Landmarks in Each State

America is dotted with surprising, hilarious, strange, and unique landmarks. Have you been to any of these landmarks?

1. Alabama | Anniston – World’s Largest Office Chair (33 feet tall)
2. Alaska | North Pole – World’s Largest Santa Clause (42 feet tall)
3. Arizona | Bullhead City – Poki, the World’s Largest Desert Tortoise (weighs 2 tons)
4. Arkansas | Benton – World’s only building made of Bauxite (built in 1893)
5. California | Baker – World’s Largest Thermometer (134 feet tall)
6. Colorado | Canon City – America’s Highest Suspension Bridge (Royal Gorge Bridge is 955 feet from deck to surface of river)
7. Connecticut | Bristol – America’s Oldest Amusement Park (opened in 1846)
8. Delaware | Georgetown – World’s Largest Frying Pan (10 feet x 18 feet and a capacity of 160 gallons of oil and 200 chickens)
9. Florida | Clermont – World’s Largest Monster Truck Safari
10. Georgia| Atlanta – World’s Largest Freestanding Escalator (196 feet long, 8 stories high)
11. Hawaii| Kihei, Maui – Life-size Whale Statue
12. Idaho| Blackfoot – Potato Museum and World’s Largest Potato Chip
13. Illinois| Collinsville – World’s Largest Catsup Bottle (70 feet tall)
14. Indiana| Fremont – stand on 3 states at once (Indiana, Michigan, Ohio)
15. Iowa| Strawberry Point – World’s Largest Strawberry (15 feet tall)
16. Kansas| Cawker City – World’s Largest Ball of Twine (over 8 million feet and weighs over 10 tons)
17. Kentucky| Louisville – World’s Largest Baseball Bat (120 feet tall, weighing 68,000 pounds)
18. Louisiana| Rayne – Frog Capital of the World (over 35 concrete frogs all over town)
19. Maine| Bangor – 31-foot tall Paul Bunyan Statue
20. Maryland| Silver Spring – Longest single span escalator in the Western Hemisphere (230 feet from surface to subway)
21. Massachusetts | Webster – Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg is the Longest Named Thing in America
22. Michigan| Montague – World’s Largest Weather Vane (48 feet tall with a 26-foot wide arrow)
23. Minnesota| Hopkins – World’s Largest Raspberry (weighs a half-ton and hangs from a 22-foot-tall steel vine)
24. Mississippi| Tupelo – Birthplace of Elvis Presley
25. Missouri| Kansas City – entire block of giant books (25 book spines, 25 feet high)
26. Montana| Bynum – World’s Largest Dinosaur Skeleton (137 foot long Seismosaurusskeleton. 1 of 17 on the Montana Dinosaur Trail)
27. Nebraska| York – World’s Largest Collection of Marbles (over 1 million)
28. Nevada| Las Vegas – World’s Tallest Chocolate Fountain (26 feet tall. Continuous running of white, medium, and dark chocolate at a rate of 120 quarts per minute)
29. New Hampshire | Littleton – World’s Largest Candy Counter (112-foot long glass counter)
30. New Jersey | Edison – World’s Largest Light Bulb (14 feet tall, weighs 8 tons)
31. New Mexico | Santa Fe – Gravity-Defying Staircase (built by an unknown man without the use of hammer or nails. Two 360-degree turns, no center support, and no architecturally reason to remain standing)
32. New York | Younkers – Stew Leonard’s Wacky Food Store
33. North Carolina | Asheville – World’s Largest Privately Owned Home (8,000 acre estate and 250-room mansion)
34. North Dakota | Jamestown – World’s Largest Buffalo (26 feet tall, 46 feet long)
35. Ohio| Ashtabula – Longest Covered Bridge in the United States (613 feet long)
36. Oklahoma| Beaver – Cow Chip Throwing Capital of the World (World Championship held each April. Record is 188 feet 6 inches)
37. Oregon| Chiloquin – World’s Largest Miniature Railroad (37 miles of track)
38. Pennsylvania| Altoona – Oldest Roller Coaster in America (Built in 1902)
39. Rhode Island | Glendale – World’s Oldest Penny Arcade (been in business since 1930s)
40. South Carolina | Columbia – World’s Largest Fire Hydrant (40 feet tall, weighing 675,000 pounds)
41. South Dakota | Hill City – World’s Largest Teddy Bear Collection (over 10,400 with no duplicates)
42. Tennessee| Cordova – World’s Tallest Three Crosses of Calvary (150 feet tall)
43. Texas| Austin – World’s Largest Longhorn (12 feet high, 17 feet long, 9 foot horn spread)
44. Utah| Midway – 55-foot-high beehive-shaped rock dome with a hole in the top. The air is heated by a 90-degree geothermal spring. Crater is 10,000 years old.
45. Vermont| Barre – Largest Zipper in America (74 feet long and made of granite)
46. Virginia| Arlington – The Skinny House (4 stories, 12 feet wide)
47. Washington| Spokane – World’s Largest Radio Flyer Wagon (27 feet long and the handle is a slide)
48. West Virginia | Fayetteville – America’s Longest Single Arch Steel Span Bridge
49. Wisconsin| Baraboo – International Clown Hall of Fame
50. Wyoming| Gillette – Rock Paper Scissors Statue

I’ve been to four out of fifty. How many landmarks have you visited?

Nancy Roe
Author

p.s. You can visit more landmarks in each state at RoadsideAmerica.com.