The Big Duck in Flanders,New York

Long Island's most famous landmark is listed in the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C. Big Duck was built by a duck farmer Martin Maurer in 1931 on busy Main Street in the town of Riverhead on Long Island, New York. It's a ferrocement building in the shape of a duck applied over a wooden frame. It measures approximately 15 feet (5.5m) wide across the front, 30 feet (9.1m) long from breast to tail and 20 feet (6.1m) to the top of the head. The duck's eyes are made from Ford Model T tail lights.