Curious New England: The Unconventional Traveler's Guide to Eccentric Destinations [Paperback]

Joseph A. Citro (Author), Diane E. Foulds (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2003

A warning to the Curious: read one entry and you're hooked!

Editorial Reviews

Review

". . . fun . . . offbeat . . . As the preface reads, 'This is not a standard travel book.'"--The Boston Globe

"Forget New England's mainstream tourist attractions. Oddities and weird wonders abound in the region, and a new book, Curious New England describes more than 200 of them."--Vermont Sunday Magazine

"An entertaining read from start to finish"--The Valley News

"A terrifically entertaining book . . . each entry is written with considerable wit . . . a great read for your summer vacation--and excellent advice on how to spend it."--Radio Albany --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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5 1/2 x 8 1/2 trim. 32 illus., 6 maps LC 2002-014985

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Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: UPNE; 1st edition (March 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1584651121
• ISBN-13: 978-1584651123
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,048,047 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It made for an interesting honeymoon, October 23, 2003

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Matthew Warner (Staunton, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Curious New England: The Unconventional Traveler's Guide to Eccentric Destinations (Paperback)

My wife and I structured our honeymoon this month around this book, and we had a grand time touring its recommended destinations in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, and New Hampshire. As we both work in horror publishing, we particularly enjoyed places like America's Stonehenge and H.P. Lovecraft's grave.

Buyers of this book should be forewarned to call ahead to every place they plan on visiting. We discovered that although this book was published this year, some of its information is already out-of-date. For instance, the aliens apparently beamed-up the UFO Museum two years ago. In some cases, the information was incomplete (e.g., the Occult Museum is only open to tour groups of 10 or more), or vague (e.g., road directions to the Bow Wow Villa (now no longer called that, by the way) and the Museum of Bad Art).

Overall, though, the book has lots of interesting information, and our vacation wouldn't have been quite as nice if we hadn't read it.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars awesome travel guide to unusual New England sights, August 6, 2004

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This review is from: Curious New England: The Unconventional Traveler's Guide to Eccentric Destinations (Paperback)

This is a terrific resource for those who will be travelling in New England and who are interested in seeing the more unusual sights the region has to offer. The book is divided into six chapters, each devoted to a state: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont, and a map at the start of each chapter locates the cities covered. Each chapter contains entries listed alphabetically by city, and each entry contains a description, address, phone number, location, hours and sometimes a b&w picture. Entres include cemeteries, haunted houses, odd museums, unusual homes, monuments, etc. This book is lots of fun, contains great information and is well-written.

Terrific resource.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Time to put more miles on the SUV...., September 7, 2005

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H. Aube (chicopee, ma usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Curious New England: The Unconventional Traveler's Guide to Eccentric Destinations (Paperback)

Never did I know that there where so many odd places to visit in New England. This book goes state by state and lists places to visit that are famous and infamous. Man now I wish I had a GPS to find them! Get this book!!