Giant Chicken Army: Bird House – Page, Arizona
This big ole bird is the quintessential giant chicken army vet. Look at him in his perfect white livery with red comb and yellow kickers. You and I both know if he felt like...
Category: Sights from the Road
Mail Pouch Tobacco Barn – Pennsylvania
When I see a vignette like this scene with the lovely Mail Pouch barn and the carefully placed old cars, it is hard not to imagine that the caretaker doesn’t want to share this...
Two Mile Landing Sea Captain – Wildwood, New Jersey
Peg leg, hook hand, dead-eyed thousand yard stare? Salty sea captain perfection! I had never head about this guy before seeing him on my way between Cape May and Wildwood, New Jersey. you know...
Totah Theater Marquee – Farmington, New Mexico
Farmington, New Mexico wasn’t a place I specifically set out to visit. Instead, it was one of those places I just happened to be passing through on my way somewhere else. But, I consider...
WOFE and WUFX Old Radio Station Building – Rockwood, Tennessee
As I prefer to do, I skipped taking the interstate on my way back towards Knoxville from Dayton, Tennessee. Invariably it takes longer to get anywhere this way, but passing through small towns and...
Iconic Knoxville Neon Sign – Mac Auto Loans
Since the spring of 2025, I’d seen the Mac Auto Loans neon sign sitting in a sign yard which I drove by often. Seeing it off in the distance as I zipped by for...
Giant Chicken Army: Royal Farms Yellow Bird – New Jersey
This big yellow bird crossed my path unexpectedly when I needed to stop at a gas station after visiting Nitro Girl and the Magnolia muffler man. I pulled in to the Royal Farms and...
World’s Largest Teapot – Chester, West Virginia
After languishing on my life’s To Do list for some time, I’d made my way out to Chester, West Virginia and saw the world’s largest tea pot in the summer of 2015. At that...
The World’s Largest Big Mac – North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
There are moments in your life when something crosses your path that you didn’t know you’d want to see until the moment you actually see it. This giant Big Mac falls squarely in that...
Three Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco Ghost Signs – NY/PA
These three Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco ghost signs are all within a radius of about 20 miles of one another. If you happen to be out ghost hunting, here are three pins for your...
White Mail Pouch Tobacco Barn – Dillonvale, Ohio
In early 2024, I shared a post about trying to relocate a white barn which I’d seen years before in Pennsylvania ~ Mail Pouch Barn: My White Whale a Decade Later. At the time...
Muffler Man: Waving Big Indian Brave – Parkersburg, WV
Over the last 20 years, I’ve logged a few miles roadtripping east of the Mississippi River. In all that time, somehow though I knew of its existence, I’d never stopped to visit the Muffler...
Welcome to Vega, Texas – Route 66 Shield Mural
When I pulled into the town of Vega, Texas I was looking forward to packing it in for the day. Based on a cursory glance on my phone, the town didn’t seem to have...
Arby’s Cowboy Hat Neon Sign – Fountain City
This Arby’s big cowboy hat neon sign is one of four found in Knoxville, Tennessee. You’ll find this one on N. Broadway in Fountain City. Of all the signs around town, I pass this...
Maiden Rexall Neon Sign – Williamsburg, Kentucky
One of my favorite parts of roadtripping is seeing something unexpectedly wonderful. That was the case with Maiden Drug Company’s Rexall facade in Williamsburg, Kentucky. While I was on my Christmas-time break, I took...
Ghost Sign: Bull Durham, Mail Pouch, Crown Gasoline, and Polarine – Augusta, Kentucky
This multilayered ghost sign on Elizabeth Street in Augusta, Kentucky is one of my favorites that I’ve ever seen. There are so many interesting little details that can be picked out. Some of the...
The Original Freezo – Knoxville, Tennessee
In 2024, I walked past The Original Freezo on N. Central St. in Knoxville for the first time. They were closed. And each time I’d passed by in the year between December 2024 and...
A Knoxville Christmas Parade Surprise – The Wienermobile
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Rachael (@fuzzygalore) At Christmas time, we went to the parade in downtown Knoxville. I nearly lost my mind with excitement when I saw a familiar...
Ivory Soap Ghost Sign – Millville, New Jersey
When it comes to vintage advertising, some people are opposed to restoration that “muralizes” the original piece. This Ivory Soap ghost sign was restored first in 1996, and again 2025. I’m on the fence...
Rexall Drugs Neon Sign – New Tazewell, Tennessee
Whenever I research the particulars of something I’ve seen while out exploring, I’m bound to find an interesting little tidbit that makes me say, “Huh. I didn’t know that.” The most recent such instance...
