A field in Wisconsin is filled with retired fiberglass molds — giant whales, frogs, castles — and visitors can climb on and inside them. Atlas Obscura shared a walk-through video of the outdoor graveyard, where the discarded molds sit in a large, open field, weathered and overgrown yet structurally intact.
The molds were originally used to produce fiberglass sculptures — the kind of oversized roadside figures you see outside gas stations and mini golf courses. Once they'd served their manufacturing purpose, they ended up here in this field rather than being scrapped. The result is an accidental playground where visitors can walk into a whale's open mouth, climb the stairs of a castle, and pose with a frog taller than they are.
In the video, Atlas Obscura CEO Louise Story tours the site as part of the company's #all50states series. She walks through the whale, kisses the giant frog, and climbs the castle stairs. The molds are hollow and large enough to stand inside, which gives the whole place the feel of an oversized sculpture garden with no admission fee and no rules about touching the art.
"The quest for #all50states continues in Wisconsin," Atlas Obscura wrote. "Another great find from Atlas Obscura's map!"
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