Here at the Sun Aura resort in Indiana, they have just what you’ve always wanted – a 19 metre (63 foot) long sundial, in the shape of a lady’s naked leg. Classy!

And for what reason? Well, Sun Aura is a “clothing optional” holiday camp, and presumably a giant sundial is a useful feature for wristwatchless nudists… Which means there must be some naked people around here somewhere!

Thanks to Ken.

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The 2nd largest clock in the world is supposedly the Colgate clock, atop the Colgate-Palmolive factory in Indiana. The clock was built way back in 1906 when it originally sat on Colgate’s New Jersey facility, before being moved here in 1924.

The 1st largest clock in the world is also the Colgate clock. This one replaced the above clock at the now defunct New Jersey offices, but after Colgate left the area in the 1980s it sits alone on the waterfront.

The claims of “largest in the world” for each is disputable, and both clocks are facing an uncertain future as developers move into each area.

The similarities don’t end there – after the Indiana clock starred in the 1999 film The Insider, the New Jersey clock starred in the 2006 flick Inside Man. Spooky.

Thanks: Ironguts & James

Wikipedia: Indiana Clock & New Jersey Clock

On the roof of this farm building in Indiana, someone has painted a beautiful mural of a Happy Magic Rainbow Unicorn! Well, it could be of a My Little Rainbow Pony I suppose, but I’m inclined to guess that this is actually a real-life My Little Glue Factory…

Thanks to “Me”.

If you were going to use trees to graffiti the landscape with the name of your town, city, university or company… what font would you use?

Arboreal sign-writers agree that uppercase lettering is a no-brainer, as legibility is obviously impaired due to the decrease in the letter size… Here in Bismarck, North Dakota, the typographer has decided on a Grotesque sans serif face, not dissimilar to URW Grotesk Extra Light Condensed, and has chosen to set it at 261,354 point (approx.)

Over in Indiana, the Studebaker typographer has chosen a heavier typeface with tighter tracking, but a smaller size at only 216,850 point. Again the chosen face is a Grotesque sans serif, very similar (though not identical) to Franklin Gothic Heavy. What’s most interesting is the way trees have grown since their initial planting in 1937, creating some really nicely distressed letterforms.

There’s about 5,000 pine trees in the Studebaker sign, so just imagine how many make up the 2,592,000 point Luecke sign…

Thanks to Tim, Jason Signalness, Ryan J, Mark Donnell & aard.

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is home to the Indianapolis 500, Brickyard 400, and U.S. Grand Prix. To the east of the course are fourteen holes of Brickyard Crossing golf course, while the other four are found inside the race track. Apparently it used to be nine holes inside the track, but several of them were removed when a road course was built inside the oval in preparation for the U.S. Grand Prix, which has been run at IMS since 2000.

Thanks: Chuck, Jason and many others.