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Giant Objects

From Big Brutus and the World’s Largest Chest of Drawers to Lucy the Elephant and the Fremont Troll, these objects demand a bigger frame. Explore oversized machinery, buildings, sculptures, and roadside icons, then check each entry for location and access.

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Cabazon Dinosaurs

Cabazon, California

Towering above Interstate 10 in Southern California, the Cabazon Dinosaurs are among America’s most recognizable roadside giants. These enormous concrete creatures transformed a simple highway stop…

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World’s Largest Hockey Stick

Eveleth, Minnesota

A 107-foot hockey stick and 700-pound puck salute Minnesota's favorite frozen sport.

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The Big Chair

Thomasville, North Carolina

A thirty-foot concrete and steel chair towers over downtown Thomasville, replacing an earlier wooden giant that had advertised the city's furniture industry since the 1920s.

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Hood Milk Bottle

Boston, Massachusetts

A 40-foot milk bottle that began life as a roadside ice cream stand in 1933 now towers beside Boston Children's Museum.

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Big Muskie Bucket

McConnelsville, Ohio

The enormous bucket from the largest dragline ever built survives as a roadside monument large enough for visitors to walk inside.

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Dog Bark Park

Cottonwood, Idaho

A two-story beagle towers beside Highway 95, with a smaller wooden dog keeping watch nearby.

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World’s Largest Pheasant

Huron, South Dakota

Huron's forty-foot-long, twenty-two-ton pheasant has been looming over Highway 14 since 1959, because apparently an ordinary pheasant was not enough.

Curious Landmarks

Hot Springs Mountain Tower

Hot Springs, Arkansas

A 216-foot steel tower continues a mountaintop lookout tradition repeatedly ended by fire and demolition.

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Marion Steam Shovel

Le Roy, New York

A hulking, fenced-off steam shovel survives beside a country road.

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World’s Largest Horseshoe Crab

Repton, Alabama

A 67-foot fiberglass horseshoe crab has migrated from Baltimore to Kentucky, Ohio, and finally rural Alabama.

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Pinkie the Pink Elephant

DeForest, Wisconsin

A massive pink elephant wearing oversized black glasses has been staring across a Wisconsin interstate exit since the 1960s.

Curious Landmarks

The Big Chicken

Marietta, Georgia

A 56-foot steel chicken with rolling eyes and a moving beak towers over a working KFC.