22 September 2019

On Nervous Nellie's Jams and Jellies, Deer Isle, ME

"There’s a certain logic to Nervous Nellie's Jams and Jellies, but don't feel bad if you're puzzled by its sprawling, seemingly random mix of sculptures and stuff collected from landfills.

"The six-acre plot on Little Deer Isle surrounding a gift and coffee shop is laced with trails that run through thick woods past life-size mockups of a Wild West town, a Holy Grail castle and wizard's tower and a juke joint - a kind of informal music venue generally operated by African-Americans in the post-slavery South.

"The property is dotted by hunks of rusting old cars, wood and metal sculptures of knights and cowboys, engines and odd piles of junk such as rusted bow rakes. And watch out for the guy running around with a sword."

A recent Bangor Daily News article profiled Nervous Nellie's and its museum ministry in Deer Isle, Maine.

To access the complete report, please visit:

Bangor Daily News: He just wanted to sell jams and jellies. Now he has a 'museum of natural history for the mind.' (2 AUG 19)

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