List of largest roadside attractions
 | The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (May 2009) |
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]
New Brunswick[edit]
- World's largest axe, Nackawic, New Brunswick[3]
- The World's Largest Lobster, Shediac, New Brunswick[4]
Ontario[edit]
Manitoba[edit]
United States[edit]
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[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[10]
- Iron Man, Chisholm[11]
- Pelican Pete, Pelican Rapids[12]
- Nevis Tiger Muskie, Nevis[13]
- Soudan Underground Mine State Park, Soudan[14]
New Jersey[edit]
Lucy the Elephant, Margate, NJ
- Union Watersphere, Union (contested)[citation needed]
- Lucy the Elephant, Margate City[15]
North Dakota[edit]
Ohio[edit]
Rhode Island[edit]
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".
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Chester, WV - World's Largest Teapot - Page 2". RoadsideAmerica.com. Retrieved 13 November 2020.