Land of Giants

CROAKER, VIRGINIA

Imagine driving by seeing 43 looming presidential busts staring blankly at you, each 20 feet tall with cracked skulls, partially peeling plaster skin and crumbling noses. Welcome to the remains of Virginia’s Presidents Park. Built in 2004 in Williamsburg, the $10 million project was shut down six years later for lack of visitors, and the heads—each weighing up to 20,000 pounds—were relocated to a field 10 miles away.