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42 giant statues of presidents' heads are crumbling on private property in rural Virginia. Here's why.

  • Forty-two giant (15–20 ft) presidential busts from the closed Presidents Park now sit crumbling on a private farm in Croaker after Howard Hankins saved them from destruction.
  • Photographer John Plashal turned the decaying heads into an Instagram sensation and now offers limited daytime and spooky nighttime tours (guests sign waivers).
  • A local rezoning proposal to restore the site with a museum and commercial space was tabled by the county but could be revisited this fall.
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