ESCONDIDOESCONDIDO — Many North County residents are familiar with the Joor Muffler Man, who stands about 20-feet tall at Juniper Street and East Valley Parkway. This piece of roadside kitsch has been ...
The snow was flying sideways and he had no jacket, but this lumberjack did not shiver. He stood about 25 feet tall, ax in hand, wearing a red hat and rictus grin. And he was made of fiberglass. I ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Joel Baker is a giant hunter. He travels across the country in search of towering sentinels that watch over small businesses. It's ...
ESCONDIDOESCONDIDO — The national program “Sunday Morning” on CBS broadcast a piece last Sunday on the restoration of giant “Muffler Men,” those roadside figures of advertising kitsch that appear in ...
Are you really road-tripping if you’ve never pulled off the road to take a selfie with a 20-foot-tall fiberglass giant? Muffler Men Statues are one of America’s quirkiest, most beloved roadside ...
If you lived in Macon between the late 1960s and 1980s, you may have noticed a 20-foot-tall fiberglass cowboy towering over local businesses, blotting out the sun and greeting customers. After a ...