Welcome to Troll Map: Finding the Giants
Somewhere out there, standing in the woods you thought you knew, there’s a forty-foot troll waiting to be found. This is our growing archive of every Thomas Dambo sculpture we’ve hunted down — from the giants overlooking the forest in state parks and botanical gardens to the ones tucked behind small-town greenways you’d never stumble on by accident.
We started this page the same way most troll hunts start — by accident, finding one giant and immediately needing to know where the rest of them were hiding. What began as a single photo has turned into a running list of every Dambo sculpture we’ve tracked down across the country and beyond, complete with exact locations, our own photos from the trail, and the little details — a hidden staircase, a lantern in a rebuilt hand, a whole family of three — that make each one worth the drive. Browse by region below, or jump straight to the map to plan your route.