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This midwestern town is home to the world’s largest cross. The cross is 198 feet high, with a 113 foot crossbar. The First Baptist Church of Effingham formed the Cross Foundation to raise $1.1 million to erect the cross. The site is enhanced by ten rock-shaped speakers next to the stone tablets for each Commandment. Press a button by each station and hear a bit of wisdom appropriate to the given Commandment. The inspiration came when congregation members saw the immense cross in Groom, Texas (only 190 feet high). The site is intended to serve as a beacon of hope to the 50,000 travelers estimated to pass the site each day.