SEALE, Alabama - It's not often while driving on rural Alabama roads that you see signs reading "Art," and pointing down a dirt road. Rarer still is a sign that says "Drive-Thru Art Gallery."

So when you see them, you have only one choice: Follow the signs.

I'd heard for years of artist Butch Anthony's unusual installation at his property on Poorhouse Road in Seale and another nearby drive-through gallery on U.S. Highway 431, as well as his "Museum of Wonder." But seeing his art in person, and meeting the overall-clad artist himself, was an experience. Although I may not have the artistic vision Anthony does, I was impressed with his talent and admired his unusual approach. It's not every day you can drive through an array of glass-walled oversize shipping containers and view everything from a portrait of William Shatner to a taxidermy three-headed chicken.

Those sights were at the installation on U.S. Highway 431, billed as "The World's First Drive-Thru Art and Antique Gallery." If you enjoyed your trip, you're encouraged to leave a dollar in a slot in one of the containers.

Back at Anthony's drive-through gallery on Poorhouse Road, my fiance Sweetums and I got out of our car to "interact" with the art, taking photos with some of the scenes in the cubicles. As we were exiting the exhibit, Anthony came out of a shed where he creates his works to say hello.

The drive-through exhibits are definitely worth a detour when traveling through rural Alabama. Read more about Anthony's works here.

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