Michigan for the world's largest . . .

#MICHIGAN is home to a number of unique and record-breaking attractions you won't find anywhere else. From the world's largest giant cherry pie pan to the world's largest Christmas store - you name it, the Great Lakes state has got it! 

World's Largest Haunted House - Erebus Haunted Attraction: Pontiac
Erebus, located in Pontiac, is a four story haunted house that was entered into the Guinness Book of World Records as the World’s Largest Walk-Through Haunted Attraction in 2005.

World’s Largest Christmas Store - Bronner's Christmas Wonderland: Frankenmuth. The world's largest Christmas store, Bronner's is bigger than one and a half football pitches in size featuring over 50,000 decorations & gifts.

World’s Largest Cherry Pie Pan: Traverse City - Near Traverse City, the cherry capital of the USA, at the Sara Lee Bakery Group, stands the World’s Largest Cherry Pie Pan. The pan was made to hold the World’s Largest Cherry Pie at the time (1987-1992). The huge pie weighed 28,350 pounds and was 17 feet, 6 inches in diameter.

World’s Largest Weather Vane: Montague - This functioning weathervane is 48 feet tall with an arrow 26 feet long. The towering figure of the White Lake lumber schooner “Ella Ellenwood” which sails atop the World’s Largest Weathervane was chosen because it best typifies the colourful but rugged history of the area.

World's Largest Horse & Buggy Livery - Mackinac Island Carriage Tours: Mackinac. Visitors to this beautiful island, a National Historic Landmark where cars are not allowed, can take a historic and scenic horse carriage tour through the island on the largest horse and buggy livery which seats seven.

World’s Longest Front Porch – Grand Hotel: Mackinac Island. - The 19th century Grand Hotel is an icon on Michigan’s Mackinac Island with a 660 foot front porch, making it the longest in the word.

World's largest Tyre model. - The Uniroyal tyre is the largest tyre model ever built, and was originally a Ferris wheel made for the 1964 New York World's Fair. It weighs nearly 12 tons and is 86 feet high and now stands in Allen Park, Detroit and can be seen on the way to Detroit Metro Airport.

To find out more about Michigan visit: www.michigan.org




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