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    Image of TimTim TimTim
    11/17/09

    In reply to The World's Biggest Roadside Attractions
    The folks from Dog River should have consulted with that site before building the "World's Biggest Hoe" (soil turner, earth spoon, dirt stick)

    [www.tv.com] #roadtrip
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    Image of Tata-Tada Tata-Tada
    11/17/09

    @TimTim: I believe the second biggest hoe was seen riding on the back of a water car. ZING! #roadtrip
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    Image of TimTim TimTim
    11/17/09

    @Tata-Tada: No, I'm pretty sure theirs is bigger. #roadtrip
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    11/17/09

    In reply to The World's Biggest Roadside Attractions
    It's items just like this which powered the concept of long-distance motorcycle rallying.

    You'd be surprised what weird shit exists, roadside...and people aren't just proud of it, they borderline worship it.

    That chair was one I had to take a picture of, with the bike parked in front. #roadtrip
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    Image of Buster Brew Buster Brew
    11/17/09

    In reply to The World's Biggest Roadside Attractions

    What would I have done growing up without family vacations? One thing is sure, I never would have seen the Mitchel Corn Palace. The murals covering the Corn Palace in Mitchel SD are made entirely with corn and other SD grains. The murals are designed by local artists and are replaced every year. #roadtrip
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    Image of TimTim TimTim
    11/17/09

    @Buster Brew: Oh, the effin' Corn Palace... you are my nemesis.

    Oh, yeah... let's take the scenic route back from FSAE in Detroit, take in the sights. Drive through Chicago, stop by Mt. Rushmore, see Wyoming (seriously, what did we think we'd see), experience the mountains of Montana, take a break on Lake Coeur d'Alene... should be no problem, in a 15 passenger van, towing a 32' triple axle trailer, with no brake controller. Yeah, friggin' brilliant!

    There's signs for miles to the flippin' Corn Palace... Must be amazing, we can't pass it up!

    Novel, sure. But after you worm your way through the bustling metropolis of Mitchel for 15 minutes you finally arrive at the scene in Buster Brew's photo... You've seen it folks, that's it, it's made of corn, yay! Maybe I'm a little bitter because I had a terrible cold and had to snake the brakeless behemoth through Mitchell, but the scenic route was definitely wearing on me when we arrived. A few miles west there were signs for Wall Drug... Oh, no! I'm not fallin' for this crap again!

    (Actually we skipped Wall Drug because we though it had just closed, it wasn't 'til we got to Rushmore that night when we realized we forgot to change our clocks half way through South Dakota, we could have gotten our bumper sticker after all. Corn Palace is pretty cool, towing without trailer brakes is not) #roadtrip
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    11/17/09

    In reply to The World's Biggest Roadside Attractions

    The world's largest six-pack is in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, at City
    Brewery. The 'six beers' contain enough beer to fill 7,340,796 cans. #roadtrip
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    Image of GreenN_Gold GreenN_Gold
    11/17/09

    In reply to The World's Biggest Roadside Attractions

    It's not just America. Here's the world's largest Dodge Power Wagon in Abu Dhabi. #roadtrip
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    Image of Bri Bri
    11/17/09

    @GreenN_Gold: Seriously! -That's awesome! #roadtrip
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    11/17/09

    @Brian: Identity thief!!! #roadtrip
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    Image of GreenN_Gold GreenN_Gold
    11/17/09

    @Brian: Yeah, it's got 4 bedrooms, a living room, bathrooms, a patio in the pick-up bed, and it can actually move. This crazy Shiekh will do anything with oil money.

    [www.arabianbusiness.com] #roadtrip
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    Image of Bri Bri
    11/17/09

    @Brian: Sorry about that B., I'll call myself something else. #roadtrip
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    11/17/09

    @GreenN_Gold: Wow, that's news to me, It never crossed my mind that it was a house! #roadtrip
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    Image of Brian Brian
    11/18/09

    @Bri: Very sporting of you. +1 for that.
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    Image of jpech jpech
    11/17/09

    In reply to The World's Biggest Roadside Attractions

    I grew up not far from the worlds largest strawberry in Strawberry Point Iowa. After graduating from college and getting a job in the burbs of Chicago, a few of the guys there were giving me a little good natured ribbing for coming from such a small town asking if I'd been to a tractor pull, or if my hometown had the worlds largest something or other, turns out, yes on both.

    There was also the time in '92 Clinton came through town on his campaign, and the local news covered it, and they interviewed one of the locals, so picture a somewhat rotund farmer leaning on the side of his pickup, in bibbed overralls (seriously), and he says, "this is the biggest thing in town since the Strawberry fell over"

    I still think that's funny, and it's funny cause it's true. #roadtrip
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    Image of GreenN_Gold GreenN_Gold
    11/17/09

    In reply to The World's Biggest Roadside Attractions
    I work by that chair... #roadtrip
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    Image of bzr bzr
    11/17/09

    In reply to The World's Biggest Roadside Attractions

    Some of my friends went on a roadtrip this summer and stopped by at the world's biggest ball of twine. Here's their picture: #roadtrip
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    Image of Fat Tire Fat Tire
    11/17/09

    In reply to The World's Biggest Roadside Attractions

    San Onofre, Ca: Biggest pair of cans, ever. #roadtrip
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    11/17/09


    @Fat Tire: #roadtrip
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    11/17/09

    In reply to The World's Biggest Roadside Attractions
    I believe its Grant, Texas, that has the world's largest roadside Cross. Its not a Crucifix, however- no Son of God nailed to it. I drove past it once. Its almost 200 feet tall, made of metal, and has a_life-sized_ Golgatha diorama at the base, with Jesus nailed up in between the two thieves.

    There's also a gift shop. Because this is America. #roadtrip
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    11/17/09

    In reply to The World's Biggest Roadside Attractions

    World's tallest monument to failure... #roadtrip
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    Image of Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig) Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
    11/17/09

    @Alfisted: Just like the Sears Tower (now known as the Wesley Willis Tower), I have never actually mentally associated the Chrysler building with its namesake firm. #roadtrip
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    11/17/09

    In reply to The World's Biggest Roadside Attractions
    The vast nothingness of the great American West.

    Wait. You said attractions. Right. #roadtrip
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    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    11/17/09

    In reply to The World's Biggest Roadside Attractions

    For me, it will always be this. Always has been. #roadtrip
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    Image of Hoser Dave Hoser Dave
    11/17/09

    @FTGDWolverineEdition'09: I wish it still had the nail in it. #roadtrip
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    Image of SagarikaLumos SagarikaLumos
    11/17/09

    @Hoser Dave: I guess they don't make Royal Seal anymore. #roadtrip
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    Image of deftonesboy360 deftonesboy360
    11/17/09

    @FTGDWolverineEdition'09: It was exceptionally awesome when it rolled across the freeway awhile back. #roadtrip
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    Image of Matthew Noel Mayotte Matthew Noel Mayotte
    11/17/09

    @FTGDWolverineEdition'09: And that's like a 10' chainlink fence too :) #roadtrip
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    Image of WalterSobchak WalterSobchak
    11/17/09

    @FTGDWolverineEdition'09: I think that was originally part of a ferris wheel at the 1964 New York World's Fair, and recycled American camp is so much cooler #roadtrip
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    Image of BaconSandwich and the generic grey civic of doom BaconSandwich and the generic grey civic of doom
    11/17/09

    In reply to The World's Biggest Roadside Attractions
    Finally, a place for Paul Bunion to sit down! #roadtrip
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    Image of snapoversteer 'bout to get told snapoversteer 'bout to get told
    11/17/09

    In reply to The World's Biggest Roadside Attractions
    Roadside attractions and horrendous murders are what make us remember small town America exists.

    Sometimes one and the same.

    [bonnieandclydemuseum.com] #roadtrip
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