Oddball Michigan : a guide to 450 really strange places / Jerome Pohlen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pohlen, Jerome, author.

Series:

Oddball series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Curiosities and wonders--Michigan--Guidebooks.

Curiosities and wonders.

Michigan--History, Local--Miscellanea.

Michigan.

Michigan--Guidebooks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (354 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

There's more to Michigan than beautiful forests, shuttered factories, and miles and miles of stunning shoreline. Armed with this offbeat travel guide, you'll soon discover the strange underbelly of the Great Lakes State. Michigan has monuments to fluoridation, snurfing, the designer of the Jefferson nickel, and the once-famous Mr. Chicken, as well as festivals honoring tulips, Christmas pickles, and a 38-acre fungus. It's where you'll find the World's Largest Lugnut, the Nun Doll Museum, Joe's Gizzard City, the Teenie-Weenie Pickle Barrel Cottage, Howdy Doody, and Thomas Edison's la

Contents:

Front Cover; Title Page; Half Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; 1. The Upper Peninsula; Map of the Upper Peninsula; 2. Northern Michigan; Map of Northern Michigan; 3. Western Michigan; Map of Western Michigan; 4. Central Michigan; Map of Central Michigan; 5. Eastern Michigan; Map of Eastern Michigan; 6. Detroit and Suburbs; 7. THe Christmas Tour; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Recommended Sources; City Index; Site Index; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61374-894-9