Oddball Wisconsin
Oddball Wisconsin

Author: Jerome Pohlen

Publisher: Chicago Review Press

Published: 2013-05-01

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 1613746695

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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 Wisconsin
Oddball Wisconsin

Author: Jerome Pohlen

Publisher: Chicago Review Press

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 1613746660

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Updated and even weirder, 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 how 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 Indiana
Oddball Indiana

Author: Jerome Pohlen

Publisher: Chicago Review Press

Published: 2017-05-01

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 1613738528

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Indiana often calls itself the Crossroads of the Nation. It's not also perhaps the very nexus of US weirdness. Armed with Oddball Indiana, you'll soon discover the strange underbelly of the Hoosier State, from brain sandwiches to square donuts. Indiana has monuments to Michael Jackson, the comic strip character Joe Palooka, and the World's Largest Egg. It's where Alka-Seltzer and Wonder Bread were invented, where A Christmas Story actually took place, and where the good but angry citizens of Plainfield conspired to dump President Martin Van Buren in a mud puddle. Along with humorous histories and offbeat observations, Oddball Indiana provides addresses, websites, hours, fees, and driving directions for each of its 350+ entries.

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.

Oddball Illinois
Oddball Illinois

Author: Jerome Pohlen

Publisher: Chicago Review Press

Published: 2012-05-01

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 1613740352

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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.

Weird Wisconsin
Weird Wisconsin

Author: Linda S. Godfrey

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 0760759448

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Oddball
Oddball

Author: Sarah Andersen

Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Published: 2021-12-07

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 1524876305

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The newest Sarah's Scribbles collection from New York Times bestselling author and Goodreads Choice award winner Sarah Andersen. The fourth book in the enormously popular graphic novel series, the latest collection of Sarah's Scribbles comics explores the evils of procrastination, the trials of the creative process, the cuteness of kittens, and the beauty of not caring about your appearance as much as you did when you were younger. When it comes to humorous illustrations of the awkwardness and hilarity of millennial life, Sarah's Scribbles is without peer.

Wisconsin
Wisconsin

Author: Michael Feldman

Publisher: Falcon Guides

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780762730407

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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.

Wisconsin Crosswords
Wisconsin Crosswords

Author: Dale Ratermann

Publisher:

Published: 2006-10

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780976336143

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Test your knowledge of the state known for beer and cheeseheads and learn a few new things with this fun collection of puzzles and trivia about Wisconsin. Stuffed with fun facts, this book is an essential addition to any Wisconsin trivia lover's library or for those who want to learn more about his beautiful and historic state. Wisconsin Crosswords also includes word searches appropriate for readers of all ages. Puzzle topics include: ? Wisconsin Sports ? Wisconsin State Parks ? Historic Wisconsin ? Famous Wisconsin Residents ? And much, much more!