This is a list of verifiably notable roadside attractions.
Asia
Three-headed elephant of Erawan Museum, Thailand
Thailand
Europe
North America
Canada
Alberta
- World's Largest Dinosaur, Drumheller, Alberta[1]
- Vegreville egg (Ukrainian Easter egg), Vegreville, Alberta[2]
- Saamis Teepee, Medicine Hat, Alberta[3]
New Brunswick
Ontario
Manitoba
- The World's Coke Can, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba[7]
United States
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
California
Georgia
Illinois
Kansas
Michigan
55-foot (17 m) fiberglass statue of the Jolly Green Giant in Blue Earth, Minnesota
Minnesota
New Jersey
Lucy the Elephant, Margate, New Jersey
- Union Watersphere, Union (contested)
- Lucy the Elephant, Margate City[16]
North Dakota
Ohio
World's largest basket, Newark, Ohio
Rhode Island
South Dakota
- Enchanted Highway, a collection of "world's largest" scrap-metal sculptures of everyday objects[19]
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
The World's Largest Musky, at the National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame; Hayward, Wisconsin
Oceania
Australia
New Zealand
See also
- "Giants of the Prairies", a polka by the Kubasonics
- List of gravity hills
- Novelty architecture
References
- ↑ "The world's largest roadside attractions". The Telegraph. 4 February 2016 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ↑ "The Vegreville Pysanka".
- ↑ "Saamis Tepee, World's tallest tepee".
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Largest Scrap-Metal Sculpture". Guinness World Records. Archived from the original on 6 September 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
- ↑ "Chester, WV - World's Largest Teapot - Page 2". RoadsideAmerica.com. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
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