Suprising Scavenger Hunt

In the tiny corner of Alabama is a small town, Elberta (1,709). Just before I enter, I make a right turn on to Fish Trap Road towards Barber Marina.  Down the windy road I spot a few cars parked in the dirt.  A good sign.  Within 200 feet of the wooded area is Bamahenge.  An amazing out-of-place attraction created by Mark Cline.  This is a replica of a 5,000-year-old architectural mystery located in England. A really cool stop.

A little further down the same road, if you look carefully, you will find four monstrous dinosaurs lurking in the woods. 

Next to one dino, behind a chain-link fence, I spot another odd sighting.  As I approach it I see it not maintained well.  It is truly abandoned.  There is no plaque.  As I circle it I am thinking to myself, "Who would create such a thing and in the middle of nowhere?'  ​

My curiosity puts me back on Fish Trap Road wondering what else will I find.  As the road ends at the marina, I spot more oddities.  A huge 20-foot metal spider, sculptured seahorses and abandoned knights within the unattended gardens.  A huge, dry water fountain of mystical gods, surrounded by untamed creatures, sits in the middle of a roundabout.  This adventure is turning out to be a ton of fun finding the unexpected in unexpected areas.  

I end this remarkable day, with the recommendation of a local, traveling to an old black cemetery to find a tombstone engraved, 'In loving memory of INDIANA JONES'.  This Hollywood fictious star is really not buried here. :)  The local told me it is really a black woman from this area.  What a day!  Let me say it again - What a day!  A day full of surprises in the tiny corner of Alabama.