World's Largest Oil Can Stack

Before I even start on this one I'm soooo disappointed. I really was not impressed with it. I think I thought it would have been much cooler, why...I don't know. It is located at 15514 37th St Se, Casselton, North Dakota. It really is just a huge stack of empty oil cans. It originally was built beside a gas station but has since changed owners and been moved. It is 45 feet tall and 18 feet wide at the base. It might have been cooler if it wasn't 1/2 covered with a tarp. I don't know why there is a tarp on it but it is not as effective when it's covered up. It still makes me angry just thinking about it.

World's Largest Buffalo

I arrived in Jamestown, North Dakota after 9 hours of driving. Funny enough I didn't feel as tired as I did yesterday and I drove less yesterday. To get there you take the I-94 exit 258, then take US 281 north a short way to the first stop light, turn right at the big Pioneer Village sign. It is at the back of the village. The village is actually kind of cute. It's set up to look like a town back in the day. They had carriage rides and pony rides for the kids, plus you can also go in the little shops. They had live wild buffalo fenced in beside the world's largest monument. It was neat-o! :) The buffalo is 26 feet high, 46 feet long, and weighs 60 tons. This one doesn't have a name so I've decided to call it Bruce :)

World's Largest Sandhill Crane

I almost didn't get to see this because I forgot about it and didn't have it mapped out in my plans. Luckily I saw the sign for it in time. The world's largest sandhill crane is in Steele, North Dakota just off of I-94 on exit 200. You can see it from the highway. Her name is Sandy and no I didn't name this one. She is 40 feet tall and weighs 4 1/2 tons. This one is a fairly new one it was only built in 1999. I think it's the newest one I've seen so far.

World's Largest Holstein Cow

Oh man, it was a 6 1/2 hour drive from Moose Jaw to New Salem but finally I can say I would like to introduce you to Salem Sue! (I am starting to love that people have named the world's largest things. I think that I will name the ones that don't already have one) Sue lives on top of a hill in New Salem, North Dakota just off I-94. This is actually the second time I have seen Sue but this time I get to stop and see her instead of speeding by saying "Oh look there it is!" and hearing "What? Oh sorry we just 'missed' the exit" :) She is 38 feet tall, 50 feet long and weighs 12 000 lbs.

World's Largest Moose

I left the tepee at 2:15 pm and headed to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan to see the world’s largest moose and stay for the night. When I was almost to Moose Jaw I saw what looked like 2 transports that had an accident. The one had flipped many times and the front truck part was all smashed, police and EMS were already there. I would speculate that he hit the last trailer of another transport and lost control. The other truck looked fine, just the last trailer was knocked off. I arrived at my hotel in Moose Jaw at 5:40pm. I dropped my stuff off and then went to see the world’s largest moose. It is hilarious! I’m probably part of a select few that would find it funny but when you pull up to the moose all you see is it’s ass…and it’s balls lol. It is right beside Tim Hortons at the corner of 9th Street NW and Thatcher Drive. It’s not bad; it’s a giant moose. I don’t know why but it is fenced in, maybe so it won’t escape? I don’t know. His name is Mac and he is 32 feet tall and weighs 10 tons.

World's Largest Tepee

This summer I went on a road trip to Minneapolis to visit my brother and sister-in-law. Before I left I had mapped out all the world's largest things I could see on my way there and back. I was pretty pumped because I think there is about 20 things I get to see. Yay! I mean I was pumped because I got to see my family :)

Well I left Carstairs at 10:59am, which is surprising because I was early…only one minute early but still that’s pretty good for me. My first destination on my trip was Medicine Hat, Alberta to see the world’s largest tepee. I arrived at 2:02pm and I was very excited, not to see the tepee but because I really had to pee. I forgot that I was going to pack a roll of toilet paper so I could stop any time and go to the bathroom. I’ll have to remember tomorrow before I leave to steal, I mean borrow ;), the extra roll from the hotel. There is very few stops out in the prairies. The world’s largest tepee was pretty cool. It was just down the road from the visitor’s centre. I was quite surprised because there were a lot more people there than I expected. Granted I didn’t expect anyone to be there, but there were probably a dozen cars. It’s neat you can walk under it and there are different pictures of native things and little spots you can read. It’s not a covered, just the frame of a tepee. It is 215 feet high, 160 feet wide and and weighs 200 tons, you can definitely see it from a distance away.

World's Largest Cream Can

I was heading to Red Deer to do some shopping and thought I would take a little detour to stop and see the world's largest cream can. This time it really was just a detour and not severely out of the way:) It's in Markerville, Alberta right beside the river. The can is 15 feet tall including the wheat stocks. There used to be a creamery in town but now there is just a museum. I didn't stop at the museum because well, I don't do museums but I turned around in the parking lot and there was a tour bus there lol. I thought that was great!