Here we go. I’m starting on the annual website map check to see what’s happened to things with the most recent StreetView uploads. No news to report from the Paul Bunyans, Tiki Buildings, and Collections sections but here are some things from the TeePee Buildings section.
The teepee on the roof of the TeePee Drive-in in Grand Coulee, WA is gone now but there’s a new text panel and the bulb arrow has been restored. Here’s a before photo from 2016:
This teepee and Indian statue at Parson’s Indian Trading Post in Wisconsin Dells, WI are gone now:
From the Giant Containers section, I’m happy to see that the giant milk carton in Sylacauga, AL got some love earlier this year. My photo from 2020:
and now:
The giant urn in Washburn, WI is gone now:
The giant cauldron of burgoo in Owensboro, KY is missing in the 2023 Street View. I called them and was told that it was flipped over in April during a huge storm. It’s currently being restored:
This building in Las Vegas, NV was built around 2002 as an ice cream stand and originally had a spoon protruding from the roof. It has housed countless businesses since 2007. Just last year, I reshot it housing YUMLAB:
Google Street View shows it about to open this year as a Happyfastdelicious:
Moving on to the Giant Food section. The giant burger in Olympia, WA on the roof of Norma’s Burgers…:
…. was painted black when it became Smokehouse BBQ — but now the building and burger are gone:
This hot dog at Moo’s Soft Serve in Indiatlantic, FL which I shot in 2020…
was restored last year:
Super Twist in Mason, MI has closed and this ice cream is gone:
The Barbara Fritchie Restaurant in Frederick, MD closed in 2018. Fortunately, the candy cane is still there despite the building now housing a used car dealership:
If you haven’t heard the giant peanut in Ashburn, GA is back. It was installed in 1975 — here’s a postcard image:
And here’s a photo that I took before Hurricane Michael took it down in 2018:
The peanut was recreated with sheet metal and installed earlier this year. It looks great!
Two giant oranges in Florida are gone now. Both of these were designed a mobile juice stands with hinged “lids. Hopefully, they have been moved elsewhere. This one in Miami, FL was installed in front of Gramps bar (and was last painted as a beach ball):
This one in Fort Pierce, FL was installed in front of Boudrias Groves gift shop:
The South Shore Sweet Spot in Clear Lake, IA with the Twistee Treat top and recreated concrete bottom has been painted brown and white for a chocolate and vanilla look. It was previously just white:
That’s enough for the moment. I’m only through 119 pages (of more than 3,000) so there will be many more posts to come. Next up are Fairy Tale Parks, Bus Stations, Beverage Bottling Plants… and so much more.
Happy trails,
dj & the dogs
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