Central Cemetery, Millbury, MA

A Pair of Frisky Bear Cubs Wrestle in the Grass at Central Cemetery in Millbury, MA (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on February 10, 2015)

Eastern States Exposition Grounds, West Springfield, MA

An Antisocial Bear, Carved From Wood, Holds Up a Sign Warning Folks to “Go Away” on the Eastern States Exposition Grounds During Last Year’s Big E Held in West Springfield, MA (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on June 11, 2019)

Eastern States Exposition Grounds, West Springfield, MA

A Pair of Carved Wooden Bears Found on the Grounds on the Eastern States Exposition Grounds During the Big E in West Springfield, MA (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on February 5, 2020)

Summer Street, Southbridge, MA

An Adorable Little Angel With Huge Eyes and a Small Girl in a Bathrobe Clutching a book and a Teddy Bear Stand Side by Side Each Other in a Front Yard Garden on Summer Street in Southbridge, MA (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on October 1, 2017)

Summer Street, Southbridge, MA

A Diminutive Black Bear Cub Holds up a Wooden “Welcome” Sign in Front of a Gravel Bed in the Front Yard of a Home on Summer Street in Southbridge, MA (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on October 11, 2017)

Hampton Beach, NH

A Sand Sculpture Featuring an Anthropomorphic Plymouth Rock and a Bear Wearing a Boston Bruins Jersey Seen at This Year’s Master Sand Sculpting Competition Held at Hampton Beach, New Hampshire (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on October 9, 2018)

Twigs Rustic Gallery, Lake Placid, NY

A Weatherworn Wooden Bear Carved From a Large Log Seen Standing Outside Twigs Rustic Gallery on Cascade Road in Lake Placid, NY (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on February 11, 2020)

East Thompson Cemetery, East Thompson, CT

This Granite Headstone in the Shape of a Teddy Bear Found at the East Thompson Cemetery in Connecticut Does Not Mark the Grave of a Young Child as (One Might Expect) But Surprisingly a Thirty-Five-Year-Old Mother (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on January 19, 2020)

Eastern States Exposition Grounds, West Springfield, MA

A Carved Wooden Bear Chomping on a Cigar and Holding Up a Sign Saying “Man Cave” Seen on the Eastern States Exposition Grounds During the Big E in West Springfield, MA (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on May 21, 2019)

Pine Grove Cemetery, Spencer, MA

A Heartbreaking Example of a Contemporary Tombstone, Found at the Grave of a Young Boy in Pine Grove Cemetery in Spencer, in the Shape of a Giant Teddy Bear and Featuring an Etching Depicting the Deceased Child as an Angel Playing with Toys (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on May 20, 2015)