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Larger-Than-Life

Miscellaneous Roadside Stuff

Larger-Than-Life

Minnesota's Roadside Architecture Since 1968 David W. Nystuen has documented and photographed larger-than-life roadside attractions across Minnesota. More than 300 colossi are on his list.

Gallery of Huge Beings A collection of mostly-friendly fiberglass and concrete giants scattered along our highways and by-ways.

Muffler Man Homepage A section of the Roadside America site featuring a collection of fiberglass men, originally created for a doomed muffler chain, now reincarnated in various forms and scattered across the country. Includes hundreds of "sightings" sent in by visitors.

Big Things: The Monuments of Canada David Yanciw has collected an impressive gallery of larger-than-life statues of all sorts of things from across Canada.

Roadside Peek Classic highway architecture, signage, art, and icons, including a good collection of larger-than-life objects and beings.

The Home of My "Big Things" by Jim Hejl. A series of snapshots featuring Jim and oversized objects/statues. Categories include Food & Drink, Big People, Holidays, Animals, Automotive, and Objects.

Big Things in Canada Emily Way's collection of roadside attractions and mammoth north-of-the-border statuary, compiled during two cross-Canada road trips. A subset of An American's Guide to Canada.

Big Things in Australia Rod Pinna's collection of gargantua from Down Under.

Big Things Richard and Eva's photo gallery of the large around Australia.

Amazing Attractions A web registry with the noble-but-gargantuan goal of creating a list of larger-than-life roadside attractions around the world. They are looking for reader's tips and suggestions to help bolster the registry.

The Big Duck Two articles from Newsday magazine: one about Long Island's Big Duck, a shrine for roadside architecture enthusiasts; and another about larger-than-life roadside attractions.

Miscellaneous Roadside Stuff

Society for Commercial Archeology The official website of the SCA, a national organization devoted to the artifacts, structures, signs, and symbols of the 20th-century commercial landscape. Good folks to know, if you like highway art and architecture.

Roadside Art Online William Swislow has compiled a fascinating, eclectic collection of signs, buildings, and other objects along the roadside that weren't intended as art, but are. Includes many links.

Roadside America Homepage Sprawling homepage of America's wacky tourist attractions based on the book, New Roadside America, by Mike Wilkins, Ken Smith, and Doug Kirby.

The Arkansas Travelers Roadside Distractions Stories and photographs of the peculiar and fabulous throughout the Razorback State.

Texas Roadside Icons Jim Tankard's photo gallery of interesting Texas roadside artifacts.

NEWLOWWWeb Robin Davies' tribute to roadside fun in Wisconsin. Includes a section on huge creatures around Wisconsin and a gallery of images from behind the FAST Corporation (a manufacturer of oversized fiberglass statuary) in Sparta.

Two Lane Roads A quarterly on-line newspaper featuring off-beat attractions and other roadside oddities on America's backroads.

Out West Magazine On-Line Roving editor Chuck Woodbury spends most of his year touring the American West in his 24-foot motorhome/office searching out strange places and interesting characters.

OutdoorFlix.com: Roadside Gallery This site features pictures, information and streaming video about some of the odd (and often large) roadside attractions in Texas and other states. (added 12/1/2002)

AgilityNut.com There is a good section on roadside stuff at this site - Bottle Houses, Land of Giants, etc. You could spend hours there!