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- Address:
- 200 N. Lewis St., Summerville, GA
- Directions:
- From US-27, two blocks south of the Walmart, turn at milepost 13 onto Rena St. Drive three blocks until the street ends, then turn right. Paradise Garden will be on the right, parking on the left.
- Hours:
- Tu-Su 11-5 (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 706-808-0800
- Admission:
- Adults $15.
- RA Rates:
- Major Fun
These wonderful creatures are located at the corner of North Clark Street and West L Street. It is a grassy parking lot for bicycles, and the sculptures are made from bicycles. We found them when looking for the Post Office. I thought they looked like giant insects, but a sign said that they are what you want them to be.
[Linda Mc, 07/24/2013]Bicycle Creatures:- Address:
- 250 N. Clark St., Forest City, IA
- Directions:
- Downtown. On the west side of N. Clark St. just south of its intersection with W. L. St.
- Admission:
- Free
There is a dead tree in a yard on the corner of W. Eighth and Morton Streets with what looks like a VW beetle and a bunch of bicycles in the branches. There is no sign explaining what it represents. It is in someone's yard and can be seen and photographed from the street.
[signmanjoe, 11/07/2022]Tree with Car and Bicycles:- Address:
- 819 N. Morton St., Fairmount, IN
- Directions:
- West side of town, on the southeast corner of IN-26/8th St. and N. Morton St.
Here is a shoe tree right in the middle of Minneapolis -- not as impressively dense as the Nevada Shoe Tree, but a nice start. It's also not as striking since it isn't the only tree on the landscape, but is interesting for several reasons. Two bicycles hang in the tree. In addition to the urban setting, the presence of the river below makes the viewing experience completely different from the other shoe trees. The neatest thing about visiting this shoe tree is the adjacent bridge -- where you are level with the upper branches.
[Soopageek, 01/23/2005]Urban Shoe Tree:- Address:
- Washington Ave., Minneapolis, MN
- Directions:
- North of I-35W on the west side of the pedestrian walk along Washington Avenue bridge. The bridge passes over W. River Pkwy.
The Fall Festival at the Land of Oz was quite fun. I got there in the afternoon and stood in line for more than an hour but it was fun seeing all the people in costumes. Little Dorothy's were running around, all so cute in their blue dresses and ruby slippers. There was a car from Ohio we passed by in the line that had Oz stickers all over the windows, the tag said "I Luv Oz". Sticking out of the trunk were the witch's legs and the Ruby slippers.
The hayride went up the Beech Mt ski slopes to the top. I went through the house -- Auntie Em and her husband were in the kitchen. On the other side of the storm was the Yellow Brick road. There was Dorothy and Glenda the good witch. I was told that this Dorothy's mother was the original Dorothy and now she was playing the old lady with the basket on the bicycle. Just past Munchkinland the Lion was waiting to jump out of the Rhododendrons and scare the kids, and just past him were the flying monkeys. One little girl was so terrified of them he had to pull off his mask to show he was a boy.
Came to a garden of mushrooms and the witch's castle and the scary trees and a small Poppy field. Children were having their pictures taken acting like they were asleep. The gate keeper of the city sounded like the one in the movie. Past the smoking wizards head there was the "witch" on the bike. Didn't go in to see the Coroner (munchkin) because of a very long line. Was a very enjoyable day, The Beech Mountain city employees couldn't have been nicer..
[W C Carter, 10/22/2005]Land of Oz:- Address:
- 2669 Beech Mountain Pkwy, Beech Mountain, NC
- Directions:
- Hwy 184 takes you to the town of Beech Mountain. A winding two-lane road just to the left of the Chamber of Commerce building -- Beech Mountain Pkwy -- takes you up to a sign that says, "Emerald Mountain." Through that gate, it's another half-mile, past a bunch of ski lifts.
- Hours:
- Usually Fridays in June and the last two summer weekends in Sept. (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 800-514-3849
- Admission:
- Varies $30-$50
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
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The convenient access to the branches explains the bicycles, sort of. The Washington Avenue bridge has also been the site of several suicides, though apparently not by plunging into the shoe tree.