Nome’s giant metal gold pan is roughly 20 feet across and stands with the Three Lucky Swedes statues as a tribute to the 1898 gold discovery that launched the Nome Gold Rush. The exact installation year is not well documented in current sources; today it is a free outdoor photo stop at Bering Street and Seppala Road, and Visit Nome describes it as the largest metal gold pan in the United States.
Filed under roadside oddities: giant objects, odd monuments and things built for no clear reason.
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Source: visitnomealaska.com/summer