Megalophobes, beware: This is big.

March 12, 2005 4:24 PM

There are very big things in Canada. There are very big things in Australia. There are very big things in Minnesota, in Texas, and at least 18 other states. There's so much to see, but my favorite is probably the many dinosaur statues of Drumheller, including the Triceratops, Ankylosaurus, Smileasaurus Banana Eater, Shysasaurus Jelly Bean Eater, and, ummm, Jesus.
posted by .kobayashi. (18 comments total)

More along these lines in a couple of earlier discussions of roadside art/attractions.
posted by Zurishaddai at 4:34 PM on March 12, 2005

Oh, and sorry, but this thread is why I was really getting deja vu.
posted by Zurishaddai at 4:36 PM on March 12, 2005

Mefi's veritable obsession with this kind of stuff...

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posted by Zurishaddai at 4:40 PM on March 12, 2005

Nice post.
The obvoius muffler men in USA.
Then Dinosaur Park.
posted by inchoate at 4:48 PM on March 12, 2005

Zurishaddai: Oh, dammit. I knew we had a history of posts like this, but I thought this one was 100% new. Poop. I swear, I searched the archives like a madman before posting this. May the world's largest, scariest potato strike me down if I'm lying.
posted by .kobayashi. at 4:54 PM on March 12, 2005

Foamhenge
posted by Wolfdog at 5:12 PM on March 12, 2005

I love Drumheller. I used to go camping there as a kid and once found a dinosaur bone that we dropped off at Tyrell museum. The park contains many, many hoodoos, and many, many glue-sniffing teenagers.
posted by painquale at 5:15 PM on March 12, 2005

How funny, I drove past the Big Marino (Note: Not the Big Ram as suggested on the third link) on Friday on my way down to Canberra to visit friends.
posted by butt_monkey at 5:31 PM on March 12, 2005

Wait - Jesus was a dinosaur?
posted by Kirth Gerson at 5:31 PM on March 12, 2005

Drumheller is the first place I ever saw a cactus growing in the wild. Drove by a sign for the big goose in Wawa just last week!
posted by furtive at 6:10 PM on March 12, 2005

I didn't see any mention of Jonathon Borofsky's mega works.

Those of you who have been to Venice, CA, have probably seen his "Ballerina Clown".


posted by MonkeySaltedNuts at 6:53 PM on March 12, 2005

No sweat, kobayashi, I'm all for more tacky humongous stuff.
posted by Zurishaddai at 7:11 PM on March 12, 2005

I grew up a stone's throw from S.O.B., which boasts what is surely the world's largest and only sombrero tower. (If you've driven on US I-95 anywhere between New Jersey and Florida, you've seen the kitschy billboards for this place.)
posted by Token Meme at 7:18 PM on March 12, 2005

This is huge.
posted by ori at 7:18 PM on March 12, 2005

What is this, a celebration of international, cheap attention-whoring? :-)
posted by clevershark at 10:40 PM on March 12, 2005

Oh, sweet mother of setups.

MetaFilter: A celebration of international, cheap attention-whoring.
posted by Wolfdog at 5:12 AM on March 13, 2005

There are big things in Indiana.
(self-link ahoy!)
posted by jpburns at 8:50 AM on March 13, 2005

The Australia links are missing at least 2 that I've been to: the Big Mango and a huge native bird of some sort on the Western Australia border.
posted by Four Flavors at 9:57 AM on March 14, 2005