It may be the long cold winters, the endless flat landscape, or the incredible solitude of life on the northern Great Plains, but there’s something about North Dakota that makes people do strange things. The most obvious signs of this odd behavior are the many giant sculptures that stand along the roadside all over the state. Bigger and better than their cousins elsewhere in the United States, the Roadside Giants of North Dakota quite simply have to be seen to be believed. The following are a few of the biggest and best:
World’s Largest Turtle: Nicknamed Wee’l, this giant turtle is made out of more than 2000 old car wheels and stands along Hwy-5 near Dunseith, north of Rugby along the Canadian border.
World’s Largest Buffalo: This 60-ton giant looms over I-94 in Jamestown, 100 miles south of Devil’s Lake.
World’s Largest Cow: “Salem Sue” stands along I-94 in New Salem, 30 miles west of Bismarck.
