In landlocked Vermont, rising out of a field on the side of the highway, stand two granite whale tails. No trip through Burlington has ever been complete without competing to be the first person to yell “Whale Tails” as they come into view. The sculpture, created by Jim Sardonis in 1989, is aptly named Reverance—the tails invoke a sort of awe as they stand starkly against the sky in a place where no one would ever expect to see a whale. Sardonis carved the tails from 36 tons of African black…
