Found in Springfield, Mo the fork has this nice little plaque that helpfully let's you know you're looking at the largest fork in the world. A more helpful woman in the parking lot (who I accosted with the words "what's up with the fork?") told me the fork was 10 years old and has been moved 3 times and was originally built to sit in front of a restaurant. She shared with me that the grounds crew was equally creative "sometimes they plant lots of greens around it so it looks like a salad".
Somewhere in Missouri in a field is a two story metal dragon. It was raining when I took the picture so it's hard to see but trust me, this dragon has a happy face. There's no helpful plaque and no business nearby that would explain it's existence so the dragon just hangs out smiling with nary a word to explain why it's there.
The bowling ball art yard I found on a dirt road outside of Nowata, Ok. (Just for the record - I am not just meandering aimlessly I have done some research on roadsideamerica.com so that I can meander purposefully.) There are fences made of bowling balls, sculptures made of pins, bowling trophies on mailboxes, bowling balls surrounding the Blessed Virgin. All this on a dirt road so peaceful - I only heard the wind rustling through the bowling balls - that I nearly cried. Really this is a special place and they need more bowling balls - they've made it to the letter V on their alphabet sculpture.
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