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Paul Nicolaus

Paul Nicolaus

Paul Nicolaus is a writer whose work has appeared, in print or online, in The Atlantic, National Geographic, The Saturday Evening Post, and elsewhere. Learn more at www.nicolauswriting.com.

Over the years, a conservator replaced the headgear on deer with real antlers and the originals mounted on moose with synthetic alternatives.

When a Lumberjack’s Imagination Ran Wild, He Created More Than 200 Sculptures in Wisconsin’s Northwoods

Decades later, a conservator keeps Fred Smith’s art alive in the whimsical Wisconsin Concrete Park

For years, independent artist and educator Erika Nelson has crisscrossed the country, visiting roadside behemoths, gathering the stories behind them and creating miniature handmade versions.

One Artist’s Colossal Quest to Share Her Love of Roadside Americana

At her quirky outpost in Lucas, Kansas, Erika Nelson displays the world’s largest collection of the world’s smallest versions of the world’s largest things