248 Items Tagged

World's Largest

Inside the tree

Parnamirim, Brazil

World's Largest Cashew Tree

You feel like you're in a forest, but you're actually walking amidst the branches and trunks of a single giant tree.

Drawers of samples of dried paint on glass slides.

Washington, D.C.

The National Gallery's Art Materials Collection

The institution is sitting on a goldmine of 21,000 paints, varnishes, pigments, and primers preserved for posterity.

Arial view

Netzschkau, Germany

Göltzsch Viaduct

The largest brick bridge in the world.

Hidalgo, Texas's "killer bee" statue.

'World's Largest Killer Bee'

A statue in the Texas town that proudly calls itself the killer bee capital of the world.

Prague, Czechia

Podobenství s Lebkou (Parable With Skull)

An existential riddle in the world's largest ancient castle.

Riggers on the stack.

Gaithersburg, Maryland

World's Largest Deadweight Machine

The U.S. government built the million-pound stack of steel during the Space Race.

The Big Prawn.

West Ballina, Australia

The Big Prawn

There's nothing shrimpy about the world's largest artificial prawn.

The Big Pineapple.

Bathurst, South Africa

The Big Pineapple

The world's largest pineapple building honors Bathurst's favorite fruit.

Lonar Lake is a saline soda lake made from a meteorite impact.

Buldhana, India

Lonar Lake

This rare basalt crater lake is used to study the Moon and Mars.

Lamps in the museum's collection

Donalda, Alberta

Donalda Lamp Museum

The museum is home to four times as many lamps as there are people in town.

Charlevoix's pie pan still touts a claim to the record.

Revisiting World-Record Holders After They've Been Eclipsed

In the shadows with the world's best second-bests.

Michael Inscoe August 3, 2017

Douglas, Wyoming

Former World's Largest Jackalope

This Wyoming town is fascinated by a particular mythical creature.

Charlevoix's pie pan

Charlevoix, Michigan

Former World's Largest Cherry Pie Pan

There's more contention than one might expect from cherry pie pans.

Nipper looks out over the Warehouse District on a clear February day.

Albany, New York

World’s Largest Nipper Statue

This giant monument of the RCA mascot is a beloved fixture in Albany, New York.

Llandudno, Wales

The Great Orme Copper Mines

The world's largest prehistoric copper mine had 30,000 animal bones scattered throughout the maze of passageways.

Keenesburg, Colorado

The Wild Animal Sanctuary

The world's largest carnivore sanctuary is home to over 450 meat-eating rescues.

The Forensic Anthropology Research Facility.

San Marcos, Texas

Freeman Ranch Body Farm

Human remains in varying states of decay are strewn about this Texas State facility for scientific study.

World's Largest Slinky.

Oaks, Pennsylvania

World's Largest Slinky

Once on display alongside a giant Gumby, it’s as tall as a nine-story building when fully extended.