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The Big Duck

Flanders, New York

This is the Ur-mimetic icon, so famous that such pieces of roadside architecture are called "ducks."  It has been moved around a few times over the years in this region of Long Island, but now presides over a park in Flanders.  The gift shop inside is a roadside collector's dream, with every conceivable item with a Big Duck on it, from earrings to magnets to shirts to bags, as well as books on such roadside fun.  What a delight!

Photographs © Luke W. Cole

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