Seattle’s Fremont Troll in the running for quirkiest U.S. landmark
Jun 16, 2014, 8:52 AM | Updated: 11:05 am
Seattle's Fremont Troll is in contention for the honor of quirkiest landmark in the U.S. USA Today has put up 20 quirky landmarks for a public vote to see which is the most quirky.
Seattle’s Fremont Troll is in contention for the honor of quirkiest landmark in the U.S.
USA Today has put up 20 quirky landmarks for a public vote to see which is the most quirky.
The Fremont Troll is up against such notable landmarks as Carhenge, an American replica of Britain’s Stonehenge made of 38 cars painted gray in Nebraska, an office building shaped like a giant picnic basket in Ohio, Paul Bunyan and Blue Ox Babe in Minnesota, and Houston’s beer can house.
So far, Big Tex, a giant cowboy statue in Dallas is leading the pack, followed by the picnic basket office, and then Carhenge.
Seattle’s contender, the 18-foot Fremont Troll, sits under the north side of the Aurora Bridge (Hwy 99). The troll design came about in a competition sponsored by the Fremont Arts Council in 1990.
The voting will be open through June 23.
