Book Description
Explores bizarre sights and stories found in Illinois.
Author : Troy Taylor
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 13,60 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Curiosities and wonders
ISBN : 076075943X
Explores bizarre sights and stories found in Illinois.
Author : Linda S. Godfrey
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 27,17 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Ghosts
ISBN : 0760759448
Author : David Foster Wallace
Publisher : Back Bay Books
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 27,13 MB
Release : 2009-11-23
Category : Humor
ISBN : 0316090522
These 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 : Jerome Pohlen
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,3 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Illinois
ISBN : 9781556523717
This 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 : Jerome Pohlen
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 30,39 MB
Release : 2012-05-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1613740352
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.
Author : Mark Marimen
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 18,38 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1402754523
Discover 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.
Author : Charlie Carlson
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 12,37 MB
Release : 2009-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781402766848
A guide to visiting the odd and less known tourist attractions in the state of Florida.
Author : Troy Taylor
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 21,77 MB
Release : 2008-05-05
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0811740668
Illinois's mysterious and often violent history has made the state a haven for restless spirits.
Author : James Strait
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 26,54 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781402745553
Each 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 : David Hudnall
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 11,39 MB
Release : 2008-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781897278413
Illinois is considered the most average state according to Census Bureau data analysis by Associated Press. Illinois is full of fascinating and often humorous stories of strange places, bizarre events, intriguing history and colorful characters.