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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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Chatty Belle

Neillsville, Wisconsin

A 16-foot-tall Holstein built for the 1964 New York World's Fair ended up in Wisconsin as a giant roadside cow once equipped to tell visitors her…

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Chandelier Tree

Leggett, California

Standing along a quiet stretch of California’s Redwood Highway, the Chandelier Tree is a living roadside landmark where visitors can drive beneath the massive branches of…

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Clyde II

Winchendon, Massachusetts

A fifteen-foot wooden rocking horse stands beneath a pavilion in Winchendon, carrying on the Massachusetts town's century-old identity as Toy Town.

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Eartha

Yarmouth, Maine

A three-story glass atrium in Yarmouth contains a 41-foot globe weighing about 5,600 pounds that slowly rotates and revolves like an indoor mechanical planet.

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World’s Tallest Filing Cabinet

Burlington, Vermont

Thirty-eight filing cabinet drawers rise into the Burlington sky as a rusting monument to decades of paperwork generated by a road project that took forever to…

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Route 66 Rocker

Fanning, Missouri

A 42-foot steel rocking chair towers over a Route 66 outpost near Cuba, Missouri.

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Snelgrove Ice Cream Cone

Salt Lake City, Utah

A huge double-scoop ice cream cone survives in Salt Lake City after the famous parlor it advertised disappeared around it.

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Hat ‘n’ Boots

Seattle, Washington

A 44-foot cowboy hat and a pair of 22-foot boots are the surviving pieces of a 1950s gas station that turned Western footwear into architecture.

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World’s Largest Teapot

Chester, West Virginia

A giant wooden barrel was converted into a fourteen-foot teapot with a handle, spout, windows, and enough room inside to sell snacks to passing motorists.

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Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox

Klamath, California

Towering over California’s redwood country, Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox have greeted travelers along Highway 101 since the 1950s. These giant folk-hero statues blend…

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World’s Largest Egg

Winlock, Washington

Winlock celebrates its poultry history with a twelve-foot egg weighing about 1,200 pounds, continuing a giant-egg tradition that began more than a century ago.

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World’s Largest Office Chair

Anniston, Alabama

This 33-foot office chair turned an ordinary piece of furniture into a ten-ton Alabama roadside landmark.