When planning our road trip to Northern Wisconsin, my original plan was to head to Hurley and then over to Hayward. I reversed directions for logistical reasons. That really doesn't matter because either way, I wanted to stop in Woodruff, which we would be driving through anyways, and see the largest penny.
I am a sucker for the largest anything and why not see a giant coin. It was outside and it was pretty COVID safe.
I was expecting a metal penny created out of copper like pennies were back in the day. Nope. This one looks to be created out of cement and is a nice grey/silver color.
The World's Largest Penny was created to honor the Penny Parade which helped build the Woodruff hospital back in the 1950s. There is a plaque telling you about the history behind the penny.
Would I drive out of the way to see the world's largest penny? Nope but since we were driving almost right by it, I figured we could check it out. It's worth a quick photo op if you are ever in the Northwoods but not worth going out of your way to see.
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