Hey Dad,
I just a got a little carried away in compiling this list of big stuff. I started with a list on Wikipedia…but expanded it from there. Got a big thing that I didn’t mention? Put it in the comments below.
Now load up the car and take the ‘fam’ to see one of them.
You ‘da dad,
Alabama
- World’s Largest Office Chair, 625 Noble St, Anniston, Alabama 36201, USA
- World’s Largest Hog, Dothan, Alabama, USA
- World’s Largest Boll Weevil, Enterprise, Alabama, USA
- World’s Largest Brick, Montgomery, Alabama, USA
- World’s Largest Catfish, Troy, Alabama, USA
- World’s Largest Soda Bottle (Destroyed), The Bottle, Alabama, USA
Alaska
- World’s Largest Santa Claus, North Pole, Alaska, USA
- World’s Largest Chocolate Waterfall, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Arizona
- World’s Largest Cow Skull, Amado, Arizona, USA
- World’s Largest Kokopelli, Camp Verde, Arizona, USA
- World’s Largest Kachina, Carefree, Arizona, USA
- World’s Largest Map of Old Route 66, Meteor City, Arizona, USA
- World’s Largest Petrified Tree, Holbrook, Arizona, USA
Arkansas
- World’s Largest Spinach Can, Alma, Arkansas, USA
- World’s Largest King Kong, Beaver, Arkansas, USA
- World’s Largest Razorback, Berryville, Arkansas, USA
- World’s Largest Charcoal Grill, Magnolia, Arkansas, USA
- World’s Largest Raven, Ravenden, Arkansas, USA
California
- World’s Largest Thermometer, Baker, California, USA
- World’s Largest Dinosaurs, Cabazon, California, USA
- World’s Largest Artichoke, Castroville, California, USA
- World’s Largest Yoyo, Chico, California, USA
- World’s Largest Hammer Eureka, California, USA
- World’s Largest Hamster Wheel, Point Loma, California, USA
- World’s Largest Monk, Hillsborough, California, USA
- World’s Largest Tortoise, Joshua Tree, California, USA
- World’s Largest Raisin Box, Kingsburg, California, USA
- World’s Largest Swedish Coffeepot, Kingsburg, California, USA
- World’s Largest Paul Bunyan & Babe Blue Ox, Klamath, California, USA
- World’s Largest Paper Cup, Riverside, California, USA
- World’s Largest Blooming Vine, Sierra Madre, California, USA
- World’s Largest Donut, Inglewood, California, USA
Colorado
- World’s Largest Fork, Creede, Colorado, USA[3]
Florida
- World’s 2nd Largest McDonald’s, Orlando, Florida, USA
- World’s Largest’s Bowling Pin, Tampa, Florida, USA
- World’s Largest Cross, Orlando, Florida, USA – 199 ft
Georgia
- World’s Largest Chicken, Marietta, Georgia, USA
- World’s Largest Peanut, Ashburn, Georgia, USA
Illinois
- World’s Largest Ketchup Bottle, Collinsville, Illinois, USA
- World’s Largest Abraham Lincoln Statue, Charleston, Illinois, USA
- World’s Largest Laundromat, Berwyn, Illinois, USA
- World’s Largest Wind Chime, Casey, Illinois, USA
- World’s Largest Golf Tee, Casey, Illinois, USA
- World’s Largest Knitting Needles, Casey, Illinois, USA
- World’s Largest Crochet Hook, Casey, Illinois, USA
- World’s Largest Rocking Chair, Casey, Illinois, USA
- World’s Largest Mailbox, Casey, Illinois, USA
- World’s Largest Pitch Fork, Casey, Illinois, USA
- World’s Largest Bean, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Indiana
- World’s Largest Egg Mentone, Indiana USA
- World’s Largest Ball of Paint Alexandria, Indiana USA
- World’s Largest Sycamore Stump Kokomo, Indiana USA
- World’s Largest Preserved Steer (“Old Ben”) Kokomo, Indiana USA
- World’s Largest Clock, Clarksville, Indiana USA
Iowa
- World’s Largest Bull, Audubon
- Iowa’s Largest Frying Pan, Brandon
- Worlds Largest popcorn ball, Sac City
- World’s Largest Concrete Gnome, Reiman Gardens, Ames
- World’s Largest Truck Stop, Walcott
- World’s Largest Bullhead, Crystal Lake
- World’s Largest Strawberry, Strawberry Point, Iowa
- World’s Largest Wooden Nickel, Iowa City, Iowa
Kansas
- World’s Largest Ball of Twine, Cawker City, Kansas, USA
- World’s Largest Collection of World’s Smallest Versions of World’s Largest…, Lucas, Kansas[4]
- World’s Largest Easel, Goodland, Kansas
- World’s Largest “Gas Kan” Water Tower, Gas, Kansas
- World’s Largest Hairball, Garden City, Kansas
- World’s Largest Hand Dug Well, Greensburg, Kansas
- World’s Largest Spur, Abilene, Kansas
- World’s Largest Prairie Dog Oakley, Kansas
Kentucky
- World’s Largest Baseball Bat, Louisville
- World’s Largest Rag Rug, Cave City
Louisiana
- World’s Largest Cross, Louisiana, USA – 199 ft
Maine
- World’s Largest Revolving and Rotating Globe, Yarmouth, Maine, USA
Maryland
- World’s Largest Pencil, Glen Burnie, Maryland, USA (the pencil in the City Museum, St. Louis, MO is larger.)
Massachusetts
- World’s Largest Clam Box, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Michigan
- World’s largest model tire, Allen Park, Michigan, US
- World’s Largest Cherry Pie,Traverse City, Michigan, US
- Former World’s Largest Cherry Pie, Charleviox, Michigan
- World’s Largest Picnic Table, Olive, Michigan
- World’s Largest Musical Fountain, Grand Haven, Michigan
- World’s Largest Working Rifle, Ishpeming, Michigan
- World’s Largest Running Chain Saw, Ishpeming, Michigan
- World’s Largest Weathervane, Montague, Michigan
- World’s Largest Crucifix, Indian River, Michigan[
- World’s Largest Lugnut, Lansing, Michigan
- World’s Largest Indian, Ironwood, Michigan
Minnesota
- World’s Largest Snowman, North St. Paul, Minnesota
- World’s Largest Fish, Rockville, Minnesota
- World’s Largest Prairie Chicken, Rothsay, Minnesota
- World’s Largest Pelican, Pelican Rapids, Minnesota
- World’s Largest Turkey, Frazee, Minnesota
- World’s Largest Loon, Vergas, Minnesota
- World’s Largest Tiger Muskie, Nevis, Minnesota
- World’s Largest Walleye, Baudette
- World’s Largest Jolly Green Giant, Blue Earth, Minnesota
- World’s Largest Boot, Red Wing, Minnesota
- World’s Largest Ball of Twine (by one man), Darwin, Minnesota
Missouri
- World’s Largest Hotdog Cart, Washington, Missouri, USA
- World’s Largest Goose, Sumner, Missouri, USA
- World’s Largest Pecan, Brunswick, Missouri, USA
- World’s Largest Rocking Chair, Fanning, Missouri, USA
- World’s Largest Underground Business Complex, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
- World’s Largest Chess Piece, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- World’s Largest Underwear, St. Louis, Missouri, USA (Inside St. Louis City Museum)
- World’s Largest Pencil, St. Louis, Missouri, USA (Inside St. Louis City Museum)
- Worlds Largest (Longest) Water Bar, Excelsior Springs, Missouri, USA
Montana
- Worlds Largest Penquin, Cut Bank, Montana, USA
- Worlds Largest Taxidermied Steer, Baker, Montana, USA
- Worlds Largest Larch Tree, Seely Lake, Montana, USA
- Worlds Largest Freestanding Masonry Structure (Anaconda Chimney) Anaconda, Montana, USA
- Worlds Largest Load Bearing Brick Building (Crown Plaza Hotel) Billings, Montana, USA
- Worlds Largest Statue of the 15th Governor of Montana, Donald Nutter (Veterans Memorial Park), Sidney, Montana, USA
- Worlds Largest Wooden Dome, (Brick Breeden Fieldhouse), Bozeman, Montana, USA
- Worlds Largest Statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary (not including base), Butte, Montana, USA
- Worlds Largest Man Made Body of Toxic Water (Berkeley Pit) Butte, Montana, USA
- Worlds Largest Sugar Beet Sculpture, Fairview, Montana, USA
- Worlds Largest Statue of Shep the Dog, Fort Benton, Montana, USA
- Worlds Largest Snowflake Measuring 15″ Wide in 1887, Fort Keogh, Montana (No Longer Available for Public Viewing)
- Worlds Largest Tractor Manufactured, Big Bud 747, Havre, Montana
- Worlds Largest Beaver Dam, Three Forks, Montana
- Worlds Largest Purple Spoon Sculpture, East Glacier, Montana
Nebraska
- World’s Largest Porch Swing, Hebron, Nebraska, USA
- World’s Largest Railroad Yard Bailey Yard, North Platte, Nebraska, USA
- Nebraska’s Largest Carrot, West Point, NE. USA 11.3 lbs 16in. long. Owner. Deb Miserez
New Mexico
- World’s Largest Pistachio, Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA
New Jersey
- World’s Largest Water Tower, Union, NJ, USA
- World’s Largest Elephant, Margate, NJ USA
New York
- World’s Largest Kaleidoscope, Mount Tremper, New York, USA
- World’s Largest Pancake Griddle, Penn Yan, New York, USA
North Carolina
- World’s Largest Bureaus, High Point, NC, USA
- World’s Largest Duncan Phyfe Chair Thomasville, NC, USA
- World’s Largest Ten Commandments, Murphy, NC, USA
- World’s Largest Frying Pan, Rose Hill, NC, USA
- World’s Largest Strawberry, Ellerbe, NC, USA[22]
- World’s Largest Tobacco Worm, Wendell, NC, USA
North Dakota[edit]
- World’s Largest Holstein Cow, New Salem, ND, USA
- World’s Largest Buffalo, Jamestown, ND, USA
- World’s Largest Scrap Tin Sculptures, Enchanted Highway, Gladstone, ND, USA
- World’s Largest Wooden Baseball Bat, Fargo, ND, USA
Ohio
- Longaberger headquarters (basket-shaped building), Newark, Ohio
- World’s Largest Apple Basket, Frazeysburg, Ohio
- World’s Largest Cheese Wheel, Berlin, Ohio
- World’s Largest Rubber Ink Stamp, Cleveland, Ohio
- World’s Largest Outdoor Chandelier, Cleveland, Ohio
- World’s Largest Pumpkin, Circleville, Ohio
- World’s Largest Pumpkin Pie, New Bremen, Ohio
- World’s Largest Radio, Columbus, Ohio
- World’s Largest Corn Field, Dublin, Ohio
- World’s Largest Crystal Ball, Westerville, Ohio
- World’s Largest Loaf of Bread, Urbana, Ohio
- World’s Largest Cuckoo Clock, Sugarcreek, Ohio[23]
- World’s Largest Horseshoe Crab Blanchester, Ohio
- World’s Largest Gavel, Columbus, Ohio
- World’s Largest Bear trap (Galloway, Ohio)
Oklahoma
- World’s Largest Driller Statue, Tulsa
- World’s Largest McDonald’s, Vinita
- World’s Largest Route 66 Sign, Elk City
Oregon
- World’s Largest Caveman, Grants Pass[24]
- World’s Largest Corn Dog, Rockaway Beach Oregon –30-foot Pronto Pup
Pennsylvania
- World’s Largest Yogi Bear, Cook Forest, Pennsylvania, USA
- World’s Largest Shoe, Hellam, Pennsylvania, USA
- World’s Largest Clothespin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- World’s Largest Split Button, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- World’s Largest Paint Can, Interstate 81 between Chambersburg and Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, USA
- World’s Largest Blue Crayon, Easton, Pennsylvania, USA
Rhode Island
- World’s largest bug, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
South Carolina
- World’s Largest Peach, Gaffney, South Carolina, USA
- World’s Largest Fire Hydrant, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
South Dakota
- World’s Largest Drug Store – Wall Drug, Wall
- World’s Largest Petrified Wood Park – Lemmon, South Dakota
- World’s Largest Prairie Dog – Badlands National Park, The Ranch Store Phillip, South Dakota
Texas
- World’s Largest Caterpillar, Italy
- World’s Largest Fire Hydrant (Former), Beaumont
- World’s Largest Jackrabbit, Odessa
- World’s Largest Muleshoe, Muleshoe
- World’s Largest Pecan, Seguin
- World’s Largest Rattlesnake, Freer
- World’s Largest Roadrunner, Fort Stockton
- World’s Largest Watermelon, Luling
- World’s Largest Patio Chair, Dallas
- World’s Largest Peanut, Pearsall, Texas
- World’s Largest Strawberry, Poteet, Texas
Utah
- World’s Largest Fishing Fly (non functional)
Hugo’s, Bealeton, Virginia – World’s Largest roadside rollerskate
Virginia
- World’s Largest Office Building – The Pentagon, Arlington
- World’s Largest Chair – Grove Park Mission, Bassett
- World’s Largest Star, Roanoke
- World’s Largest Ham, Smithfield
- World’s Largest Gorilla, Virginia Beach
- World’s Largest Sea Serpent, Virginia Beach
- World’s Largest Rollerskate, Bealeton
- World’s Largest Apple, Winchester
Washington
- World’s Largest Clam – Squirting, Long Beach
- World’s Largest Lava Lamp (proposed), Soap Lake
- World’s Largest Paper Airplane, Mukilteo
- World’s Largest Cowboy Hat & Boots, Seattle
- World’s Largest Milk Bottle (maybe), Spokane
- World’s Largest Wagon, Spokane
- World’s Largest Egg (former), Winlock
West Virginia
- World’s Largest Teapot, Chester
The World’s Largest Musky, at the National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame; Hayward, WI.
Wisconsin
- World’s Largest Musky, Hayward, Wisconsin, USA
- World’s Largest Man on a Bike, Sparta, Wisconsin, USA
- World’s Largest Penny, Woodruff, Wisconsin, USA
- World’s Largest Six-Pack of Beer, La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
- World’s Largest Soup Kettle, Laona, Wisconsin, USA
- World’s Tallest Grandfather Clock, Kewaunee, Wisconsin, USA
Wyoming
- Worlds Largest Jackalope, Douglas, Wyoming, USA