From the Giant Skates page — the Aloha Roller Palace in Mesquite, TX has closed and this skate car are gone:

From the Giant Globes pages — this one in Springfield, MO appeared to be gone…:

… But to my relief, I found some articles about it being moved in 2024 to the new BBFI (Baptist Bible Fellowship International) location and a little video of the moving process: https://www.ozarksfirst.com/top-stories/mission-university-globe-moves-to-new-office-location/

This globe in Neillsville, WI is gone now:

From the Giant Vehicles pages… this flying saucer in Haslett, MI is gone now:

From the Windmill pages, this water vending machine building in Plant City, FL is gone now:

Shoot those little cuties while you can: Watermill Express is rapidly replacing all of these windmill structures with larger, boring box versions like this one:

The windmill at Jerry’s Nursery & Garden Center in Farr West, UT was looking very sad and neglected when I took this photo in 2022. And that sprinkler wasn’t helping the little wooden structure with missing paint:

The StreetView map from a year later showed that someone had taken the time to paint it — although the blades were still pretty askew:

But, alas, the interstate view from August shows that Jerry’s is closed after a major fire — and the windmill, now missing its blades, is likely doomed. Unless there’s a major miracle and Jerry’s rebuilds and restores the little mascot:

In better news, the windmill in Salt Lake City, UT was looking pretty ratty back in 2005:

In 2021, they repainted the building and started working on a new window. The new StreetView is up and it looks great!

From the Castles pages, this former Children’s Castle building in Kenner, LA…:

… has been stripped of its turrets & other castle features:

From the Misc. Giant Things section– this shovel in Creedmoor, TX is gone now:

This saw in Gainesville, FL is gone now:

I believe these hair scissors in Crescent City, CA are gone now:

I’ll be moving on to the Car Showrooms section in the next post.

If you’re curious, I’m almost 25% of the way thru this project. So, there will be many more posts over the next few months.

Happy Trails,
dj & the dogs

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