Years and years ago, not long after I started this blog, I highlighted the coolest public restroom in Kansas. The facility in Lucas had just been refurbished and actually took second place in a national competition.
Sadly, I was not able to visit this restroom until last summer. Lucas is the home of the eccentric Garden of Eden and some of the coolest grassroots art in the state. This bling restroom does the outsider art reputation justice. You just gotta see it, even if you skip the Garden of Eden and World's Largest Collection of the World's Smallest Versions of the World's Largest Things Museum (whew, what a mouthful).
Located near the center of this small town, the restrooms are housed in an immaculate well-maintained and rather spacious white building. The entrance is mosaic of glass and tile, formed in a shape closely related to its function.
Just outside the entrance, a wine bottle tree and other found objects proclaim the Grassroots Wall of Art.
The mosaic on the north side of the building sports an alien meditating, I think.
My very favorite is this sculpture of a roll of toilet paper, that extends out to the sidewalk. The sign on the roll sternly warns visitors that no skateboarding is allowed.
I just wonder if you could coat it with freezing water or snow for a brief (pun-intended) joy ride.
In the next post we will explore the Bling-y interior.
