One of the first major landmarks on the Mother Road is this space-age statue, a relic from a time when such monuments were popular.
by Rich Watson
He stands thirty feet tall. He wears a bullet-shaped helmet and a blue-green jumpsuit. And he holds a miniature rocket in his hands.
A movie superhero? Nope, he’s the Gemini Giant—one of many so-called “muffler men” across the country over the years and one of a number that remain along Route 66.
