The Enchanted Highway

The Enchanted Highway, we travelled along Interstate 94 into the Dakotas, which by the way the blue sky’s and lush green prairie grass fields are picturesque all on their own.

But, all of a sudden large pieces of art work started to appear on the sides of the road.

Thirty-two miles south of the nearest major highway is the town of Regent, North Dakota. It was dying, and Gary Greff decided that someone had to do something about it.

Gary Greff and Geese In Flight (2003).

Inspired, he later said, by the 1989 movie Field of Dreams, and its misremembered catchphrase “Build it, and they will come,” Gary began building giant artworks to entice travelers off of the interstate and into town.

A metal sculptor and retired Regent schoolteacher, Gary’s plan was to create ten huge sculptures, paired with pullouts and picnic areas, every few miles along Regency-Gladstone Road — which he christened The Enchanted Highway. All of the sculptures would face north, toward the oncoming traffic from Interstate 94.

I took these photos from inside the RV, looking out a windshield that was covered with bugs. I had to photoshop the bugs out of the photos. 🙂 I think it is pretty impressive when someone can create art of any type but to make sculptures as big as these is pretty cool.

The Enchanted Highway

Sandra J