One of New England's Weirdest Roadside Landmarks?

There are certain things you expect to see on the side of the road in New England – signs for historic districts, copious amounts of littered Dunkin Donuts' cups and just simply bizarre roadside attractions. Travel writer Peter Mandel – who has contributed to such publications as the Washington Post and the Boston Globe – has compiled a list of the seven weirdest roadside landmarks in New England.

Aside from an actual ballistic missile in Warren, NH and a giant gorilla holding a VW Beetle in Salisbury, VT, Mandel has named Davisville's own Fighting Seabee on the list. In his blurb about the Seabee, Mandel writes:

The "Fighting Seabee" is a rendering of the mascot of the U.S. Naval Construction Battalion and stands guard over the state's Seabee Museum and Memorial Park. Thanks to the fertile imagination of sculptor Frank Iafrate, this may be the only bee you'll ever see with lips and teeth. Big teeth. And although he wears an aggressive snarl, this is a helpful insect: along with his gun, he's got a wrench in one tentacle hand and a hammer in another. Maybe he's not as dangerous as he looks.

The statue is a symbol of a neat little bit of history here in North Kingstown. Davisville is the original home of the Naval Construction Battalion (CB) – a segment of the Navy tasked with building bases, creating roadways and airstrips and numerous other construction projects during conflicts dating back to World War II.

Davisville and Quonset Point were deactivated as military bases in the 1990s. Now, the area has been transformed into 3,207 acres of business park – housing an airport, shopping centers, defense contractors, museums and a bevy of other businesses.