When wandering North America’s highways and backroads in the 20th century, you could have stumbled upon any one of these landmarks.
They’re the sort of things that make you stop and exclaim, “What IS that!?” Sometimes it’s an obvious advertisement, a come-on for gawkers or tourist dollars—“Come see The World’s Largest Chair!”
Other times, it’s an object-filled front yard of the town eccentric, whether he or she is obsessed with windmills, birdhouses, or the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. There are Uncle Sam mailboxes, straw-stuffed scarecrows, truck-stop dinosaurs, sand sculptures, hand-painted signs, parade floats, toothpick sculptures, and even early art cars—anything made by self-taught artists, or what we now call folk art, in its original, intended context. - - Collectors Weekly
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