List of largest roadside attractions
This is a list of verifiable roadside attractions. Items can claim to be the largest, longest, highest, or anything that makes them notable.
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[2]
Germany
The Netherlands
North America
Canada
- Big Apple, Cramahe, Ontario[3]
- Big Nickel, Sudbury, Ontario
- World's largest axe, Nackawic, New Brunswick[4]
- World's Largest Dinosaur, Drumheller, Alberta[5]
- The World's Largest Lobster, Shediac, New Brunswick[6]
- World's largest sandpiper, Dorchester, New Brunswick
- World's largest Tomahawk, Cut Knife, Saskatchewan[7]
- World's largest Tepee, Medicine Hat, Alberta[8]
United States of America
Alabama
California
- World's Largest Hammer, Eureka
- World's tallest thermometer, Baker
Georgia
- World's Largest Chicken, Marietta
- World's largest peanut, Ashburn.[11]
- World's largest mattress, Jefferson.[12]
Illinois
- World's Largest Ketchup Bottle, Collinsville
- World's Largest Mailbox, Casey[13]
- World's Largest Clogs/Wooden Shoes, Casey[14]
- World's Largest Golf Tee, Casey[15]
- World's Largest Pitchfork, Casey[16]
- World's Largest Rocking Chair, Casey[17]
- World's Largest Wind Chime, Casey[18]
- World's Largest Knitting Needles, Casey[19]
- World's Largest Crochet Hook, Casey[20]
Idaho
- World's largest Beagle[21]
Kansas
- World's Largest Ball of Twine, Cawker City
- World's Largest Collection of World's Smallest Versions of World's Largest..., Lucas[22]
Michigan
- World's largest model tire, Allen Park[24]
- World's Largest Cherry Pie, Traverse City[25][26]
- Former World's Largest Cherry Pie, Charleviox[27]
- World's Largest Picnic Table, Olive[28][29]
- World's Largest Musical Fountain, Grand Haven
- World's Largest Working Rifle, Ishpeming[30]
- World's Largest Running Chain Saw, Ishpeming[31]
- World's Largest Weathervane, Montague[32]
- World's Largest Crucifix, Indian River[33]
- World's Largest Lugnut, Lansing[34]
- World's Largest Indian, Ironwood[35]
Minnesota
- World's largest ball of twine (made by one man), Darwin[36]
- World's largest Paul Bunyon, Akeley[37]
- World's largest Crow, Belgrade[38]
- World's largest Jolly Green Giant, Blue Earth[39]
- World's largest Iron Man, Chisholm[40]
- World's largest Walleye, Kabetogama[41]
- World's Largest Viking, Alexandria[42]
- World's Largest Otter, Fergus Falls[43]
- World's Largest Pelican, Pelican Rapids[44]
- World's Largest Black Duck, Blackduck[45]
- World's Largest Free Standing Hockey Stick, Eveleth[46]
- World's Largest Turkey, Frazee[47]
- World's Largest Raspberry, Hopkins[48]
- World's Largest Tiger Muskie, Nevis[49]
- World's Largest "Booming" Prairie Chicken, Rothsay[50]
- Deepest Place You Can Go in America, Soudan[51]
- World's Largest Loon, Vergas[52]
- World's Largest Floating Loon, Virginia[53]
Missouri
Montana
- World's Largest Candy Store, Phillipsburg
- World's Largest Wooden Dome, Bozeman
- World's Largest Penguin, Cut Bank
- World's Largest Larch Tree, Seely Lake
- World's Largest Snow Flake, Fort Keogh
- World's Largest Free Standing Brick Building, Billings
- World's Largest Silver Dollar Collection, Haugen
- World's Largest Dinosaur Skeleton, Bynum
- World's Largest Sugar Beet, Fairview
- World's Largest Model Airplane Collection, Great Falls
- World's Largest Automated Music Machine Collection, Nevada City
- World's Largest Frying Pan, Libby
- World's Largest Purple Spoon, East Glacier
- World's Largest Bigfoot Museum, East Glacier
- World's Largest Convoy, Laurel
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
- World's Largest Pistachio, Alamogordo[58]
- World's Largest Scales of Justice, Albuquerque NM.
North Dakota
- World's Largest Buffalo, Jamestown
- Salem Sue, claimed to be the world's largest Cow, New Salem.[62]
Ohio
- World's largest basket, Newark[63][64][65]
- World's Largest Cuckoo Clock, Sugarcreek[66]
- world's largest horseshoe crab, Blanchester.[67]
Oregon
- World's Largest Caveman, Grants Pass[68]
- World's Largest Corn Dog, Rockaway Beach[69]
Rhode Island
South Dakota
- World's Largest Drug Store – Wall Drug, Wall
- World's Largest Collection of Reptiles – Reptile Gardens, Rapid City
Washington
Washington DC
- World's largest typewriter eraser[72]
West Virginia
Wisconsin
- World's Tallest Grandfather Clock, Kewaunee, Wisconsin
- World's Largest Penny[73]
- 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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