Pulling into a gas station usually means grabbing a quick snack and getting back on the road, but one stop in the United States has turned that ritual into something closer to a tourist attraction. Travel writers and YouTubers have even documented the largest gas station in the world, Buc-ee’s, as an essential road-trip destination in itself – the kind of place people stop at just to say they’ve been, even if they don’t need gas.
Buc-ee’s reopened its original Luling site on June 10, 2024, as a staggering 75,593-square-foot travel center — officially recognized as the biggest convenience store in the world. The project dethroned the chain’s Sevierville, Tennessee location, which was the biggest gas station for less than a year at 74,707 square feet.The brand also claims the world’s longest car wash, with a conveyor belt measuring out at 55 feet, in Katy.
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