World's Largest Gold Nugget

IronStone Vineyards, a Sierra foothill winery and entertainment complex, features great wines, a pipe organ, and a Heritage Museum that houses a 44-pound crystalline gold leaf specimen — the world's largest gold nugget.



Address: IronStone Vineyards Heritage Museum, 1894 Six Mile Road, Murphys, California 95247; 209-728-1251; Fax: 209-728-1275. Email: info@ironstonevineyards.com. Web: http://www.ironstonevineyards.com.

World's Largest Strawberry Shortcake

Held on the first full weekend in June, the Lebanon Strawberry Festival serves the World's Largest Strawberry Shortcake.

Contact: Lebanon Strawberry Festival, P. O. Box 273, Lebanon, Oregon 97355-0273. Web: http://www.lebanonstrawberryfestival.com.

Contact: Lebanon Chamber of Commerce, 1040 Park Street, Lebanon, Oregon 97355; 541-258-7164; Fax: 541-258-7166. Email: mary@lebanon-chamber.org. Web: http://www.lebanon-chamber.org.



Other cities also claim to have created the World's Largest Strawberry Shortcake: Plant City, Florida; Pasadena, Texas; College Park, Maryland; and La Trinidad, The Philippines.

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World's Biggest Free-Standing Mind-Bender

Discovery Channel has called the five acre maize maze at Cherry-Crest Farm near Ronks, Pennsylvania "the world's biggest free-standing mind-bender." It's an apt description.

Address: Cherry-Crest Farm, 150 Cherry Hill Road, Ronks, Pennsylvania 17572; 717-687-6843; Fax: 717-687-8143. Web: http://www.amazingmaze.com. I don't know who owns the land.