{"id":83990,"date":"2018-03-13T00:50:03","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T04:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wend.ca\/?p=83990"},"modified":"2020-03-20T14:30:18","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T18:30:18","slug":"there-are-lots-of-roadside-attractions-in-burlington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=83990","title":{"rendered":"There are lots of roadside attractions in Burlington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s no shortage of bizarre roadside attractions in Vermont. Many are quick stops or are completely ignorable&#8230; depending on your objective. Since our objective was to &#8220;find bizarre things in small-town America,&#8221; we made an effort to find the three attractions below.<\/p>\n<h3>Rocket &#038; Rhino Head<\/h3>\n<p>The rhino head is crashing through the wall of the <em>Vintage Inspired Lifestyle Marketplace<\/em> in Burlington (moving to a new location soon). We spent a bit of time trying to determine if the rhino head was real or fake. Given it spends a large portion of the year with a pile of snow on its head, we determined it must be fake; a taxidermied rhino would likely fall apart quickly.<\/p>\n<p>Not to be outdone, the neighbouring business (<em>Conant Metal &#038; Light<\/em>) has a rocket ship overlooked by a giant metal eagle.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-83990 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=83994'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/sm-IMG_8195-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=83993'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/sm-IMG_8192-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=83992'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/sm-IMG_8190-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=83991'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/med-IMG_8189-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h3>Filing Cabinets<\/h3>\n<p>The interwebs refer to this Public sculpture as &#8220;the world&#8217;s tallest filing cabinet;&#8221; however, the local artist who created the sculpture (Bren Alvarez) has never called it this. The 2002 work is referred to as <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sevendaysvt.com\/vermont\/miles-of-files\/Content?oid=2127800\">File Under File Under So. Co., Waiting for&#8230;<\/a><\/em> and makes an irreverent statement about bureaucracy. <\/p>\n<p>The work was created to illustrate the number of years that a proposed roadway (from the I89 to Burlington) has been stuck in paperwork limbo (since 1965). Each drawer represents each year of waiting between 1965 and 2002.<\/p>\n<p>The cabinets are pretty rusty and have been overrun by birds, graffiti, love notes, and band stickers. The location can be visited as a very quick stop on the way to Oakledge Park, which is certainly worth a wander.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-83990 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=84060'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/med-IMG_8196-1-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=84061'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/sm-IMG_8197-1-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=84062'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/sm-IMG_8198-1-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=84063'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/sm-IMG_8199-1-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=84064'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/sm-IMG_8200-1-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=84066'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/sm-IMG_8202-1-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=84067'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/sm-IMG_8203-1-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h3>Whale Tails<\/h3>\n<p>Called <em>Reverence<\/em>, the black granite tails were created in 1989 by natural forms artist Jim Sardonis as a statement about the fragility of the planet.<\/p>\n<p>The whale tails are easily viewable from the interstate but are accessible from elsewhere. During a third pass of the sculpture (long story) we did see kids playing amongst the tails&#8230; so there is a safe way to get to the site.  <\/p>\n<p>Photos were taken by <em>La Ni\u00f1a<\/em> as we drove by.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-83990 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=84068'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/sm-2018-03-05-10.59.58-1-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=84069'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/sm-2018-03-05-10.59.58-2-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=84070'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/sm-2018-03-05-10.59.59-1-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nThere&#8217;s no shortage of bizarre roadside attractions in Vermont. 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