This is a list of verifiably notable roadside attractions.

Asia

Thailand

Great Buddha of Thailand The Big Buddha of Thailand, also known as The Great Buddha, The Big Buddha of Thailand, Phra Buddha Maha Nawamin, and Mahaminh Sakayamunee Visejchaicharn (; ) is a statue of the Buddha, located in Ang Thong Province of Thailand. It is the tall ...

Europe

Belgium

Atomium The Atomium ( , , ) is a landmark modernist building in Brussels, Belgium, originally constructed as the centrepiece of the 1958 Brussels World's Fair (Expo 58). Designed by the engineer André Waterkeyn and the architects André and Jean Pol ...

: a 165 billion times magnification of an iron crystal,

Brussels Brussels, officially the Brussels-Capital Region, (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) is a Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium#Regions, region of Belgium comprising #Municipalit ...

North America

Canada

Alberta

* World's Largest Dinosaur,

Drumheller Drumheller is a town on the Red Deer River in the badlands of east-central Alberta, Canada. It is located northeast of Calgary and south of Stettler. The Drumheller portion of the Red Deer River valley, often referred to as Dinosaur Vall ...

Alberta Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, t ...

Vegreville egg The Vegreville egg is a giant sculpture of a pysanka, a Ukrainian-style Easter egg. The work by Paul Maxym Sembaliuk is built of an intricate set of two-dimensional anodized aluminum tiles in the shape of congruent equilateral triangles and star- ...

(Ukrainian Easter egg,

Pysanky The tradition of egg decoration in Slavic cultures originated in pagan times,Kazimierz Moszyński – Kultura ludowa Słowian, Kraków 1929Anna Zadrożyńska – Powtarzać czas początku, Warsaw 1985, and was transformed by the process of r ...

Vegreville, Alberta Vegreville () is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is on Alberta Highway 16A, Highway 16A approximately east of Edmonton, Alberta's capital city. It was incorporated as a town in 1906, and that year also saw the founding of the ''Vegrevill ...

* World's Largest Perogy,

Glendon, Alberta Glendon is a village in northern Alberta, Canada that is north of St. Paul, Alberta, St. Paul. The community has the maiden name of an early postmaster's mother. In 1993, the town unveiled its roadside attraction, roadside tribute to the pierogi, ...

* Saamis Teepee,

Medicine Hat Medicine Hat is a city in Southern Alberta, southeast Alberta, Canada. It is located along the South Saskatchewan River. It is approximately east of Lethbridge and southeast of Calgary. This city and the adjacent Town of Redcliff, Alberta, R ...

, Alberta

New Brunswick

* World's largest axe,

Nackawic-Millville Nackawic-Millville is a rural community in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. It was formed through the 2023 New Brunswick local governance reforms. History Nackawic-Millville was incorporated on January 1, 2023 via the amalgamation of ...

New Brunswick New Brunswick is a Provinces and Territories of Canada, province of Canada, bordering Quebec to the north, Nova Scotia to the east, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to the northeast, the Bay of Fundy to the southeast, and the U.S. state of Maine to ...

The World's Largest Lobster ''The World's Largest Lobster'' () is a concrete and reinforced steel sculpture in Shediac, New Brunswick, Canada sculpted by Canadian artist Winston Bronnum. Despite being known by its name ''The World's Largest Lobster'', it is not actually the ...

Shediac Shediac (official in both languages; ''Shédiac'' is colloquial French) is a town in Westmorland County, New Brunswick known as the "Lobster Capital of the World". It hosts an annual festival every July which promotes its ties to lobster fish ...

, New Brunswick * Shep (Semipalmated sandpiper), Dorchester, New Brunswick * Big Potato Man,

Maugerville Maugerville ( ) is a New Brunswick unincorporated community located on the east bank of the Saint John River in Maugerville Parish, Sunbury County, in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The settlement is located on provincial Route 105, 16 ...

Ontario

Big Apple "The Big Apple" is a nickname for New York City. It was first popularized in the 1920s by John J. Fitz Gerald, a sportswriter for the '' New York Morning Telegraph''. Its popularity since the 1970s is due in part to a promotional campaign by t ...

, Cramahe,

Ontario Ontario is the southernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Located in Central Canada, Ontario is the Population of Canada by province and territory, country's most populous province. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it ...

* Big Nickel,

Sudbury Sudbury may refer to: Places Australia * Sudbury Reef, Queensland Canada * Greater Sudbury, Ontario ** Sudbury (federal electoral district) ** Sudbury (provincial electoral district) ** Sudbury Airport ** Sudbury Basin, a meteorite impact cra ...

, Ontario

Manitoba

The World's Coke Can ''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The ...

Portage la Prairie Portage la Prairie () is a small city in the Central Plains Region of Manitoba, Canada. In 2016, the population was 13,304 and the land area was . Portage la Prairie is approximately west of Winnipeg, along the Trans-Canada Highway (exactly ...

Manitoba Manitoba is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada at the Centre of Canada, longitudinal centre of the country. It is Canada's Population of Canada by province and territory, fifth-most populous province, with a population ...

United States

Alabama

World's Largest Office Chair The World's Largest Office Chair is a roadside attraction in Anniston, Alabama, Anniston, Alabama. Description The World's Largest Office Chair is tall, wide, and weighs . History Leonard "Sonny" Miller, the owner of Miller's Office Supply, s ...

, Anniston

California

* World's Largest Hammer,

Eureka Eureka often refers to: * Eureka (word), a famous exclamation attributed to Archimedes * Eureka effect, the sudden, unexpected realization of the solution to a problem Eureka or Ureka may also refer to: History * Eureka Rebellion, an 1854 g ...

* World's largest paper cup, Riverside * World's Tallest Thermometer,

Baker A baker is a tradesperson who baking, bakes and sometimes Sales, sells breads and other products made of flour by using an oven or other concentrated heat source. The place where a baker works is called a bakery. History Ancient histo ...

Georgia

* Big Chicken, Marietta

Illinois

* Brooks Catsup Bottle water tower, Collinsville * World's Largest Clogs, Casey * World's Largest Crochet Hook, Casey * World's Largest Golf Tee, Casey * World's Largest Knitting Needles, Casey * World's Largest Mailbox, Casey * World's Largest Pitchfork, Casey * World's Largest Rocking Chair, Casey *

World's largest windchime file:Windchimes, Casey, IL, US.jpg, The windchime in 2015 The world's largest windchime was made by Jim Bolin and is located at 109 East Main Street, Casey, Illinois. The windchime was entered into the Guinness World Records as the Largest Windchim ...

, Casey - World’s Largest Superman Statue: Metropolis, Illinois

Kansas

Biggest ball of twine There are multiple claims to the world's biggest ball of twine record, all within the United States. , the ball of twine with the largest circumference is located in Cawker City, Kansas, measured at in diameter and in height. Largest ball of s ...

, Cawker City * World’s Largest Easel,

Goodland, Kansas Goodland is a city in and the county seat of Sherman County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 4,465. It was named after Goodland, Indiana. Goodland is home to Northwest Kansas Technical College ...

Michigan

Uniroyal Giant Tire The Uniroyal Giant Tire was created by the United States Rubber Company for the 1964 New York World's Fair, where it functioned as a Ferris wheel. Since 1966 it has been a static display alongside Interstate 94 in Michigan, Interstate 94 in All ...

, Allen Park *

Grand Haven Musical Fountain The Grand Haven Musical Fountain is a synchronized display of water and lights in Grand Haven, Michigan located on Dewey Hill on the north shore of the Grand River. Each 25 to 30 minute show runs nightly at dark from Memorial Day through Labor D ...

Grand Haven Grand Haven is a city within the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Ottawa County. Grand Haven is located on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Grand River, for which it is named. As of the 2020 census, Grand Ha ...

Minnesota

(made by one man), Darwin *

Iron Man Iron Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Co-created by writer and editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby, the character first appearan ...

, Chisholm * Pelican Pete, Pelican Rapids * Nevis Tiger Muskie,

Nevis Nevis ( ) is an island in the Caribbean Sea that forms part of the inner arc of the Leeward Islands chain of the West Indies. Nevis and the neighbouring island of Saint Kitts constitute the Saint Kitts and Nevis, Federation of Saint Kitts ...

Soudan Underground Mine State Park The Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park is a Minnesota List of Minnesota state parks, state park at the site of the Soudan Underground Mine, on the south shore of Lake Vermilion, in the Vermilion Range (Minnesota). The mine is kno ...

, Soudan

Missouri

* World's Largest Chess Piece,

St. Louis St. Louis ( , sometimes referred to as St. Louis City, Saint Louis or STL) is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It lies near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a populatio ...

* World's Largest Fork, Springfield * World's Largest Goose Sculpture,

Sumner Sumner may refer to: Places Antarctica * Mount Sumner, a mountain in the Rare Range, Antarctica * Sumner Glacier, southern Graham Land, Antarctica Australia * Sumner, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane New Zealand * Sumner, New Zealand, a seasi ...

* World's Largest Roll of Toilet Paper, Branson * World's Largest Rooster Sculpture, Branson * World's Largest 8 Ball,

Tipton Tipton is an industrial town in the metropolitan borough of Sandwell, in the county of the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. It had a population of 38,777 at the 2011 UK Census. It is located northwest of Birmingham and southeas ...

New Jersey

* Union Watersphere, Union (contested) *

Lucy the Elephant Lucy the Elephant is a six-story elephant-shaped wood frame and tin clad building, constructed in 1882 by James V. Lafferty in Margate City, New Jersey, Margate City, New Jersey. Lucy was built with the purpose of promoting real estate sales and ...

, Margate City

New York

Big Duck The Big Duck is a ferrocement style building in the shape of a duck. Located in Flanders, New York, the building was originally constructed in Riverhead, New York, and has been moved several times to various locations on eastern Long Island. ...

Flanders, New York Flanders is a Hamlet (New York), hamlet and a census-designated place (CDP) in Suffolk County, New York, Suffolk County, New York (state), New York, United States. The population was 4,472 at the 2010 census. It is the location of the Big Duck. I ...

North Dakota

* Enchanted Highway, a collection of "world's largest" scrap-metal sculptures of everyday objects *

Salem Sue Salem Sue (or The World's Largest Holstein Cow) is a giant fiberglass Holstein cattle, Holstein cow sculpture located in New Salem, North Dakota, United States. Salem Sue was built in 1974 for $40,000, by donations from local farmers and residen ...

New Salem, North Dakota New Salem is a city in Morton County, North Dakota, United States. It is part of the " Bismarck, ND Metropolitan Statistical Area" or " Bismarck-Mandan". New Salem is approximately 24 miles west of Mandan and 31 miles west of Bismark. The popu ...

World's Largest Buffalo ''World's Largest Buffalo'' is a sculpture of an American Bison located in Jamestown, North Dakota, United States, at the Frontier Village. It is visible from Interstate 94, overlooking the city from above the James River (Dakotas), James River ...

, Jamestown

Ohio

Rhode Island

* Big Blue Bug,

Providence Providence often refers to: * Providentia, the divine personification of foresight in ancient Roman religion * Divine providence, divinely ordained events and outcomes in some religions * Providence, Rhode Island, the capital of Rhode Island in the ...

Washington

Hat 'n' Boots Hat 'n' Boots is a roadside attraction and landmark in the Georgetown, Seattle, Washington, Georgetown neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. It was designed by commercial artist Lewis Naysmith, with permit drawings by architect, Albert Poe. Buil ...

Seattle Seattle ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. With a population of 780,995 in 2024, it is the 18th-most populous city in the United States. The city is the cou ...

West Virginia

* Chester teapot,

Chester Chester is a cathedral city in Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, Wales, River Dee, close to the England–Wales border. With a built-up area population of 92,760 in 2021, it is the most populous settlement in the borough of Cheshire West an ...

Wisconsin

Tallest Grandfather Clock The World's Tallest Grandfather Clock is a roadside attraction in downtown Kewaunee, Wisconsin. It is a 36-foot-tall Colonial-style redwood grandfather clock A grandfather clock (also a longcase clock, tall-case clock, grandfather's clock, hall ...

Kewaunee, Wisconsin Kewaunee is a city in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,837 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Located on the northwestern shore of Lake Michigan, the city is the county seat of Kewaunee County. Its Menom ...

Oceania

Australia

New Zealand

References

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