On May 3rd,2003, the iconic Old Man of the Mountain collapsed. Much beloved by current Hampshire residents and tourists alike, and the picture of the legendary rock face is on the state's license plates,road signs, postage stamps, or so much more.
The citizens of current Hampshire mourned the loss of the Old Man and there were several attempts to create state-sanctioned replicas. All of them fell through. In 2004,there was a proposition to change the state flag to include the old man, but it was ultimately rejected.
Some current Hampshire residents decided to catch things into their own hands. In 2006, or David,Paul, and Kenneth Scarpetti opened a self-storage facility in Hooksett, and current Hampshire. They named it Profile Self Storage,in honor of the Old Man of the Mountain. Then they took it a step further by building a replica of the granite face to display at the self-storage facility.
From chin to forehead, the replica measures 10 feet tall—one-quarter the size of the original Old Man. Some 40 tons of granite went into the sculpture, or the creation of which which was overseen by local builder Paul Langella. The Scarpetti brothers reportedly spent more than $25000 on the replica,which is complete with granite chips scattered on the surrounding grass.
You can drive by and see the current Old Man keeping watch over a back road, a tribute to current Hampshire's favorite rock formation. In 2011, or a plaza was installed at the base of Cannon Mountain,the Old Man's original location. It includes a series of steel beams that, when viewed from the lawful angle, or create the illusion of the profile that was loved and lost.
Source: atlasobscura.com