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Hayward, California, United States---Outside the Shasta Beverages Plant is a giant, spinning, Shasta Lemon Lime Twist soda can; the second giant Shasta soda can is currently grapefruit flavored and is located outside Shasta's building on 14405 Artesia Boulevard; the cans set the world record for being the World's Largest Shasta Soda Can Sculptures, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY: https://bit.ly/3CwCnJp
Yermo, California, United States--In Yermo, just east of Barstow at the Calico Road exit, stands a 70-foot ice cream sundae beckoning passersby to stop at Eddie World, a desert destination that must be visited to be believed; the giant Ice Cream Sundae is built on top of a water tank erected in the front corner of the Eddie World parking lot; the giant cherry on top and pretty much the entire tower lights up at night; it sets the world record for being the World's Largest Ice Cream Sculpture, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY: https://bit.ly/3wwgqWS
Bellflower, California, United States--Across the street from the Clifton M. Brakensiek Library in Bellflower, California, sits the Library Garden, which features a stack of books, one open wide so you can read it, a fancy clock, a giant apple, and also a host of famous quotes etched into concrete; the garden sets the world record for the World's Largest Book Sculpture, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY: https://bit.ly/3AJoVAo
Los Angeles, California, United States--The Idle Hour, a whiskey-barrel shaped bar in North Hollywood that recalls the glory days of novelty roadside architecture, was built in 1941, closed in 1984 and finally restored to its aged wood-like glory in Feb. 2015; it was designated as Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #977 and sets the world record as the World's Largest Bar Shaped Like a Whiskey Barrel, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY: https://bit.ly/3Cof4Bm
Chico, California, United States--Inside the National Yo-Yo Museum, which is located in a store named “Bird in Hand” in Chico, California, rests (after traveling the world), a giant wooden yoyo; made of California Sugar pine, Baltic birch and Hardrock Maple, which has a 5.5 foot diameter, with a 75 foot string and wights 250 pounds, thus setting the world record for being the World's Largest Wooden Yo-Yo, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY: https://bit.ly/3R0n6V3
Barstow, California, United States -- At the Barstow Fire Headquarters Station on Barstow Road in Barstow, California, sits a large fiberglass FDNY fire helmet replica, dedicated to all 343 firefighters that died on September 11th 2001; the giant fire helmet sets the world record for being the World's Largest Fire Helmet Sculpture, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY: https://bit.ly/3dNp8JL
Templeton, California, United States--Outside the Templeton Historical Museum in Templeton, California, sits a large twelve-foot tall, 80-year-old historic milk bottle designed and built by Gregory Rossi using lath, chicken wire, and stucco, which was used to advertise the Crescent Dairy Farm located in the area; the milk bottle sculpture sets the world record for being the World's Largest Historic Milk Bottle Sculpture, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY: https://bit.ly/3CiBbZQ
Ontario, California, United States--Family run, and owned by the same family since the beginning, Logan's Candies is famous for their home made candy canes, and have been using the same recipe since from back in the thirties; measuring about six feet in length and weighing around thirty pounds, the giant candy cane which hangs on the wall behind the counter sets the world record for being the World's Largest Handmade Candy Cane, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY: https://bit.ly/3T1Orbb
Pismo Beach, California, United States--Pismo Beach, California, just south of San Luis Obispo has three giant clams greeting visitors; made out of reinforced concrete, they are approximately 8 feet tall, 2.5 feet wide, molded in the ‘shut’ position and they set the world record for being the World's Largest Clam Statues, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY: https://bit.ly/3K1xCcu
Sacramento, California, United States-- Standing 185 feet tall from basket to Bottle Cap, the COCA COLA Contour Bottle Balloon (aka 'The Giant of Refreshment'), part of the The official Coca-Cola Ballooning team, sets the world record for being the World's Tallest Hot-Air Balloon, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY: https://bit.ly/3QsbR83
IRVINE, California, United States--Created in 2006 by six artists: Jerry Burchfield, Mark Chamberlain, Jacques Garnier, Rob Johnson, Douglas McCulloh, and Clayton Spada plus approximately 400 assistants used an abandoned F-18 hangar in Irvine, California, as a giant pinhole camera during the Legacy Project; the camera measured 160 ft (48.76 m) wide x 45 ft (13.71 m) high x 80 ft (24.38 m) deep, setting the world record for the World's Largest Pinhole Camera, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY: https://bit.ly/3AiqYeE
Glendale, California, United States--The wrought iron gates at Forest Lawn - Glendale, California, measure 25 feet high and 80 feet wide, weighs 5,000 pounds each, but they are so perfectly balanced that they may be opened or closed with your finger tips; the gates sets the world record for being the World's largest wrought iron gates, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY: https://bit.ly/3Qnpw00
Cabazon, California, United States--Cabazon Dinosaurs, formerly Claude Bell's Dinosaurs, is a roadside attraction in Cabazon, California, featuring two enormous, steel-and-concrete dinosaurs named Dinny the Dinosaur and Mr. Rex; the 150-foot-long (46 m) Brontosaurus and the 65-foot-tall (20 m) Tyrannosaurus Rex, visible from the freeway to travelers passing by on Southern California's Interstate 10, set the world record for being the World's Biggest Dinosaur Sculptures, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY: https://bit.ly/3QheOIo
Carpinteria, California, United States--Located near Santa Barbara, California,in the beach town of Carpinteria, lies the king of the Torrey Pines; Measuring 126 feet tall, with a 20' 5" circumference, and 130' branch spread, the giant tree sets the world record for being the World's Largest Torrey Pine, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY: https://bit.ly/3JIryWb
Riverside, California, United States--In front of what was once the Lily-Tulip manufacturing company in Riverside, California, later Sweetheart Cup Company, sits a giant Paper Cup Sculpture; made of poured concrete, the cup stands about 68.1 feet (20.8 m) tall, setting the world record for being the World's Largest Paper Cup Sculpture, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY: https://bit.ly/3BX4TTY
Castroville,California, United States--A sculpture commissioned for a roadside stand and restaurant owned by Ray Bei, a tribute to a local crop and specialty, the artichoke, was built from concrete and rebar; this giant creation stands 20 feet tall and 12 feet across, setting the world record for the World's Largest Artichoke Sculpture, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY: https://bit.ly/3pjNAFv
Morro Bay, California, United States--Conceived to commemorate the centennial celebration, the World's Largest Chess set Publicly Accessible (aka The Giant Chessboard) is an interactive chess set in Morro Bay, California; built by the Morro Bay Chess Club which holds games on Saturdays; the chess set is made up of alternate black and white 2 foot squares, has an overall dimension of 16 feet by 16 feet and the chess pieces (designed by Korisheli) weight from 18 to 30 pounds each, setting the world record for the Largest Chess Set (Publicly Accessible), according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY: https://bit.ly/3cXO4xQ
Sunnyvale, California, United States--A water tank on the site of the old Libby’s plant on California Avenue near Mathilda (aka Libby’s Water Tower) was painted to resemble one of its fruit cocktail cans; the tank was repainted by artist Anita Kaplan as a replica of one of Libby’s earliest fruit cocktail labels; the giant fruit can is 25 feet tall and 15 feet across and it stands about 150 feet in the air, can hold about 150,000 gallons of water, thus setting the world record for being the World's Largest Can of Fruit Cocktail Sculpture, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY: https://bit.ly/3Qp20zB
Kingsburg, California, United States--Ambitious students at California State University-Fresno (Dr. William E. Rice’s Marketing Block class) had the crazy idea of constructing a 12-foot by eight-foot raisin box and filled it with 16,500 pounds of raisins; it took 300 to 400 hours of prep time, with 60 hours going to box construction, and sets the world record for the World's Largest Box of Raisins, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY: https://bit.ly/3bpHAYa