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  Waverly, Virginia - Oldest Peanut Museum in the U.S.

  The museum appears to be currently closed.

  [Jody High, 01/14/2021]

  The signage suggests that the peanut museum is preserved, but perhaps with changed access during the current health crisis. The Peanut Museum is normally open when the Miles B. Carpenter Folk Art Museum is open, or by appointment.

  Oldest Peanut Museum in the U.S.:
  

  Address:

  

  201 Hunter St., Waverly, VA

  Directions:

  Miles B. Carpenter Museum. I-95 exit 3. East on US 460 for 17 miles. Come into town, cross Spring Branch Rd/Hwy 653, then make a sharp left onto Hunter St. One block to the Museum. The Peanut Museum has its own building in back of the Miles B. Carpenter Museum.

  Phone:

  804-834-3327

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  Santee, California - Rocky Bal-Boulder

  Rocky Bal-Boulder is a fun configuration of rocks arranged by the landscapers when a center divide was put in the road around 2016-2017. The locals like to dress him up for holidays and seasons. Make sure to wave back as you drive by!

  [Lisa Puyear, 01/13/2021]
  Rocky Bal-Boulder:
  

  Address:

  

  10801-10899 Mast Blvd, Santee, CA

  Directions:

  Northeast edge of town. In the median of Mast Blvd just east of its intersection with Jeremy St.

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  Nevada, Missouri - Max Motors Cowboy

  There are two Max Motors Cowboys. One is in Butler, Missouri, on the east side of I-49 exit 131. The other is this one, on the west side of I-49 exit 102B in Nevada. You can spot both from I-49, but this one is easier to see from the highway.

  [Brad Smith, 01/13/2021]

  Max became famous, sort of, after his dealership landed its own one-season (2013) TV reality series, "Gods, Guns, and Automobiles."

  Max: Cartoony Cowboy:
  

  Address:

  

  1405 N Osage Blvd, Nevada, MO

  Directions:

  West of I-49 on service road, Osage Blvd, north of Atlantic St

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  Cincinnati, Ohio - Cincinnati's Winged Pigs

  The original bronze pigs are shown in mid-takeoff on four columns.

  [Jeff Foushee, 01/13/2021]

  The pigs, atop four fake steamboat smokestacks, were designed in 1988. They represent the angelic spirts of all pigs slaughtered in Cincinnati ("Porkopolis") and sent down the river.

  Cincinnati's Winged Pigs:
  

  Address:

  

  727 E. Pete Rose Way, Cincinnati, OH

  Directions:

  At the entrance to Sawyer Point Park. On US 52/E. Pete Rose Way just south of I-471, opposite the intersection of Eggleston Ave.

  Phone:

  513-352-6316

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  Caryville, Tennessee - Big Dragon Statue

  Not sure how much longer it will last. The dragon has already lost an ear.

  [Stephanie Richer, 01/13/2021]

  The dragon still has scorch marks from the fire that burned down the adjacent fireworks store in 2011.

  Big Dragon Statue:
  

  Address:

  

  306 John McGhee Blvd, Caryville, TN

  Directions:

  I-75 exit 134. Drive east on US Hwy 25W/Hwy 63, then make a quick right (south) onto Hwy 116/John McGhee Blvd. The dragon is about a half-mile south, on the right, behind the Dollar General store.

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