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.

Asia

Three-headed elephant of Erawan Museum, Thailand

Thailand

• Great Buddha of 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[2]

Germany

The Netherlands

North America

Canada

The Big Nickel is a 9-metre-tall (30 ft) replica of a Canadian nickel.

• 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

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.

Alabama

• World's Largest Office Chair, Anniston[9]

California

• World's Largest Hammer, Eureka
• World's tallest thermometer, Baker

Colorado

• World's Largest Fork, Creede[10]

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]

Iowa

• World's Largest Truck Stop, Walcott

Kansas

• World's Largest Ball of Twine, Cawker City
• World's Largest Collection of World's Smallest Versions of World's Largest..., Lucas[22]

Maine

• World's Largest Revolving and Rotating Globe, Yarmouth[23]

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]

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[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

The Largest Fork, standing 35' and weighing 11 tons in Springfield, Missouri.

• World's largest shuttlecock[54][55]
• World's largest chess piece, St.Louis[56]
• World's Largest Fork, Springfield[57]
• World's Largest Rooster (chicken), Branson[58]

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[59]
• World's Largest Scales of Justice, Albuquerque NM.

New Jersey

Lucy the Elephant, Margate, NJ

• World's Largest Water Tower, Union (contested)
• Lucy the Elephant, Margate City[60]

North Carolina

• World's Largest Strawberry, Ellerbe[61]
• World's Largest Bureau[62]

North Dakota

• World's Largest Buffalo, Jamestown
• Salem Sue, claimed to be the world's largest Cow, New Salem.[63]

Ohio

World's largest basket, Newark, OH

• World's largest basket, Newark[64][65][66]
• World's Largest Cuckoo Clock, Sugarcreek[67]
• world's largest horseshoe crab, Blanchester.[68]

Oregon

• World's Largest Caveman, Grants Pass[69]
• World's Largest Corn Dog, Rockaway Beach[70]

Rhode Island

• World's largest bug, Providence[71]

South Dakota

• World's Largest Drug Store – Wall Drug, Wall
• World's Largest Collection of Reptiles – Reptile Gardens, Rapid City

Utah

• World's Largest Fishing Fly (non-functional) – Logan[72]

Virginia

Hugo's, Bealeton, Virginia – World's Largest roadside rollerskate

• World's largest rollerskate, Beatleton

Washington

• World's Largest Cowboy Hat & Boots, Seattle

Washington DC

• World's largest typewriter eraser[73]

West Virginia

• World's Largest Teapot, Chester

Wisconsin

The World's Largest Musky, at the National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame; Hayward, WI.

• World's Tallest Grandfather Clock, Kewaunee, Wisconsin
• World's Largest Penny[74]
• World's Largest Six Pack, La Crosse, Wisconsin

Oceania

Australia

Main article: Australia's big things

New Zealand

Main article: List of New Zealand's big things

See also

• "Giants of the Prairies", a polka by the Kubasonics
• List of gravity hills
• Novelty architecture

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