{"id":6387,"date":"2018-07-15T22:59:11","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T02:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nateandrachael.com\/terrehaute\/?p=6387"},"modified":"2018-08-19T09:44:03","modified_gmt":"2018-08-19T13:44:03","slug":"illinois-road-trips-casey-illinois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nateandrachael.com\/terrehaute\/illinois-road-trips-casey-illinois\/","title":{"rendered":"This Wabash Valley Attraction is Kind of a Big Deal: Big Things in Casey, Illinois"},"content":{"rendered":"

What does it take for a small town in the midwest to make a BIG impression? If we’re talking about Casey, Illinois, the answer is 8 world records!<\/p>\n

Illinois Road Trip Idea: Visit the Big Things in the Small Town of Casey, Illinois<\/h2>\n

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The “Big Things in a Small Town” have started to attract international attention. Luckily, for our local readers, it’s only about 37 minutes from Terre Haute to Casey, Illinois.<\/p>\n

In 2017, CBS news<\/a> posted a story on the Big Things and included this quote from the dreamer and creator of the big things,\u00a0Jim Bolin.<\/p>\n

It all started with the World’s Largest Wind Chime, erected in 2011 to drive tourists to his wife’s caf\u00e9: “The wind chime, when I first built it, I said, ‘That’s my fishing lure.’ We cast it out to the interstate and try to reel people into our little small town here to see what we got.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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To qualify for a Guinness World Record, there\u00a0are specific rules about size, materials used and usability.<\/p>\n

Usability?<\/p>\n

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Yes! Functionality is a factor! That means that the rocking chair rocks, the wind chime chimes, and the knitting needles and crochet hook were actually used to knit a 10×10 square to make the record.<\/p>\n

And the mailbox? It works too! Buy a stamp, write a postcard, drop your mail in the largest mailbox, and watch the red flag go up to show that there’s mail for the postman to collect.<\/p>\n

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The most popular item, although it does not hold a record is the birdcage.\u00a0 People (including my own family) enjoy swinging in it.<\/p>\n

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Given their track record, it’s no surprise that the dreamers and creators have plans to expand and add even more records to Casey’s already impressive collection.<\/p>\n

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Jim plans on building a teeter-totter that will be placed in Fairview Park that visitors will be able to ride.\u00a0 He anticipates perhaps 4-6 people will need to sit on each end in order to make it teeter (or totter).<\/p>\n

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