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