The Ugliest Statue in Every State

Alabama | The Boll Weevil Monument; Enterprise

Yes, this is a 13-foot woman holding a giant bug over her head.

Alaska | Santa Claus Statue; North Pole

Forty-two feet tall and a staggering 900 pounds, this is the world's largest Santa Claus statue. Looking for more fun trivia? Here are 30 Celeb Names You're Mispronouncing.

Arizona | Street Corner Glenn Frey; Winslow

The late Eagles singer-songwriter was celebrated with this statue of what Glenn Frey might look like if he was unemployed and homeless and just hanging out on the street in Winslow, Arizona.

Arkansas | Popeye the Sailor Man; Alma

Alma is the self-declared "Spinach Capital of the World," so we suppose it makes sense why they have this gigantic bronze Popeye, standing in a fountain and holding a can of spinach. For more fun facts about our country, here are the 50 Hardest Partying Cities in America.

California | Quetzalcoatl; San Jose

It's supposed to be a statue of an Aztec god, a "Feathered Serpent" who represents intelligence and self-reflection. But we all know what it really looks like. Hey, lady, you have to pick up after your dog!

Colorado | Blue Mustang; Denver

If there's one thing you want to see while flying out of Denver International Airport, it's a 32-foot fiberglass horse statue with eyes that look downright demonic. There's a reason this horse has been given the nickname "Bluecifer." Oh, and speaking of Denver: did you know that it's also one of  The 100 Drunkest Cities in America?

Connecticut |  Jack the Turkey; Hartford

A tribute to the very first turkey "pardoned" by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863. Immediately afterwards, the poor turkey was dipped in gold, apparently.

Delaware | Huge Doctor's Bag and Stethoscope; Newark

Located outside the Apex Medical Center, it's the perfect thing to put any patient at ease. Because who doesn't feel a little better before an annual checkup if they think their doctor might be suffering from gigantism?

We'd never suggest that this million-dollar sculpture looks anything like a dystopian future where plants have become carnivorous creatures in some kind of Little Shop of Horrors nightmare. That's just.... ridiculous.

Florida | Passiflora Incarnation; Coral Gables

What kid hasn't shouted at his parents, "Can we pleeeeeease take a road trip to see the statues commemorating the mass murder of escaped circus monkeys in the early 20th century?"

Georgia | Monkey Massacre Memorial; Duluth

The poor King has never looked worse. For more great trivia, here are 30 Words That Will Make You Sound Instantly Smarter. 

Hawaii | Elvis Aloha; Honolulu

Would this statue seem more appealing if we mentioned you can sleep in it? No? Didn't think so.

Idaho | World's Largest Beagle; Cottonwood

Illinois | Harry Caray; Chicago

The late Chicago Cubs announcer still stands outside Wrigley Field in Chicago. Well, "stands" might be the wrong word, as Harry Caray's legs in this statue appear to be melting into a pool of disembodied heads.

Indiana | The Tooth; Crown Point, IN

Terrifying!

Iowa | ; Des Moines

Yes, those are two hulking hands bursting from the earth brandishing pipe wrenches.

Atchison is more widely known as the birthplace of Amelia Earhart. But it's also the birthplace of a man named "Deafy," who lost his hearing and his legs at a young age during the late 19th century. He refused to wear prosthetic legs, and instead attached boots to his stumps—a decision immortalized here for eternity.

Kansas | Deafy Boular, the Legless Bricklayer; Atchison, KS

Kentucky | Pink Elephant; Guthrie, KY

No, you're not tripping. There is indeed a pink fiberglass elephant guarding a gas station off US 41.

Louisiana | World's Largest Ronald Reagan Statue; Covington

Hey, the guy was larger than life.

A 15-foot tall worker with huge forearms, an impressive beer belly, and a 'stache straight out of a '70s stag movie.

Maine | Big Boyz Worker; Augusta

Maryland | The Awakening; National Harbor

Not entirely sure what we're looking at here, but it sure does look like a dude drowning in quicksand. So, um…. welcome to Maryland, we guess?

Sorry if we're the first to point this out, but those 9-ton granite legs of the military commander of the Mayflower, um… how do we put this delicately? They're missing a torso. And arms. And a head.

Massachusetts | Myles Standish's Legs; Halifax

Finally, a roid-raging statue of the lumberjack from folklore that seems to be saying, "Do you even lift, bro?"

Michigan | Paul Bunyan; Alpena

Minnesota | Walleye; Baudette

If you want to remind visitors that you're the Walleye capitol of the world, maybe you erect a statue that doesn't make your local fish look like a cross between the Jaws shark and a bloodthirsty piranha.

It's like somebody watched those spectacularly campy Godzilla movies from the '60s and thought, "We could do worse!"

Mississipi | Tireman; Pontotoc

Here's a helpful suggestion: If you're creating a brass statue of jazz legend Charlie Parker and you leave out the saxophone, maybe you don't have him blowing into an invisible instrument. This just looks like a creepy dude spitting.

Missouri | Charlie Parker; Kansas City

Montana | Talking Penguin Statue; Cut Bank

You won't forget the coldest spot in the nation.

Nebraska | Chef Boyardee; Omaha

It's a lifesize bronze statue of Chef Boyardee, the man who gave the world bland canned pasta. We don't have a joke here. It's a statue of Chef Boyardee that somebody made, and it continues to exist. This is the world we live in.

Too many questions.

Nevada | Toilet Paper Hero of Hoover Dam; Boulder City

She clearly doesn't know it's 2017.

New Hampshire | Pollyanna Statue; Littleton

New Jersey | Mr. Peanut; Atlantic City

Everyone's favorite anthropomorphic legume dressed like an oligarch.

Still, betcha can't eat just one!

New Mexico | The World's Largest Pistachio; Alamogordo

This statue commemorates an 1862 naval battle, which apparently involved entirely nude sailors.

New York | Nude Man Pulling Rope; Brooklyn

North Carolina | Queen Charlotte; Charlotte

This bronze sculpture, standing at 15 feet, is a tribute to the town's namesake, the English queen who inspired English settlers to name their settlement after her. If the town wants us to know nothing else about Queen Charlotte, it's that she knew how to take a punch to the stomach.

North Dakota | Four-Headed Thunderbird Statue; Bismarck

Oh cool, that won't be hovering over us in our nightmares for the rest of our lives. Thanks for the horrifying visual image, North Dakota!

Ohio | Radiance; Toledo

Any tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr., is worth having, of course. But of all the great monuments to the civil rights leader, this one with four disembodied heads just strikes us as a little... odd.

Oklahoma | Transformer; Stillwater

We don't even know where to begin.

As if we needed more evidence that everybody in Portland is slightly bonkers, here's an 11-foot sculpture of a bronze salmon swimming through a building.

Oregon | Fish Swimming Through Building; Portland

Pennsylvania | Singing Statue of Perry Como; Canonsburg

If there's one thing that'll change millennials' minds about their grandparents' music, it's a statue of a Perry Como singing "Dig You Later (A Hubba-Hubba-Hubba)."

Rhode Island | Ms. Potato Head; Westerly

This bikini-wearing spud, officially called "Sunbaked 1966," stands a full six-feet tall and happily terrifies visitors at the local airport.

South Carolina | Freaked Out Revolutionary Horse; Johnsonville

This 12-foot bronze tribute to Revolutionary War General Francis Marion and his horse, Ball, tells everything you need to know about 18th century war. The horses were so not into it!

South Dakota | Corn Palace Mascot; Mitchell

Sorry if we're the ones to break it to you, Corn Palace owners, but "Cornelius," the creepily happy ear of corn that you've picked as a mascot, is not going to become the Mickey Mouse for a new generation. But kudos for trying!

Tennessee | General Nathan Bedford Forrest; Nashville

If you were hoping for the Confederate Army to be remembered as anything but slave-owning traitors, this crazy-eyed statue is probably not the way to go.

"Monster Maria," a styrofoam statue of Taco XPress owner Maria Corbalan, shouldn't be such a beloved a landmark, but that's what she is nonetheless. When her 8-foot arms were cut off by vandals not long ago, it was treated like a national tragedy, until the limbs were recovered and reattached. Accept her as your personal lord and savior, and all will be forgiven.

Texas | The Taco Queen; Austin

What's that? Oh, just the head of the founder of Mormonism on an Egyptian sphinx. No big deal.

Utah | Joseph Smith Sphinx; Salt Lake City

Fun fact: They say this war memorial from the '20s has unique acoustics, where you can whisper behind the statue and the sound will reverberate across the plaza.

Vermont | The Whispering Statue; Barre

It's just like the prehistoric Stonehenge in England, but it's made out of… sorry, sorry, no, we can't do this. Seriously, styrofoam?

Virginia | Foamhenge; Natural Bridge

We can't imagine a better tribute to the guy who maybe didn't really discover North America than a gaunt futuristic cyborg looking out at an ocean on the other end of the continent he may or may not have landed on first.

Washington | Christopher Columbus; Seattle

West Virginia | Point Pleasant Mothman; Point Pleasant

A 12-foot-tall stainless steel tribute to a creature that supposedly terrorized residents during the mid-1960s.

Wisconsin | Fox Cities Oracle; Appleton

Supposedly this is a horse. Your guess is as good as ours.

Wyoming | Rock Paper Scissors; Gillette

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