Driving around Vermont? These roadside attractions are worth a pit stop.

Burlington Free Press

There's no place for boredom on your summer road trip with these artful attractions dotting Vermont's landscape.

From a sky-reaching filing cabinet to a healing spring, here are some eye-catching roadside charms found in Vermont.

Tallest filing cabinet

A structure stacked 38 drawers tall in Burlington claims to be the world's tallest filing cabinet, though it is unclear whether that title is true, according to Atlas Obscura, an online guide to different world wonders.

Bren Alvarez named the sculpture “File Under So. Co., Waiting for…” commenting on bureaucratic delays, which remain today, in building the Champlain parkway — formerly known as the “Southern Connector” — a roadway intended to connect Interstate 89 to downtown Burlington.

Drivers can find the towering cabinet on 220 Flynn Ave. in Burlington.

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Queen Connie

A gorilla made from reinforced concrete in Leicester holds up a real Volkswagen Beetle while its other hand reaches down, forming a seat for visitors. The art piece, "Queen Connie" is in front of Pioneer Auto Sales at 2829 U.S. 7 in Leicester. Sculptor T.J. Neil originally created it in 1987 to bring more business to the dealership, according to obscurevermont.com.

A photo dated approximately between 1850 and 1930 depicts Mammoth Spring in Stowe.

Big Spring and Smugglers Cave

Big Spring in Smugglers Notch, formerly known as Mammoth Spring, was rumored to have curative properties. The Notch on Vermont 108, named for the smugglers who used it during the war of 1812, is also home to a cave formed by rocks leaning in on each other. Both have become popular tourist and historic destinations.

A 7-foot-tall middle finger sits atop a stand in front of the home of Ted Pelkey of Westford. The sculpture, made by wood carved Charlie O'Brien, was commissioned by Pelkey in protest of a long-standing zoning dispute with the town. Robert Ritchie (Aka. Kid Rock) saw news reports about the sculpture and ordered one for himself.

Middle finger statue

A seven-foot tall sculpture greets passerbys with profanity on Vermont 128 between Westford and Fairfax. The middle finger sculpture is hoisted on a 16-foot pole and lights up at night.

Resident Ted Pelkey had it constructed in protest of Westford zoning laws after the town's Development Review Board denied him a permit for an 8,000 square-foot garage on his 11-acre property.

Bernie barn

Bernie Sanders' face can be spotted painted on a resident's barn on East Hill Road in Williston. His fists read "feel the barn." The owners rent the space to visitors on Airbnb and showcase the barn and its livestock on Instagram.

Another barn featuring Sanders' face in Kirby was featured on New England Cable News in 2015 when Sanders was running for U.S. president. Meryl Lebowitz, the barn owner, commissioned a California artist to spray-paint the mural.

Whale tails sculptures

Originally titled Reverence, drivers can see two different versions of these whale tails off Vermont roadways. The first, constructed off Interstate 89 in Randolph in 1989, was moved to South Burlington off the same interstate in 1999. Twenty years later, a second version was created in Randolph.

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Hundreds of colorful birdhouses, nicknamed "Jelly Bean Suites," have been set up on West Shore Road in South Hero. Photographed in August 2015.

Birdhouse forest

A resident in White’s Beach in South Hero began constructing birdhouses in an attempt to attract tree swallows to the marshland and help curb the mosquito population. Now, colorful birdhouses dot the trees.

Dinosaur sculptures keep the birds company, but serve no other practical purpose beyond whimsy.

Eagle sculpture

The Waterbury Reservoir side of Vermont 100 is home to a 9-foot eagle with a nearly 25-foot-long wingspan, outstretched as though it is landing on the graveled roadside. Artist Martin McGowan used old chrome bumpers to complete the piece in 2020, according to roadsideamerica.com.

Dam inspections and safety are a concern of Vermont civil engineers who gave the state a ‘C’ grade in its 2014 infrastructure report card. Big dams, such as Green Mountain Power's dam on the Winooski River in Essex are more frequently inspected than tiny dams, many of which are in poor condition.

Lemon Fair Sculpture Park

This park at 4547 Vermont 74 in Shoreham features different depictions of horses in different sculpting mediums in addition to many abstract pieces. If you're looking for an excuse to pull off the road for a minute, the park has many photo opportunities and art to explore.

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Flying monkey sculptures

"The Wizard of Oz" is on display with rooftop sculptures in downtown Burlington. Drivers and pedestrians alike can try to spot all six atop both One Main and the Lake and College building adjacent to it.

Steve Larrabee created the first two metal sculptures in 1970, according to Atlas Obscura, "to expand upon the Wizard of Oz theme of a now defunct local waterbed store called Emerald City." Decades later, more were installed due to their popularity.

Summer Sorg is a reporter for the Burlington Free Press. Contact her at ssorg@freepressmedia.com.