It's the Giant Roadside Attractions Thread. Post the worst, oddest, best.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

This is from Whitehorse.

[Ediacara]

1. Giant Cow in New Salem ND

[Ediacara]

2. Giant Fakey Looking Dinosaurs in Drumheller AB

[Screaming Lord Byron]

4. Yup, they look even worse in reality. Here's a giant Knight from BC.

[bubblesby2002]

7. OMG I just drove by that knight the other day.

Isnt that the one that's near Ladysmith? outside an antique store?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

10. Yup. The site says Chemainus, but that's not very far from Ladysmith.

You'll be glad to see the Duncam Hockey Stick, then.

[bubblesby2002]

I love the Duncan hockey stick

It was from Expo 86 and afterwards they moved it to the arena in Duncan along with the giant puck. It's a decent roadside attraction, especially if you're a hockey nut like me.

Canucklehead here:hi:

[Screaming Lord Byron]

23. Here's one from my Province, the world's largest sundial. Pretty cool.

[terrya]

12. By any chance...were those in "Pee Wee's Big Adventure"?

They look familiar.

Terry

[Ediacara]

17. I don't know

1) I've never been to Drumheller, but am heading there this April.
2) I've never seen Pee-Wee's Big Advanture, although I am told there's some HILARIOUS joke about the Alamo's Basement....

[Screaming Lord Byron]

3. Meet Cariboo Sam!

[ComerPerro]

5. Anyone who has ever driven between Chicago and Milwaukee

Knows about Exit 340

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

34. *giggle*

Yep, it's a favorite. But if you know that stretch you've probably also seen this guy, just past Gurnee (you really gotta crane your neck as you're driving north):

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. The Angel of the North, Gateshead, UK

[Screaming Lord Byron]

8. That's cool, but is it the World's Largest Hockey Stick? I think not.

[Ediacara]

9. Who'd have thought that an angel and a WWI fighter

would have had such similar wing construction!?

[GOPisEvil]

11. A whole website full of them!

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/

[BlueEyedSon]

13. I like the big duck on LI

Especially nice in her Xmas outfit (don't mind the satanic eyes).

[Screaming Lord Byron]

15. What about the world's largest tree crusher?

[Ediacara]

14. Our Lady of the Rockies

Actually quite pretty, but if you're like most people you'll drive right past and not even know it's there. It sits HIGH up on the continental divide ridge above Butte Montana.



This is the statue looking back at Butte:

[Screaming Lord Byron]

16. Wooo! isn't that the Argonath?

[Ediacara]

18. USS Enterprise on a stick in Vulcan AB

[Screaming Lord Byron]

20. I see your Enterprise and raise you ...the world's largest bathtub!

[XNASA]

19. Old Style Brewery - LaCrosse Wisconsin

Not really roadside, but fun nonetheless.

This one is rather odd as well. It's in the Ozarks someplace.

[TlalocW]

21. Big Brutus in Southeast Kansas

I went to school at Pittsburg State. I've been a few times.

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/KSWESbrutus.html

Here are some pictures of my last visit to Pittsburg with my friend Robert. I'm the guy in glasses, and the girl is an ex-girlfriend of mine. The Brutus pictures are towards the end.

http://members.cox.net/tlaloc26/personal/pittsburg2002/index.htm

TlalocW

[WilliamPitt]

22. 'Wall Drug'...couple of miles pass...'Wall Drug'...couple of miles pass...

It's a store.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

24. "Wall Drug" hmm? Well that's cool, but it's no Giant Ukrainian Sausage.

[Ediacara]

26. In all its glory Will

Aparently the only thing they sell there are bumper stickers that say "Have You Dug Wall Drug?" as they're plastered all over the northern plains and northern rockies...

[PrestoChango]

25. South of the Border

Spent a half a day here once, posing with the statues, buying useless crap... it was pretty fun. Cheezy but fun!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

37. When I was a kid, we'd drive to FL every summer

and make a game of spotting the signs. We always bought overpriced fireworks there. Thanks for the memory! :-)

[Ediacara]

27. The New Hampshire State Liquor Store Sign off I-95

Just north of the Mass border. There's a store on each side of the freeway, and well, in all its glory:

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

28. Local favorite: Cars on a Spike, Berwyn IL

Real cars impaled on a four-story-tall spindle:

[finecraft]

29. The Giant Fish in Hayward Wisconsin

The highlight of the museum complex is a landmark "Shrine to Anglers" which is a structure one-half city block long and four and one-half stories tall, of concrete, steel and fiberglass, hand-sculpted into the likeness of a leaping fish (Muskie). Its innards are a museum and its gaping open jaw accommodates about 20 persons or more as an observation platform. The landmark is surrounded by a quarter-acre nature pond.

[GOPisEvil]

30. The Cadillac Ranch - Amarillo, TX

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31. What about the Happy Rock of Gladstone, Manitoba.

[muriel_volestrangler]

32. The Famous Inland Oxford Shark

[Screaming Lord Byron]

33. That is deeply cool.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

35. kickety kick-kick.

[EstimatedProphet]

36. The giant thermometer in Baker CA

3-4 stories. Also has a continuous loop ad running on the radio that every 10 minutes has people saying "It's so BIG!"
Yeesh.

[Hubert Flottz]

38. Here is one you can't pass up!

The sign is a shocker at the exit ramp!

http://www.state.ky.us/agencies/parks/bigbone.htm

[greendog]

39. Hells Half Acre

A colorful example of erosion in "the middle of nowhere", Wyoming.