Oddball Wisconsin: A Guide to 400 Really Strange Places

Oddball Wisconsin: A Guide to 400 Really Strange Places
ISBN-10
1613746660
ISBN-13
9781613746660
Category
History
Pages
323
Language
English
Published
2013
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Author
Jerome Pohlen

Description

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.

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