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...
Tagged: Roadside America
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...
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...
Giant Chicken Army Revisited – Robbinsville, NC
The last time I’d seen this rooster, he was rocking a t-shirt like a cool guy. That was seven years prior. All things considered, he isn’t looking too bad. There was definitely some newer...
Hot and Cold Water Towers – Tuppers Plains, Ohio
In October of 2024 while I was out wandering around in Ohio, I’d stopped to see a pin on my map which featured a Mail Pouch Tobacco barn. Once I’d snapped my photos, with...
The Dollar General Dragon – Caryville, Tennessee
If you’re traveling along I-75 out of Knoxville, about 35 miles north of the city in the town of Caryville, Tennessee a curious sight comes into view. Nestled in a kudzu nest behind a...
Pal’s Sudden Service – Jefferson City, Tennessee
Pal’s Sudden Service, or more commonly just Pal’s is a fast food chain in northeastern Tennessee and a little smidge of Virginia in what’s called the Tri-Cities area. What initially drew me to Pal’s...
Giant Chicken Army Mobile Unit – Waynesburg, Kentucky
This photo had been lingering in my camera roll for some time. I passed this Giant Chicken Army Mobile Unit serendipitously while on my way elsewhere. Unfortunately, I never made the effort to jot...
Giant Chicken Army: Ciderville Music Edition
People have scoffed, nee mocked! the idea of a giant chicken army, out there amassing on the byways of America. But ladies and gentlemen, how much more evidence do you need? The rooster battalion...
Pennsylvania’s Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor – Roadside Giants
The stretch of Lincoln Highway which passes through Pennsylvania is a big tourism draw. The Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor lists their mission as: “To inspire others to travel the 200-mile Lincoln Highway in Pennsylvania,...
Muffler Man – Jersey City, NJ
The last time that I visited the Jersey City, NJ muffler man was way back in the summer of 2008. Since that time Wilson’s Carpet has closed and the building is now home to...
Big John the Muffler Man Cowboy – Prescott, Arizona
Arizona is home to a handful of muffler men. This one, called Big John, is found in the town of Prescott. When I visited him in the fall of ’23 he was in really...
Hank the Ankylosaurus on Route 66, Vega, Texas
After a long day of riding I pulled in to the little town of Vega, Texas. It was a sleepy place with a steady blowing wind and not a whole lot going on within...
The Giant Spider of St. George, Utah
Now, I know that spiders aren’t everyone’s favorite critter, but you have to admit that this 17-foot metal beast is pretty awesome. There are lights lining it’s eight spindly legs. Utah license plates cover...
Sometimes Your Day Ends with Unexpected Dinosaurs – Clayton, New Mexico
While standing in a gas station, I picked the town of Clayton as a place to stop for the night while looking at my phone. My town choice criteria mostly centered around: what was...
Giganticus Headicus – Route 66 Arizona
There were many times when road tripping through the southwest that I tried to find the balance between knowing too much and knowing too little about a place I’d be passing through. On one...
Giant Chicken Army: Red Rooster Bar – Moapa Valley, Nevada
The American Southwest is home to many a giant fiberglass rooster. It’s not entirely unexpected when as I’ve posited before that these feathered beasts are clearly amassing a Giant Chicken Army. This handsome gent...
World’s SECOND Largest Watermelon Slice – Green River, Utah
There is something that just strikes me funny about being labeled as the world’s second largest watermelon slice. That’s the fate of this big guy that sits behind the John Wesley Powell River History...
Giant Ice Cream Cone – Port Jervis, New York
Since I don’t really actively participate in social media anymore, it feels pretty good to allow myself to just share simple snapshots like I used to on say, Instagram, here on the ole blog....
The Deerfield, NJ Carpet Viking – Muffler Man
If I’m not mistaken, the carpet vikings get called muffler men but since they don’t share the same mold they’re really like siblings or maybe cousins. For what it’s worth I still refer to...
