It might not be as grandiose as this giant artichoke, or as sugary sweet as this giant donut, but nestled outside of a Valero Gas Station off Route 5 lies a Grindstone deemed the world's largest.
I know what you're thinking: What the hell is a grindstone? Webster defines it as: "a stone disc that can be turned like a wheel and that is used for sharpening tools, smoothing rough edges, etc." Got it. And why is this seemingly uninteresting piece of archaic machinery featured on this blog? What can I say, I'm a sucker for all things claimed to be world's largest, no matter how unexciting it might be.
This grindstone in particular is very large, though I don't have much to compare it to since I haven't seen many grindstones in my life. I'll just have to take this one's word.
While large in stature, the grindstone's location is awfully suspect. As mentioned above, this is casually situated next to a run-of-the-mill gas station off the freeway. If I didn't previously know about the the grindstone's presence in the area, I would've easily mistaken it for Wednesday's trash being left on the side of the road.
And furthermore, why is this here? Is Lake Shasta the National capital of grindstones? Nothing happening here really makes sense, but I'm glad this exists to entertaining passing motorists.
So if you ever find yourself in town, park the car, fill her up, grab some corn nuts and get that grindstone selfie you've been dreaming of all your life.
