| Everything is large in Texas, but it seems | | | | |
| that the rest of the United States has more | | | | - Hockey Stick: Real Eveleth, Minnesota |
| than its share of the world's largest | | | | |
| somethings. Texas itself has the world's | | | | Not all the world's largest things in America |
| largest fire hydrant in Beaumont; wooden | | | | are just curiosities. For instance, The |
| nickel in San Antonio; kettle in Galveston; | | | | world's largest wind generator has two |
| horseshoe in Marfa; cowboy hat in Paris; and | | | | 400-foot blades, is 20 stories high and is |
| of course, the world's biggest burger served | | | | located on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. |
| at Charlie Brown's in Carrolton. | | | | Walmart of Bentonville, Arkansas is the |
| | | | world's largest retailer. And there is lots |
| California is another big state full of big | | | | more: The world's largest American Legion |
| things, like the world's largest shoe and Pez | | | | Post is in Lincoln, Nebraska; the world's |
| dispenser, both in Bakersfield; chess set in | | | | largest carousel is in Spring Green. |
| Morro Bay; hammer in Eureka; fiddle in | | | | Wisconsin; the world's largest flattop |
| Fiddletown; artichoke in Castroville; paper | | | | mountain is in Grand Mesa, Colorado; the |
| cup in Riverside; and the very patriotic U.S. | | | | world's largest drive-in fast-food restaurant |
| flag in Long Beach. | | | | is the Varsity in Atlanta, Georgia; the |
| | | | world's largest public library is the Harold |
| Some of the world's largest things can be | | | | Washington Library in Chicago, Illinois; the |
| found all over the United States. Here is a | | | | world's largest commercial building is the |
| short list. | | | | Merchandise Mart also in Chicago; and the |
| | | | world's largest brewery is Anheuser Busch in |
| - Adirondack Chair: Westminster, Maryland | | | | St. Louis, Missouri. |
| | | | |
| - Apple Basket: Frazeysburg, Ohio | | | | America has so many of the world's largest |
| | | | that the list goes on and on. The world's |
| - Baked Potato: Blackfoot, Idaho | | | | largest bookstore is a Barnes and Noble in |
| | | | New York City; the world's largest vacuum |
| - Ball of Rubber Bands: Wilmington, Delaware | | | | chamber is 100 feet in diameter and located |
| | | | at the NASA Glenn Research Center in |
| - Baseball Bat: Louisville, Kentucky | | | | Sandusky, Ohio; the world's largest |
| | | | supercomputing grid is the TeraGrid based at |
| - Basketball: Knoxville, Tennessee | | | | the University of Chicago; the world's |
| | | | largest marine reserve is in Hawaii; the |
| - Clock: Clarksville, Indiana | | | | world's largest honkytonk is Billy Bob's in |
| | | | Fort Worth, Texas; the world's largest casino |
| - Conch Shell: Panama City Beach, Florida | | | | in the Foxwoods Resort in Ledyard, |
| | | | Connecticut; the world's largest McDonalds is |
| - Dinosaur Park: Beaver, Arkansas | | | | in Vinita, Oklahoma; the world's largest |
| | | | Bible is in Abilene, Texas; the world's |
| - Donut: Yokumtown, Pennsylvania | | | | largest swimming pool is in Garden City, |
| | | | Kansas; the world's largest guitar store is |
| - Ear of Corn: Olivia, Minnesota | | | | Ed Roman's in Las Vegas, Nevada; the world's |
| | | | largest hotel chain is Best Western, founded |
| - Eight-ball: Tipton, Missouri | | | | in Long Beach, California; the world's |
| | | | largest department store is Macy's in New |
| - Globe: Yarmouth, Maine | | | | York City; the world's largest rose bush |
| | | | covers 800 square feet in Tombstone, Arizona; |
| - Golf Ball: Fripp Island, South Carolina | | | | and the world's largest laundromat is in |
| | | | Berwyn, Illinois and you still have to wait |
| - Guitar: Bristol, Tennessee | | | | for a dryer! |