world's smallest city block

This is really just a Y in the road, but it does have a marker and since it claims to be the World's Smallest City Block it is fun to stop and take a picture. I wouldn't make a special trip to see it, but if you want to do something inexpensive you could take a tour of Dothan's downtown murals, take a few photos at this site and at the Dothan Opera House, visit Dothan's Museum of Art, which is just a few steps from The World's Smallest City block and have lunch at one of the downtown restaurants or picnic at one of the little parks in the area or on the grounds of the museum. I would go during the day. A lot of the restaurants and the museum are closed at night.

Guinness Book of Records has placed this as the smallest block in the world. Since our hotel was near by we took the time to locate it since we were in no hurry and was looking around Dothan. It's fun to see how small it is and gave us a good chuckle! It's no big deal so if you are rushed forget it but, if you are just having fun...look it up. What do you have to lose??

I went here mostly as a joke and because my parents were in town and were curious about it. I never realize I had drove by it so many times after paying my utilities bill. We took a couple pictures but it honestly looks like a little forgotten piece of grass with a tombstone which is actually a landmark telling you it's the world's smallest city block. Be careful if you take kids because you have to park away from it and cross the street to get to it. It's not a very busy street but traffic does happen; I went while it was raining. If you want to do something that only takes a few minutes and is free than do this.

Do yourself a favor. Step out your back door or go to the nearest city park. Do you see a small patch of dirt? Is there some refuse or an empty beer bottle laying nearby? If so, then you have officially experienced everything you will experience at East Troy St. in Dothan. Additionally, Dothan is a filthy, dilapidated town. Lock your car door, and stay on the outskirts as much as possible.

Okay, it's true - it isn't much of an attraction. But then again, it doesn't take much time either. It is exactly as advertised - kinda fun and definitely unique. There's parking nearby, so it doesn't take much time to check it out. If you're into geocaching (as we are), there's an extra reason to visit. It's fun to say you've been there! We were there on a winter Sunday afternoon and didn't see a soul.

Just so you can say you've been to the smallest city block in the world -- according to the Guinness Book of Records.

You're not missing anything here. It's cool that Dothan has something original like this but it definitely isn't an "attraction".

i find it funny that so many people on here actually review this like it is an actual "attraction". Come on people its more a joke than a serious attempt at having the worlds smallest city block! Its just people having fun and joining anyone else to join in. Dont take it so serious. If you are downtown and have a sense of humor pay it a visit and have a laugh, if you are not downtown dont go out of your way.Personally I got a laugh out of it and that was fine with me!

We had a cute time taking pictures here and having the kids pretend they were giants. I was a little concerned about what seemed like stepping into traffic in order to take a picture. Our daughter is on a world's record kick so we stopped at as many attractions during our cross-county tour. So this was definitely worth stopping for us!

The small triangular piece of land in downtown Dothan touted as the “smallest city block in the world” is barely worth mentioning as an attraction. Only if one is already downtown or in desperate need for some sort of touristy “proof” of being in Dothan would the trip be worthwhile.Factually, the “smallest block in the world” claim is tenuous at best. There is a very small triangular piece of land containing a monument at the junction of E. Troy, N. Appletree, and N. College streets, but, beyond that, any world or national claims are dubious.I know of no specific evidence that the claim is even valid. I find no record of such claim on Guinness World Record site or in other resources. Similar “small blocks” are found by the thousands across the U.S. Just about any place where a diagonal street crosses conventional grid streets at an angle produces triangular or other odd-sized blocks. Many are quite small. Oftentimes such features are recognized as squares or traffic islands.If a visitor is looking for something unusual in Dothan area, a trip to nearby Enterprise, AL (about 32 miles) would be in order. There one can observe the unique and well-known monument to the Boll Weevil. Dothan, like many American cities, is critically short of “real” attractions and has to push the envelope to come up with any listings at all.

Small slab of cement marks this spot, which is basically a "y" in the road. Claims to be the worlds smallest city block, but really I think it was an engineering screw up. Not worth going out of your way, but if you are headed to the museum or the Civic Center, feel free to take a look.

this is a really cool place so tiny as far as city blocks go but as they state the world's smallest city block great museum down the street though worth a visit to them both

Technically...I suppose it is a city block...but it's just a concrete square with a sign...but don't bother going out of your way to find it unless you are really bored and just want to kill some time and burn some gas.If you do go there, you will find other things nearby that are interesting; the Dothan Civic Center has some great performances from time to time and the opera house is close by that is a wonderful venue for concerts.The murals on painted on the city walls are neat; and if you are there, stop by the court house and read the plaque that describes how Houston county AL was formed.

It was as it says, The smallest city block. It is a dirty patch of cement with litter all around it!! Nothing to go out of your way for.

I have lived in Dothan 20 years and had no idea we had the "world's smallest city block"....I have been there not much to see. However the Art Museum nearby is nice. We are also a Mural City and all of the paintings are worth seeing.