Oddball Florida: A Guide to Some Really Strange Places
- ISBN-10
- 1556525036
- ISBN-13
- 9781556525032
- Category
- Travel
- Pages
- 306
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003-10
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Author
- Jerome Pohlen
Description
"This entertaining guide directs travelers to the off-the-wall and offbeat destinations in Florida, home of gator wrestlers, school bus demolition derbies, Hemingway wannabes, the Fountain of Youth, the Nudist Hall of Fame, and a utopian community based on the premise that the earth is not round, but concave. Additional oddball attractions include a graveyard for roosters, the world's largest strawberry, the world's smallest police station, and museums dedicated to seashells, hamburgers, oranges, teddy bears, sponges, air conditioning, and one very old petrified cat. Documenting local oddities and forgotten history, this travel guide covers Florida in six regions with maps and detailed directions for each site as well as phone numbers, hours, web sites, and various photographs."
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