Butte Des Morts - Oshkosh, Wisconsin - Weird Statues and Oddball Art Junk
Field Report by the Roadsideamerica.com Team
- Address:
- 5105 County Rd S, Butte Des Morts - Oshkosh, WI [Show Map]
- Directions:
- On the grounds of M. Schettl Sales Inc. US 41 to US 45. NW on US 45 about a quarter mile. County Rd S should split off at this point, and parallel the south side of US 45. About a mile further up, south side of the road.
- Hours:
- M-F 8-8, Sa 8-5, Su 11-4 (Call to verify)
- Phone:
- 920-426-1681
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Butte Des Morts - Oshkosh, Wisconsin - Weird Statues and Oddball Art Junk
It's all for sale at this confluence of commercial statues, novelty items and yard decorations. Roadsideamerica.com Report...
It's all for sale at this confluence of commercial statues, novelty items and yard decorations. Roadsideamerica.com Report...
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Butte Des Morts - Oshkosh, Wisconsin - M. Schettl Sales - Statues Ever wondered where all the giant attractions sprinkled across the midwest come from? M. Schettl Sales Inc has two sites full of over-sized kitsch. One warehouse and "park," easily visible off Hwy 41, features acres of creatures for sale: bison, tigers, elephants, dinosaurs, fish, birds, mosquitoes, gun-toting elk, etc.
And most of this stuff seems to be for sale. Need a dummy dive-bomber bomb for the backyard? Only $350 takes it home! [Randy Vogel, 08/23/2008]
Butte Des Morts - Oshkosh, Wisconsin - Wacky Displays at M. Schettl Sales Just a recent pic of what is in around M. Schettl Sales Inc. Great! [Holly Diestler, 08/23/2008][RA: A recurring theme in attractions around hunting country -- deer humorously turning the tables on their human hunters.]
Butte Des Morts - Oshkosh, Wisconsin - Schettl's Weird Statues and Art Junk Mel Schettl opened his home improvement business here in 1973. The property that surrounds the building is littered with hundreds of larger-than-life statues: a moose, a bull, a bulldog; King Kong, Bugs Bunny; dinosaurs, mythological creatures; and weird metal sculptures like a robot stegosaurus and a shark on wheels. "It's something that's just kinda grown," says Mel. "We don't build the stuff. We consign with different artists to build it for us -- fiberglass, steel, glass -- over 200 sculptures so far. Anything to get attention, I guess." Visitors recommend stopping by at night to better appreciate the creepiness of the place. Says Mel: "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." [Roadsideamerica.com Team, 12/02/2005]
Butte Des Morts - Oshkosh, Wisconsin - Schettl's Freight Sales This was one weird place, dude. We stopped by after seeing it mentioned on Roadsideamerica.com. Huge lawn ornaments, wild metal art pieces and just plain junk, all for sale with prices placed prominently. If you have a need for a ducky, flamingo or swan two-seated water vehicle, this is the place for you! Not only can you get a metal shark, fiberglass monkeys, wingless airplane, and glass cart full of small plaster lawn ornaments, you can also get sinks and bathroom fixtures. In the hardware building, you will find the usual hardware store stuff mixed liberally with living room and bedroom furniture, lamps, tacky metal rockets hanging from the ceiling, and life-size fiberglass statues of football players and movie stars. No kidding. Good prices, too. [Sharon Olson, 08/30/2003]
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Nearby Offbeat Places
- Muffler Man, Oshkosh, WI - 3 mi.
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- Harry Houdini Historical Center, Appleton, WI - 16 mi.
- In the region: Portion of the Great Wall of China, Clintonville, WI - 37 mi.
