DEWYVILLE – Old Highway 38 in Box Elder County has some of the most unique yard art around. It’s littered with old, rusted farm implements that have been turned into flower boxes or just put out in people’s front yards for show pieces.
The two-lane highway is a continuation of Brigham City’s Main Street north and at one time took folks to Tremonton with a dogleg turn over the Bear River.
Going straight north the road continues to Collinston then connects to Highway 91 to Logan or I-15.
Most people use the road to get to Crystal Hot Springs in Dewyville, but there is a lot of yard art to take notice of before taking a dip in the hot springs.
Dewyville is one of the oldest towns in Box Elder County which may be why old farm equipment is readily available to display.
Take Bobby and Jennifer Gardner’s hobbit house. They had a tree limb growing towards their roof and decided they should cut it down before it crashed on their home.
About seven years ago they took action.
Bobby said it was cheaper to have the tree carved into something than it was to have it removed.
“We called Sean Cudney, “the carver that turns stumps into bears and other wildlife,” Gardner said. “He told us he didn’t want to carve it into a bear. My wife showed him some drawing our daughter did of a hobbit house and told him to use his imagination.”
For 20 years Brent Craven’s ascending bike piece in Dewyville is an attention getter on Friday Nov. 14, 2025.
The thing about that Hobbit House is the stump is hollow. And the door in the front opens into the hollow stump.
“I built the porch, steps and put a window in it. We were going to put a table and chair in there, but we haven’t yet,” he said. “We have people stop all the time and want to take a picture of it. We usually don’t have any problem with them taking pictures.”
And further south on the road Brent Craven’s home has a bike piece across from Dewyville’s town hall. Gardners said it was the beginning of the art along Old Highway 38.
Craven is a Vietnam veteran who came up with an ascending bike creation. There are eight bikes that go from a couple of bikes with both wheels on the ground and then they start to climb giving the illusion some are flying. He has painted each of the bikes a different color and has them all evenly spaced.
“I thought the different color pastels made them look bright and cheery,” Craven said. “I have lot of people posing for pictures under the bikes. At first, I couldn’t figure out what they were doing. Then I figured out they were standing in front them and taking pictures of themselves with them.”
Craven said he wasn’t sure he was the first to put up art along the highway, but his bikes have been up better than 20 years.
“I’m always looking at things differently. I have an affinity for bikes, and I had a lot of them in my yard,” he said. “It just came to me one day, so I did it. I added the little one on the end a few years ago.”
Darold Harris has a 1931 Chevrolet pickup sitting out next to the highway about block to the Honeyville town line.
Harris said the truck has an engine and transmission but doesn’t run.
“We got it from Brigham Young’s grandson’s ranch in Nevada,” he said. “His son had the ranch, and it was passed down through the years.”
He said his wife is a is a descendant of Brigham Young.
Recently, the truck had a tombstone-looking sign covering the grill. “Don’t drink or text while driving,” the sign said.
“We’ve always put something on the truck,” he said. “We try to change the sign with different messages.”
For Halloween they put a skeleton in the driver seat and when Christmas rolls around, they put Santa Clause in it.
“It’s been yard art for a long time,” Harris said.
He said they have had several people use the truck for wedding pictures. Some in their weeding garb and others in street clothes.
Angela Burton lives along old Highway 38 and has a collection of antique car parts in her orchard along the highway.
“My dad found the truck in someone’s back yard and brought it to me,” she said. “I collected four cars and a piece of farm equipment. My husband was always dragging rusty stuff home because he knows I like that kind of stuff.”
The truck is an old REO bus. They chopped off the back and built a wood bed.
The truck was originally built sometime in the 20’s she thought. There are also three other cars and some other stuff lined up in her orchard.
The auto graveyard has brought some attention over the years.
“I had a guy from Italy stop and take pictures once and some from a hot rod magazine stopped and did an article about them,” Burton said. “Someone from the Salt Lake Tribune wrote a story about them several years ago.”
Angela Burton has a collection of antique car parts in her orchard along Old Highway 38 in Box Elder County on Friday Nov.14 2025.
She said there have been several people who have come by and painted or drew pictures of the cars.
As far as dragging more rusted metal home, she said her husband put a kibosh on it. He told her he needed to find other things to do.
These are only a few of the many pieces of yard art on the highway. If someone is looking for a short Sunday drive it might be a good place to visit.