Michigan Curiosities

Author : Colleen Burcar
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780762790678

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Michigan Curiosities by Colleen Burcar Pdf

Your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Wolverine State has to offer! Whether you’re a born-and-raised Michiganite, a recent transplant, or just passing through, Michigan Curiosities will have you laughing out loud as Colleen Burcar takes you on a rollicking tour of the strangest sites in theWolverine State. Experience some raucous festivals that celebrate everything from Elvis and Jimmy Buffett to bologna and chicken gizzards. Visit the home of the world’s largest burger, where you can still order a 100-pound Goliath burger, topped off with a one-and-a-half-gallon Colossal sundae—and don’t forget the 20-inch chocolate chip cookie. Discover where the law of gravity is broken, tour an actual glass house (the ultimate recycling project), and visit some amazing stone “hobbit” houses.

Author : Colleen Burcar
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780762790685

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MICHIGAN CURIOSITIES: QUIRKY CHARAC 3ED by Colleen Burcar Pdf

Your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Wolverine State has to offer! Whether you’re a born-and-raised Michiganite, a recent transplant, or just passing through, Michigan Curiosities will have you laughing out loud as Colleen Burcar takes you on a rollicking tour of the strangest sites in theWolverine State. Experience some raucous festivals that celebrate everything from Elvis and Jimmy Buffett to bologna and chicken gizzards. Visit the home of the world’s largest burger, where you can still order a 100-pound Goliath burger, topped off with a one-and-a-half-gallon Colossal sundae—and don’t forget the 20-inch chocolate chip cookie. Discover where the law of gravity is broken, tour an actual glass house (the ultimate recycling project), and visit some amazing stone “hobbit” houses.

Author : Colleen Burcar
Publisher : Globe Pequot
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-02
Category : History
ISBN : 0762769785

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Michigan Curiosities, 3rd by Colleen Burcar Pdf

This definitive collection of the Great Lakes State's odd, wacky, and most offbeat people, places, and things is filled with quirky photographs throughout and maps for each region. Michigan Curiosities includes humorous state facts and amusing stories and serves as a combination almanac, off-the-wall travel guide, and wacky news gazette.

Author : Rick Yoder,David Harding
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2010-01-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781461747383

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Nebraska Curiosities by Rick Yoder,David Harding Pdf

Discover Nebraska's curious underside with this oddly entertaining little guide! Travelers with a taste for the bizarre, tacky, and hilarious can visit the Avoca Quack-Off, learn about the inland Linoma Lighthouse, view a Roller Skating Museum, and pay a visit to the world's largest covered wagon. Only true Cornhuskers could capture the essence of these and other authentic Nebraska phenomena, and Rick Yoder and David Harding do their home state proud.

Author : Eric Jones,Dan Coffey
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2009-11-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780762761609

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Iowa Curiosities by Eric Jones,Dan Coffey Pdf

Your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Hawkeye State has to offer!

Author : Scotti Cohn
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780762774999

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Chicago Curiosities by Scotti Cohn Pdf

Your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Windy City has to offer! Whether you’re a born-and-raised Chicagoan, a recent transplant, or just passing through, Chicago Curiosities will have you laughing out loud as Scotti Cohn takes you on a rollicking tour of the strangest sides of the Windy City. Watch Daedalus and Icarus fly across the façade of the Savings of America Building—and wonder if the mural’s location might carry a message for the financial industry. . . . A baboon with wings? A predatory grasshopper? Figure out for yourself just what Picasso’s “gift to Chicago”—a sculpture unveiled in 1967—represents. Want to stand out? You can do so at the Ledge at Skydeck Chicago, an all-glass architectural wonder attached to the 103rd floor of the Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower). Meet the man who travels the world impersonating President Obama.

Author : Author Neal Rubin,Colleen Burcar,C Burcar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0762706015

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Michigan by Author Neal Rubin,Colleen Burcar,C Burcar Pdf

Learn about Polish Mardi Gras, meet the "fishin' musician," and discover how long it takes to get from Hell to Paradise with this outlandish compendium of Michigan quirks and characters.

Author : Jerome Pohlen
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781613748930

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Oddball Michigan by Jerome Pohlen Pdf

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 last breath. The state also has its share of weird history—it’s where Harry Houdini perished on Halloween night in 1926, where skater Tanya Harding’s posse whacked Nancy Kerrigan, and where the Kellogg brothers invented popular breakfast cereals and less-popular yogurt enemas. Along with humorous histories and witty observations, Oddball Michigan provides addresses, websites, hours, fees, and driving directions for each of its 450 entries.

Author : Colleen Burcar
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781493039463

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It Happened in Michigan by Colleen Burcar Pdf

True Tales from the Great Lakes State’s Past—from the pageant of the Sault to a World Series that healed wounds Michigan is one-of-a-kind. America’s only two-part state, with dual peninsulas, it has been host to a medley of cultures. And, while these cultures have not always coexisted peacefully, Michigan has conquered its brushes with adversity to reunite stronger than ever. It Happened in Michigan goes behind the scenes to tell its story, in short episodes that reveal the intriguing people and events that have shaped the Great Lakes State.

Author : Richard Moreno
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780762774975

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Illinois Curiosities by Richard Moreno Pdf

Whether you’re a born-and-raised Illinoisan, a recent transplant, or just passing through, Illinois Curiosities will have you laughing out loud as Richard Moreno takes you on a rollicking tour of the strangest sides of the Prairie State. Take a date to the World’s Largest Laundromat, a 13,500-square-foot facility in Berwyn with 153 washers and 148 dryers in nearly constant use. Enter Chicago’s “sub” culture with a museum visit to the U-505, the only German submarine in the United States. Visit the site in Carthage where Mormon Church founder Joseph Smith was murdered on June 27, 1844. Learn about the strange case of H. H. Holmes’ notorious Murder Castle and the sad tale of Burr Oak Cemetery.

Author : Michigan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1196 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Electronic
ISBN : CHI:74656274

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Joint Documents of the State of Michigan by Michigan Pdf

Author : Michael Feldman,Diana Cook
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2009-04-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781461747253

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Wisconsin Curiosities by Michael Feldman,Diana Cook Pdf

Popular public radio show host Michael Feldman and coauthor Diana Cook introduce Wisconsin's weirdest, wackiest, and most outrageous people, places, and things including a man who owes his life to a foam rubber cheesehead, a worm that plays basketball, and the best place to savor chicken in a hubcap.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 852 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PRNC:32101074718220

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Harper's Young People by Anonim Pdf

Author : Loren D. Estleman
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Photography
ISBN : 0814333575

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Amos Walker's Detroit by Loren D. Estleman Pdf

A photographic tour of famous and infamous Detroit-area locations from Loren D. Estleman's popular Amos Walker series of detective novels.

Author : Charles Annandale
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1054 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : English language
ISBN : UCAL:$B623727

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The Imperial Dictionary and Encyclopedia of Knowledge Unabridged by Charles Annandale Pdf