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A Guide to 400 Really Strange Places
By Jerome Pohlen
Oddball series
TRAVEL
336 Pages, 5.5 x 8.5
Formats: Trade Paper, PDF, Mobipocket, EPUB
MOBIPOCKET, $9.99 (US $9.99) (EU $11.99) (CA $12.99) (AU $15.99)
ISBN 9781613746684
Rights: WOR
Chicago Review Press (May 2013)
Overview
Everything weird, wacky, and wonderful about America’s Dairyland
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.
Reviews
"If you use this . . . guide for your family summer vacation you might want to change your name to Griswold." —Portage Daily RegisterAuthor Biography
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