Roadside oddities39.3066° N, 87.9813° W
Casey, IL
A roughly 30-foot wooden golf tee stands at a local golf course as another of Casey's Guinness-recognized oversized objects.
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Suggest a stopGiant objects, odd monuments and things built for no clear reason.
- Roadside oddities35.9723° N, 79.9249° W
Jamestown, NC
Furnitureland South incorporates an enormous highboy dresser into its architecture, creating an approximately 85-foot monument to the Piedmont furniture industry. The giant drawers and broken-pediment top make the building look like furniture scaled for a giant.
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- Roadside oddities47.4613° N, 92.5401° W
Eveleth, MN
Eveleth's giant hockey stick and puck celebrate a town deeply tied to the sport and the nearby U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame. The supersized equipment turns an ordinary downtown corner into a monumental sports object.
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- Roadside oddities31.3555° N, 87.1753° W
Repton, AL
The giant fiberglass-and-foam horseshoe crab nicknamed Crabbie has moved through several states and now resides at Dinosaur Adventure Land in Conecuh County. It measures roughly 67 feet long and remains a bizarre oversized roadside sculpture; check the property’s current visitor rules before arriving.
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- Roadside oddities37.9171° N, 86.6656° W
Cannelton, IN
Sculptor Greg Harris spent 23 months carving a High Celtic Cross directly through a massive natural sandstone slab on the Blue Heron Vineyard property. The owners describe it as the largest known in-situ Celtic Cross, meaning it was carved from stone still naturally embedded in the hillside; access follows the winery's property hours.
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- Roadside oddities46.6644° N, 95.7991° W
Vergas, MN
Minnesota's state bird becomes a giant lakeside mascot in Vergas, where a huge loon stands in a public park. The sculpture is one of several outsized bird monuments scattered through western Minnesota.
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- Roadside oddities42.7637° N, 90.4067° W
Platteville, WI
A huge white letter M built from limestone sits on a hillside overlooking Platteville. University of Wisconsin-Platteville students created the monument to represent the region's mining heritage, and trails allow visitors to approach the giant letter.
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- Roadside oddities43.6564° N, 108.1980° W
Thermopolis, WY
The Big Spring at Hot Springs State Park is a natural geothermal feature rather than something built, with hot mineral water feeding the terraces and bathhouse system at Thermopolis. An 1897 agreement reserved part of the spring water for free public bathing, and travelers today can view the spring from boardwalks and use the park’s free bathhouse during posted hours.
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- Roadside oddities63.3415° N, 143.0782° W
Tok, AK
This oversized metal mosquito is part of the deliberately odd collection around Mukluk Land outside Tok, a seasonal roadside attraction and museum filled with unusual exhibits and games. The exact construction year of the mosquito is not well documented, but the sculpture is still mapped beside Mukluk Land; visitors should expect the surrounding attraction itself to keep limited seasonal hours.
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- Roadside oddities44.7792° N, 69.3776° W
Pittsfield, ME
Pittsfield owns a roughly 10-foot-wide non-stick frying pan associated with the Central Maine Egg Festival. Unlike a permanent roadside giant, the pan is normally kept in storage and brought to Manson Park around festival time, so this stop should be treated as an event-dependent OddWay location.
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- Roadside oddities33.6526° N, 85.8296° W
Anniston, AL
Built in 1981 to advertise Miller’s Office Furniture, the enormous chair towers above the street at roughly three stories high. It remains an easy exterior photo stop and a classic example of oversized roadside advertising.
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- Roadside oddities36.2049° N, 119.1053° W
Lindsay, CA
Lindsay’s giant concrete black olive originally stood at the local olive-packing cooperative, reflecting the town’s history as a major olive-processing center. After the plant closed it was rescued and moved to the former Olive Tree Inn around 1999–2000, and today travelers find it in the parking lot of the property now operated as a Super 8.
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- Roadside oddities34.8263° N, 78.0219° W
Rose Hill, NC
Rose Hill’s enormous frying pan was built to cook massive quantities of poultry during community events. Unlike many oversized roadside objects, this pan was designed to actually function, giving its “operational” claim a practical basis.
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- Roadside oddities41.5682° N, 80.9952° W
Windsor, OH
The Servants of Mary Center for Peace is home to a roughly 50-foot statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe rising above the rural grounds. The religious complex welcomes visitors to its outdoor devotional areas, making the towering figure a publicly accessible roadside destination rather than something that needs to be viewed from private land.
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- Roadside oddities46.6663° N, 123.8109° W
South Bend, WA
South Bend’s giant oyster is a concrete shell monument celebrating the Willapa Bay oyster industry and sits in Robert Bush Memorial Park. The exact installation year is not well documented in reliable current sources, but travelers today can walk up to the oversized shell in the public riverfront park.
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- Roadside oddities33.9927° N, 96.3784° W
Durant, OK
A giant peanut monument stands on the lawn of Durant City Hall as a tribute to Bryan County peanut growers and processors. Its grand title is disputed by other giant peanuts, which only improves its OddWay value.
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- Roadside oddities31.7064° N, 83.6353° W
Ashburn, GA
Ashburn’s giant peanut monument was originally erected in 1975 to celebrate the local peanut-processing industry. Hurricane Michael destroyed the earlier peanut in 2018, and a new steel-supported monument was completed in 2023 after a community fundraising effort; travelers now see the rebuilt peanut as a roadside landmark.
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- Roadside oddities48.6299° N, 112.3170° W
Cut Bank, MT
A 27-foot concrete penguin in a red cap celebrating Cut Bank’s long-running 'coldest spot in the nation' identity. It is one of Montana’s most recognizable oversized roadside statues.
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- Roadside oddities45.8951° N, 89.7002° W
Woodruff, WI
Woodruff’s giant concrete penny commemorates the 1953 “Million Penny Parade,” when local schoolchildren and supporters collected more than a million cents to help fund a hospital. The monument was dedicated May 29, 1954 and remains beside the road as a permanent tribute to the campaign.
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- Roadside oddities44.3700° N, 98.2001° W
Huron, SD
Huron’s enormous pheasant was built in 1959 as a tribute to South Dakota’s celebrated pheasant-hunting culture. The roughly 28-foot-tall bird still stands beside U.S. Highway 14 on the east side of town, where travelers can pull off for photos.
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- Roadside oddities37.7186° N, 85.8769° W
Elizabethtown, KY
The Transit Authority of Central Kentucky turned its acronym—TACK—into a literal landmark by building an enormous pushpin outside its headquarters. Guinness World Records certified the approximately 21-foot-7-inch structure as the world's largest pin in 2024.
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- Roadside oddities32.8128° N, 105.9914° W
Alamogordo, NM
A giant concrete pistachio rises outside PistachioLand as an intentionally oversized monument to the local nut crop. The sculpture is one of southern New Mexico's most recognizable classic roadside photo stops.
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- Roadside oddities39.3155° N, 87.9788° W
Casey, IL
An enormous metal pitchfork planted outside a farm-themed business continues Casey's townwide obsession with making ordinary objects absurdly huge.
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- Roadside oddities37.7976° N, 85.9123° W
Radcliff, KY
Outside Red Hill Cutlery stands an enormous folding pocketknife with a roughly 20-foot handle and a 17-foot-plus blade. Built in 2019, the several-thousand-pound knife is theoretically functional but requires heavy equipment to open or close.
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