List of largest roadside attractions
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This is a list of verifiably notable roadside attractions.
Asia[edit]
Thailand[edit]
Europe[edit]
North America[edit]
Canada[edit]
Alberta[edit]
- World's Largest Dinosaur, Drumheller, Alberta[1]
- Vegreville egg (Ukrainian Easter egg), Vegreville, Alberta[2]
- Saamis Teepee, Medicine Hat, Alberta[3]
New Brunswick[edit]
- World's largest axe, Nackawic-Millville, New Brunswick[4]
- The World's Largest Lobster, Shediac, New Brunswick[5]
Ontario[edit]
Manitoba[edit]
United States[edit]
Alabama[edit]
California[edit]
- World's Largest Hammer, Eureka
- World's largest paper cup, Riverside[citation needed]
- World's Tallest Thermometer, Baker
Georgia[edit]
Illinois[edit]
Kansas[edit]
Michigan[edit]
Minnesota[edit]
- Biggest ball of twine (made by one man), Darwin[11]
- Iron Man, Chisholm[12]
- Pelican Pete, Pelican Rapids[13]
- Nevis Tiger Muskie, Nevis[14]
- Soudan Underground Mine State Park, Soudan[15]
New Jersey[edit]
- Union Watersphere, Union (contested)[citation needed]
- Lucy the Elephant, Margate City[16]
North Dakota[edit]
Ohio[edit]
Rhode Island[edit]
South Dakota[edit]
- Enchanted Highway, a collection of "world's largest" scrap-metal sculptures of everyday objects[19]
Washington[edit]
West Virginia[edit]
Wisconsin[edit]
Oceania[edit]
Australia[edit]
New Zealand[edit]
See also[edit]
- "Giants of the Prairies", a polka by the Kubasonics
- List of gravity hills
- Novelty architecture
References[edit]
- ^ "The world's largest roadside attractions". The Telegraph. 4 February 2016 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ "The Vegreville Pysanka".
- ^ "Saamis Tepee, World's tallest tepee".
- ^ "The world's largestNorth Cowichan roadside attractions". The Telegraph. 4 February 2016 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ "The world's largest roadside attractions". The Telegraph. 4 February 2016 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ Culbert, Terry (1995). County Roads: Around Ontario with Global Television's Terry Culbert. GeneralStore PublishingHouse. p. 17.
- ^ "World's Largest Coca-Cola Can, Portage la Prairie". Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ^ "World's Largest Office Chair". Roadside America. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ "Big Things in a Small Town". October 2016.
- ^ "About the Uniroyal Giant Tire" (PDF). Uniroyal Tires. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2015.
- ^ "Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota". RoadsideAmerica.com. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- ^ "Huge Iron Man Statue, Chisholm, Minnesota". RoadsideAmerica.com. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- ^ "World's Largest Pelican, Pelican Rapids, Minnesota". RoadsideAmerica.com. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- ^ "World's Largest Tiger Muskie, Nevis, Minnesota". RoadsideAmerica.com. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- ^ "Deepest Place You Can Go in America, Soudan, Minnesota". www.roadsideamerica.com. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- ^ "Lucy the Elephant". www.roadsideamerica.com. 7 February 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
- ^ "World's Largest Buffalo Monument".
- ^ "Big Blue Bug – Pest Control in Providence". Retrieved 9 March 2014.
- ^ "Largest Scrap-Metal Sculpture". Guinness World Records. Archived from the original on 6 September 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
- ^ "Chester, WV - World's Largest Teapot - Page 2". RoadsideAmerica.com. Retrieved 13 November 2020.