World's Largest Tyrannosaurus Rex

I stopped to see the dinosaur on a trip to visit a friend in Drumheller. It is humongous!! You can apparently walk up the ass of the dinosaur and into the mouth to see the town. I didn't do this for two reasons:

1) it's free on Wednesdays and every other day it costs $3 to do it and I'm cheap and I wasn't there on a Wednesday

2) it really doesn't sound appealing to me, maybe if there was another entrance it wouldn't be as weird

The t-rex is 86 feet high, 151 feet long and weighs 145 000 lbs. Oh and if you didn't guess it is in Drumheller, Alberta at 60 - 1 Ave W. If you can't tell I'm actually in the picture...look by the toes.

World's Largest Penguin

On our trip back from shopping in Montana we got to stop and see the penguin. It was erected to mark the coldest spot in the nation. Honestly it really was not that cold when we were there. It was kind of nice out :) It's in front of the Gateway Glacier Inn and Plaza in Cut Bank, Montana. It is 27 feet tall and weighs 5 tons. When I was looking it up on the internet before we left I read on one page that it speaks...when the speaker is working. The day we were there....the speaker wasn't working :( That would have been cool, but oh well.

World's Largest Starship Enterprise

Oh yes there is such a thing...it does exist and I know you are all envying me because I got to see it :) We were on our way to Montana to do some over the border shopping (yay!) when we stopped to see the starship enterprise. It is located in Vulcan, Alberta...big surprize there. When you drive into the town you will see it because there is nothing else around. The town decided to put it up in 1995 to attract tourists. It apparently worked, they roped us in :) There are plaques around the base of it with messages written in English, Vulcan, and Klingon and there is a wooden cut out of the Star Trek gang beside the enterprise that you can put your head through a hole and pretend you are part of the group. Oh you betcha I certainly did that too...you can't skip that part, it was an added bonus. The enterprise itself is 31 feet long, 9 feet high, and weighs 5080 kg. Seeing this reminded me of all the times my brother and dad made me watch Star Trek with them. Awe, memories...notice I didn't say good memories :)

World's Largest Ukrainian Sausage

Up near Edmonton is Ukrainian country, if you couldn't have figured that out by the multiple Ukrainian roadside attractions. So on another trip to Edmonton where we stayed for the weekend we decide to take a road trip one day to occupy our time and I got to pick where we went. So of course I couldn't pass up the opportunity to see another world's largest thing. So we drove to Mundare, Alberta to see the world's largest Ukrainian sausage. I know this is probably weird coming from me but this is an odd world's largest thing. It looks just like you would think...a sausage in large form. It is very easy to find. Just drive east of Edmonton until you see the signs for Mundare and follow the road to town and as you come to town you will be able to see it. It's on Sawchuk street right across from a gas station. The sausage is 42 feet tall and weighs over 6 tons. When we went to see it obviously was winter and freezing cold. My hands could barely hold the camera to take pictures. Also the pathway to the sausage was covered with deep snow so had to trudge through it to get a closer look. I suggest waiting until good weather to see this one.

World's Largest Ukrainian Egg

I stayed over night in Edmonton after seeing the world's largest western boot and the next day we decided to take a detour home and stop in Vegreville, Alberta. Ok so it really wasn't a detour, it really was out of the way by like an hour, actually I think more. But I am very convincing and I think in the end it was really worth it lol :) Just an fyi there is nothing between Edmonton and Vegreville and when I say nothing I mean absolutely nothing. It is one of the most boringest drives ever. Now that I've sold that trip it really is kinda cool once you get there. Now when I saw that these things are kinda cool, I mean cool for a world's largest thing. It is on the far side of town...if you are coming from Edmonton, on the north side of Highway 16A, in Elk's Park. It is 25.7 feet wide, 18.3 feet high, and weighs 5000 lbs. It was made out of 3500 pieces of aluminum. It was designed by a guy named Ron Resch who I assume built it too.

World's Largest Western Boot

This is actually when I decided to find all the world's largest things and I sought this one out on a trip to Edmonton, Alberta. It is located at 10007 167 Street NW right in front of Stallion Boot and Jean Company. It is made out of fiberglass and almost 40 feet tall. It is what remains of the old boot factory that was there. There are other world's largest boots but this one is the world's largest lone boot. The other ones are pairs of boots. So this one counts.

World's Largest Cherry and Spoon

I found this world's largest by accident actually. I saw it took some pictures and then realized later it was a world's largest. It is at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is 354" x 618" x 162" and weighs 7000 lbs. In the winter when there is snow on it, it looks cool because it looks like whipped cream on the cherry. Unfortunately I saw it in the summer, so no snow. The other thing that makes this cool is that it is also a fountain. Some days water sprays from the stem of the cherry. Again unfortunately not this day. Apparently I wasn't having much luck with making this thing look cool.