List of largest roadside attractions explained

This is a list of verifiably notable roadside attractions.

Asia

Thailand

• Great Buddha of Thailand

North America

Canada

See also: Giants of the Prairies.

Alberta

• World's Largest Dinosaur, Drumheller, Alberta^[1]
• Vegreville egg (Ukrainian Easter egg), Vegreville, Alberta^[2]
• 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

Alabama

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

California

• World's Largest Hammer, Eureka
• World's largest paper cup, Riverside
• World's Tallest Thermometer, Baker

Georgia

• Big Chicken, Marietta

Illinois

• Brooks Catsup Bottle water tower, Collinsville
• World's largest windchime, Casey^[10]

Kansas

• Biggest ball of twine, Cawker City

Michigan

• Uniroyal Giant Tire, Allen Park^[11]
• Grand Haven Musical Fountain, Grand Haven

Minnesota

• Biggest ball of twine (made by one man), Darwin^[12]
• Iron Man, Chisholm^[13]
• Pelican Pete, Pelican Rapids^[14]
• Nevis Tiger Muskie, Nevis^[15]
• Soudan Underground Mine State Park, Soudan^[16]

Missouri

• World's Largest Chess Piece, St. Louis^[17]

New Jersey

• Union Watersphere, Union (contested)
• Lucy the Elephant, Margate City^[18]

New York

• Big Duck,^[19] Flanders, New York

North Dakota

• Enchanted Highway, a collection of "world's largest" scrap-metal sculptures of everyday objects^[20]
• Salem Sue, New Salem, North Dakota
• World's Largest Buffalo, Jamestown^[21]

Rhode Island

• Big Blue Bug, Providence^[22]

Washington

• Hat 'n' Boots, Seattle

West Virginia

• Chester teapot, Chester^[23]

Wisconsin

• Tallest Grandfather Clock, Kewaunee, Wisconsin

Oceania

New Zealand

See 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

Notes and References

1. News: The world's largest roadside attractions. The Telegraph. 4 February 2016. www.telegraph.co.uk.
2. Web site: The Vegreville Pysanka.
3. Web site: Saamis Tepee, World's tallest tepee.
4. News: The world's largestNorth Cowichan roadside attractions. The Telegraph. 4 February 2016. www.telegraph.co.uk.
5. News: The world's largest roadside attractions. The Telegraph. 4 February 2016. www.telegraph.co.uk.
6. News: Fowler . Shane . Giant sandpiper made of steel, fibreglass, epoxy — and a dash of controversy . 22 April 2024 . . 22 March 2023.
7. Book: Culbert, Terry. County Roads: Around Ontario with Global Television's Terry Culbert. GeneralStore PublishingHouse. 1995. 17.
8. Web site: World's Largest Coca-Cola Can, Portage la Prairie. May 14, 2022.
9. Web site: World's Largest Office Chair. Roadside America. June 23, 2020.
10. Web site: Big Things in a Small Town. October 2016.
11. Web site: About the Uniroyal Giant Tire . Uniroyal Tires . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150630165713/http://www.uniroyaltires.com/assets/pdf/AboutUniroyalGiantTire.pdf . 30 June 2015 . dmy-all .
12. Web site: Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota . RoadsideAmerica.com. en. 7 July 2019.
13. Web site: Huge Iron Man Statue, Chisholm, Minnesota. RoadsideAmerica.com. en. 18 July 2019.
14. Web site: World's Largest Pelican, Pelican Rapids, Minnesota. RoadsideAmerica.com. en. 18 July 2019.
15. Web site: World's Largest Tiger Muskie, Nevis, Minnesota. RoadsideAmerica.com. en. 18 July 2019.
16. Web site: Deepest Place You Can Go in America, Soudan, Minnesota. www.roadsideamerica.com. en. 18 July 2019.
17. Web site: Largest chess piece . Guinness World Records website.
18. Web site: Lucy the Elephant. 7 February 2017. www.roadsideamerica.com. 7 February 2017.
19. Web site: The Big Duck . Roadside America . 15 September 2024.
20. Web site: Largest Scrap-Metal Sculpture . Guinness World Records . August 27, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130906081216/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-1/largest-scrap-metal-sculpture/ . September 6, 2013 . dead .
21. Web site: World's Largest Buffalo Monument.
22. Web site: Big Blue Bug – Pest Control in Providence. 9 March 2014.
23. Web site: Chester, WV - World's Largest Teapot - Page 2. 2020-11-13. RoadsideAmerica.com. en.