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Giant objects, odd monuments and things built for no clear reason.
South Burlington, VT
Two enormous black-granite whale tails appear to dive into a grassy field beside Interstate 89. Jim Sardonis created the sculpture in 1989, and its marine subject has become particularly memorable in landlocked Vermont.
Middlebury, VT
A granite monument on the Middlebury College campus promotes the eccentric dream of defeating or controlling gravity. It was connected with Roger Babson's Gravity Research Foundation, an organization that funded unconventional gravity research and placed similar monuments at colleges around the country.
Waterbury, VT
Behind Ben & Jerry's Waterbury factory, faux headstones memorialize discontinued ice-cream flavors with names, dates and rhyming epitaphs. The hillside cemetery turns failed and retired products into one of Vermont's most recognizable corporate oddities.
Burlington, VT
A ring of large stones at Oakledge Park forms a modern megalithic calendar designed to mark solar and seasonal events. Visitors can stand among the stones and use their alignments to observe the sun in a setting that resembles a miniature Vermont Stonehenge.
Shrewsbury, VT
A narrow cable suspension footbridge carries the Appalachian and Long Trail high above the Mill River gorge. The bridge was rebuilt after a deadly 1973 flood and reopened after repairs in 2025; the surrounding cliffs remain hazardous and require normal hiking caution.
Enosburg Falls, VT
More than 70 large-scale sculptures by David Stromeyer are spread across roughly 200 acres of fields and woods. The seasonal park lets visitors wander among massive steel forms in a landscape that functions as both sculpture garden and outdoor gallery.
Mendon, VT
A rough stone-and-timber shelter sits high in the Killington backcountry along the Appalachian and Long Trail system. The primitive cabin is open to hikers but requires a real mountain approach rather than a roadside visit, so weather and trail conditions matter.
St. Johnsbury, VT
Artist Stephen Huneck created this small hilltop chapel as a place for people to remember dogs they have lost. Its walls are covered with thousands of handwritten memorial notes, while dog-themed carvings and sculptures fill the surrounding grounds.
Brookfield, VT
A full-size boat sits permanently 'docked' on dry land in a deliberately nautical roadside display. The joke works especially well in rural Vermont, where the vessel looks spectacularly out of place away from any navigable water.
Fairlee, VT
Fairlee combines a classic seasonal drive-in theater with an adjacent motel, preserving a kind of roadside entertainment landscape that has disappeared from most of the country. Guests and visitors can still experience movies on the outdoor screen during the operating season.
Shelburne, VT
A giant version of the children's toy jack has been welded together from numerous retired fire hydrants beside Route 7. Artist Chris Sharp created the growing sculpture partly as a tribute to firefighters, turning familiar pieces of street infrastructure into an oversized roadside object.
Woodstock, VT
Artist Dan Ladd trained living elm trees into a sequence of architectural arches, using the trees themselves as a slowly changing sculptural material. Only part of the original work survives, but it remains visible at the Sculpturefest site in Woodstock.
Brookfield, VT
A bridge has floated across Sunset Lake at this location in several different forms since the nineteenth century because the deep lakebed made conventional supports difficult. The present structure preserves the unusual floating-crossing tradition while serving as a distinctive village landmark.
Burlington, VT
Winged monkey figures perch above Burlington's former Union Station, a strange architectural reference to The Wizard of Oz. The sculptures are easily visible from public areas around the station and have become a small but unmistakable downtown oddity.
Middlebury, VT
A bronze dog catches a flying disc in a sculpture celebrating the Frisbee's connection to Middlebury. The statue plays on the story that students helped popularize throwing pie tins and similar discs long before the modern plastic Frisbee became ubiquitous.
Ferrisburgh, VT
An oversized maple-syrup jug advertises Dakin Farm along Route 7, turning Vermont's best-known food product into literal roadside architecture. It is a quick exterior photo stop attached to an active Vermont specialty-food business.
Warren, VT
An old shipping container at Cloud Water Farm has been painted into an enormous yellow stick of butter. Created as a playful celebration of food and farm culture, it became an instant Route 100 roadside photo stop.
Danville, VT
Each season, this farm builds an enormous multi-acre corn maze intended to take visitors hours rather than minutes to solve. The attraction changes annually and has also featured smaller mazes and nighttime or blacklight experiences.
Montpelier, VT
A five-story stone observation tower rises above Montpelier from Hubbard Park after a construction process that stretched across many years. The rough stone structure looks much older than its twentieth-century completion date and can be reached by park trails.
Barre, VT
Artist Chris Miller carved a 74-foot granite zipper into the ground along North Main Street, making it look as though the city itself is being unzipped. The piece, titled Unzipping the Earth, turns Barre's signature stone into an oversized piece of public art.
Bristol, VT
A large roadside boulder bears the Lord's Prayer carved directly into its face. The labor-intensive inscription has made the rock a long-standing local landmark along the road outside Bristol.
South Hero, VT
A collection of small stone castles, towers and miniature architectural structures is scattered around South Hero. Many sit on or near private property, so they are best treated as a roadside viewing hunt rather than places to enter or explore closely.
North Bennington, VT
On the grounds of the Park-McCullough Historic Governor's Mansion is an elaborate child-sized Victorian playhouse built with far more architectural ambition than an ordinary backyard toy. Access follows the historic estate's public schedule and rules.
Windsor, VT
Large outdoor sculptures are arranged along a riverside route to symbolize stages and experiences across a human lifetime. The walk includes conceptual pieces and landscape installations rather than a conventional formal sculpture garden.
