Explore Illinois roadside attractions and other tourist traps, restaurants, stops, and detours to add to your Illinois road trip itinerary.
You might think a bicycle built for two is as big as it gets but you have to stop in Byron, Illinois to see something even bigger: Will B. Rolling, a giant fiberglass bicyclist on a giant fiberglass bike. And, if you’ve ever been to Sparta, Wisconsin, this Illinois roadside attraction will have you doing a double take. At 30-feet tall, Will B. Rolling is a...
This roadside attraction might be a shoo-in for best attraction in Casey, Illinois: the World’s Largest Wooden Shoes. These big wooden shoes measure 11 feet, 5 inches long by 5 feet 10 inches wide and 4 feet 10 inches tall. The pair was created by Jim Bolin (the man responsible for all of Casey’s world’s largest things). To make the giant clogs, he glued wooden...
Take a drive to this Illinois roadside attraction: the world’s largest golf club in Casey, Illinois. I’d say that it is definitely above par. The world’s largest golf driver is 45 feet, 9.4 inches long and weighs 731 pounds. The giant clubhead is made from persimmon wood and the shaft is made from a reused aluminum light pole. Like all the other Guinness World...
This Illinois roadside attraction might just be a cut above the rest — it’s the world’s largest barbershop pole in Casey, Illinois. Casey’s world’s largest barbershop pole was created by resident big thing builder Jim Bolin who made all twelve Guinness World Record holding objects in town. It was certified as world’s largest on September 28, 2019, along with the...
If you love your drinks stirred, not shaken, get ready to drink up and come visit the world’s largest swizzle spoon in Casey, Illinois. Casey, Illinois was already home to six world-record holding roadside attractions (among other equally-impressive large but not world’s largest large things) when, on September 28, 2019, Guinness World Records came to town to certify...
This roadside attraction is first class and so big you’re going to want to visit posthaste. It’s the world’s largest mailbox in Casey, Illinois. Casey, Illinois is known for its big versions of normal-sized things. With twelve world-record holding world’s largest roadside attractions and a whole pack of non-record breaking but still impressively large objects, it’s a...
I’m about to tee up the next roadside attraction: the world’s largest golf tee in Casey, Illinois. The giant golf tee is one of twelve record-holding world’s largest things in Casey, a small town known for thinking big. The big tee measures 30 feet, 9 inches tall with a 6 foot 3-inch diameter head and a 2 foot 1 inch shaft. You can find it among the normal sized...
How big do you think the world’s largest rocking chair is? 10 feet tall? 20 feet tall? 40 feet tall? What if I told you that the world’s largest rocking chair in Casey, Illinois was a whopping 56 feet tall? Sit with that fact for a while. The World’s Largest Rocking Chair is located in Casey, Illinois, a small town that has become known for its big things. They have...
Hold your horses and check this roadside attraction out! The big horseshoe is Martinsville, Illinois was once the world’s largest horseshoe. But this was no one-horse race, so while it has lost its official title, don’t put this one out to pasture just yet. Located at the entrance to the Martinsville fairgrounds, the giant horseshoe measures 5-feet 8 inches by 4 feet...
Casey, Illinois is a small town known for its big things. The town is home to over thirty roadside attractions, including twelve record holding world’s largest things! And while this roadside attraction might not be the world’s largest, your best laid plans in Casey should definitely include a stop at the big mouse trap. The giant mouse trap in Casey...