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Author | : James Strait |
Publisher | : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 9781402745553 |
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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 | : Josh Young |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 243 |
Release | : 2010-06-15 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 076276578X |
Download Missouri Curiosities Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Show-Me State has to offer! Whether you’re a born-and-raised Missourian, a recent transplant, or just passing through, Missouri Curiosities will have you laughing out loud as Josh Young takes you on a rollicking tour of the strangest sides of the Show-Me State. Wander with tigers at the world’s only big cat bed-and-breakfast, browse through America’s only corncob pipe museum, and swim in the world’s largest underground lake. Meet some crazy catfish-catching noodlers; a wacky-artwork-welding artist; and a pint-size, punch-packing former wrestling champ. Discover the fun of swinging sausages while you dance, and duel with dinosaurs—you’ll roar with delight!
Author | : Troy Taylor |
Publisher | : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 267 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Curiosities and wonders |
ISBN | : 076075943X |
Download Weird Illinois Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Explores bizarre sights and stories found in Illinois.
Author | : David Baugher |
Publisher | : Reedy Press LLC |
Total Pages | : 349 |
Release | : 2016-03-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1681060396 |
Download Secret St. Louis: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Where in St. Louis can you… …picnic at a radioactive waste dump? …learn what West County Center’s famous dove really represents? …visit the grave of the man who burned Atlanta? …join a nudist resort? …view a cube comprised of a million dollar bills? …see a piece from New York’s Twin Towers? …find out exactly what a Billiken is? Whether you are piloting a simulated barge on the Mississippi River, exploring the hidden history of Abraham Lincoln’s bizarre swordfight in St. Charles County or eating a ten-pound apple-pie in Kimmswick inspired by the Great Flood of 1993, it is hard to get bored with a copy of Secret St. Louis: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure. By turns wistful and whimsical, this is a book which answers the questions you never knew you had about St. Louis while taking readers on a whirlwind tour through 97 unique but often little-known spaces and places that can’t be found anywhere else. A tourist handbook for people who thought they never needed one, “Secret St. Louis” provides a scavenger hunt of hidden gems traversing the somber, strange, surprising and silly locales which define the culture and history that make St. Louis such a diverse and amazing place to call home. From Weldon Spring to Wildwood, from Overland to O’Fallon, from Bellefontaine to Bridgeton, this is an exploration of St. Louis’s odds and ends like no other.
Author | : Linda S. Godfrey |
Publisher | : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Curiosities and wonders |
ISBN | : 1402739079 |
Download Weird Michigan Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Explores ghosts and haunted places, local legends, cursed roads, crazy characters, and unusual roadside attractions found in Michigan.
Author | : Troy Taylor |
Publisher | : Stackpole Books |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 2014-05-14 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 0811745732 |
Download Haunted Missouri Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
"Missouri is a place of great diversity and amazing beauty, stretching from the Mississippi River to the forests and rolling hills of the Ozarks, with caves, rives, and rugged woodland in between. Out of this land comes scores of ghostly tales, from documented haunting to folk stories that have been passed along from one generation to the next."--Page 4 of cover
Author | : Anne Kniggendorf |
Publisher | : Reedy Press LLC |
Total Pages | : 311 |
Release | : 2020-09-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1681062836 |
Download Secret Kansas City: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Most visitors know all about Kansas City’s barbecue, jazz, and football success, but there are hidden gems and wild pieces of trivia around every turn in Missouri’s largest city. Is the giant Hereford bull anatomically correct? Can a seed that’s been to outer space still grow into a normal tree? And who really killed President William Henry Harrison? You’ll find answers to the questions you didn’t know you had in Secret Kansas City: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure. Learn why three completely unrelated groups have chosen Kansas City as the center of the world and the place you want to be when the world ends. Between these covers, you’ll also find castles, a horse buried in a cul-de-sac, a ghost who likes a good laugh, and the world’s longest snake. This is not a tour guide for outsiders; it’s a scavenger hunt—insiders only, please. Longtime Kansas Citian Anne Kniggendorf is at your service to bolster your love and boost your respect for this middle-of-the-map city. With her eye for the odd leading the way, you’ll have a great time discovering Kansas City.
Author | : Lawrence O. Christensen |
Publisher | : University of Missouri Press |
Total Pages | : 860 |
Release | : 1999-10 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780826260161 |
Download Dictionary of Missouri Biography Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Provides short biographies on notable men and women from Missouri from a variety of areas including politics, business, agriculture, entertainment, sports, social reform, science and religion.
Author | : Dan Zettwoch |
Publisher | : Reedy Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-10-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781681064826 |
Download Missouri Weird and Wonderful Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Missouri Weird and Wonderful is a fast-paced, fact-filled collection of the most fascinating parts of life in our state, with a kid's-eye point of view. Learn the many wild nicknames of our famous native amphibian, get an appreciation for how radical Scott Joplin's ragtime music was in the early 1900s, and discover the entire branch of medicine that was born here. Sports, history, wildlife, food, inventions, architecture, natural wonders, and just plain fun come to vibrant life in these richly illustrated, full-color pages. Author Amanda E. Doyle and illustrator Dan Zettwoch scoured the state, from border to border, to find these nuggets for curious kids of all ages. Find out how much MO you know!
Author | : Troy Taylor |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2019-07-17 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 1493043854 |
Download The Big Book of Missouri Ghost Stories Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Hauntings lurk and spirits linger in the Show Me State Reader, beware! Turn these pages and enter the world of the paranormal, where ghosts and ghouls alike creep just out of sight. Author Troy Taylor shines a light in the dark corners of Missouri and scares those spirits out of hiding in this thrilling collection. From a headless ghost who stalks the aptly named “Murder Rocks”, to a large hairy monster that roams the banks of the Missouri River, there’s no shortage of bone-chilling tales to keep you up at night. It’s even rumored that the devil himself came to St. Louis in 1949, but nobody knows for sure if he ever left. Around the campfire or tucked away on a dark and stormy night, this big book of ghost stories is a hauntingly good read.