FLANDERS, NY (WABC) -- At the dawn of the Great Depression, Long Island duck farmer Martin Maurer and his wife, Jeule, were on a road trip and enjoyed a cup of Joe inside a big coffee pot. They ...
With games, tours and other fun events, the 90th birthday of Flanders’ famous "Big Duck" Saturday had plenty that fit the bill. The Big Duck, built in 1931 by Riverhead duck farmer Martin Maurer, ...
The Big Duck is a landmark example of American roadside novelty architecture. It's a small ferrocement building shaped like a sitting white duck, complete with orange beak and front-door entrance ...