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A mysterious green cylinder atop a neighborhood mailbox invites everyone to stare inside and be recorded on video.
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- Address:
- 678 Neptune Ave., Encinitas, CA
- Directions:
- North of downtown. In a residential neighborhood, on the beach side of Neptune Ave., just south of its intersection with Daphne St. Private property, but the Portal is available to all.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
What a fun stop. There are some really well-done sculptures. Outside of the shop there's a railing made with old tools, the mailbox has been turned into a souped-up engine, and there is a red phone booth.
The lumber company next door to the garage has a tin man with an axe. Bonus: if you drive into Woodbury, see if you can find Leslie's version of a policeman behind the library.
[Annie, 05/06/2022]Leslie Murray's Junk People:RoadsideAmerica.com Team Field Report
- Address:
- 19 Bacon Pond Rd, Woodbury, CT
- Directions:
- Murray Brothers Garage. From US-6 in Woodbury turn east at the white church onto Mountain Rd. Drive about a mile. Turn right at the stop sign onto White Deer Rock Rd. Drive a half-mile. Turn right just past the red building onto Bacon Pond Rd. Youll quickly see a green building on the left; pull into the parking lot.
The Purple Pumper is cute, but don't miss the oil tank mailbox.
[Annie, 04/19/2022]Purple Pumper:- Address:
- 1537 Blachleyville Rd, Wooster, OH
- Directions:
- Southwest side of the city. On the northwest corner of OH-3/S. Columbus Rd and OH-95/Blachleyville Rd.
John R. Mlecz went to spend eternity with the dinosaurs 25 years ago. We met the delightfully cranky owner of the Petrified Creatures Museum several times. He was never shy about voicing his opinion of writers who failed to appreciate his disproportionate day-glo dinosaurs, or the unique mailboxes with buttons which, when pressed, delivered monologues by the dinosaurs themselves! His no-budget approach to paleontology occupied the fossil-rich back yard of his house, and his widow kept the place running for almost 20 years before it finally closed in 2015. Like fossils, the dinosaur statues have outlasted their creators, although probably not for much longer.
[RoadsideAmerica.com Team, 04/14/2022]Petrified Creatures Museum: Ruins:- Address:
- US Hwy 20, Richfield Springs, NY
- Directions:
- East of Richfield Springs near Warren on Hwy 20, south side of road. Private property; no trespassing.
- Hours:
- Closed in 2016.
- Status:
- Closed
- Savannah, Georgia - Giant Cow Mailbox
The mailbox is gone. The blue marked stake where the mailbox previously stood is still there, but not the mailbox.
[Nicholas Dimini, 03/15/2022]Giant Cow Mailbox:- Address:
- 1017 Quacco Rd, Savannah, GA
- Directions:
- I-95 exit 94. Drive east on Hwy 204 about two miles to Ogeechee Rd, turn left (north), drive one mile and turn left onto Quacco Rd -- it's about 2.5 miles on the left. Also visible on the east side of I-95 at milepost 96.5.
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The property owner who built the mailbox said he took it down to accommodate a road widening project. He plans to put it back up when the construction is completed.