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Podcast: Great Balls of Twine with the Places Team

A special guest adds an additional tangle to the tale.
The Podcast Team March 27, 2023
World's Largest Ball of Paint
Alexandria, Indiana

World's Largest Ball of Paint

Covered in tens of thousands of coats of paint, this Indiana attraction holds a world record all its own.
Times Square Ball from Above
New York, New York

One Times Square

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.
The Grand Kugel
Richmond, Virginia

The Grand Kugel

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.
Merchant Ball
Marion, Ohio

Merchant Ball

This moving cemetery sphere is a slowly rolling stone.
Schooner Gulch
Point Arena, California

Bowling Ball Beach

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.
Boys Town, Nebraska

World's Largest Ball of Stamps

An idle pastime becomes a record holder in Boys Town, Nebraska.
Cawker City, Kansas

World's Largest Ball of Twine

It's big, it's a ball, and it's made of twine—the world's largest of its kind.
The Valley of Balls.
Shetpe, Kazakhstan

Valley of Balls

Mysterious spherical rocks in the semi-desert of western Kazakhstan.
The Big Bowl in Lake Cathie, New South Wales. (Wikimedia Commons)
Lake Cathie, Australia

Big Bowl

Australian holiday town hosts world's largest bowling ball.
Yucca, Arizona

Area 66

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.
The world's largest popcorn ball. (The Popcorn Factory)
Sac City, Iowa

World's Largest Popcorn Ball

Eight feet in diameter and more than 24 feet around.
Darwin, Minnesota

World's Largest Ball of Twine Rolled by One Man

17,400 lbs., 12 feet in diameter, and 29 years in the making.