Weird Illinois
Author: Troy Taylor
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 267
ISBN-13: 076075943X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExplores bizarre sights and stories found in Illinois.
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Author: Troy Taylor
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 267
ISBN-13: 076075943X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExplores bizarre sights and stories found in Illinois.
Author: Jerome Pohlen
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Published: 2012-05-01
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 1613740352
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 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.
Author: David Foster Wallace
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: 2009-11-23
Total Pages: 546
ISBN-13: 0316090522
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThese widely acclaimed essays from the author of Infinite Jest -- on television, tennis, cruise ships, and more -- established David Foster Wallace as one of the preeminent essayists of his generation. In this exuberantly praised book -- a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television to tennis, from the Illinois State Fair to the films of David Lynch, from postmodern literary theory to the supposed fun of traveling aboard a Caribbean luxury cruiseliner -- David Foster Wallace brings to nonfiction the same curiosity, hilarity, and exhilarating verbal facility that has delighted readers of his fiction, including the bestselling Infinite Jest.
Author: Charlie Carlson
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Published: 2009-05
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781402766848
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA guide to visiting the odd and less known tourist attractions in the state of Florida.
Author: Linda S. Godfrey
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 0760759448
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: James Strait
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9781402745553
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEach fun and intriguing volume in the award-winning series offers more than 250 illustrated pages of places where tourists usually don't venture: the oddball curiosities, ghostly sites, local legends, crazy characters, cursed roads, and peculiar roadside attractions.
Author: Jerome Pohlen
Publisher:
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781556523717
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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.
Author: Michael Martone
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2009-08-26
Total Pages: 326
ISBN-13: 0253210224
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDo Midwesterners have a peculiar way of looking at the world? Is there something not quite right about the way they see things? For such a normal place, the heartland has produced some writers who take a most individual approach to storytelling. And the result—to the delight of readers everywhere—has been stories that reveal the mystery, joy, and enchantment in the most ordinary and incidental moments of life. These 33 exceptional tales showcase the peculiarly wonderful vision of some of the region's best-known or soon-to-be-celebrated writers. Each invites its readers to see the world through different eyes and see it anew.
Author: Troy Taylor
Publisher: Haunted Illinois
Published: 2008-07
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781892523594
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe city of Chicago is unquestionably the weirdest and most haunted city in America! With a bloody history that is filled with violent events, mysterious happenings and more than its share of crime, there is no place like it in the country. This is the most complete book ever written about Chicago's ghosts and strange history.
Author: Mark Marimen
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 1402754523
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscover the places in Indiana where tourists usually don't venture-- it's chock-full of oddball curiosities, ghostly places, local legends, crazy characters, cursed roads, and peculiar roadside attractions.