Oddball Minnesota a guide to some really strange places
(2003)

Nonfiction

eBook

Provider: hoopla

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Chicago Review Press : Made available through hoopla, 2003
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1 online resource

ISBN/ISSN
9781569764701 (electronic bk.) MWT11333672, 1569764700 (electronic bk.) 11333672
LANGUAGE
English
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Land of the world's largest prairie chicken, birthplace of Spam, and home of the world's oldest rock, this is Minnesota, where summers are short, winters are long, and back-road wonders abound. This entertaining guide wastes no time with descriptions of scenic lakes, pristine bike trails, or quaint caves. Instead, it directs travelers (and residents) to the spot where Tiny Tim strummed his last notes on the ukulele; to the Cold Spring chapel where two grasshoppers bow down to the Virgin Mary; and to the McLeod County Museum, where the mummy on display could be from Peru or outer space. While ordinary tourists are fighting off mosquitoes in the Boundary Waters, oddball travelers can size up the world's largest ear of corn and admire the fourth Zamboni ever built. Moreover, one last thing: there are not 10,000 lakes in Minnesota; there are 14,215. For travelers who are in search of the unusual, there is no better reason to park the bike and hiking boots in the garage, fill up the gas tank, and hit the road to Minnesota, where weirdness awaits

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