St. Helena Hwy South St. Helena, CA

38.4900, -122.4518

Daylight Hours Only

Take a picture of Bunny Foo Foo.

Artist Lawrence Argent installed this 35-foot tall stainless steel rabbit in the Hall Wines vineyard in 2014. Its name is "Bunny Foo Foo", taken from a children's poem. Argent also created the massive blue bear statue at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, which you may or may not have already visited on this rally.

LSM

Minatare Feedlot Inc Co Rd P and Cattle Dr. Minatare, NE

41.8078, -103.5134

24 hours

Take a photo of the steer statue.

A large, but slightly dumpy looking statue of a bull, emblazoned with the message "Beef. King of Meats." The bull is at roadside in front of Minatare Feedlot Inc. It seems unhappy about something. Maybe it doesn't like to be used to advertise beef.

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LSO

Burro Alley W San Francisco St and Burro Alley Santa Fe, NM

35.6877, -105.9409

24 Hours

Take a photo of the firewood-laden burro statue.

How do you get firewood in an adobe town with no trees? In the 19th century, Santa Fe trucked it in on the backs of burros. The burros would park and unload in Burro Alley where their human partners sold the wood and then spent the money in saloons and brothels, also in Burro Alley.

The town celebrates Burro Alley's colorful past -- part of it, anyway -- with a life-size wood-laden burro in bronze, sculpted by Charles Southard in 1988.

LSP

Illinois Capitol Complex Visitors Center 425 S College St Springfield, IL

39.7979, -89.6578

24 Hours

Take a photo of the chrome deer statue.

A chrome deer statue made of welded car bumper pieces stalks the grounds in front of the Illinois Capitol Complex Visitors Center. The "White-tailed Deer" statue was created in 1994 by artist John Kearney.

LSS

Sled Dog - Iditarod Start W 4th Ave and D St Anchorage, AK

61.2185, -149.8897

24 Hours

Take a photo of the sled dog statue.

This running sled dog statue is located at the ceremonial start location for the famous Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. The race does not officially start from here but this is where spectators can see all the mushers and dog teams head away on their epic journey.


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Pantano High School 13010 S Houghton Rd Tucson, AZ

32.0175, -110.7748

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the large scorpion statue on top of the high school entrance.

As you might guess, the mascot for Pantano High School is the scorpion.

LTH

Bridle Bit Bull US-380 at County Road 236 Throckmorton, TX

33.1818, -99.3477

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the steel steer statue.

22 feet tall, a rusty steel longhorn bull stands just off the highway. The statue's official title is "Bridle Bit Bull," and it was created in 2011 by Joe Barrington.

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LVB

Maine Emblem Moose Main St at Bridge St Van Buren, ME

47.1539, -67.9305

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the moose statue.

This life-sized bronze moose was created in 1998 by local artist Glenn Hines. Hines then later worked with artist Nina Katchadourian to integrate every official emblem of the state of Maine, along with a few unofficial symbols. Included are a Maine Coon cat on the moose's back and chickadees (the Maine state bird) on the antlers. A can of Moxie, the official state soda, rests on the bronze base supporting the statue and a leaping landlocked salmon, the official fish, jumps away from the moose’s front hoof. Other emblems represented around the base of the statue are the official state dessert (blueberry pie), treat (whoopie pie), flower (pine cone and tassel), insect (honeybee), fossil (pertica quadrifaria), herb (wintergreen) and mineral (tourmaline), which is surrounded by a ring of nautical rope.

LWA

Fort Wallace Museum US-40 near 2nd St Wallace, KS

38.9103, -101.5831

24 Hours

Take a photo of the barbed wire bison sculpture.

Fort Wallace saw more hostile encounters with native tribes than any other, earning the name of "Fightin'est Fort in the West". Outside the museum you will find a bison sculpted out of barbed wire. We do not recommend climbing it.


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LWB

Prostollo Auto Plaza 10th St SE and Washington Ave S Madison, SD

43.9933, -97.1100

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the white buffalo statue.

A sacred white buffalo is the advertising symbol of car dealerships everywhere; or at least this one.

LWJ

Ashe County Cheese 105 E Main St West Jefferson, NC

36.4025, -81.4911

24 hours

Take a photo of the milk tank cows.

Three 5,000-gallon milk tanks in front of a cheese factory have been transformed into cows -- part of a local effort to improve the appearance of downtown West Jefferson. The tanks were always there, but it reportedly took the owner of a nearby art gallery, Stephen Willingham, to see that with the addition of some paint and big metal cow heads, they could be turned from an industrial eyesore into a big bovine photo-op. Students at local Ashe County High School did the fabrication and welding. Willingham painted the spots.

LWL

University of Kentucky Ave of Champions Lexington, KY

38.0389, -84.5013

24 Hours

Take a photo of "Bowman" the wildcat sculpture.

This sculpture was created in 2012 by Matthew Gray Palmer. University of Kentucky students name the sculpture "Bowman" in honor of the university's founder John Bowman.


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Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities 6901 Wadsworth Blvd Arvada, CO

39.8235, -105.0847

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of Squiggles the Serpent

"Squiggles" is an interactive play structure formed in the shape of a long sinuous serpent.

MAW

Central Park 5th Ave and E 75th St New York, NY

40.7750, -73.9665

24 Hours

Take a photo of the Alice in Wonderland sculpture in New York's Central Park

Located just north of the Conservatory Water, Alice in Wonderland stands eleven feet tall in bronze, surrounded by the Mad Hatter, the White Rabbit and a few of her other friends.

MBB

Anza-Borrego Serpent Borrego Springs Rd Borrego Springs, CA

33.2900, -116.3769

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the head of the serpent.

The most dramatic of Ricardo Breceda's art pieces in the Anza-Borrego Desert is clearly this 350-foot long serpent.

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MBD

Big Monster Toys S Racine Ave and W Arcade Pl Chicago, IL

41.8809, -87.6570

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the door with the monster peering out.

On the west face of a non-descript building you will find an extremely large door. Approach carefully as the giant hairy monster starting out the door window looks like he would rather you get off his porch.

MBF

Happy Camp Bigfoot CA-96 and Davis Rd Happy Camp, CA

41.7989, -123.3746

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the Bigfoot sculpture.

In the heart of Siskiyous, you'll find Happy Camp and this 12-foot tall Bigfoot sculpture made of scrap metal and fencing material.

MBI North Bonneville Park Discovery Loop Trail North Bonneville, WA

45.6384, -121.9739

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the bigfoot family near the entrance to the park.

According to local lore, the Bigfoot Family emigrated from the forests of the Cascade Mountains just north of town, overcoming their natural shyness because North Bonneville is such a wonderful place to live.


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MBO

Paul Bunyan Land 17553 MN-18 Brainerd, MN

46.3515, -94.0293

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of Babe the Blue Ox.

What would this event be without Paul Bunyan's legendary companion, Babe the Blue Ox? This example can be found in front of Paul Bunyan Land in Brainerd, MN.

MBT

Bigfoot Trap Upper Applegate Rd Applegate, OR

42.0565, -123.1372

0700-Sunset

Take a photo of the trap and procure an "Applegate Lake Recreation Area Day Use Pass" showing the date of your visit.

What is believed to be the world's only Bigfoot trap is located in the Siskiyou National Forest near Applegate Lake. The trap was built in 1974 by the North American Wildlife Research Team. NAWRT operated the trap, keeping it baited with carcasses for six years, but caught only bears.

Reaching the trap requires roughly a 1/2 mile hike from the road on the Collins Mountain trail. At the four-way trail intersection (42.0560, -123.1363), turn left up the hill. The trap structure will be approximately 200 feet up the hill from the trail intersection.

IMPORTANT: You may not park your bike on the road at the Collins Mountain trailhead. You must park at nearby Hart-Tish Park and walk back up to the road and trailhead. In order to park, procure a day use permit from the general store down by the lake.

General Store Hours: Approx. 0700 to 2000 hours.

Park Hours: 0600 to Sunset

Trailhead Coordinates: 42.0513, -123.1316

Trap Coordinates: 42.0565, -123.1372

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MCB

Dragon and Knight South end of 7th St Crested Butte, CO

38.8664, -106.9795

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the dragon.

Designed by Sean Guerrero, these statues of a medieval knight and dragon are fabricated from three tons of recycled chrome from cars and other objects like discarded appliances and light bulbs.

MCC

Paint Bank General Store Near VA-600 & VA-311 Paint Bank, VA

37.5677, -80.2616

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the Udderly Chic(k) sculpture.

On a grassy bank behind the General Store is this bizarre sculpture of a cow hatching out of an egg.

MCD

Caryville Dragon 306 John McGhee Blvd Caryville, TN

36.2931, -84.2143

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the big dragon statue from the south side of the Dollar General store. NOTE: Photos taken from the I-75 side of the dragon will not be accepted.

Since the 1980s, a hand-built, very large, colorful green dragon with tiny wings had refrained from igniting his fireworks store. Then, in May 2011, the fireworks store caught fire. The store is gone but the dragon remains. Don't get too close unless you're fond of poison oak.

GPS coords for location to take photos: 36.2927, -84.2139


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MCH

University of California - San Diego Geisel Library Torrey Pines, CA

32.8808, -117.2378

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the Cat in the Hat and Dr. Seuss statue.

Dr. Seuss and the Cat in the Hat can be found near the southwest corner of the Geisel Library on the campus of UC San Diego. The Geisel Library contains the largest collection of Dr. Seuss illustrations, manuscripts and memorabilia in the world.

MCL

Lake Champlain Marina West end of Maple St. Burlington, VT

44.4734, -73.2215

24 Hours

Take a photo of the granite monument to Champ.

Over the years, there have been over 300 reported sightings of Champ the Lake Monster. Legends of a creature living in Lake Champlain date back to Native American tribes in the region. Both the Iroquois and the Abenaki spoke of such a creature.

Note: There is a daily parking fee at the marina of $8, but street parking can be found a block away.

MDC

Dungeons and Dragons Park E No Name Rd and County Road 12 Carbondale, IL

37.6872, -89.1749

0900-Dusk

Search the park for and take a photo of the slumbering dragon.

Dungeons and Dragons Park is a privately-funded memorial park to Jeremy "Boo" Rochman. Jeremy was a huge fan of D&D and lost his life in a car crash nearby.

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MDD

Lumberjack's Kitchen 3200 Susquehanna Trail Duncannon, PA

40.4556, -76.9652

Daylight Hours Only


Next to "Lumberjack's Kitchen" is a big purple and blue dragon; just the sort of thing you would expect around these parts.

MDG

Tail of the Dragon Deals Gap Motorcycle Resort Deals Gap, NC

35.4666, -83.9201

24 hours

Take a photo of the dragon statue at "Tail of the Dragon".

What would this event be without a dragon to tempt you to "The Dragon"?

MDP

Providence Children's Museum Dragon 100 South St Providence, RI

41.8167, -71.4093

Daylight Hours Only


A large, Asian-inspired dragon hangs off the roof of the Providence Children's Museum, scaring passers-by. BOO!


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MFB

Fur-bearing Trout 804 E Portage Ave Sault Ste. Marie, MI

46.4946, -84.3292

1100-2100 Sun-Thu

1100-2200 Fri-Sat

Take a photo of the fur-bearing trout inside the Antlers Restaurant.

Every square inch of the Antlers Restaurant in Sault Ste. Marie is packed with dead critters. Your challenge is to find the rare fur-bearing trout.

MFC

Memphis Flying Catfish 105 S 2nd St Memphis, TN

35.1421, -90.0527

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the flying catfish atop the Flying Fish restaurant sign.

There are flying fish and there are catfish but there are no flying catfish. Well, except for this twin-engined example.

MFG

Rosie the Fish Girl WA-112 at Front St Sekiu, WA

48.2596, -124.2993

24 hours

Take a photo of Rosie the Fish Girl

The statue of the fish -- running towards the small town of Sekiu in Washington while wearing a pink bra and skirt with tennis shoes -- does have a name. It is "Rosie" and is inscribed in the cement at the base.

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MFM

Flying Moose Rockwood Rd Rockwood, ME

45.6681, -69.7442

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the flying moose.

Moose are common in Maine but a flying moose? This statue commemorates a local native legend from the Abenaquis tribe about a flying moose that saved its human companion from drowning. The full legend can be found on the plaque near the statue.

MFP

Topanga Flying Pig 1978 N Topanga Canyon Blvd Topanga, CA

34.1217, -118.5908

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the flying pig.

When pigs fly you'll find yourself on Topanga Canyon Boulevard. This flying pig on a pole has been a landmark for many years and even a source of navigation … "if you pass the flying pig, you have gone too far."

MHB

Gulfstream Park Racing and Casino S Federal Way Hallandale Beach, FL

25.9822, -80.1406

24 Hours

Take a photo of the Pegasus statue.

Gulfstream Park's owner Frank Stronach had the idea to create a statue that represents the struggle between good and evil. To that end he spent $30 million to have a 110-foot tall Pegasus depicted stomping on a dragon. We're sure that you would have done the same if you had a spare $30 million lying around.


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MHR

Rhinelander Area Chamber of Commerce 450 W Kemp St Rhinelander, WI

45.6322, -89.4230

24 hours

Take a photo of the Hodag statue posed in front of the Rhinelander Area Chamber of Commerce

In 1893, newspapers reported the discovery of a hodag in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. It had "the head of a frog, the grinning face of a giant elephant, thick short legs set off by huge claws, the back of a dinosaur, and a long tail with spears at the end". Word is that the species became extinct after its main food source, all-white bulldogs, became scarce in the area.

MJC

Country Store 404 W Ramshorn Dubois, WY

43.5342, -109.6372

0600-2100, Mon-Fri

0700-2100, Sat-Sun

Have a photo taken of you riding the Jackalope. Note for riders with passengers: Only one of you needs to be shown riding the Jackalope. The other can be standing nearby in the same photo.

Inside the Country Store you will find a big furry Jackalope all set up with a saddle for photo ops. Ask staff or another customer to take your picture riding it.

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MJD

Converse County Tourism Board 121 Brownfield Rd Douglas, WY

42.7591, -105.3875

24 Hours

Take a photo of the Jackalope.

The Jackalope, a furry freak found in tourist trap gift shops throughout the American West, was born in Douglas -- stitched together in 1939 by a local taxidermist. Douglas proudly proclaims itself "Home of the Jackalope.

In 2005, Wyoming legislators declared the Jackalope as the state's "Official Mythical Creature."

MJG

Jolly Green Giant Green Giant Statue Park Blue Earth, MN

43.6507, -94.0957

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the Jolly Green Giant

The Jolly Green Giant is the mascot of Green Giant Company. "Green Giant" comes from a variety of pea grown in the region that was huge in size compared to other common varieties.

MKF

The Jim Henson Company 1416 N La Brea Ave Hollywood, CA

34.0967, -118.3440

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the statue of Kermit in a Charlie Chaplin outfit.

The statue of Kermit the Frog at the front gates of The Jim Henson Company was installed in 2000 as a tribute both to Henson and Charlie Chaplin. The studio buildings were originally built in 1917 by silent film star Charlie Chaplin.


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MLA

Goode Company Armadillo Palace 5015 Kirby Dr Houston, TX

29.7273, -95.4184

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the longhorn armadillo.

Texans are proud of both their longhorns and armadillos. So what could be better than a longhorn armadillo? This 14-foot-long, 22-foot-tall model has red glowing eyes and if you're there at the right time, smoke pouring out of its nostrils.

MLK

Downtown Kelowna Marina Bernard Ave and Abbott St Kelowna, BC

49.8865, -119.4990

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the Ogopogo statue at Kerry Park along the Kelowna lakefront.

Ogopogo or Naitaka is the name of the lake monster reported to live in Okanagan Lake. This 40 to 50 foot long sea serpent has been reported by First Nations people since the 19th century.

MLO

Abilene Convention and Vistors Bureau Everman Park, N 1st St Abilene, TX

32.4492, -99.7334

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the Lorax sculpture

Installed in 2012-13, six bronze sculptures of Dr. Seuss characters (by sculptor Leo Rijn) are part of Abilene's Storybook Sculpture Project.

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Dr. Seuss Memorial Garden Springfield Museums Quadrangle Springfield, MA

42.1041, -72.5860

0900-2000

Take a photo of the Lorax on his tree stump.

The Dr. Seuss National Memorial Garden in Springfield was opened in 2002. It was envisioned by Ted Geisel when he visited the city in 1986. After his death in 1991, his wife Audrey authorized the creation of this memorial and provided major support. In 1996, Ted's stepdaughter, sculptor Lark Grey Dimond-Cates was selected to make over 30 bronze statues for the grounds.

MMD

Dover International Speedway East side of the Speedway Dover, DE

39.1884, -75.5269

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of Miles the Monster

Miles the Monster was unveiled in 2008 and part of a $6 million project known as the "Monster Makeover". Miles is the world's largest monster at 46 feet tall and 20 tons. Miles is posed as if erupting from the pavement and grabbing an unlucky racecar. The car is real, which provides a scale of reference for the monster's size.

MPD

Paris Junior College 2400 Clarksville St Paris, TX

33.6526, -95.5296

24 Hours

Take a photo of Pyro the Dragon.

"Pyro" is the mascot of the Dragons at Paris Junior College. The Pyro statue was created by Daon Wall, a PJC alum and president of the college's Board of Regents before he passed away in 2001.


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MPP

Mothman Statue 4th St at Main St Point Pleasant, WV

38.8426, -82.1385

24 hours

Take a photo of the Mothman statue

In West Virginia folklore, the Mothman is a legendary creature being reportedly seen in the Point Pleasant area from November 15, 1966, to December 15, 1967.

The mothman was introduced to a wider audience by Gray Barker in 1970, and later popularized by John Keel in his 1975 book "The Mothman Prophecies".

MRA

Cressie the Lake Monster NL-380, approx 15.3 miles NE of TCH Robert's Arm, NL

49.4870, -55.8272

24 hours

Take a photo of the Cressie statue.

Crescent Lake in central Newfoundland is claimed to be home of large, eel-like creatures notorious for attacking divers during search and rescue operations. Reports have been made of creatures between 5 and 15-feet long. The first reports of this mysterious lake dweller can be traced back to Native American legends, which warned of the Woodum Haoot (Pond Devil) or Haoot Tuwedyee (Swimming Demon).

MRF

By the Bay Café 343 Front St Sekiu, WA

48.2637, -124.3012

24 hours

Take a photo of Gil the Running Fish

In downtown Sekiu you will find the shorts-and-sneaker-clad running fish boy, "Gil". He is probably looking for his running fish girlfriend at the edge of town.

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5 Points South Fountain 11th Ave S and Magnolia Ave Birmingham, AL

33.5008, -86.7961

24 Hours

Take a photo of "The Storyteller" statue.

Frank Fleming's "The Storyteller" statue reads from an open book to an audience of rabbits, turtles, frogs, and other animals.

MSA

Big Cypress National Preserve Gift Shop 40904 Tamiami Trail E Ochopee, FL

25.8941, -81.2785

0900-1700

Take a photo of the large Skunk Ape statue inside the gift shop.

The Skunk Ape (aka Florida Bigfoot) is a hominid cryptid said to inhabit Florida and a couple of other states. It is named for its appearance and the unpleasant odor said to accompany it. Be wary, oh ye tired and fetid rally rider, that you are not mistaken for a Skunk Ape yourself.

MSF

Industrial Light and Magic 1 Letterman Dr San Francisco, CA

37.7988, -122.4505

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the statue of Yoda on top of the fountain.

A life-sized bronze statue of Yoda stands atop a fountain in the front courtyard of Industrial Light and Magic.


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Erie Canal Harbor South end of Pearl St near Canalside Park Buffalo, NY

42.8785, -78.8779

24 Hours

Take a photo of shark girl.

It's a shark. It's a girl. It's canalside in Buffalo. It needs you to take a picture of it.

MSM

Park Blais Rue Du Rocher and Rue Lafontaine Riviere-du-Loup, QC

47.8373, -69.5377

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of Piloup

Piloup was the mascot of the first provincial Games of Quebec, held in Riviere-du-Loup in 1971. He's blue, wears a gold medal around his neck, and looks like a seal with giant mutated flippers.

MSO

Striding Sasquatch BC-3, 13 miles east of BC-97 Osoyoos, BC

49.0078, -119.3368

24 Hours

Take a photo of the Sasquatch statue.

A large metal statue of a Sasquatch strides across a rock at the entrance to the Reagal Ridge housing development. This Sasquatch is often seen holding a case of beer.

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W Frank Steely Library Northern Kentucky University Highland Heights, KY

39.0320, -84.4633

0800-2000, Mon-Thu

0800-1630, Friday

1100-1700, Saturday

Closed July 4

Take a photo of the Stegowagenvolkssaurus sculpture on the 3rd floor of the W. Frank Steely Library.

Artist Patricia Renick was an art teacher at the University of Cincinnati. In 1973 she realized that the Volkswagen Beetle had the same shape as the body of a Stegosaurus. She thought about the relation between fossil fuels and cars and decided to take a one-year unpaid leave to create Stegowagenvolkssaurus.

MTL

Troll Pub Under the Bridge 150 W Washington St Louisville, KY

38.2570, -85.7530

24 Hours

Take a photo of the troll.

Look under the south end of the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge and you'll find a cheerful troll. This troll is the mascot for the Troll Pub Under the Bridge.

MTS

The Fremont Troll N 36th St and Troll Ave N Seattle, WA

47.6510, -122.3473

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the Fremont Troll.

A giant concrete troll has been lurking under the north end of the Aurora bridge and snacking on children and cars since 1990


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Hitch-hiking Bigfoot ON-17, east side of Vermilion Bay Vermilion Bay, ON

49.8566, -93.3781

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the hitchhiking Sasquatch

This 20-ft tall cement and iron Sasquatch has been attempting to thumb a ride since 1982.

MWC

Bigfoot Collection Museum 38949 CA-299 Willow Creek, CA

40.9401, -123.6321

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the large Bigfoot statue outside the Bigfoot Collection Museum.

Willow Creek claims the title of Bigfoot Capital of the World. It was near here in 1958 that road-crew worker Jerry Crew made the famed plaster cast of a giant footprint that launched the term Bigfoot.

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Troll in the Pipes 777 W Central Ave Wichita, KS

37.6910, -97.3475

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the grate with the troll visible below.

The troll in the pipes near the Arkansas River first appeared in 2007. The seven-foot tall troll was created by local sculptor Constance Ernatt, although it's difficult to appreciate the troll's size in his underground prison.

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Grazing Triceratops Huasna Townsite Rd Huasna, CA

35.1050, -120.3872

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the triceratops near the fence line along Huasna Townsite Road.

Near the community of Huasna you will find a field with dinosaur statues happily grazing.

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Cimarron Heritage Center US-385 near US-287 Boise City, OK

36.7414, -102.5135

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of "Cimmy" the brontosaurus.

It was a dream of Bob and Norma Gene Young to build a true scale dinosaur like one that was excavated in Cimarron County. This dream came true with the sales of Norma Gene's two books. Joe Barrington from Throckmorton, Texas, built the 65 foot long, 35 foot high, and 18,000 lb. brontosaurus.

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Backyard Terrors Dinosaur Park 1065 Walnut Grove Rd Bluff City, TN area

36.4385, -82.2294

0900-2100

Take a photo of the Stygimoloch.

Backyard Terrors Dinosaur Park was built by owner Chris Kastner starting in 2007. There are over 40 prehistoric creature statues in the park. Your task is to find and photograph the Stygimoloch.

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The Beringia Centre KM 1423 on the Alaska Hwy Whitehorse, YT

60.7099, -135.0802

24 hours

Take a photo of one or more of the mammoth statues.

The Beringia Centre is dedicated to the presentation and preservation of the First Nations and scientific history of the vast sub-continent called Beringia.

To the west of the general parking lot north of the centre you will find some mammoth statues.

PCC

Pueblo Community College - Canon City 51320 US-50 Canon City, CO

38.4412, -105.2556

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the stegosaurus.

This sculpture of a stegosaurus was built in 1995 by employees of the Colorado Department of Corrections. It was constructed to commemorate several stegosaurus skeletons unearthed near Canon City.

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Grand River Museum 114 10th St W Lemmon, SD

45.9348, -102.1611

24 Hours

Take a photo of the dinosaur.

Artist John Lopez fashioned this cowboy riding a dinosaur. He used bits of old farm machinery, saw blades, and other bits and kibbles.


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Tate Geological Museum 125 College Dr Casper, WY

42.8262, -106.3288

24 Hours

Take a photo of the T-Rex statue.

A 15-foot-tall, lifelike outdoor bronze T Rex, titled "Essence of Rex" by sculptor Chris Navarro. One side is skeletal while the other is covered with skin. Its innards are illuminated by 1,500 LEDs.

PDB

McDonald's Restaurant I-10 Exit 302 south Benson, AZ

31.9629, -110.3463

24 Hours

Take a photo of the dinosaur statue.

A dinosaur is poised on a rock outside the McDonald's in Benson along I-10. It looks ready to share your "Happy Meal".

PDC

Aud the Dinosaur US-60, approx 4.5 miles south of town. Canadian, TX

35.8479, -100.3954

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of "Aud" the dinosaur.

In early 1992, Gene Cockrell took $2,000 dollars' worth of concrete and steel and built a dinosaur on a bluff outside his home town of Canadian, Texas. He did it, he said, so that local children heading up US 83 would always know that they were almost home. He named the dinosaur "Aud" after Audrey, his wife since 1947.

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Drumheller Visitor Information Centre 60 1 Ave W Drumheller, AB

51.4672, -112.7090

1000 to 1730

Take a photo from inside the mouth of the World's Largest Dinosaur showing the teeth with the area landscape in the background.

This 25-meter tall dinosaur is claimed to be the world's largest. It was built in the year 2000 at a cost over $1 million. Drumheller is internationally recognized for its rich abundance of dinosaur fossils and the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology

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Dinosaurs in the Woods - Stegosaurus Barber Parkway Elberta, AL area

30.3266, -87.5750

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the stegosaurus.

These dinosaurs were built by Mark Cline of Virginia on a commission from George Barber, of Barber Motorsports fame. They hang out in the woods along the entrance road to the Barber Marina. The dinosaurs can be difficult to spot from the paved road.

PDH

Haddonfield Dinosaur Kings Hwy E and Lantern Ln Haddonfield, NJ

39.8970, -75.0344

24 Hours

Take a photo of the dinosaur statue

In October 2003, a statue was erected in downtown Haddonfield commemorating the World's First Dinosaur Skeleton Discovery in October, 1858. The Hadrosaurus foulkii was the first nearly complete dinosaur skeleton found, and the first to be mounted for public display.


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Benton and Sons Fabrication NC-581, 5 miles W of Pikeville, NC Pikeville, NC

35.4854, -78.0582

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of one or more of the dinosaur statues.

Dinosaurs are located at the Benton and Sons fabrication facility. Clearly, they like fabricating dinosaurs.

PDP

Pierre Sinclair Dinosaur 401 W Sioux Ave Pierre, SD

44.3690, -100.3579

24 hours

Take a photo of the green dinosaur.

You had to know that we would give you the opportunity to visit a Sinclair dinosaur.

PDR

Jurupa Mountains Discovery Center 7621 Granite Hill Drive Riverside, CA

34.0150, -117.4498

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the large T-Rex statue to the right of the Jurupa Mtns Discovery Center sign.

The Jurupa Mountains Discovery Center includes 9 acres of botanical gardens with over ten dinosaur sculptures.

Note: The Discovery Center hours are more limited than daylight but this photo can be taken from outside the gate when it's closed.

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PDW

Wenatchee Triceratops S Wenatchee Ave and Ferry St Wenatchee, WA

47.4120, -120.3015

24 hours

Take a photo of the triceratops statue

This metal Triceratops statue came from Mexico and was installed at the La Plaza Wenatchee shopping center in 2012. It was originally painted gold but got a fresh look in 2015.

PDY

Two Medicine Dinosaur Center 120 2nd Ave S Bynum, MT

47.9761, -112.3113

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the T-Rex statue.

The Two Medicine Dinosaur Center in Bynum is home to the world's largest dinosaur skeleton: a 137-foot long Seismosaurus. Outside you'll find a more modest T-Rex statue.

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Elk River Triceratops 13342 US-10 Elk River, MN

45.3073, -93.6067

24 Hours

Take a photo of the triceratops.

This red triceratops wandered south from Brainerd after its previous home at the Jurassic car wash closed. Now it greets drivers coming into Elk River from the west.


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The Dinosaur Museum 754 S 200 W Blanding, UT

37.6149, -109.4823

0900-1700, Mon-Sat

Take a photo of the Therizinosaurus

Inside the Dinosaur Museum you will find an exhibit of feathered dinosaurs. The giant flightless bird, Therizinosaurus, stands 14 feet tall and has a 20 foot wing span. It is from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. The sculpture is by Stephen and Sylvia Czerkas.

PFH

Fossil House US-30, approx. 7.3 miles E of WY-487 Medicine Bow, WY

41.8650, -106.0734

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the Fossil House

The walls of this starter home were built out of 5,796 mortared-together dinosaur bones, which were dug out of a nearby ridge known as Como Bluff. The Boylan family -- Thomas, wife Grace, and son Edward -- completed the building in 1933, as a way to draw attention to their gas station.

PGB

Neville Public Museum 210 Museum Pl Green Bay, WI

44.5179, -88.0183

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of one or more of the dinosaur statues.

These giant metal dinosaurs are in front of the Neville Public Museum in Green Bay. They are called "Big Mama" and "Baby Bones," named by Ms. Stumpf's fourth grade class at De Pere's Notre Dame Elementary School.

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Dinosaur Valley State Park Park Rd 59 Glen Rose, TX area

32.2478, -97.8160

0700 to sunset

Take a photo of one or more the dinosaur statues.

This park is known for having several well preserved dinosaur track sites. They are in the river bed surrounding the park. We could send you off to look for a specific track print in the riverbed, but we'll be nice. Near the park entrance you'll find a couple of dinosaur statues.

PIG

Ichthyosaur State Park Berlin Ichthyosaur State Park Gabbs, NV area

38.8737, -117.5910

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the wall with the Ichthyosaur relief with your motorcycle in the picture.

Embossed into the side of an outdoor cement wall, a life-size coal-black goggle-eyed Ichthyosaur stretches 50 feet from beak to tail. A state park building nearby shelters several fossil Ichthyosaurs.

WARNING: Unpaved roads in the State Park and Nat'l Forest.

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Indianapolis Children's Museum N Illinois St and 30th St Indianapolis, IN

39.8103, -86.1588

24 Hours

Take a photo of one or more of the dinosaurs making break for it.

RUN! Three huge dinosaurs are bursting out of the side of the Children's Museum of Indianapolis!


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Vermontasaurus Hangar Bay Ln Fairlee, VT area

43.8859, -72.2496

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the Vermontasaurus.

What started out as a scrap wood burn pile turned into a community art project.

Note: The last 150 feet of road to this object is unpaved.

PKC

T-Rex Café 1847 Village West Pkwy Kansas City, KS

39.1265, -94.8274

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the big T-Rex skeleton sculpture outside the restaurant.

Touted as a prehistoric family adventure, the T-Rex café features animatronic dinosaurs, mammoths, and simulated meteor showers. They have some cool dinosaur sculptures both inside and out.

PLM

Lubbock Columbian Mammoth Landmark Dr Lubbock, TX

33.6225, -101.8890

24 Hours

Take a photo of one or more of the mammoth statues.

Pity the poor Columbian Mammoth. Even though they were bigger than Woolly Mammoths -- which you see in nearly every caveman video -- they're mostly forgotten. That's because Columbian Mammoths look pretty much like modern-day elephants, only larger.

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Phillips Park Zoo Ray Moses Dr Aurora, IL

41.7357, -88.2932

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the Mastodon statue.

A Mastodon statue at Phillips Park Zoo marks the area where Mastodon fossils were first uncovered in 1934.

PMD

Waco Mammoth National Monument 6220 Steinbeck Bend Dr Waco, TX

31.6060, -97.1743

0900-1700

Take a photo of the mammoth dig site inside the building with the herd mural in the background.

The Waco Mammoth Site became a unit of the National Park System in July of 2015. This paleontological site represents the nation’s only recorded discovery of a nursery herd of Columbian mammoths. Visitors can view "in situ" fossils including female mammoths, a bull mammoth, and a camel that lived approximately 67,000 years ago.

PMH

The Mammoth Site of Hot Springs 1800 US-18 Bypass Hot Springs, SD

43.4231, -103.4838

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the mammoth statue near the parking lot entrance.

More than 26,000 years ago, large Columbian and Woolly mammoths were trapped and died in a spring-fed pond near what is now the southwest edge of Hot Springs, South Dakota.


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Wally the Woolly Mammoth Railway Ave near 1 St W Kyle, SK

50.8345, -108.0394

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the Wally the Woolly Mammoth statue.

The town of Kyle is known locally for being the site of 12,000-year-old woolly mammoth discovery during road construction in 1964. Wally was built in 1981 to commemorate that discovery.

PNH

New Mexico Museum of Natural History 1801 Mountain Road NW Albuquerque, NM

35.0981, -106.6651

24 Hours

Take a photo of Spike the Pentaceratops

Visitors to the Museum are welcomed by two life-size New Mexico dinosaurs created by Albuquerque sculptor Dave Thomas. The dinosaurs are named Spike the Pentaceratops and Alberta the Tyrannosaurus.

PNM

Dinosaur National Monument Quarry Exhibit Hall, Dinosaur National Monument Jensen, UT

40.4405, -109.3008

0800 to 1730

Take a photo of the Allosaurus skull in the glass case.

Inside the Quarry Exhibit Hall you will find a real Allosaurus fragilis skull on display. This is the one of the best preserved late Jurassic predatory dinosaur skulls in the world. You will find the skull on the lower level of the Quarry Exhibit Hall near the east door.

Note: The last shuttle to the quarry exhibit hall leaves the visitor center at 5:00 PM.

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Carnegie Museum of Natural History 4400 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh, PA

40.4435, -79.9515

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of Dippy the Diplodocus.

Outside the Carnegie Museum of Natural History you'll find a full scale statue of Diplodocus Carnegii.

PPD

Bennett's Gems & Jewelry 45 Searsport Ave Belfast, ME

44.4335, -68.9988

24 Hours

Take a photo of Pink Floyd the dinosaur

"Pink Floyd," the famous Pink Dinosaur, stands out in front of Bennett's Gems & Jewelry on Route One in Belfast, Maine. He's made of steel and was built by students at Skowhegan High School.

PPM

USU Eastern Prehistoric Museum 155 E Main St, parking on E 100 N Price, UT

39.6001, -110.8082

0900-1700, Mon-Sat

Take a photo of the Utahraptor.

Inside the lobby of the USU Eastern Prehistoric Museum you will find an action-posed skeleton of a Utahraptor.


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Guadalupe River Mammoth Guadalupe River Trail San Jose, CA

37.3812, -121.9375

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the mammoth statue.

In 2005, a nature-lover was strolling along the Guadalupe River Trail when he spotted bones peeking out of the sediment. The bones were from a Columbian mammoth that roamed these lands over 12,000 years ago.

PSM

Stewiacke Mastodon 67 Main St W Stewiacke, NS

45.1414, -63.3611

24 Hours

Take a photo of the mastodon statue.

In the late 1990s, a tourism attraction named Mastodon Ridge opened near the town's highway exit, based on a local discovery of a mastodon skeleton.

PSP

Berkshire Museum 39 South St Pittsfield, MA

42.4472, -73.2540

24 Hours

Take a photo of Wally the Stegosaurus.

Wally the Stegosaurus at the Berkshire Museum was the second from a mold originally made for the 1963 World's Fair. Wally spent 30 years in Cleveland before coming to Berkshire in 1997.

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Jordan T-Rex skull MT-200 and Brusett Rd Jordan, MT

47.3250, -106.9094

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the T-Rex skull statue.

The first known Tyrannosaurus Rex was excavated in 1902 in Jordan. In town, at an intersection, there is a large bronze Tyrannosaurus skull that commemorates that find.

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Wharton Dinosaur Park W Colorado St. Wharton, TX

29.3098, -96.1040

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the dinosaur in the parking lot.

There's a big ol' green dinosaur at the parking lot for Wharton's Dinosaur Park. Go have a look!

PWM

Geier Collections and Research Center 551 Gest St Cincinnati, OH

39.0996, -84.5262

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of one or more of the Woolly Mammoths.

These mammoths were originally part of the Ice Age exhibit at Cincinnati's Museum of Natural History. That Museum building has since been razed and relocated, leaving these mammoths adrift.


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Jungle Adventures 26205 E Colonial Dr Christmas, FL

28.5381, -80.9773

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of Swampy.

Swampy, at 200 feet and 1 inch in length, is claimed to be the World's Largest Alligator. This alligator is big enough to have consumed a gift shop, ticket counter, and the offices of Jungle Adventures.

WAE

San Jacinto Plaza E Main St and N Mesa St El Paso, TX

31.7597, -106.4886

24 hours

Take a photo of the alligator statue.

Downtown's San Jacinto Plaza was home to alligators from 1883 to the 1960s. Eventually, hijinks from the college and military population persuaded the city fathers to do away with the toothy attractions. Today, there is a very large commemorative statue of the beloved gators at the plaza.

WAS

Restigouche Sam, the Atlantic Salmon Salmon Blvd at Andrew St Campbellton, NB

48.0090, -66.6746

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of Restigouche Sam

Restigouche Sam, as he is known, is an 8.5 meter stainless steel statue of the Atlantic Salmon. This was placed to recognize the importance of the great fishing in the Restigouche River.

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WBA

Winding Brook Lakeridge Pkwy at Lewistown Rd Ashland, VA

37.7190, -77.4532

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the big leaping bass.

Marking the entrance to retail-residential complex Winding Brook, a fiberglass faux bronze bass leaps in a cartoon splash. The fish is 27 feet tall on a base that's 24 feet high.

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Marine Mammal Interpretation Centre 108 Rue de la Cale Sèche Tadoussac, QC

48.1386, -69.7192

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of one or more of the Beluga statues.

Outside the Marine Mammal Interpretation Centre you will find a beautiful set of sculpted Beluga Whales.

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Blue Whale OK-66, 1 mile E of Catoosa, OK Catoosa, OK

36.1934, -95.7328

1200, July 1, 2017

Have your photo taken by IBR staff in front of the Blue Whale as part of a group.

Built in 1972 as an anniversary gift, the Blue Whale quickly evolved into a local summer hot spot and family travel destination, becoming one of the best loved icons on Route 66.


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Cove RV Park & Country Store 303075 US-101 Brinnon, WA

47.7391, -122.8798

24 hours

Take a photo of the giant clam pile.

A pile of 25 giant fake clams rustled with a giant rake are a nod to the local shellfishing industry, and a promo for this RV park and general store.

WBW

Baudette Walleye Main St and 1st Ave NE Baudette, MN

48.7126, -94.5985

24 Hours

Take a photo of Willy the Walleye.

Baudette is one of several towns that claim to be the Walleye Capital of the World. They most certainly win if the statues are the competition, as their downtown statue of Willy the Walleye is huge.

WCB

Cut Bank Penguin 1121 Railroad St Cut Bank, MT

48.6298, -112.3170

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the large penguin statue.

This concrete penguin was built in 1989, but it looks much older. Rumor has it that if you press the button on the statue, you can enjoy fuzzy, inaudible English that makes this a multimedia display. If big penguins are your thing, Cut Bank awaits you.

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WCC

Ocean World 304 US-101 South Crescent City, CA

41.7526, -124.1880

24 Hours

Take a photo of either of the sea lion statues next to the road.

A pair of sea lion statues guards the parking lot entrance to Ocean World in Crescent City.

WCD

Old Mill Crab House 8829 Waller Rd Delmar, DE

38.4566, -75.5841

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the crab sculpture

Outside the Old Mill Crab House restaurant you will find, surprisingly, a large crab.

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Grace the Shark N CR-1200 E, 1.8 miles south of IL-16 Charleston, IL

39.4584, -88.2485

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the shark leaping out of the pasture.

Landowner Pat Goodwin built this cement Great White Shark on his property in 2009. Grace, the shark, gets dressed up for different events and holidays.


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Hanna Springs Sculpture Garden 501 E North Ave Lampasas, TX

31.0698, -98.1770

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the catfish in the truck.

The enormous catfish is hunkered down on the back of an ole' truck, truly the catch of the day! "Been Fish'en" is on exhibit along with several other sculptures in Hanna Springs Sculpture Garden at Campbell Park.

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Chesapeake Crab Company 1014 Winchester Ave Martinsburg, WV

39.4471, -77.9803

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the giant crab.

No, this giant crab isn't eating the building. It's just to let you know that you have arrived at the Chesapeake Crab Company.

WCR

World's Largest Bullhead North end of State St S Crystal Lake, IA

43.2255, -93.7901

24 Hours

Take a photo of the bullhead statue.

Crystal Lake claims this 12-foot long statue as the World's Largest Bullhead. Who are we to argue?

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WCS

Reelfoot State Park Kirby Pocket Day Use Area Samburg, TN

36.3962, -89.3394

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the large crappie statue at Kirby Pocket at Reelfoot State Park.

Crappies love to live in the Buck Basin -- at least, until a fisherman catches them. A fiberglass statue of a crappie stands at the entrance to a popular fishing area.

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Spahr's Restaurant 3682 US-90 Des Allemands, LA

29.8027, -90.4998

24 Hours

Take a photo of the fish.

Frozen in mid-thrash, this big fish behind Spahr's Restaurant encourages contemplation. Keep an eye out for alligators though.


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Devil's Hole Devils Hole Rd Pahrump, NV area

36.4252, -116.2911

Daylight Hours Only - Gravel Road Access

Take a photo of the "Devils Hole Overlook" sign on the barrier fence.

The Devils Hole pupfish (Cyprinodon diabolis) is a species of fish native to Devils Hole, a geothermal aquifer-fed pool within a limestone cavern, in the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge east of Death Valley. It has been described as the world's rarest fish, with a population of fewer than 200 since 2005. The entire habitat for this species is contained within a pool inside the fenced area at the site.

You will need to park your bike and walk the last 1000' feet or so to the site.

WARNING: Unpaved road with loose and deep gravel. We recommend approaching this location from the west off of NV-373. Approach from the northeast may require 4WD and high clearance.

WDO

The Blue Dolphin 434 NY-17 Apalachin, NY

42.0602, -76.1432

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the blue dolphin.

The Blue Dolphin restaurant in Apalachin has, you guessed it, a blue dolphin on the roof.

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Dale's Restaurant US-281 and 1st St W Dunseith, ND

48.8078, -100.0619

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the Wee'l Turtle

The "World's largest man-made turtle" was erected as a novelty in 1982. It was welded together using over 2,000 steel wheel rims by George Gottbreht, owner of Dale's Restaurant, which conveniently stands next door.

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Atlanta Fish Market 265 Pharr Rd NE Atlanta, GA

33.8368, -84.3789

24 Hours

Take a photo of The Great Fish statue.

The Great Fish is 65 feet long and leaps from a fountain next to The Atlanta Fish Market. The statue was created in 1995 over the course of six months by artist Randy Blain and his son, Jason.

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MacKerricher State Park MacKerricher State Park Rd Fort Bragg, CA area

39.4894, -123.7899

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the Gray Whale skeleton.

MacKerricher State Park north of Fort Bragg offers camping, hiking, and whale watching. Near the visitor center and museum you will find a 30-foot long skeleton of a Gray Whale on display.


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Weiss Lake Lodge 998 Cedar Bluff Rd Centre, AL

34.1685, -85.6570

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of one or more of the fish statues.

These giant fish reside at Weiss Lake Lodge in Centre, AL. Centre claims to be the "Crappie Capital of the World".

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Taco Cabana 1827 Greenville Ave Dallas, TX

32.8131, -96.7704

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of one or more of the Tango Frogs atop Taco Cabana from the restaurant parking lot. Note: You must take this photo from the parking lot.

According to artist Bob "Daddy-O" Wade, the Tango Frogs -- so named because they originally stood on the roof of the Tango nightclub in Dallas -- were inspired by a set of similar real frogs, shellacked in Mexico, and brought to Bob by a friend.

WFI Fisherman's Dream 102 Ave SW, 12 miles N of Regent, ND Regent, ND

46.5943, -102.5505

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the fish sculpture

Local metal sculptor and retired school teacher Gary Greff created a series of large statues to draw visitors off the interstate and down the "Enchanted Highway". In early 2007, Greff completed Fisherman's Dream, his seventh and most complicated sculpture, with metal fish leaping up 70 feet through a metal pond surface.

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Fish Head Rocks CA-178, approx. 14 miles east of Ridgecrest Salt Wells Canyon, CA

35.6667, -117.4282

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the Fish Head Rocks.

At the east end of Poison Canyon is a formation of rocks that resemble giant fish heads. These are known as the "Whale Rocks" or "Fish Head Rocks", with the toothy decoration believed to have been first added in the 1930's.

WFM

Lutefisk Capital of the World US-75 at Fair St Madison, MN

45.0082, -96.1960

24 Hours

Take a photo of Lou T. Fisk.

Madison, Minnesota stakes claim to "Lutefisk Capital of the World", a dubious honor at best. It celebrates this with an annual lutefisk eating contest. The town's mascot is Lou T. Fisk, a 30-foot-long codfish.

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Congress Frog Rock AZ-89 Congress, AZ area

34.1780, -112.8314

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the large rock painted as a frog.

This 60-ton rock was first painted in 1928 by homesteader Sara Perkins. Local community volunteers refresh the paint on this landmark as needed.

Note: While this rock is visible from the road, you may need to take a short hike to get a good photo. Watch out for rattlesnakes.


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The Frog of Fontana Valley View Dr, south of Fontana Blvd Fontana-on-Geneva Lake, WI

42.5473, -88.5802

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the frog.

Part of the long defunct Frog Hollow miniature golf course, the 14-ft. concrete frog was restored in 2012. The Frog of Fontana is now a historical landmark of Walworth County and protected from development.

WFR

Rayne Frog The Blvd, south of I-10 exit 87 Rayne, LA

30.2483, -92.2700

24 Hours

Take a photo of Monsieur Jacques the frog.

Rayne titles itself the Frog Capital of the World. This moniker comes from the thriving frog leg industry in the region from the late 1800's through the mid-1950's.

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Chuck the Channel Catfish 168 Main St Selkirk, MB

50.1335, -96.8850

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of Chuck the Channel Cat

Chuck the Channel Catfish is named in memory of local fisherman Chuck Norquay, who drowned while fishing a nearby stretch of the Red River. Selkirk calls itself the "Catfish Capital of the World" because of the record catches plucked from the river.

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WFW

Thread City Crossing Frogs South St at the Willimantic River Windham, CT

41.7106, -72.2093

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of any of the four frogs on the Thread City Crossing bridge.

The frogs on the Thread City Crossing bridge commemorate an event from June of 1754. Residents were awoken that night by a dreadful sound throughout the surrounding hills. Daylight and the morning's quiet brought the revelation that the noise was caused by a concentration of bullfrogs competing over the last small standing pond for miles.

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Grace United Methodist Church E Pine St and Grace St Grove City, PA

41.1595, -80.0853

24 hours

Take a photo of the fish.

"Drop A Line," a large, colorful, and unhappy-looking fish at the end of a hook, is located on the corner of the church parking lot.

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Giant Squid Interpretation Site Glovers Harbour Road, 1.3 miles west of NL-350 Glover's Harbour, NL

49.4538, -55.4828

24 Hours

Take a photo of the giant squid.

In 1878, fishermen near Glovers Harbour landed a giant squid that was 16.7 metres (55 feet) long. In 2001, to mark the occasion and increase tourism to this tiny hamlet, a replica was commissioned and built near the site of the capture.


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WHC

Crabby the Horseshoe Crab OH-124, 1 mile E of US-62 Hillsboro, OH

39.1977, -83.5946

Daylight Hours Only

Take a picture of the horseshoe crab.

This huge Horseshoe Crab was originally built for a nautical museum in Baltimore that went bankrupt. It was acquired by the Freedom Worship Baptist Church in nearby Blanchester, OH. The church held weddings and screened movies inside the crab.

In 2015 "Crabby" was purchased by Ben Sexton, who had admired it for years and wanted it as a roadside attraction.

WKB

Kings Beach Trout 7739 N Lake Blvd Tahoe Vista, CA

39.2384, -120.0346

24 Hours

Take a photo of the large trout statue.

This giant leaping mosaic trout was sculpted by artist Peter Hazel in 2014. Both the fish and water are made of tiles of recycled glass and pottery.

WKM

McLeod Park Lakeview Dr Kenora, ON

49.7702, -94.4973

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of Huskie the Muskie

Huskie the Muskie is the nickname of a 40-foot-tall (12 m) muskellunge in Kenora, Ontario's McLeod Park. Huskie was constructed in 1967 as a Canadian Centennial project.

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WKT

National Trout Memorial S Cedar St between 3rd St and 4th St Kalkaska, MI

44.7311, -85.1779

24 hours

Take a photo of the giant brook trout in the fountain.

Kalkaska, Michigan is home to the annual National Trout Festival and this fountain is officially known as the National Trout Memorial. Now you know that.

WKW

Key West High School 2100 Flagler Ave Key West, FL

24.5556, -81.7775

24 Hours

Take a photo of the monstrous Conch shell.

Key West High School has been the home of the Fighting Conchs since 1906. In front of the school you'll find a huge statue of a Conch shell.

WLA

Little America Hotel I-80, exit 68 Little America, WY

41.5443, -109.8589

24 hours

Take a photo of the stuffed penguin in the lobby.

Little America was named after Admiral Byrd's camp on the South Pole. The owners wanted Emperor the penguin to be its live mascot, but the penguin died on its way from Antarctica. Little America had Emperor stuffed and shipped anyway.

You can visit the bird on the ground floor of the Little America hotel. He stands on a fake block of ice.

Enter through the door marked "Hotel Registration"


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WLH

Ruth and Wimpy's Restaurant 792 US-1 Hancock, ME

44.5389, -68.3132

24 Hours

Take a photo of the lobster.

It's Maine's favorite crustacean! Ruth and Wimpy's Restaurant features a statue of a giant lobster attacking a lobster boat.

WLS

Shediac Lobster 235 Main St Shediac, NB

46.2187, -64.5550

24 Hours

Take a photo of the monstrous lobster statue.

Shediac claims the title of "The Lobster Capital of the World" for its lobster fishing industry. In 1989 the Shediac Rotary Club thought it fitting to erect a monument in tribute of the delectable crustacean.

WMB

Original Benjamin's Restaurant 9593 N Kings Hwy Myrtle Beach, SC

33.7772, -78.7957

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the shark.

The Original Benjamin's Restaurant has a white shark sculpture hanging from a scaffold. I bet you wish you had one.

Water

WMC

Malheur Wildlife Refuge Approx. 32 miles south of Burns Burns, OR

43.2655, -118.8444

Sunrise to Sunset

Take a photo of the "Scaling Back Carp" wooden carving.

Malheur Refuge and the Silvies River floodplain form one of the most important areas for the Pacific Flyway's migrating populations of waterfowl. Introduced carp have been an ongoing problem since the 1940's and cause significant degradation of the wetlands, ponds, and lakes on the refuge.

WMG

1000 Islands Muskie 846 King St E Gananoque, ON

44.3388, -76.1452

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the Muskie statue

At the entrance to town you'll find a concrete statue of the "1000 Islands Muskie." Gananoque is where the world's record muskie -- over 69 lbs -- was caught by H.A. "Dooley" McCarney in an area known as 40 Acre Shoals.

WMH

Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park 4150 S Suncoast Blvd Homosassa, FL

28.8014, -82.5766

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of Bubbles the Manatee

Bubbles the Manatee came to the Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park in 2012. It was built in 2002 by a team of three artists for the nearby Bella Oasis Resort.


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WMU

National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame 10360 Hall of Fame Dr Hayward, WI

46.0085, -91.4794

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the monstrous muskie.

The world's largest fiberglass sculpture is also the world's largest fish -- a fearsome muskie -- and the centerpiece of the National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame. If this muskie were alive it could swallow a bus.

WNF

Newaygo Riverside Park 85 E Water St Newaygo, MI

43.4219, -85.8012

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of one or more of the fish heads.

Large fish heads rise out of the grass in Newaygo's Riverside Park. Don't get too close. They look hungry.

WOK

Okefenokee NWR West end of Suwanee Canal Road Folkston, GA

30.7385, -82.1403

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the alligator statue outside the Richard S. Bolt Visitor Center.

Okefenokee NWR is a 402,000-acre refuge located in southeastern Georgia and northeastern Florida. Okefenokee is home to 39 fish, 37 amphibian, 64 reptile, 234 bird, and 50 mammal species.

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WOP

Feiro Marine Life Center 315 N Lincoln St Port Angeles, WA

48.1203, -123.4293

24 hours

Take a photo of the Rocktopus.

The Rocktopus is one of several animal statues found along the waterfront.

WOT

Victoria Orca Topiary Wharf St and Government St Victoria, BC

48.4227, -123.3681

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the Orca topiary.

This large topiary of an Orca mother and calf has been making an annual summer appearance since 2010. The 6-ton display takes weeks to create and contains roughly 12 thousand plants.

WPG

Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History Central Ave and Forest Ave Pacific Grove, CA

36.6220, -121.9173

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of "Sandy" the Gray Whale.

"Sandy" is a statue that appears to be a dead, beached Gray Whale. It may not have been intended to appear dead but the artist chose to give it what look like two closed eyes. Whales engage in unihemispherical sleeping and therefore both eyes are almost never closed at the same time. I'll bet that you did not know that.


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WPI Jaws Beachworld 815 Padre Blvd South Padre Island, TX

26.0906, -97.1652

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the giant shark that serves as the entrance to Jaws

There are a lot of beach-themed souvenir shops on South Padre Island, but one of the first you come across has a very large shark out front.

WPR

Rotary Waterfront Park Bill Murray Dr Prince Rupert, BC

54.3141, -130.3305

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the Grey Whale statue.

This carved Grey Whale and calf statue was created in 1985 by Hans Siniarrski, who donated it to the City of Prince Rupert in celebration of the community's 75th anniversary. Unfortunately he passed away before the statue was completed. It was resurrected and finished in 1998.

WRB

Rockport Beach East end of E Laurel St Rockport, TX

28.0273, -97.0464

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the World's Largest Blue Crab

Rockport had the World's Largest Blue Crab from the 1950s until the 1970s, when it fell apart. The town never forgot it, and in 2012 it unveiled a new, better built, and even larger World's Largest Blue Crab.

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WRF

Frog Level W Front St Rodessa, LA

32.9739, -93.9964

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the Frog Level monument with the two frogs visible.

The frogs on this monument commemorate those who came from Georgia and Alabama and settled in the area. The city of Rodessa, named in 1896, took over two smaller nearby communities - Spoonful and Frog Level. Frog Level had been named from the noise of the frogs in a nearby pond.

WSA

Southpark Restaurant 901 SW Salmon St Portland, OR

45.5178, -122.6822

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the salmon plunged through the corner of the building.

Southpark restaurant has been impacted by a ballistic salmon

WSC

Seymour Marine Discovery Center South end of McAllister Way Santa Cruz, CA

36.9485, -122.0654

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the Gray Whale skeleton.

The gray whale skeleton displayed on the ocean bluff comes from an animal that was stranded in south San Francisco Bay in 1990.


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WSD

Full Circle Crab Seafood Market US-64, E side of Columbia, NC Columbia, NC

35.9188, -76.2284

24 hours

Take a photo of the shrimp statue.

On the grounds outside a seafood market are an oversized shrimp, fish, and three types of turtles, all made of rusty pipes, gears, and other metal junk. This shrimp is more professional than most rusty junk art.

WSG

Nick's Kitchen & Beach Bar 3802 Seawall Blvd Galveston, TX

29.2798, -94.8038

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the giant shrimp.

Statues of large sea creatures along Seawall Boulevard tweak the hunger of passersby. Look for a giant shrimp atop Nick's Kitchen & Beach Bar.

WSL

Rain Barrel Sculpture Gallery 86700 Overseas Hwy Islamorada, FL

24.9592, -80.5712

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of Betsy the Lobster.

Betsy the Lobster is vying for the title of World's Largest Lobster with the one in Shediac, New Brunswick. At 35 feet long and 25 feet high, Betsy's claim is strong. It was originally across the road but sold to the current owner after Betsy's original patron passed away.

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WSM

Salty the Seahorse US-6 at North St Mattapoisett, MA

41.6641, -70.8121

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of Salty the Seahorse

"Salty" the Seahorse was built in the mid-1950's by Henry Dunseith and his family. The Dunseith's lived on a 3.5 acre property at this site, along with their gift shop. The seahorse was built to attract people to the gift shop. The house and gift shop were razed but "Salty" remains along with the park that the property became.

WSO

Sunny the Sunfish 701 2nd Ave N Onalaska, WI

43.8921, -91.2391

24 hours

Take a photo of Sunny the Sunfish

25-foot long Sunny was unveiled in Onalaska in 1998 at the urging of then-mayor Clarence Stellner, whose childhood nickname was "Sunny." The small park where Sunny swims is named in Stellner's honor.

WSR

Highlander Cycling 1001 N Arkansas Ave Russellville, AR

35.2877, -93.1336

24 Hours

Take a photo of Big Al the alligator turtle on a bicycle.

Big Al is not just a statue in front of the Highlander Cycling shop, he's also the cartoon mascot of the bike shop's race team, complete with the unsettling red tongue.


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WST

Turtle Playground Oakland Ave at Tamm Dr St Louis, MO

38.6317, -90.2926

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the giant snapping turtle. This is the closest one to the parking lot off Oakland Avenue.

Directly across from the St. Louis Zoo you will find a park with monstrous concrete turtles designed for kids to climb and play.

WTC

Churubusco Community Park US-33 at John Krieger Dr Churubusco, IN

41.2384, -85.3261

24 Hours

Take a photo of the Oscar statue at the entrance to Churubusco Community Park.

Churubusco is home to "Oscar the Monster Turtle of Fulk Lake". Oscar was first spotted in 1898 and again in 1948. Oscar is claimed to be as big as a boat or car. This created enough of an uproar in 1949 that the lake was drained to find him. No luck. It's said that on damp, foggy nights Oscar rises up to eat unwary ducks and geese.

WTL

Rusty the Turtle ND-41, S side of Turtle Lake, ND Turtle Lake, ND

47.5159, -100.8916

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of Rusty the turtle.

A large turtle statue, nicknamed Rusty, is the centerpiece of a park in Turtle Lake.

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WTM

Nevis Tiger Muskie E Main St and Bunyan Trails Rd Nevis, MN

46.9644, -94.8421

24 Hours

Take a photo of the huge Tiger Muskie.

This 30-foot long fish was built in 1950 and dedicated to honor tourists who spend their vacations (and dollars) in the state.

WTT

Ernie the Turtle SK-26, near 2 Street S Turtleford, SK

53.3873, -108.9567

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of Ernie the Turtle.

Ernie the Turtle was built in 1983 to celebrate Turtleford acquiring town status.

WTU

Charlie the Tuna West end of Cape Arago Hwy bridge Charleston, OR

43.3397, -124.3240

24 hours

Take a photo of the tuna sculpture

It's Charlie the Tuna, everyone's favorite pre-packed tuna spokesfish, adopted as a town mascot and rendered in wood.


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WWA

The Last Blue Whale 310 K St Anchorage, AK

61.2191, -149.9020

Daylight Hours Only

Take a photo of the whale statue.

This giant bronze statue, titled "The Last Blue Whale", was created in 1973. The whale has a pleased expression on its face while overturning a boat with its tail.

WWS

Waves Beach Wear 704 1st St Tybee Island, GA

32.0138, -80.8463

24 Hours

Take a photo of the Great White Shark sculpture.

Outside Waves Beach Wear you will find a large fiberglass White Shark trussed up. It looks upset.

Call-in Bonuses

Call-in Bonuses The same procedure applies for all four Call-in Bonuses available during the rally.

Call from anywhere.

Call XXX-XXX-XXXX and leave the following information:

(1) Your name

(2) Your rider number

(3) Your location (city/town and state/province)

(4) The last bonus you scored

(5) The next bonus you are heading for

Record each bonus on your Claimed Bonuses form for the corresponding leg.

Note: Once you have finished recording your information, if you wish to listen to your message, press the # key and then the number 1. You may then accept it or re-record. CALL1

Leg 1 Call-In Bonus

Call on Tuesday, June 27 between 9:00AM and 9:00PM CENTRAL TIME

CALL2

Leg 2 Call-In Bonus

Call on Friday, June 30 between 12:01AM and noon CENTRAL TIME

CALL3

Leg 3 Call-In Bonus #1

Call on Monday, July 3 between noon and 11:59PM CENTRAL TIME

CALL4

Leg 3 Call-In Bonus #2

Call on Wednesday, July 5 between noon and 11:59PM CENTRAL TIME


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Rest Bonuses

The same procedure applies for all four Rest Bonuses available during the rally.

A Rest Bonus may be taken anywhere.

Requirements:

• Document a stop for 4 or more hours beginning on the starting day below • Earn points per minute for staying in one place for a minimum of 4 hours, up to 8

hours maximum credit • Your starting receipt may be on the preceding day but you must then document at

least 4 hours on the starting day (no points are earned before 12:00:01 AM that day).

• As long as you begin your rest on the starting day, you can continue earning credit on the following day.

• Reminder: All times are local and the rest bonus must start on the specified day for time zone you are in.

Record each bonus on your Claimed Bonuses form for the corresponding leg. REST1

Leg 1 Rest Bonus

Document a stop for four (4) or more hours starting on Tuesday, June 27

REST2

Leg 2 Rest Bonus

Document a stop for four (4) or more hours starting on Friday, June 30

REST3

Leg 3 Rest Bonus #1

Document a stop for four (4) or more hours starting on Monday, July 3

REST4

Leg 3 Rest Bonus #2

Document a stop for four (4) or more hours starting on Wednesday, July 5

Checkpoint Information

Checkpoint One

Courtyard Dallas Allen at the John Q. Hammonds Center 210 E Stacy Rd Allen, TX, 75002 33.1288, -96.6552

Wednesday, June 28, 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Rally staff will be available at 5 pm for early check-in.

Time penalty begins at 8:00:01 pm. After 8:00:00 pm there will be a per minute penalty for being late. "Minutes" will be rounded up at one second past the key time. For example, 8:00:01 (one second past 8:00 pm) will be counted as 1 minute late. Any rider who arrives after 10:00:00 pm (beginning 10:00:01 pm) will not be considered a rally finisher.

Bonus point listings will be handed out at 4:00 am Thursday, June 29, 2017 for the next leg of the rally. Riders may depart upon receipt of paperwork.

Checkpoint Two

Courtyard Dallas Allen at the John Q. Hammonds Center 210 E Stacy Rd Allen, TX, 75002 33.1288, -96.6552

Saturday, July 1, 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Rally staff will be available at 5 pm for early check-in.

Time penalty begins at 8:00:01 pm. After 8:00:00 pm there will be a per minute penalty for being late. "Minutes" will be rounded up at one second past the key time. For example, 8:00:01 (one second past 8:00 pm) will be counted as 1 minute late. Any rider who arrives after 10:00:00 pm (beginning 10:00:01 pm) will not be considered a rally finisher.

Bonus point listings will be handed out at 4:00 am Sunday, July 2, 2017 for the next leg of the rally. Riders may depart upon receipt of paperwork.

Finish

Minneapolis Marriott West 9960 Wayzata Blvd Minneapolis, MN 55426 44.9748, -93.4089

Friday, July 7, 8:00 am to 10:00 am

Rally staff will be available at 5 am for early check-in.

Time penalty begins at 8:00:01 am. After 8:00:00 am there will be a per minute penalty for being late. "Minutes" will be rounded up at one second past the key time. For example, 8:00:01 (one second past 8:00 am) will be counted as 1 minute late. Any rider who arrives after 10:00:00 am (beginning 10:00:01 am) will not be considered a rally finisher.

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