Date Visited: August 18, 2020 Address: 26 West Main Street, Casey, Illinois 62420 Website: Big Things Small Town The giant birdcage was one of my favorite “big things” in Casey, Illinois. You can actually go inside the birdcage, take a seat and swing away to your hearts content. It’s a sweet little photo op you […]
Bighorn Sheep Taxonomy Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Bovidae Genus: Ovis Species: canadensis In 1964, the Badlands received a herd of bighorn sheep that were successfully re-introduced to the park ! Twenty-two bighorn were relocated from Pike’s Peak in Colorado to the Badlands National Park. In 2004 a second herd of sheep were brought to the […]
Date Visited: August 28, 2020 Address: 510 Main Street, Wall, SD • 57790-0401 Phone: 605-279-2175 Hours: 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM Price: Free Website: Wall Drug No trip to South Dakota is complete without a stop at the tourist trap mecca known as Wall Drug. In the Wall Drug backyard, there are a number […]
Date Visited: August 18, 2020 Address: 904 North Route 49, Casey, IL 62420 Website: Big Things Small Town Appropriately located in front of the Greathouse of Pizza in Casey, Illinois is a pizza slicer large enough to cut a pepperoni the size of a house. They submitted an application to Guinness World Records in June […]
While in Chamberlain, South Dakota I took a picture with my first Sinclair Dino! We don’t have cool gas stations in Ohio like this and I’m a big freak for anything dinosaur related. Even though I know it may seem a bit childish I was so excited when we passed it. Jamey turned the truck […]
Date Visited: August 18, 2020 Address: 107 East Main Street Casey, Illinois Website: Big Things Small Town Casey, Illinois first world record was achieved on December 15, 2011 with the erection of the World’s Largest Wind Chime. The structure is 56 feet tall and the largest wind chime measures 42 feet long and weighs 486.36 […]
Standing on a bluff overlooking the Missouri river outside the tourism center near Chamberlain, South Dakota between exits 263 and 265 stands an incredible statue honoring the Lakota and Dakota Nations. Dignity of Earth and Sky is her name and she is a breathtaking piece of art. This stainless steel statue stands 50 feet […]
Date Visited: August 18, 2020 Address: 607 NE 13th Street Casey, Illinois Website: Big Things Small Town On display outside Richards Farm Restaurant in Casey, Illinois sits the World’s Largest Pitchfork. It claimed it’s title on October 20, 2015 and can be viewed for free 24/7. It measures 61 feet and 1 inches […]
Date Visited: August 18, 2020 Address: 936 North Route 49, Casey, IL 62420 Website: Big Things Small Town You won’t believe the size of the wooden token that sits in front of Casey State Bank. With a radius of 13 feet and a weight of 3,280 pounds it may not be the world’s largest, but […]
Date Visited: August 18, 2020 Address: 18th South Central Avenue, Casey, IL 62420 Website: Big Things Small Town In front of Deborah’s Attic antique shop in Casey, Illinois sits the biggest spinning top I’ve ever encountered. Red, white and blue stripes wrap around the wooden top and scripture from Psalm 72:16 is inscribed in […]
