Roadside America Part 1

I like to find the goofy things that people build along the highways and byways of America. Here are some that we have found.

Paul Bunyan and friends

In Bemidji, Minnesota we visited Paul Bunyan with Babe, the Blue Ox.  We were accompanied by Kevin and Tammy.

Stealth

According to Roadside America website, he is Nanobouzou, Bunyan's Muffler Man Foe.  A statue of the big Indian -- actually a repurposed Muffler Man -- who beat Paul Bunyan to death with a fish. At least, according to Anishinaabeg tradition. To pay for his crime, the Indian stands frozen in a perpetual salute to a Bunyan statue across the street.

Hen Pecked?

While visiting Kevin and Tammy we made a trip down to Rothsway, MN which is declared (self-proclaimed?) the “Prairie Chicken Capital of Minnesota.” Here we saw the worlds largest Prairie Chicken.  Now to find the worlds largest Chicken Hawk and Leghorn Chicken....

Pheasant on a pole (not under glass)

While driving the yet to be named bus through Redfield, South Dakota, the Pheasant Capital of the World, I had to get my photo under this beauty.

Cars from the 50s and 60s

We were moving the bus Rapid City, SD to North Sterling Sate Park in CO. We took a few miles out of our way to visit Carhenge in Alliance, NE. It was built in a farm field north of Alliance, Nebraska, under the supervision of farmer (and engineer) Jim Reinders, who meant it as a memorial to his dad.

I hope you look forward to a future post of more Roadside America attractions that we visit.