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In the boardwalk town of Seaside Heights there is an unusually large amount of fiberglass figures at its many arcade bars, restaurants, gift shops, and theme parks. Some of the ones I could find were a hobo, the Blues Brothers, a Happy Halfwit Muffler Man, a giraffe, many other zoo animals in a mini-golf course, Marilyn Monroe, Betty Boop, giant scoops of ice cream, Scandinavian swordsmen, Paul Bunyan, a chicken with a Coke, the Budweiser Man, Super Mouse, and a cool bear. I recommend walking around and trying to find as many as you can.
[ConorNNS, 04/25/2024]Seaside Heights Boardwalk Statues:- Address:
- 1020 Boardwalk, Seaside Heights, NJ
- Directions:
- At the east end of Hancock Ave., where it dead-ends at the boardwalk and the beach.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
Just a check-in on the Paul Bunyan statue in the Kenton neighborhood. He's standing strong with a newish paint job. There are some neat shops to visit near him, too, including Kenton Station, a historic restaurant/bar with a haunted basement. They do a tour on the third Thursday of January, May, and September. It's super scary!
[Jody Day, 03/29/2024]More scary than a 31-foot-tall lumberjack with a giant ax?
31-Foot-Tall Paul Bunyan:- Address:
- 8436 N. Denver Ave., Portland, OR
- Directions:
- North edge of the city. I-5 exit 306. Stay to the left onto Interstate Ave., drive south one mile. On the right. Turn right onto Denver Ave. just before statue and park on street. Kenton/Denver TriMet Yellow Line stops in front.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
A Paul Bunyan Muffler Man once stood on the roof of Warren Raffield's O.K. Tire store. Likely was the same Bunyan that stood at another O.K. Tire in Dublin, where Raffield was from.
[Dave Distler, 03/13/2024]Muffler Man:- Directions:
- Gone
- Status:
- Gone
I saw your commentary [on Muffler Men] on CBS News and said, OMG, we have one in a town close to where I lived. Years ago this huge figure, who we called Paul Bunyan, was displayed in front of The House of Doors store. They have since refurbished him, and he now stands proudly in front of the same store and Extreme Air, which is an indoor trampoline park.
[Diana Ferrucci, 09/11/2023]Muffler Man: Bunyan:RoadsideAmerica.com Team Field Report
- Address:
- 540 W. Johnson Ave., Cheshire, CT
- Directions:
- House of Doors. West Johnson Ave off of Rt 10 (about 3 miles north of Police Station). From north, I-691 exit onto Rte 10, quick right onto Johnson Ave, one mile down road, right hand side.
- Phone:
- 203-271-3667
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
- Orange, New Hampshire - Bunyan Statue [Not a] Muffler Man
Been there 60 years. Stands outside Hammond Recycling just outside of Cannan. It's a Paul Bunyan with an ax.
[Kim Barney, 09/08/2023]This isn't a Muffler Man; it's a custom wood-carved statue of a lumberjack, and likely a replacement of an earlier Bunyan.
Wooden Lumberjack:- Address:
- Mascoma Valley Rd, Orange, NH
- Directions:
- F.C. Hammond and Son. East edge of Cannan, on the south side of US-4/Mascoma Valley Rd.
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Most statues are common, mass-produced figures. Seaside Heights has enough to push the Jersey shore boardwalk tackiness needle. And that rooftop ice cream sundae is quite a thing.