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Akanksha Soni & Lucy Skoulding

Inside eerie abandoned farm containing decaying busts of US presidents

An explorer stumbled across an abandoned farm containing the forgotten busts of America's 43 past presidents.

The large heads still lie abandoned behind closed gates, but some were carted off to grace RV Parks and lawns of hotels and inns.

One image from the rural farm shows the proud standing busts of past presidents decaying away.

Another image shows the hollow behind Abraham Lincoln's head from where his bust was damaged.

These creepy shots were taken by urbex photographer Leland Kent (also known by his handle Abandoned Southeast) in rural Virginia, US.

Presidents Park opened in March of 2004 in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Presidents Park opened in March of 2004 in Williamsburg, Virginia (mediadrumimages.com/@abandoned_s)
The busts were built of concrete and showcased the first 43 Presidents of the United States (mediadrumimages.com/@abandoned_s)

The explorer said the original park cost $10m to create, but was closed in 2010 after a lack of visitors.

Leland said: "The park was the brainchild of local landowner Everette 'Haley' Newman and Houston sculptor David Adickes who said he was inspired to create the statues after passing by Mount Rushmore.

This ceramic bust stands at 18-feet tall (mediadrumimages.com/@abandoned_s)
The creator was inspired to create the statues after passing by Mount Rushmore (mediadrumimages.com/@abandoned_s)

"The park was an open-air museum where visitors could walk among the 18-foot-tall president head statues.

"The busts were built of concrete and showcased the first 43 presidents of the United States, from Washington to George W. Bush.

The creepy shots were taken by urbex photographer Leland Kent (mediadrumimages.com/@abandoned_s)
The park was the brainchild of local landowner Everette Haley (mediadrumimages.com/@abandoned_s)

"The park was the brainchild of local landowner Everette "Haley" Newman and Houston sculptor David Adickes who said he was inspired to create the statues after passing by Mount Rushmore.

"Presidents Park, which cost about $10 million to create, closed in 2010 due to a lack of visitors.

The back of Abraham Lincoln's head is damaged (mediadrumimages.com/@abandoned_s)
The proud standing busts of past presidents decaying away (mediadrumimages.com/@abandoned_s)

"When the park went into foreclosure, instead of destroying the busts, all 43 statues were moved to a 400-acre farm in rural Virginia."

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