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Lucas, Kansas
World's Largest Souvenir Travel Plate
Kansas's Grassroots Art Capital welcomes visitors to Lucas through its very own World's Largest Thing.
Bir el Maliha, Israel
Kushi's Pundak 101
This legendary roadside attraction feels like a bizarre mirage, 101 kilometers outside the resort city of Eilat.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Milk Bottle Grocery
This giant mimetic milk bottle has encouraged Route 66 travelers to choose dairy since 1948.
Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico
Fox Cave
This 1950s-era nostalgic roadside New Mexico attraction consists of a quirky curio store and museum embedded into the face of a cave.
Fergus Falls, Minnesota
Otto the Otter
The world's largest otter started his life as a high school shop project.
Atlanta, Illinois
American Giants Museum
A small museum celebrating the fiberglass giants that are icons of America's highways.
Muscotah, Kansas
World's Largest Baseball
This unfinished tribute to a hometown hero and early baseball great is now an abandoned roadside attraction.
Arcadia, Oklahoma
OK County 66 - John’s Place
A quirky mishmash of Route 66 memorabilia and other throwbacks from the past.
Lakeland, Florida
Publix Cake Water Tower
A towering, steel behemoth that has graced the skyline of Lakeland, Florida since the early 1980s.
Vega, Texas
World's Largest Branding Iron
The Milburn-Price Culture Museum in Vega offers a brand-name oversized cultural attraction.
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Fackler, Alabama
The Rock Zoo
Large rocks have been painted to whimsically resemble wild and farm animals.
Yokohama, Japan
Tsuzuki Mamoru-kun
A giant gorilla guardian of the neighborhood, warning people to drive safely.
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Little Compton, Rhode Island
Rhode Island Red Monument
A tribute to Rhode Island's state bird, a domesticated chicken breed that dominated the 19th-century poultry industry.
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