Canada has a signpost forest on the Alaskan highway in the Yukon area.
Canada's Signposts
Canada's roadside attractions include the Sign on Magnetic Hill in Quebec, in French, and if you want more signs, in English, there's an entire Signpost Forest.
Canada's Statues
If you cannot be bothered to read the small print, Canada also has giant self-explanatory statues such as Winnie The Pooh, Joe's Scarecrow Village, and the World Largest Dinosaur.
Winnie the Pooh, in Canada.
If you are feeling peckish, you might appreciate seeing The World's Largest Lobster, The World's largest Coffee Pot, and a huge potato outside the Potato Museum.
The world's largest fiddle is in Sydney, not Sydney, Australia, but Sydney, Nova Scotia (Latin for New Scotland - not in Scotland), in Canada.
Americans are good at signposting turn off points to attractions along the motorways.
Going down under, Australia rivals Texas with big things.
Big Boots
'Mortels Sheepskin Factory is home to The Big Ugg Boots. These big ugg boots are 13 times the size of a women's US size 8 ugg boot. The Big Ugg Boots are located in the Hunter Region of NSW.'
Animals are also featured. Koalas.
Are you hungry?
Next, maybe some fruit, such as the big banana.
Up in Europe, there's plenty more to see.
French cities tell you the major landmarks and attractions as you approach on the motorway to lure, or persuade you to turn off and visit them.
In the UK, some of the most popular wall plaques are the attractive blue heritage plaques found in many buildings in the streets of London, England.
Authors such as Enid Blyton,
writers such as Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond, plaque in Ebury Street, London
film stars (movie stars) such as Charlie Chaplin,
politicians and political figures such as Karl Marx,
musicians such as Mozart,
and painters are remembered.
You pass the plaques in the busy central streets as you walk about, and at seasides and cities around the UK.
Several plaques commemorate humorists such as Hancock and Spike Milligan. (Oops - I typed spoke Milligan, who spoke amusingly and often put a spoke in it.
As for humour, there's a plaque to the site of the birthplace of Banoffi Pie. (Also spelled banoffee.) The restaurant owner and chef claim to have invented the pie on the restaurant premises.
MEMORIALS
More serious memorials are also abundant.
WWII
At Baker Street station in London you pass a memorial plaque to WW2 workers who lost their lives.
Construction Workers and Eras
Nowadays plaques will tell you about how many lost their lives during construction. I recall at least three.
THE USA
One on a bridge across the sea off East coast USA, another on the Golden Gate bridge in California.
Europe and Islands
One on the Channel tunnel, another on a road tunnel in Europe.
A swinging statue on a roundabout n Madeira is described and photographed in Tripadvisor.
The sculptor is ... ... who made the sculpture of footballer Crstiano Ronaldo (displayed at the airport, then moved to the footballer's museum alongside)
Australia
A two second search on google instantly brings up plaques to Westgate bridge workers and others.
Useful Websites
Australia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia%27s_big_things
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia%27s_big_things#/media/File:Big_Olive.jpg
CANADA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_Post_Forest
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Roadside_attractions_in_Canada
UK
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_blue_plaques
About the Author, Angela Lansbury
BIOGRAPHY
Angela Lansbury B A Hons ACG ALB PM5 EH5 DL5 VC5
The Author of several books including Etiquette For Every Occasion. Wedding Speeches & Toasts. How to be the Best Man. Quick Quotations. Who Said What When.
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Braddell Heights Advanced Toastmasters Speakers Club Vice President Public Relations (VPPR), Previous President
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Vice President Public Relations (VP PR) of Tampines Changkat Advanced;
Secretary of weekly online Singapore International Dynamic Toastmasters Speakers’ Club;
Member and past president of Harrovians toastmasters club, UK; Past member of HOD Toastmasters, London. Past member in Singapore of: Toastmasters Club of Singapore (TCS); Tiarel; and Senja Cashew.
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Regular attendee at annual Swanwick Writers’ School, England.
Regular attendee at annual Writers’ Holiday, Wales.
Contributor to poetry readings, and after tea courses on: Speaking On Radio To Promote Books; and Plots And Character.
Winner of many club and area speaking contests in the UK and Singapore.
Language advisor to Empire Toastmasters club in Indonesia.
Language and speech workshops in Singapore.
Speaker on radio and TV in England, Scotland, the USA, and Australia.
Compiler of a school course on public speaking for teachers to prepare pupils for school open days with attending ceremonies before government ministers, Singapore.
Former member of Harrow Writers’ Circle, London, and two writing groups in Singapore.
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