List of largest roadside attractions
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This is a list of verifiable roadside attractions. Items can claim to be the largest, longest, highest, or anything that makes them notable.
Asia[]
Three-headed elephant of Erawan Museum, Thailand
Thailand[]
Europe[]
England[]
- World's largest Disco ball[1]
France[]
- Woinic the World's Largest Boar, autoroute A34 near Saulces-aux-Tournelles, France. Coordinates:49°35′39″N 4°30′10″E / 49.59417°N 4.50278°E[2][unreliable source?]
North America[]
Canada[]
Alberta[]
- World's Largest Badminton Racket, St. Albert, Alberta[3]
- World's Largest Beaver, Beaverlodge, Alberta[4]
- World's Largest Chess Set, Medicine Hat, Alberta[5]
- World's Largest Chuckwagon, Dewberry, Alberta[6]
- World's Largest Dinosaur, Drumheller, Alberta[7]
- World's Largest Honey Bee, Falher, Alberta[8]
- World's Largest Mallard Duck, Andrew, Alberta[9]
- World's Largest Mushroom Sculpture, Vilna, Alberta[10]
- World's Largest Oil Derrick, Redwater, Alberta[11]
- World's Largest Pysanka (Ukrainian Easter egg), Vegreville, Alberta[12]
- World’s Largest Golf Tee, Trochu, Alberta[13]
- World's Largest Kubasa, Mundare, Alberta[14]
- World's Largest Tepee, Medicine Hat, Alberta[15]
Manitoba[]
- World's Largest Coke Can Portage La Prairie, Manitoba[16]
- World's Largest Curling Stone Arborg, Manitoba[17]
- World's Largest Mosquito Komarno, Manitoba[18]
New Brunswick[]
- World's largest axe, Nackawic, New Brunswick[19]
- The World's Largest Lobster, Shediac, New Brunswick[20]
- World's Largest Sandpiper, Dorchester, New Brunswick[citation needed]
Ontario[]
- Big Apple, Cramahe, Ontario[21]
- Big Nickel, Sudbury, Ontario
Saskatchewan[]
- World's largest Tomahawk, Cut Knife, Saskatchewan[22]
- World's largest Bunnock, Macklin, Saskatchewan[23]
United States[]
Built in 1924, The Bottle, also known as the Nehi Inn, was one of the first "world's largest" roadside attractions. Despite the attraction itself being destroyed by fire in 1933, the community of The Bottle, Alabama still bears the name of its famous attraction.
Arizona[]
Alabama[]
California[]
Colorado[]
Georgia[]
- World's Largest Chicken, Marietta
- World's largest peanut, Ashburn.[26]
- World's largest mattress, Jefferson.[27]
Idaho[]
- World's largest Beagle[28]
Illinois[]
- World's Largest Ketchup Bottle, Collinsville
- World's Largest Mailbox, Casey[29]
- World's Largest Clogs/Wooden Shoes, Casey[30]
- World's Largest Golf Tee, Casey[31]
- World's Largest Pitchfork, Casey[32]
- World's Largest Rocking Chair, Casey[33]
- World's Largest Wind Chime, Casey[34]
- World's Largest Knitting Needles, Casey[35]
- World's Largest Crochet Hook, Casey[36]
- World's Largest Covered Wagon, Lincoln[37]
Indiana[]
- World's Largest Ball of Paint[38]
Iowa[]
- World's Largest Truck Stop, Walcott[citation needed]
Kansas[]
- World's Largest Ball of Twine, Cawker City
- World's Largest Collection of World's Smallest Versions of World's Largest..., Lucas[39]
- World's Largest Hand-Painted Czech Egg, Wilson[40][41]
Maine[]
- World's Largest Revolving and Rotating Globe, Yarmouth[42][failed verification]
- World's Largest Telephone, Bryant Pond[43]
Michigan[]
- World's largest model tire, Allen Park[44]
- World's Largest Cherry Pie, Traverse City[45][46]
- Former World's Largest Cherry Pie, Charleviox[47][unreliable source?]
- World's Largest Picnic Table, Olive[48][49][unreliable source?]
- World's Largest Musical Fountain, Grand Haven
- World's Largest Working Rifle, Ishpeming[50][unreliable source?]
- World's Largest Running Chain Saw, Ishpeming[51][unreliable source?]
- World's Largest Weathervane, Montague[52]
- World's Largest Crucifix, Indian River[53][unreliable source?]
- World's Largest Lugnut, Lansing[54][unreliable source?]
- World's Largest Indian, Ironwood[55][unreliable source?]
55-foot (17 m) fiberglass statue of the Jolly Green Giant in Blue Earth, Minnesota
Minnesota[]
- World's largest ball of twine (made by one man), Darwin[56]
- World's largest Paul Bunyon, Akeley[57]
- World's largest Crow, Belgrade[58]
- World's largest Jolly Green Giant, Blue Earth[59]
- World's largest Iron Man, Chisholm[60]
- World's largest Walleye, Kabetogama[61]
- World's Largest Viking, Alexandria[62]
- World's Largest Otter, Fergus Falls[63]
- World's Largest Pelican, Pelican Rapids[64]
- World's Largest Black Duck, Blackduck[65]
- World's Largest Free Standing Hockey Stick, Eveleth[66]
- World's Largest Turkey, Frazee[67]
- World's Largest Raspberry, Hopkins[68]
- World's Largest Tiger Muskie, Nevis[69]
- World's Largest "Booming" Prairie Chicken, Rothsay[70]
- Deepest Place You Can Go in America, Soudan[71]
- World's Largest Loon, Vergas[72]
- World's Largest Floating Loon, Virginia[73]
Missouri[]
The Largest Fork, standing 35' and weighing 11 tons in Springfield, Missouri.
- World's Largest Shuttlecock, Kansas City[74][75]
- World's Largest Amoco Sign, St. Louis[76][77]
- World's Largest Cap Gun, Kansas City[78][79][80]
- World's Largest Chess Piece, St.Louis[81]
- World's Largest Fork, Springfield[82]
- World's Largest Giant Eight Ball (8-ball) Tipton, Missouri[83]
- World's Largest Goose, "Maxie," Sumner, Missouri[84]
- World's Largest Pecan Brunswick, Missouri[85]
- World's Largest Rooster (chicken), Branson[86]
- World's Largest Toilet Paper Roll / Roll of Toilet Paper Branson, Missouri[87]
- World's Largest Vess Soda Bottle St. Louis[88][89]
Montana[]
- World's Largest Candy Store, Phillipsburg[citation needed]
- World's Largest Wooden Dome, Bozeman[citation needed]
- World's Largest Penguin, Cut Bank[citation needed]
- World's Largest Larch Tree, Seely Lake[citation needed]
- World's Largest Snow Flake, Fort Keogh[citation needed]
- World's Largest Free Standing Brick Building, Billings[citation needed]
- World's Largest Silver Dollar Collection, Haugen[citation needed]
- World's Largest Dinosaur Skeleton, Bynum[citation needed]
- World's Largest Sugar Beet, Fairview[citation needed]
- World's Largest Model Airplane Collection, Great Falls[citation needed]
- World's Largest Automated Music Machine Collection, Nevada City[citation needed]
- World's Largest Frying Pan, Libby[citation needed]
- World's Largest Purple Spoon, East Glacier[citation needed]
- World's Largest Bigfoot Museum, East Glacier[citation needed]
- World's Largest Convoy, Laurel[citation needed]
Nebraska[]
- Carhenge, Alliance, Nebraska (http://carhenge.com/)
- World's Largest Ball of Stamps, Boys Town, NE (https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/11487)
- Henry Doorly Zoo, Omaha, Nebraska
- Chimney Rock National Historic Site, Bayard, NE
- Golden Spike Tower, North Platte, NE
- The Archway, Kearny, NE
New Mexico[]
New Jersey[]
Lucy the Elephant, Margate, NJ
- World's Largest Water Tower, Union (contested)[citation needed]
- Lucy the Elephant, Margate City[91]
North Carolina[]
- World's Largest Strawberry, Ellerbe[92]
- World's Largest Bureau, High Point[93]
- World’s Largest Chair, Thomasville
North Dakota[]
- World's Largest Buffalo, Jamestown[citation needed]
- Salem Sue, claimed to be the world's largest Cow, New Salem.[94]
Ohio[]
World's largest basket, Newark, OH
- World's largest basket, Newark[95][96][97]
- World's Largest Cuckoo Clock, Sugarcreek[98]
- world's largest horseshoe crab, Blanchester.[99]
Oregon[]
- World's Largest Caveman, Grants Pass[100]
- World's Largest Corn Dog, Rockaway Beach[101]
Rhode Island[]
- World's largest bug, Providence[102][unreliable source?]
South Dakota[]
- World's Largest Collection of Reptiles – Reptile Gardens, Rapid City
Texas[]
Utah[]
Vermont[]
Virginia[]
Hugo's, Bealeton, Virginia – World's Largest roadside rollerskate
- World's largest rollerskate, Beatleton[citation needed]
Washington[]
- World's Largest Cowboy Hat & Boots, Seattle[citation needed]
Washington DC[]
- World's largest typewriter eraser[106]
West Virginia[]
Wisconsin[]
- World's Tallest Grandfather Clock, Kewaunee, Wisconsin[citation needed]
- World's Largest Penny[108]
- World's Largest Six Pack, La Crosse, Wisconsin
Oceania[]
Australia[]
New Zealand[]
See also[]
- "Giants of the Prairies", a polka by the Kubasonics
- List of gravity hills
- Novelty architecture
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