Rita the Rock Planter is a giant troll sculpture built entirely from recycled wood by Danish artist Thomas Dambo, kneeling on a hillside between the old mining towns of Victor and Cripple Creek, Colorado. She’s on her knees, patching holes left behind by 19th-century gold miners, and you have to hike a short, rocky trail…
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Meet “Jakob Two Trees,” Thomas Dambo’s Troll Watching Over Issaquah, Washington
Jakob Two Trees is a 14-foot troll sculpture built by Danish artist Thomas Dambo out of recycled wood, tucked into the forest along the Rainier Trail behind the Issaquah Community Center in Issaquah, Washington. He’s part of Dambo’s “Northwest Trolls: Way of the Bird King” series, and he’s easy to reach on foot — no…
Tillie: The Real Story Behind Asbury Park’s Grinning Boardwalk Face
If you’ve walked the boardwalk in Asbury Park, you’ve seen Tillie: that huge, grinning, slightly unsettling face that shows up on t-shirts, coffee mugs, and the side of the Wonder Bar. But here’s the part almost nobody tells you until you go looking for it — the Tillie you can photograph today isn’t the original….