Everyone Likes the World’s Biggest…
Hey Dad,
Got the world’s biggest mailbox near where you live? I’d like to know where it is, but I need your help. Let’s make a list of ‘the World’s Biggest…things’ a dad and his family would like to see (a link would be helpful but not necessary).
I’ll start:
World’s Biggest ball of paint – Alexandria, IN
World’s Biggest bottle of Ketchup – Collinsville, IL (near St. Louis)
World’s Biggest Jolly Green Giant – Blue Earth, MN
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Todd,
Tampa FL has a bowling ally in its downtown area called Channelside (Restaurants, the Aquarium, Cruise Ports, Hockey Arena) that has the worlds largest “Bowling Pin”. This link (http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/15349) takes you to Roadside America websites that talks about it. Also you can visit the Splitsville website (http://www.splitsvillelanes.com) to learn more about the location in Tampa FL.
Hope this helps
Mike “at McDonald’s”
in Tampa FL
Now that’s what I’m talking about! I may have to stop there on the Big Loop!
Hi Todd,
Anchorage, Alaska has the world’s largest halibut stuffed and in a case in the lobby at their airport. It was an impressive 9′ 5″ long and weighed in at 459 lbs!
Update – I need to let them know that some kid from Germany just smashed the record with a 515 lb beast near Norway!! Oh Well
Being real,
Scot
The claim is World’s Largest Cedar Rocking Chair. Morgan Mill, TX (just a few miles west of out yonder)
http://www.txhcountry.com/rocker/ 25 ft. 10.5 inches tall, 12 ft. 7.375 wide, and weighs 5,672 pounds!
Giant Dad Cool!
In Dublin, OH, we have the largest field of corn made from cement. At first, everyone thought it was weird but we have come to admire, even embrace it. (http://www.weirdus.com/states/ohio/roadside_oddities/corncobs_of_concrete/index.php)
Looking for some butter,
Steve
How about the worlds biggest mobile home trailer . (aka the Clinton Presidential Library).
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=clinton+presidential+library+photo&qpvt=clinton+presidential+library+photo&FORM=IGRE#view=detail&id=B717F2BFE25CD36EFE64A0D1B47F6A8C5F50463A&selectedIndex=169
http://www.clintonlibrary.gov/
It doesn’t look so very “presidential”…..
The World’s Largest Teapot, Chester WV
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/11259
World’s largest termite can be seen by driving up I-95 through Providence, Rhode Island. If you come in December, you’ll even see it dressed up as Rudolph.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Blue_Bug
The World’s Largest Cross
Effingham Illinois
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/10913
Salem Sue, World’s Largest Holstein Cow
New Salem, North Dakota
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2716
We have five daughters (just like Tevye from Fiddler on the Roof) and they have all been showing Holstein calves since they were three years old.
Old Salem Sue was kind of fun.
Todd,
Rochester MN is the home of the world’s largest corn cob water tower. It is located at the Seneca Foods canning factory. The ear of corn is 151 feet tall and has stood over the cannery since 1931. The water tower can hold 50,000 gallons of water and represents a true ear of corn as to the number or rows of kernels.
Picture here:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACornWaterTower.JPG
http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnson7/355498135/
Cheers,
Jeff R…
World’s Largest Wind Chime
Casey, Illinois
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/34165
Also in Casey Illinois is the World’s Largest Golf Tee
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/38357
Two for one!!!
Also in Casey is the World’s Largest Knitting Needles and Crochet Hook. And, just up the road from Casey is also the World’s Largest Horseshoe in Martinsville (literally the next exit away from Casey), and my understanding is that they are currently working on a rocking chair to best the one in Missouri.
Stopped and got to see all of them about two weeks ago on our drive from OH to AZ with (4) kids 7 and under in the back of the minivan. Good times.
In Iowa, we visited the worlds largest Truck Stop and also the worlds largest Wooden Buffalo Nickel.
We love this stuff!!
Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox in Klamath Falls, California http://www.klamathchamber.com/home.cfm?dir_cat=38160
The world’s largest globe, Eartha, is in Yarmouth, Maine at the DeLorme map store. After driving by it for 14 years, we finally stopped this summer. It is AMAZING!
My dad helped build the world’s largest standard weather vane in Montague, MI.
I’ve seen it from the road…you’ve convinced me to stop next time.
The world’s largest ball of twine created by a town is in Cawker City, KS, which is about 3 1/2 hrs NW of Kansas City (sort of near Kansas State Univ). Every year the town holds a festival and adds on to it, so if you time it right, wow! Excitement for young and old!
Here in Columbia, SC we have the world’s largest fire hydrant. It’s actually a work of art called “Busted Plug Plaza” –
http://www.columbiacvb.com/listings/Busted-Plug-Plaza-by-Blue-Sky/15343/ and
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/4453
The property it sits on has been sold so it will probably be moved.
http://www.thestate.com/2012/12/06/2545508/columbias-busted-plug-sculpture.html
We have the world’s largest tea pot just a across the Ohio river in Chester, WV.
Worlds largest Rocking Chair outside of Cuba Mo. at the Fanning Outpost on old Route 66.
We loved the Big Texan and our parents would take us there on the way to visit the grandparents in Dallas. Hope ou like it!
Joe
http://bigtexan.com/
… and now for some Canadian road-trip destinations…
World’s Biggest Nickle – Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
World’s Biggest Goose – Wawa, Ontario, Canada
World’s Biggest Apple – Colborne, Ontario, Canada
World’s Biggest Easter Egg – Vegreville, Alberta, Canada
Bill, Canada has some good stuff…biggest hockey puck?
World’s largest hockey stick (with a puck) is in Eveleth, MN-just in case you happen to be driving through the Iron Range area of Minnesota north of Duluth. Being 107 ft long and 3 tons, that is a lot of momentum to get a hockey puck cruising across the ice but I think Paul Bunyan could handle it just fine.
World’s Largest Ball of Sisal Twine Built by a SINGLE PERSON!
Darwin, Minnesota, is the home of a ball of baler twine rolled by Francis A. Johnson. It is 12 feet (3.7 m) in diameter and weighs 17,400 pounds (7,900 kg). Johnson began rolling the twine in March 1950, and wrapped four hours every day for 29 years. It is currently housed in a specially made gazebo across from the town park on Main Street (45.096332°N 94.410276°W), and the town celebrates “Twine Ball Day” on the second Saturday in August every year. An adjacent volunteer-run, free to visit museum and gift shop has information on the history of the ball, as well as selling a variety of souvenirs.[1][2][3][4]
Giant Longaberger Basket
http://www.longaberger.com/homestead.aspx
and in my neck of the woods we have the extra Large Long Island duck in Flanders, NY
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2173
Those are the two I immediately thought of.
Catoosa Oklahoma has the big blue whale on old route 66. I believe you said you all were going to go by and see it when you spoke in Sapulpa, Oklahoma in April! (I’m Sterling Slaven’s wife, the dad you always tell him his name is cool! 🙂
I saw it…and it is a whale…and your name is cool.
Here is the Detroit area, we have the world’s largest tire out on Interstate 94, just west of Detroit. It’s 80 feet tall, and made of real rubber!
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/8258
That’s amazing…why have I never seen this?!
I think there is a big egg in Mentone, not sure its the worlds largest but it is large.
Here in The Little Switzerland of Ohio (Sugarcreek, Ohio) we have the worlds largest cuckoo clock.
The World’s Biggest Bat (Louisville, KY): http://www.sluggermuseum.com/virtualtour/
The Longaberger Basket building in Newark, OH:
http://www.longaberger.com/homeOffice.aspx
The worlds largest mosquito in Komarno Manitoba: (Komarno means “mosquito infested” in Ukrainian)
http://rmofarmstrong.com/main.asp?fxoid=FXMenu,4&cat_ID=2&sub_ID=60&sub2_ID=55
The Worlds largest Coke Can in Portage la Prarie, Manitoba:
http://www.bigthings.ca/manitoba/portage.html
Largest Sturgeon, Dominion City, Manitoba: (statue is a replica of the actual fish that was caught, 15.5 feet, 406 lb)
http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMCZC0_Giant_Sturgeon_Dominion_City_MB
I do not see the Haines Shoe House on the list. http://www.shoehouse.us/ It is in Hellam, PA between York and Lancaster. Not sure if it is the largest shoe but it is big enough that it has 3 bedrooms.
I grew up in Roanoke, VA (The Star City). We would enjoy a visit to the world’s largest freestanding illuminated man-made star atop Mill Mountain (along with a cool zoo for the kids). It’s still great to see it lit up at night and the view of the valley is spectacular. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roanoke_Star)
Well, I see someone beat me to the punch on the world’s biggest wind chime, among the other world’s biggest in Casey, IL. But, although not necessarily a world’s biggest, you can travel to Gays, IL to check out a two story outhouse! Check out pictures here: http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2527
Wordl’s largest thermometer in Baker, CA on the way to Las Vegas for those of us in Southern California.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World's_tallest_thermometer
Josh
This probably isn’t the world’s biggest, but as I drove by it last month, it made me think of this post.
In Defiance, OH there is a car dealership that has 4,5,6 or so VW Beetles stacked up on the corner.
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=defiance+ohio+car&ll=41.282598,-84.324119&spn=0.000878,0.000945&fb=1&gl=us&hq=car&hnear=Defiance,+Ohio&t=h&fll=41.282704,-84.324015&fspn=0.000878,0.000945&z=20
Street view doesn’t show it though.
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