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Gemini Giant, Wilmington, Illinois

Standing tall on Route 66 in Wilmington, Illinois, the Gemini Giant welcomes you to the Launching Pad. The giant is one of the Muffler Men listed at Roadside America (many with photos). You can learn “How to Identify Muffler Men.” Accept nothing less than the real deal.

I’m devastated — DEVASTATED — to find out only now there are Muffler Men variations in Springfield (here’s one and here’s the other), Peoria (Vanna Whitewall!), and Metropolis. I missed them all on visits to those towns.

But I’ll always have the Gemini Giant in Wilmington.

Gemini Giant
Gemini Giant in Wilmington, Illinois, June 4, 2017
Gemini Giant
Gemini Giant in Wilmington, Illinois, June 4, 2017

Not a Muffler Man, but I saw Superman in Metropolis.

Superman in Metropolis
Metropolis, Illinois

And even Clark Kent, who’s more two dimensional than I expected.

Me as Supergirl
Metropolis, Illinois
May 4, 2020 by dlschirf Posted in Adventure, Blog, Oddities Tagged Illinois, photo, Route 66, travel, Will County 1 Reply

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