Abandoned Presidents Park Statues in Black Hills Forest, South Dakota
Taken July 2017
Abandoned presidential busts from the former Presidents Park attraction are seen in the Black Hills Forest near Lead, South Dakota. Opened in 2003 by artist David Adickes, the park featured forty-three 20-foot-tall concrete sculptures of U.S. presidents. The attraction closed by 2010 due to low visitor numbers, leaving the statues to be reclaimed by nature. These weathered relics now stand as a testament to ambitious, yet ultimately unsuccessful, private ventures in roadside Americana.
Taken July 2017
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