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]
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]
British Columbia
- World's Largest Gold Pan, Quesnel, British Columbia[16]
- World’s Largest Hockey Stick and Puck, North Cowichan, British Columbia[17]
- World’s Tallest Gnome, Saanich, British Columbia[18]
- World's Tallest Totem Pole, Alert Bay, British Columbia[19]
- World's Widest Totem Pole, Duncan, British Columbia[20]
Manitoba
New Brunswick
- World's largest axe, Nackawic, New Brunswick[24]
- The World's Largest Lobster, Shediac, New Brunswick[25]
- World's Largest Sandpiper, Dorchester, New Brunswick
Saskatchewan
- World's largest Tomahawk, Cut Knife, Saskatchewan[27]
- World's largest Bunnock, Macklin, Saskatchewan[28]
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
- World's Largest Kokopelli in Camp Verde, Arizona.
Alabama
California
Georgia
- World's Largest Chicken, Marietta
- World's largest peanut, Ashburn.[31]
- World's largest mattress, Jefferson.[32]
Idaho
- World's largest Beagle[33]
Illinois
- World's Largest Ketchup Bottle, Collinsville
- World's Largest Mailbox, Casey[34]
- World's Largest Clogs/Wooden Shoes, Casey[35]
- World's Largest Golf Tee, Casey[36]
- World's Largest Pitchfork, Casey[37]
- World's Largest Rocking Chair, Casey[38]
- World's Largest Wind Chime, Casey[39]
- World's Largest Knitting Needles, Casey[40]
- World's Largest Crochet Hook, Casey[41]
- World's Largest Covered Wagon, Lincoln[42]
Indiana
- World's Largest Ball of Paint[43]
Kansas
- World's Largest Ball of Twine, Cawker City
- World's Largest Collection of World's Smallest Versions of World's Largest..., Lucas[44]
- World's Largest Hand-Painted Czech Egg, Wilson[45][46]
Maine
- World's Largest Revolving and Rotating Globe, Yarmouth[47]
- World's Largest Telephone, Bryant Pond[48]
Maryland
- World's Largest Engagement Ring, Timonium
Michigan
- World's largest model tire, Allen Park[49]
- World's Largest Cherry Pie, Traverse City[50][51]
- Former World's Largest Cherry Pie, Charleviox[52]
- World's Largest Picnic Table, Olive[53][54]
- World's Largest Musical Fountain, Grand Haven
- World's Largest Working Rifle, Ishpeming[55]
- World's Largest Running Chain Saw, Ishpeming[56]
- World's Largest Weathervane, Montague[57]
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[58]
- World's largest Paul Bunyon, Akeley[59]
- World's largest Crow, Belgrade[60]
- World's largest Jolly Green Giant, Blue Earth[61]
- World's largest Iron Man, Chisholm[62]
- World's largest Walleye, Kabetogama[63]
- World's Largest Viking, Alexandria[64]
- World's Largest Otter, Fergus Falls[65]
- World's Largest Pelican, Pelican Rapids[66]
- World's Largest Black Duck, Blackduck[67]
- World's Largest Free Standing Hockey Stick, Eveleth[68]
- World's Largest Turkey, Frazee[69]
- World's Largest Raspberry, Hopkins[70]
- World's Largest Tiger Muskie, Nevis[71]
- World's Largest "Booming" Prairie Chicken, Rothsay[72]
- Deepest Place You Can Go in America, Soudan[73]
- World's Largest Loon, Vergas[74]
- World's Largest Floating Loon, Virginia[75]
Missouri
The Largest Fork, standing 35' and weighing 11 tons in Springfield, Missouri.
- World's Largest Shuttlecock, Kansas City[76][77]
- World's Largest Amoco Sign, St. Louis[78][79]
- World's Largest Cap Gun, Kansas City[80][81][82]
- World's Largest Chess Piece, St.Louis[83]
- World's Largest Fork, Springfield[84]
- World's Largest Giant Eight Ball (8-ball) Tipton, Missouri[85]
- World's Largest Goose, "Maxie," Sumner, Missouri[86]
- World's Largest Rooster (chicken), Branson[87]
- World's Largest Toilet Paper Roll / Roll of Toilet Paper Branson, Missouri[88]
- World's Largest Vess Soda Bottle St. Louis[89][90]
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[91]
- 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[92]
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
World's largest basket, Newark, OH
- World's largest basket, Newark[99][100][101]
- World's Largest Cuckoo Clock, Sugarcreek[102]
- world's largest horseshoe crab, Blanchester[103]
Oregon
- World's Largest Caveman, Grants Pass[104]
- World's Largest Corn Dog, Rockaway Beach[105]
Rhode Island
South Dakota
- World's Largest Collection of Reptiles – Reptile Gardens, Rapid City
Texas
- World's Largest Shovel (Creedmoor near Austin)
- World's Largest Watermelon, Luling
- World's Largest Pecan, Seguin
- World's Largest Strawberry, Poteet
- World's Largest Peanut, Pearsall
- World's Largest Rattlesnake, Freer
- World's Largest Fire Hydrant, Beaumont
- World's Largest Caterpillar, Italy
- World's Largest Roadrunner, Fort Stockton
- World's Largest Jackrabbit, Odessa
- World's Largest Patio Chair, Dallas
- World's Largest Muleshoe, Muleshoe
Virginia
Hugo's, Bealeton, Virginia – World's Largest roadside rollerskate
- World's largest rollerskate, Beatleton
Washington
Washington DC
- World's largest typewriter eraser[110]
West Virginia
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[112]
- 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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