I love roadside art...

[Joe Fields]

Ever since I was knee-high to a grasshopper and went on my first road trip with my folks, I have been fascinated by the excesses of roadside artwork. Fine art is nice, but this is the type of art that I prefer.

Field of Corn...Dublin, Ohio



Coffee Pot Water tower...Stanton, Iowa



And also in Stanton, Iowa...Worlds largest coffee cup and saucer water tower



Rainbow Rock Shop dinosaurs.....Holbrook, Arizona



National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame...Hayword, Wisconsin



House made out of bottles...Rhyolite, Nevada



Herer are some photos of artwork done along a 32 mile stretch of road, near Regent, North Dakota called The Enchanted Highway. All artwork was done by Gary Greff.

[EstimatedProphet]

1. Here's one I grew up with

World's largest Brooks catsup bottle in Collinsville IL.

BTW I drove past the dinosaurs in Holbrook one late night; really weird at 3 am...

[Joe Fields]

2. Funny, I almost posted the catsup bottle.

Personally, I can't get enough of that type of art. I've seen the dinosaurs in Holbrook, too.

[YankeyMCC]

15. I used to live across the street from that

always had a good land mark to give people directions :)

[slj0101]

3. High kitsch at its finest.

I love roadside art.

on edit- here is the Longaberger Basket Co. office, not far from my SO's hometown:

[Joe Fields]

4. That is super cool. I have not seen that before.

:toast:

[wildhorses]

5. ~

[Joe Fields]

6. Thanks for the pic!

:hug:

[lizziegrace]

9. Ha!!

You beat me to the peachoid. I lived in that town for 3 years. Lelapin was born down in Spartanburg. We called the locals "gaffnoids"...

:rofl:

[wildhorses]

14. gaffnoids

i take it you did not enjoy your stay?

:rofl:

:hi:

[lizziegrace]

16. Uhhh...

no.

;)


:hi:



I loved being close to Asheville and the Blue Ridge Parkway though. :)

[Oeditpus Rex]

7. I'm into funky old signs and Googie architecture

This was in my home town. It was where the kids hung out when they cruised South Main:

[Joe Fields]

8. I love old signs, especially old neon signs.

Mostly from older neon strip motels from back in the 40's and 50's. Was that Salinas, CA? I know of no other Salinas. And I know I've driven past that first pic, through oklahoma, I'm pretty sure. But, wherever it was, I remember the old building and sign.

[Oeditpus Rex]

11. That's the one, yup

Lived the first 42 years of my life there.

Mel's was gone by the time I started cruising Main, but I remember going there when I was little.

[lizziegrace]

10. The field of corn here in Columbus

baffles me. ;)

[Joe Fields]

12. Yeah, I can't figure out if there was a meaning to it, or if it was meant

to be just visually pleasing to the eye. I think it looks pretty cool.

[slj0101]

13. Have you ever been to this website?

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/index.html

You might find quite a bit here.

[Joe Fields]

18. Thanks. Actually, I used it in some research and have it bookmarked.

There are a lot of great sites concerning road travel and roadside art. It's an avocation of mine. I used to do a ton of travel. Not so much these days, so I just research and reminisce.

[Left Is Write]

17. The Enchanted Highway was the first thing I thought of when I saw your thread title.

:)

[Joe Fields]

19. I haven't been there, but now I want to go, after researching it.

:toast:

[Left Is Write]

20. It's fun!

Do visit.