Minnesota Curiosities
Minnesota Curiosities

Author: Russ Ringsak

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2013-01-15

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0762795107

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Your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the North Star State has to offer! Visit an art gallery of underground graffiti; an eight-story-tall Iron Man sculpture; and some beautifully designed, no-real-name-for-them architectural oddities. Meet an artistic, creature-creating welder; a fast-thinking curator of a fishing museum; and a cow-figurine-collecting newspaper editor. Discover the fun of constructing a bookcase-turned coffin for who-knows-when; traveling an uphill road that goes downhill; and drinking wiggly-army-worm wine—it’ll make your head spin. Whether you’re a born-and-raised Minnesotan or a recent transplant, authors Russ Ringsak and Denise Remick will have you laughing out loud as they introduce you to the neighbors you never knew you had and take you to places you never knew existed—right in your own backyard!

Weird Minnesota
Weird Minnesota

Author: Eric Dregni

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 1402739087

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Wisconsin Curiosities
Wisconsin Curiosities

Author: Michael Feldman

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2009-04-14

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1461747252

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Popular public radio show host Michael Feldman and coauthor Diana Cook introduce Wisconsin's weirdest, wackiest, and most outrageous people, places, and things including a man who owes his life to a foam rubber cheesehead, a worm that plays basketball, and the best place to savor chicken in a hubcap.

Minnesota State Fair
Minnesota State Fair

Author: Kathryn Strand Koutsky

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13:

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Enhanced by more than twelve hundred photographs, a history of the Minnesota State Fair includes recipes from 4-H groups, food stands, and blue ribbon-winning contestants.

A Treasury of Minnesota Tales
A Treasury of Minnesota Tales

Author: Webb Garrison

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Published: 1998-11-03

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 141853062X

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Unusual, interesting and little known stories of the state of Minnesota. Minnesota Tales is aimed at the target of familiarity-plus-novelty. These suspense-packed stories constitute "history for the ordinary person," and a few include really great traditions passed orally from generation to generation.

Prairie, Lake, Forest
Prairie, Lake, Forest

Author: Chris Niskanen

Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9780873517713

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Waterfalls and underground caverns, lady's slippers and dwarf trout lilies, cross-country skiing and fishing adventures--alluring photographs and captivating stories survey these and other delights of Minnesota's popular state parks.

Six Feet Under
Six Feet Under

Author: Stew Thornley

Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780873515146

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This handy guide locates the final resting places and tells the stories of more than 375 notable Minnesotans. Author Stew Thornley travelled throughout Minnesota in pursuit of the historical fact, the little-known tale, the striking monument, and the truth behind the colourful exaggeration. Visiting cemeteries from every era and every region of the state, Thornley recounts the histories of the famous, infamous, and just plain interesting Minnesotans who lie at rest in the state. The book contains a useful appendix with a county-by-county listing of the cemeteries and individuals mentioned within. Perfect for road trippers and armchair travellers alike, 'Six Feet Under' is an enlightening guide to the state's history.

Midwest Marvels
Midwest Marvels

Author: Eric Dregni

Publisher: U of Minnesota Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 462

ISBN-13: 0816642907

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A guide to unusual and one-of-a-kind roadside sights in the Midwest includes Minnesota's Spam Museum, North Dakota's forty-five-foot tower of discarded oil cans, and South Dakota's Outhouse Museum.