A black bowl of yellow raw potatoes - Simpleimages/Getty Images For such a simple vegetable, potatoes have a lot of mystery surrounding them. This staple ingredient has been a backbone of many ...

Many of Wisconsin's world's largest things reflect its agriculture industry: a round barn, a talking cow, a potato masher.

For such a simple vegetable, potatoes have a lot of mystery surrounding them. This staple ingredient has been a backbone of ...

World's largest potato masher, Plover In keeping with Wisconsin's agricultural themes, the world's largest potato masher stands 38-feet, 11-inches tall over the flat fields of Central Wisconsin.