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» The Big Duck - An illustrated history from Roadside America of the roadside farmstand in Long Island, United States, shaped like a duck to advertise that ducks and duck-eggs were sold there.

» The Big Duck - Illustrated description and history by Kathy Biehl of this building shaped like a duck on Route 24, in the care of Friends of Long Island's Heritage.

» Giant Shoe - Roadside America takes a look at houses shaped like giant shoes in Pennsylvania and California: history, description and images.

» Longaberger Office Building - Glass, Steel and Stone provides a photograph and brief description of this 1997 building in Newark, Ohio, in the shape of a basket, headquarters of a firm that makes baskets.

» Lucy the Elephant - Photograph and brief history of this timber-built elephant in New Jersey from the Boardwalk catalog.

» Oakley Interplanetary Headquarters - America Hurrah hosts photographs of this extraordinary building in California designed by company president Colin Baden with a spaceship-like centrepiece.

» A Scottish Pineapple - J.K. Gillon's illustrated description and discussion of the inspiration for the Dunmore Pineapple garden folly, built in 1761.

» The Shoe House - Brief illustrated history and description by Kathy Biehl of a house shaped like a shoe built by a shoe magnate in 1948 in Hallam, Pennsylvania.

» Statue of Liberty - An illustrated history, statistics and visitor information from the US National Park Service for this landmark designed by sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi and completed in 1886.

» Wigwam Motel - Boasts unique 'americana' architecture in the form of concrete teepees. Includes pictures, history, and typical motel information. Rialto, California.

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