Wile E. Coyote's darkest nightmare struts his stuff in Fort
Stockton,
Texas - home to Paisano Pete. At 11 feet tall and 22 feet
long, Pete isn't as big as the roadrunner made out of trash in Las
Cruces,
New Mexico (20 feet tall and 50 feet long), but Pete
stubbornly refuses to change the plaque at his feet. Paisano Pete:
Intersection of Highway 290, Interstate 10, and
Main Street, Fort
Stockton, Texas. Recycled roadrunner: Rest area on south side of
Interstate 10, east of the Picacho Avenue exit, between mile
markers 134 and 135, Las Cruces, New Mexico. Accessible only to
eastbound traffic.
3. WORLD'S LARGEST CATSUP BOTTLE
Rising more than 170 feet above the plains of
Illinois is a
tribute to the french fry's best friend. Collinsville's answer to
the
Eiffel Tower was built by the W.E. Caldwell Company for the
G.S. Suppiger catsup bottling plant in 1949. 800 South Morrison
Avenue, Collinsville, Illinois;
www.catsupbottle.com
4. WORLD'S LARGEST BALL OF TWINE
There are 521 people in Cawker City,
Kansas, and even if you laid
them all out end to end, they'd still be more than seven million
feet shorter than the town's claim to fame. Frank Stoeber started
the ball of twine in 1953 and kept adding to it until his death in
1974. Since then, the residents of Cawker City have been extending
his legacy inch by inch; the ball now weighs more than 17,500
pounds and would unravel to more than 7,827,700 feet. Wisconsin
Street (Highway 24), half a block west of Lake Drive, Cawker City,
Kansas
5. STEVE CANYON STATUE