Guinness Book of World Records

Uncover the remarkable story of Casey, IL, a small town with a big reputation, boasting an impressive 12 Guinness World Records for creating oversized objects like a giant mailbox and truck key.

Not sure how I missed this one but apparently, the world's largest bakery is in Illinois.

I don't think I love anything enough to have more than 34,000 versions of it. One Wisconsin man obviously does love something that much as he's now eaten 34,128 Big Macs to extend his own standing world record.

It seems like anything can be a world record these days, there are five weird and wacky world records held by Illinoisans that you would never think could be recorded.

Uncover the remarkable story of Casey, IL, a small town with a big reputation, boasting an impressive 12 Guinness World Records for creating oversized objects like a giant mailbox and truck key.

There is a tiny Illinois town that is home to the world's largest collection of the world's largest objects.

Rockford Public Library shared an apology note they received from the other side of the world in regards to a book that was long past due and the late fee would have been a record breaker

These days, it seems like nearly everyone is trying to set a world record...for something. Some do it for the notoriety, others do it to promote tourism, and some guys, like Chuck Uhing, of Milledgeville, are doing it because they want a legacy.

These days, the records you hear about Illinois setting are usually not good ones. Record pension deficits, record budget deficits, record budget impasse...you get the idea. Believe it or not, our state has produced some world records that we can actually be proud of.