World’s Largest Watermelon Sculpture in Muscatine, Iowa

World’s Largest Watermelon Sculpture in Muscatine, Iowa

In a quiet corner of eastern Iowa, perched along the Mississippi River, a colossal slice of watermelon rises improbably from the earth. Measuring 40 feet long and 16 feet tall, Muscatine’s oversized fruit is a whimsical nod to the town’s agricultural heritage, and its juicy past as a contender for the title of “Watermelon Capital of the World.”  While the claim may be up for debate today, the town’s agricultural pride remains—now carved in steel…