{"id":2614,"date":"2026-04-06T16:14:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T16:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/?p=2614"},"modified":"2026-04-15T16:34:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T16:34:22","slug":"roadside-attraction-in-howell-nj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/roadside-attraction-in-howell-nj\/","title":{"rendered":"Roadside Attraction in Howell, NJ"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was driving in the vicinity of Howell, NJ, when I was in the process of turning a corner and noticed this roadside attraction out of the corner of my eye. I have the habit of spontaneously pulling over to the side of the road when I see something unusual, and I did just that in order to take a closer look at this thing.<\/p>\n

As you can see here in this closer view, it’s an old tractor with a seated figure, which is a skeleton wearing a “Olaf” (from “Frozen”) costume, and there is a string of Christmas lights scattered across the front of the tractor.<\/p>\n

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A vintage tractor with an Olaf costume-wearing skeleton in Howell, NJ.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This tractor is set on the corner of a large lot, bordered by Windeler and Pinewood Roads in Howell, NJ. A little research shows that Windeler Road is named after the Windeler family, who were prominent landowners and farmers in Howell for generations, so perhaps this vintage tractor is a remnant from an old farm in the area.<\/p>\n

Here’s a couple more looks at this folk art sculpture:<\/p>\n

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Vintage tractor with costumed figure in Howell, NJ.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was driving in the vicinity of Howell, NJ, when I was in the process of turning a corner and noticed this roadside attraction out of the corner of my eye. I have the habit of spontaneously pulling over to the side of the road when I see something unusual, and I did just that … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2617,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,42,48],"tags":[817,642,816],"class_list":["post-2614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-found-art","category-sculpture","category-street-photography","tag-howell-nj","tag-roadside-attraction","tag-vintage-tractor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2614"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2620,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2614\/revisions\/2620"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}