List of largest roadside attractions

This is a list of verifiably notable roadside attractions.

Asia

Three-headed elephant of Erawan Museum, Thailand

Thailand

• Great Buddha of Thailand

Europe

Belgium

• Atomium: a 165 billion times magnification of an iron crystal, Brussels

North America

Canada

See also: Giants of the Prairies

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

Alberta

• World's Largest Dinosaur, Drumheller, Alberta ^[1]
• Vegreville egg (Ukrainian Easter egg, Pysanky), Vegreville, Alberta ^[2]
• World's Largest Perogy, Glendon, Alberta
• Saamis Teepee, Medicine Hat, Alberta ^[3]

New Brunswick

• World's largest axe, Nackawic-Millville, New Brunswick ^[4]
• The World's Largest Lobster, Shediac, New Brunswick ^[5]
• Shep (Semipalmated sandpiper), Dorchester, New Brunswick ^[6]
• Big Potato Man, Maugerville

Ontario

• Big Apple, Cramahe, Ontario ^[7]
• Big Nickel, Sudbury, Ontario

Manitoba

• The World's Coke Can, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba ^[8]

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.

Alabama

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

California

• World's Largest Hammer, Eureka
• World's largest paper cup, Riverside ^{[ citation needed ]}
• World's Tallest Thermometer, Baker

Georgia

• Big Chicken, Marietta

Illinois

• Brooks Catsup Bottle water tower, Collinsville

• World's Largest Clogs, Casey ^[10]
• World's Largest Crochet Hook, Casey ^[10]
• World's Largest Golf Tee, Casey ^[10]
• World's Largest Knitting Needles, Casey ^[10]
• World's Largest Mailbox, Casey ^[10]
• World's Largest Pitchfork, Casey ^[10]
• World's Largest Rocking Chair, Casey ^[10]
• World's largest windchime, Casey ^[10]
• World's Largest Superman Statue, Metropolis, Illinois^{[ citation needed ]}

Indiana

• World’s Largest Ball of Paint, Alexandria, Indiana ^[11]

Kansas

• Biggest ball of twine, Cawker City

• World’s Largest Easel, Goodland, Kansas

Michigan

• Uniroyal Giant Tire, Allen Park ^[12]
• Grand Haven Musical Fountain, Grand Haven

55-foot (17 m) fiberglass statue of the Jolly Green Giant in Blue Earth, Minnesota

Minnesota

• Biggest ball of twine (made by one man), Darwin ^[13]
• Iron Man, Chisholm ^[14]
• Pelican Pete, Pelican Rapids ^[15]
• Nevis Tiger Muskie, Nevis ^[16]
• Soudan Underground Mine State Park, Soudan ^[17]

Missouri

• World's Largest Chess Piece, St. Louis ^[18]

• World's Largest Fork, Springfield ^[19]

• World's Largest Goose Sculpture, Sumner ^[20]

• World's Largest Roll of Toilet Paper, Branson ^[21]

• World's Largest Rooster Sculpture, Branson ^[22]

• World's Largest 8 Ball, Tipton ^[23]

New Jersey

Lucy the Elephant , Margate, New Jersey

• Union Watersphere, Union (contested)^{[ citation needed ]}
• Lucy the Elephant, Margate City ^[24]

New York

• Big Duck, ^[25] Flanders, New York

North Dakota

• Enchanted Highway, a collection of "world's largest" scrap-metal sculptures of everyday objects ^[26]
• Salem Sue, New Salem, North Dakota
• World's Largest Buffalo, Jamestown ^[27]

Ohio

World's largest basket, Newark, Ohio

Rhode Island

• Big Blue Bug, Providence ^{[28] [ unreliable source? ]}

Washington

• Hat 'n' Boots, Seattle ^{[ citation needed ]}

West Virginia

• Chester teapot, Chester ^[29]

Wisconsin

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

• Tallest Grandfather Clock, Kewaunee, Wisconsin ^{[ citation needed ]}

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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