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Oddball Illinois
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Author : Jerome Pohlen
language : en
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Release Date : 2012-05-01
Oddball Illinois written by Jerome Pohlen and has been published by Chicago Review Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-01 with Travel categories.
In this updated edition, it's plain to see that the state of Illinois has only gotten weirder. Where there was once just a single Popeye statue in downstate Chester, today the town has monuments to Olive Oyl, Swee' Pea, Bluto, the Sea Hag, and more. The creepy Piasa Bird petroglyph on the bluff in Alton now has a roadside pullout with picnic tables, and the two-story outhouse in Gays has a new contemplative garden. With almost twice as many destinations as its predecessor, this edition boasts detailed information on each site—address, phone number, website, hours, entry fees, and driving directions—as well as maps, photos, and a wealth of regional history in the descriptions. Some new sites include Henry's Rabbit Ranch, the World's First Jungle Gym, Ahlgrim Acres (a miniature golf course at a funeral home), the Leather Archives and Museum, General Santa Ana's two wooden legs, the World's Largest Sock Monkey, the Friendship Shoe Fence, a truck stop with a marionette show, and a coin-operated fire-breathing dragon. There is more between Chicago and St. Louis than cornfields and plenty of fascinating places in the Windy City that aren't on Michigan Avenue, and here is a chance to see these underappreciated sites throughout the state.
Oddball Illinois
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Author : Jerome Pohlen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Oddball Illinois written by Jerome Pohlen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Illinois categories.
This offbeat travel guide is a mix of Fodor's( and News of the Weird. Behind all the odd sights is some wonderfully interesting history and a chance to see some under-appreciated sites throughout the state. Photos.
Oddball Michigan
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Author : Jerome Pohlen
language : en
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Release Date : 2014-05-01
Oddball Michigan written by Jerome Pohlen and has been published by Chicago Review Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-01 with Travel categories.
There’s more to Michigan than beautiful forests, shuttered factories, and miles and miles of stunning shoreline. Armed with this offbeat travel guide, you’ll soon discover the strange underbelly of the Great Lakes State. Michigan has monuments to fluoridation, snurfing, the designer of the Jefferson nickel, and the once-famous Mr. Chicken, as well as festivals honoring tulips, Christmas pickles, and a 38-acre fungus. It’s where you’ll find the World’s Largest Lugnut, the Nun Doll Museum, Joe’s Gizzard City, the Teenie-Weenie Pickle Barrel Cottage, Howdy Doody, and Thomas Edison’s last breath. The state also has its share of weird history—it’s where Harry Houdini perished on Halloween night in 1926, where skater Tanya Harding’s posse whacked Nancy Kerrigan, and where the Kellogg brothers invented popular breakfast cereals and less-popular yogurt enemas. Along with humorous histories and witty observations, Oddball Michigan provides addresses, websites, hours, fees, and driving directions for each of its 450 entries.
Oddball Wisconsin
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Author : Jerome Pohlen
language : en
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Release Date : 2013-05-01
Oddball Wisconsin written by Jerome Pohlen and has been published by Chicago Review Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-01 with Travel categories.
Updated and even stranger, this new edition boasts more than 400 unique destinations for tourists looking for attractions off the beaten path. Bizarre locations and landmarks include Chainsaw Gordy's Garden of Saws, Smokey Bear's head, the World's Largest Soup Kettle, the Toilet Bowl Parade, and the world's only upside-down White House. This book offers fascinating and little-known historical tidbits and answers burning questions such as Where was Liberace born? What is a hodag, and where do you catch one? Who invented the hamburger? and Will a Polka Hall of Fame ever be built? This is the real guide to Wisconsin, birthplace of the snowmobile, the typewriter, and the ice cream sundae. The address, phone number, hours, cost, directions, and website of each oddity accompany its description.
Oddball Ohio
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Author : Jerome Pohlen
language : en
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Release Date : 2004-05-01
Oddball Ohio written by Jerome Pohlen and has been published by Chicago Review Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-05-01 with Travel categories.
This off-the-wall travel guide presents an Ohio odder than imagined. It wastes no time describing Cedar Point or suggesting scenic bike rides through the Hocking Hills; instead, this entertaining travel companion directs out-of-state adventurers and Buckeye state residents to the home of the world's largest cockroach, an Amish SUV, Egg Shell Land, a two-headed calf, and the Accounting Hall of Fame. Ohio is depicted as the birthplace of bar codes, Airstream trailers, televangelism, Paul Lynde, Alcoholics Anonymous, and the banana split. Odd stories abound, and tales of Ohio as the only state where Jerry Springer has been elected the mayor of a major city, where a brick outhouse is on the National Register of Historic Places, and where Buster the Dog voted for president accompany the site-seeing suggestions. Plenty of photos and maps ensure that this guide is as practical as it is wacky when seeking out wonders such as the Great Pumpkin Watertower, Goodyear's World of Rubber, and Bogart and Bacall's wedding site, then relaxing with a brew at the World's Longest Bar.
Oddball Minnesota
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Author : Jerome Pohlen
language : en
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Release Date : 2003-04
Oddball Minnesota written by Jerome Pohlen and has been published by Chicago Review Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-04 with Reference categories.
Land of the world's largest prairie chicken, birthplace of Spam, and home of the world's oldest rock, this is Minnesota, where summers are short, winters are long, and back-road wonders abound. This entertaining guide wastes no time with descriptions of scenic lakes, pristine bike trails, or quaint cafes. Instead it directs travelers (and residents) to the spot where Tiny Tim strummed his last notes on the ukulele; to the Cold Spring chapel where two grasshoppers bow down to the Virgin Mary; and to the McLeod County Museum, where the mummy on display could be from Peru or outer space. While ordinary tourists are fighting off mosquitoes in the Boundary Waters, oddball travelers can size up the world's largest ear of corn and admire the fourth Zamboni ever built. And one last thing: there aren't 10,000 lakes in Minnesota; there are 14,215. For travelers who are in search of the unusual, there is no better reason to park the bike and hiking boots in the garage, fill up the gas tank, and hit the road to Minnesota, where weirdness awaits.
Monsters Of Illinois
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Author : Troy Taylor
language : en
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Release Date : 2011-07-11
Monsters Of Illinois written by Troy Taylor and has been published by Stackpole Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-11 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
Find out about the strange and mysterious creatures living in Illinois.
Excelsior You Fathead
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Author : Eugene B. Bergmann
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2006-01-01
Excelsior You Fathead written by Eugene B. Bergmann and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Jean Shepherd (1921-1999) master humorist is best known for his creation ÊA Christmas StoryÊ the popular movie about the child who wants a BB gun for Christmas and nearly shoots his eye out. What else did Shepherd do? He is considered by many to be the Mark Twain and James Thurber of his day. For many thousands of fans for decades Shep talked on the radio late at night keeping them up way past their bedtimes. He entertained without a script improvising like a jazz musician on any and every subject you can imagine. He invented and remains the master of talk radio. Shepherd perpetrated one of the great literary hoaxes of all time promoting a nonexistent book and author and then brought the book into existence. He wrote 23 short stories for ÊPlayboyÊ four times winning their humor of the year award and also interviewed The Beatles for the magazine. He authored several popular books of humor and satire created several television series and acted in several plays. He is the model for the character played by Jason Robards in the play and movie ÊA Thousand ClownsÊ as well as the inspiration for the Shel Silverstein song made famous by Johnny Cash A Boy Named Sue. Readers will learn the significance of innumerable Shepherd words and phrases such as Excelsior you fathead and observe his constant confrontations with the America he loved. They will get to know and understand this multitalented genius by peeking behind the wall he built for himself ä a wall to hide a different and less agreeable persona. Through interviews with his friends co-workers and creative associates such as musician David Amram cartoonist and playwright Jules Feiffer publisher and broadcaster Paul Krassner and author Norman Mailer the book explains a complex and unique genius of our time. Shepherd pretty much invented talk radio ... What I got of him was a wonder at the world one man could create. I am as awed now by his achievement as I was then. ä Richard Corliss ÊTimeÊ magazine online
Roadside Giants
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Author : Brian Butko
language : en
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Release Date : 2005
Roadside Giants written by Brian Butko and has been published by Stackpole Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Architecture categories.
From Lucy, the colossal elephant-shaped building on the Jersey Shore, to the grand donut atop Randy's in Los Angeles, this full-color guide profiles the commercial giants that loom over America's highways. Created to sell products and promote tourism in a big way, they can be found all over the United States. The authors have traveled far and wide to bring readers the world's largest duck in Long Island, an enormous Amish couple in Pennsylvania Dutch Country, and towering Paul Bunyans all over the Midwest. There are buildings shaped like hot dogs, ice cream cones, and baskets, as well as the roadside phenomena known as "Muffler Men," giants who originally advertised mufflers but now have been converted to cowboys, Indians, spacemen, and pirates. Big fun!
Oddball Indiana
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Author : Jerome Pohlen
language : en
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Release Date : 2002
Oddball Indiana written by Jerome Pohlen and has been published by Chicago Review Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Curiosities and wonders categories.
While other guides tell travelers about yet another cozy bed-and-breakfast and bike trails through Brown County, "Oddball Indiana" offers wacky pit-stop destinations and little-known historical tidbits for those who want to laugh, not lounge, on their vacation. Photos.