Bigger Is Better in Casey, Illinois-- Part 3: 12 of the World's Largest According to Guinness

And, Casey's collection of all things big keeps getting bigger.  Officials from the Guinness Book of World Records traveled to Casey in late September 2019 to certify the world's largest key, golf club, gavel, twizzle spoon, teeter-totter and barbershop pole.  The Casey area now has twelve of the largest things.

Then there is Jim Bolin's world's largest mailbox which is 60-feet high and has a working red flag.  People can actually go inside and up to the box because of concealed stairs in the post.

Said Mr. Bolin:  "It's awesome.  Now that we've got 12, it's got even more pull for people to get off the interstate.  We're hitting everybody's interests, I'm hoping."

Jim Bolin is 55 and began his "Big Things, Small Town" project in 2011 when he created the world's largest wind chime made of giant pipes as much as 42 feet long, hanging from a 56-foot stand.  And, yes, they clang in a slight breeze.

Bolin is a local businessman and has 20 oversized things (not all are world record size) and says Casey gets as many as 2,000 people a week in the warmer months.  Some make the 200 mile drive from Chicago or travel from other states to see the items and take selfies with them.

--RoadBig