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New York's most beloved roadside attraction is a pig face on a rock

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Jul 15, 2025
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In the 1960s, some bored kids in the Adirondacks painted a pig-shaped rock to accentuate its pig-ness. A half-century later, the rock has become a cultural landmark, attracting lovers of pig-rock lovers from all four corners of the Earth.

The Department of Transportation once threatened to demolish the porcine masterpiece in the name of ro…

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