The Enchanted Highway features the World's Largest Metal Sculptures
produced by artist Gary Greff.
Gary is a native of Regent, North Dakota.
He was a teacher and a school principal and had never done any art
work or welding prior to 1989. He then began dreaming of ways to
bring people and businesses to the small community of Regent --
fearing the town would someday die if it relied solely on farming.
He began designing, welding, and painting.
The first picture is "Geese in Flight 2001" culpture was raised in June,
2001 and is in the Guinness World Book of Records as the largest scrap
metal sculpture in the world. It was built of used oil well pipe and oil tanks.
The sun ray is 156 feet long and 110 feet tall. The largest goose has a 30 ft.
wing span ad nis 19 feet long.
The second pictures is "The Deer Family 2002" was completed in 2001 and
erected in 2002. It was made from old oil well tanks cut apart and welded to form the
shadow design. To fit throught the streets of Regent, the buk's front leg had to
be cut off and re-welded onsite. The buck is 75 ft. tall and 60 ft. long. The doe is
50 ft. long.
"Grasshoppers in the Field 1999" was the fourth site ereted and went up in the
summer of 1999. They are a reminder of the hardships framers have overcome
while making their living off the land. The sculpture was welded from old fuel
and oil well tanks. The large grasshopper is 50 feet long and 40 feet tall.
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