Lincoln, Illinois: World's Largest Covered Wagon and Big Lincoln
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Best Western
- Address:
- 1750 5th St., Lincoln, IL
- Directions:
- I-55 exit 126, east to Lincoln Pkwy/Route 66, then south a quarter-mile. On the right.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
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12-foot-tall Abe on a 24-foot-tall covered wagon -- the largest in the world. Badly damaged in a January 2014 wind storm; the town repaired it by late April.
Roadsideamerica.com Report... [08/05/2019]Visitor Tips and News About World's Largest Covered Wagon and Big Lincoln
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The Railsplitter covered wagon is in fine shape. Abe is looking good and still reading his law book. Although I honestly swear the last time we visited, this was all in a different location! Have I become road weary?
[Mike Gassmann, 08/30/2025]
Honest Abe is reading a law book and sitting on his covered wagon in the town that bears his name. According to Guinness World Records, this is indeed the World's Largest Covered Wagon. A must see attraction on your Illinois Route 66 journey! It's a popular stop and, on the day we visited, we were lucky to meet some new friends sporting their own Lincoln beards and stovepipe hats!
[Mike Gassmann, 10/23/2018]
The cover of the wagon is intact, worth the photo op.
[Joe Osgood, 07/23/2018]Seems like the cover is intermittently missing in the winter, perhaps for a good cleaning.
The World's Largest Wagon is currently not covered.
[Kristen, 03/31/2018]Perhaps removing the cover is a winterizing ritual.
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Postville: Honest Abe Courthouse, Lincoln, IL - < 1 mi.
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