Mentone's approximately ten-to-twelve-foot concrete egg was built in 1946 to advertise the community's egg industry and festival. It still stands downtown emblazoned with "The Egg Basket of the Midwest," preserving a wonderfully literal piece of small-town promotional history.
Filed under roadside oddities: giant objects, odd monuments and things built for no clear reason.
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Source: Roadside America