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Moose Pass, Alaska - Giant Knife
A giant knife outside a knife and wood carving business along the Seward Highway. Visible as you drive by. Three female mannequins at a mailbox wave at travelers driving north.
[Kerin Fassler, 05/25/2017]Giant Knife:- Address:
- 27546 Seward Highway, Moose Pass, AK
- Directions:
- Campbell's Knife Shop, south of Moose Pass along Kenai Lake.
Fort Payne, Alabama - Junk Creatures of Mike Goggans - Lirpa Anad Nitsud
Folk artist Mike Goggans has a shiny silver robot named Lirpa Anad Nitsud out by the road. More sculptures are hidden behind a fence, including the towering Junkosaurus.
Roadsideamerica.com Report...
- Address:
- DeSoto Pkwy, Fort Payne, AL
- Directions:
- From downtown Fort Payne (US Hwy 11) turn east at the stoplight onto Hwy 35/5th Ave. SE. Follow it up the mountain for 2.5 miles. At the blinker light, turn left (north) onto Hwy 89/DeSoto Pkwy. Drive 2.5 miles. You'll come to a blinker light with a Shell station on the right. You'll see the shiny robot on the left. Junkosaurus is behind it, hidden behind a tree.
- Hours:
- By appt. to be let into the gated yard. (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 256-845-9162
- Admission:
- Free
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
Islamorada, Florida - Theater of the Sea
Florida Keys attraction features leaping dolphins and other aquatic performers. Giant conch shell at the entrance.
Roadsideamerica.com Report...
- Address:
- 84721 Overseas Hwy, Islamorada, FL
- Directions:
- US-1 milepost 84.5
- Hours:
- Daily 9:30-6 (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 305-664-2431
- Admission:
- Adults $45. Much more to swim with a dolphin.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
- Savannah, Georgia - Giant Mailbox
The mailbox is back. We saw it from I-95 on 2-17-2023. Painted like a cow. Pretty cool.
[Linda Sponaugle, 02/17/2023]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.
- 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]
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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.