Have you ever been out on a long road trip when suddenly you see a huge fish?

Not in the water, but there on the side of the road, just an absolutely massive sculpture

of a fish.

And then this thing just kind of happens to you.

You feel yourself slowly pulling the car over.

The fish is calling to you.

And you get out and you go up to this magnificent, ridiculous roadside attraction.

You marvel at the fish for a while and eventually swing through the gift shop.

You maybe buy a coffee mug, possibly a shirt.

But if you're really lucky, you'll find a miniature version of the gigantic fish.

And know you need one to buy it and keep it for years to come.

And if there's no miniature fish, you probably don't sweat it.

But Erika Nelson is not you.

Because one by one, Erika Nelson traveled the country in a bus, visiting the world's

largest things, and then creating her own perfect little miniatures of them.

Until low and behold, she became her own roadside attraction.

I'm Deontarest and this is Atlas Obscura, a celebration of the world's strange, incredible

and wondrous places.

This week we talk to Erika Nelson about the world's largest collection of the world's

smallest versions of the world's largest things.

Think about it.

Or after this.

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