WORLD'S LARGEST ATTRACTIONS IN EACH STATE
Roadside attractions are a big deal in the United States, and this has led to many artists and builders creating GIANT versions of things. As a result, there are now hundreds of 'world's largest' attractions in the country. Visiting these attractions is great fun, and you can find them in all 50 U.S. states.
Take note that some of these attractions are no longer considered the world's largest (they might be the 2nd or 3rd largest at this point), but that doesn't subtract from the fun of visiting. If you are interested in directions to any of these, visit the roadsideamerica.com website.
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WORLD'S LARGEST ATTRACTIONS IN EACH U.S. STATE
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Here is a list of many of the world's largest attractions in each U.S. state. If I have missed any of the world's largest attractions or if any of these disappear or are destroyed, please email me so that I can update this page.
ALABAMA
✮ World's Largest Brick Made of Bricks (Montgomery)
✮ World's Largest Hog (Dothan)
✮ World's Largest Motorcycle Museum (Birmingham)
✮ World's Largest Office Chair (Birmingham)
✮ World's Largest Purple Octopus (Gulf Shores)
ALASKA
✮ World's Largest Gold Nugget (Ketchikan) - this is just a boulder that is painted gold
✮ World's Largest Gold Pan (Nome)
ARIZONA
✮ World's Largest Belt Buckle (Quartzsite)
✮ World's Largest Desert Tortoise (Bullhead City)
✮ World's Largest Kachina Doll (Carefree)
✮ World's Largest Kokopelli (Camp Verde)
✮ World's Largest Longhorn Skull (Amado)
✮ World's Largest Map of Route 66 (Holbrook)
✮ World's Largest Petrified Tree (Holbrook)
ARKANSAS
✮ World's Largest BB Gun (Rogers)
CALIFORNIA
✮ World's Largest Box of Raisins (Kingsburg)
✮ World's Largest Lemon (Lemon Grove)
✮ World's Largest Olive (Lindsay)
✮ World's Largest Paper Cup (Riverside)
✮ World's Largest Power Outlet (Petaluma)
✮ World's Largest Totem Pole (McKinleyville)
✮ World's Largest Yo-Yo (Chico)
✮ World's Tallest Thermometer (Baker)
COLORADO
✮ World's Largest Beetle / Herkimer (Colorado Springs)
CONNECTICUT
✮ World's Largest Bronze Gorilla (Greenwich)
✮ World's Tallest Uncle Sam (Danbury)
DELAWARE
✮ World's Largest Frying Pan (Georgetown)
FLORIDA
✮ World's Largest Chicken Wing (Madeira Beach)
✮ World's Largest Indoor Obstacle Park (Lake Mary)
✮ World's Largest McDonald's (Orlando)
✮ World's Largest Mosquito (Lehigh Acres)
✮ World's Largest Queen Angel Fish (Marathon)
GEORGIA
✮ World's Largest Amish Chair (Blairsville)
✮ World's Largest Most Fearsome Bird (Atlanta)
✮ World's Largest Peanut (Ashburn)
✮ World's Largest Safety Sawhorse (Tucker)
HAWAII
✮ World's Largest Hedge Maze (Wahiawa, Oahu)
IDAHO
✮ World's Largest Beagle (Cottonwood)
ILLINOIS
✮ World's Largest Catsup Bottle (Collinsville)
✮ World's Largest Gavel (Marshall)
✮ World's Largest Golf Tee (Casey)
✮ World's Largest Key (Casey)
✮ World's Largest Knitting Needles (Casey)
✮ World's Largest Laundromat (Berwyn)
✮ World's Largest Mailbox (Casey)
✮ World's Largest Pitchfork (Casey)
✮ World's Largest Rocking Chair Casey)
✮ World's Largest Square Knot (Hudson)
✮ World's Largest Superman Statue (Metropolis)
✮ World's Largest Teeter Toter (Casey)
✮ World's Largest Twizzle Spoon (Casey)
✮ World's Largest Wind Chime (Casey)
✮ World's Largest Wooden Shoes (Casey)
As you can see above, the town of Casey, Illinois is a major destination for roadside attractions and world's largest items.
INDIANA
✮ World's Largest Ball of Paint (Alexandria)
✮ World's Largest Candle (Centerville)
✮ World's Largest Egg (Mentone)
✮ World's Largest Steer / Old Ben (Kokomo)
✮ World's Largest Toilet (Columbus)
IOWA
✮ World's Largest Bull (Audubon)
✮ World's Largest Bullhead (Crystal Lake)
✮ World's Largest Concrete Gnome (Ames)
✮ World's Largest Indian Maiden (Pocahontas)
✮ World's Largest Popcorn Ball (Sac City)
✮ World's Largest Strawberry (Strawberry Point)
✮ World's Largest Truckstop (Walcott)
✮ World's Largest Watermelon Slice (Muscatine)
✮ World's Largest Wooden Nickel (Iowa City)
KANSAS
✮ World's Largest Ball of Twine (Cawker City)
✮ World's Largest Baseball (Muscotah)
✮ World's Largest Czech Egg (Wilson)
✮ World's Largest Easel (Goodland)
✮ World's Largest Hand-Dug Well (Greensburg)
✮ World's Largest Spur (Abilene)
KENTUCKY
✮ World's Largest Bat (Louisville)
✮ World's Largest Tack Pin (Elizabethtown)
LOUISIANA
✮ World's Largest Ronald Reagan Statue (Covington)
MAINE
✮ World's Largest Blueberry (Columbua Falls)
✮ World's Largest Chocolate Moose (Scarborough)
✮ World's Largest Rotating Globe (Yarmouth)
✮ World's Largest Telephone (Woodstock)
✮ World's Tallest Native American (Skowhegan)
MARYLAND
✮ World's Largest Crash Test Dummy (Glen Burnie)
✮ World's Largest Engagement Ring (Timonium)
MASSACHUSETTS
✮ World's Largest Van De Graff Generator (Boston)
MICHIGAN
✮ World's Largest Bronze Wildlife Sculpture (Dundee)
✮ World's Largest Brown Trout (Baldwin)
✮ World's Largest Cherry Pie Pan (Traverse City)
✮ World's Largest Cherry Pie Tin (Charlevoix)
✮ World's Largest Christmas Store (Frankenmuth)
✮ World's Largest Crucifix (Indian River)
✮ World's Largest Front Porch (Mackinac Island)
✮ World's Largest Running Chainsaw (Ishpeming)
✮ World's Largest Steering Wheel (Onaway)
✮ World's Largest Tire (Allen Park)
✮ World's Largest Weather Vane (Montague)
✮ World's Tallest Uncle Sam (Ottawa Lake)
MINNESOTA
✮ World's Largest Ball of Twine (Darwin)
✮ World's Largest Booming Prairie Chicken (Rothsay)
✮ World's Largest Crow (Belgrade)
✮ World's Largest Dilly Bar (Moorhead)
✮ World's Largest Hockey Stick (Eveleth)
✮ World's Largest Mustache (Chaska)
✮ World's Largest Northern Pike (Erskine)
✮ World's Largest Otter (Fergus Falls)
✮ World's Largest Paul Bunyan Statue (Akeley)
✮ World's Largest Peace Pipe (Pipestone)
✮ World's Largest Pelican (Pelican Rapids)
✮ World's Largest Raspberry (Hopkins)
✮ World's Largest Stucco Snowman (North St. Paul)
✮ World's Largest Sugar Beet (Halstad)
✮ World's Largest Tiger Muskie (Nevis)
✮ World's Largest Turkey (Frazee)
✮ World's Largest Walleye (Rush City)
MISSISSIPPI
✮ World's Largest Rocking Chair (Gulfport)
MISSOURI
✮ World's Largest Banjo (Branson)
✮ World's Largest Belt Buckle (St. Robert / Uranus)
✮ World's Largest Chess Piece (St. Louis)
✮ World's Largest Fork by Mass (Springfield)
✮ World's Largest Fountain Cup (Cape Girardeau)
✮ World's Largest Goose (Sumner)
✮ World's Largest Pecan (Brunswick)
✮ World's Largest Rocker (Cuba)
✮ World's Largest Roll of Toilet Paper (Branson) - this is located inside of the Ripley's Believe It or Not! attraction
✮ World's Largest Shuttlecock (Kansas City)
✮ World's Largest Spool of Thread (Hamilton)
✮ World's Largest Toy Museum (Branson)
MONTANA
✮ World's Largest Purple Spoon (East Glacier Park)
NEBRASKA
✮ World's Largest Ball of Stamps (Boys Town)
✮ World's Largest Covered Porch Swing (Hebron)
✮ World's Largest Covered Wagon (Milford)
✮ World's Largest Pair of Overalls (Grand Island)
NEVADA
✮ World's Largest Firecracker (Amargosa Valley)
✮ World's Largest Gift Shop (Las Vegas)
NEW HAMPSHIRE
✮ World's Longest Candy Counter (Littleton)
NEW JERSEY
✮ World's Largest Elephant (Margate City)
✮ World's Largest Transistor (Holmdel)
NEW MEXICO
✮ World's Largest Chile Pepper (Las Cruces)
✮ World's Largest Firecracker (Chaparral)
✮ World's Largest Pistachio (Alamagordo)
✮ World's Largest Rattlesnake Rattle (Rodeo)
✮ World's Largest Roadrunner (Las Cruces)
NEW YORK
✮ World's Largest Garden Gnome (Kerhonkson) - this is no longer the world's largest
✮ World's Largest Pancake Griddle (Penn Yan)
NORTH CAROLINA
✮ World's Largest Chest of Drawers (High Point)
✮ World's Largest Frying Pan (Wallace)
✮ World's Largest House / Biltmore (Asheville)
✮ World's Largest Operational Frying Pan (Rose Hill)
✮ World's Largest Real Tire (Bladenboro)
✮ World's Largest Ten Commandments (Murphy)
NORTH DAKOTA
✮ World's Largest Buffalo (Jamestown)
✮ World's Largest Catfish (Wahpeton)
✮ World's Largest Holstein Cow (New Salem)
✮ World's Largest Sandhill Crane / Sandy (Steele)
✮ World's Largest Turtle (Dunseith)
OHIO
✮ World's Largest Apple Basket (Frazeysburg)
✮ World's Largest Basket (Newark)
✮ World's Largest Bobblehead (Bellville)
✮ World's Largest Cuckoo Clock (Sugarcreek)
✮ World's Largest Drumsticks (Warren)
✮ World's Largest Earth Moving Machine / Big Muskie's Bucket (McConnelsville)
✮ World's Largest Gavel (Columbus)
✮ World's Largest Horseshoe Crab (Hillsboro)
✮ World's Largest Ping Pong Paddle (Columbus)
✮ World's Largest Rubber Stamp (Cleveland)
✮ World's Largest Washboard (Logan)
OKLAHOMA
✮ World's Largest Gas Pump (Sapulpa)
✮ World's Largest Leg Lamp (Chickasha)
✮ World's Largest Peanut (Durant)
✮ World's Largest Pop Bottle (Arcadia)
✮ World's Largest Praying Hands (Tulsas)
OREGON
✮ World's Tallest Barber Pole (Forest Grove)
✮ World's Tallest Fork (Fairview)
PENNSYLVANIA
✮ World's Largest General Store (Lehighton)
✮ World's Largest Pizza Cutter (Erie)
✮ World's Largest Shoe House (Hallam)
RHODE ISLAND
✮ World's Largest Bug (Providence)
SOUTH CAROLINA
✮ World's Largest Boiled Peanut (Hardeeville)
✮ World's Largest Crab (Myrtle Beach)
✮ World's Largest Sweet Tea (Summerville)
SOUTH DAKOTA
✮ World's Largest Pheasant (Huron)
✮ World's Largest Prairie Dog (Philip)
✮ World's Largest Quarter Pounder (Rapid City)
✮ World's Largest Smokey Bear (Hill City)
✮ World's Largest Wooden Bigfoot (Keystone)
TENNESSEE
✮ World's Largest Cast Iron Skillet (South Pittsburg)
✮ World's Largest Rubik's Cube (Knoxville)
TEXAS
✮ World's Largest Bowie Knife (Bowie)
✮ World's Largest Cowby Boots (San Antonio)
✮ World's Largest Shovel (Creedmoor)
✮ World's Largest Spur (Lampasas)
✮ World’s Largest Working Fire Hydrant (Beaumont)
UTAH
✮ World's Largest Fishing Fly (Dutch John)
✮ World's Largest Watermelon (Green River) - this is no longer the world's largest
VERMONT
✮ World's Tallest File Cabinet (Burlington)
VIRGINIA
✮ World's Largest Apple (Winchester)
WASHINGTON
✮ World's Largest Chopsticks (Long Beach)
✮ World's Largest Egg (Winlock)
✮ World's Largest Oyster (South Bend)
✮ World's Largest Sitka Spruce (Quinault)
WEST VIRGINIA
✮ World's Largest Teapot (Chester)
WISCONSIN
✮ World's Largest Badger (Birnamwood)
✮ World's Largest Barber Pole (Elkhart Lake)
✮ World's Largest Corkscrew (Hurley)
✮ World's Largest Hex Nut (Green Bay)
✮ World's Largest 'M' Symbol/Character (Platteville)
✮ World's Largest Native American Statue / Hiawatha (Ironwood)
✮ World's Largest Penny (Woodruff)
✮ World's Largest Potato Masher (Plover)
✮ World's Largest Round Barn (Marshfield)
✮ World's Largest Six-Pack (La Crosse)
✮ World's Largest Soup Kettle (Laona)
WYOMING
✮ World's Largest Elkhorn Arch (Afton)
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