This off-the-wall travel guide presents an Ohio odder than imagined. It wastes no time describing Cedar Point or suggesting scenic bike rides through the Hocking Hills; instead, this entertaining travel companion directs out-of-state adventurers and Buckeye state residents to the home of the world's largest cockroach, an Amish SUV, Egg Shell Land, a two-headed calf, and the Accounting Hall of Fame. Ohio is depicted as the birthplace of bar codes, Airstream trailers, televangelism, Paul Lynde, Alcoholics Anonymous, and the banana split. Odd stories abound, and tales of Ohio as the only state where Jerry Springer has been elected the mayor of a major city, where a brick outhouse is on the National Register of Historic Places, and where Buster the Dog voted for president accompany the site-seeing suggestions. Plenty of photos and maps ensure that this guide is as practical as it is wacky when seeking out wonders such as the Great Pumpkin Watertower, Goodyear’s World of Rubber, and Bogart and Bacall's wedding site, then relaxing with a brew at the World’s Longest Bar.
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"An interesting read, full of trivia, facts and unusual destinations." -- The Columbus Dispatch
"Great guide to offbeat sites around the state." -- The Buffalo News
"If they ever make bookshelves for automobiles, reserve a slot for Oddball Ohio." -- Ohioana Quarterly
"[Pohlen’s] prose makes reading the Oddball guides a delight." -- Salt Lake Tribune
"Great guide to offbeat sites around the state." -- The Buffalo News
"If they ever make bookshelves for automobiles, reserve a slot for Oddball Ohio." -- Ohioana Quarterly
"[Pohlen’s] prose makes reading the Oddball guides a delight." -- Salt Lake Tribune
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Jerome Pohlen is the author of "Oddball Colorado", "Oddball Florida", "Oddball Illinois", "Oddball Indiana", "Oddball Minnesota", and "Oddball Wisconsin". He is a regular travel commentator for "848" on WBEZ, the Chicago affiliate of National Public Radio, and was the recipient of the Illinois Broadcasters Associated Press Award for Best Essay 2002. He lives in Chicago.
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Free Directions, New York, United States, East Liverpool, Lake Erie, Mount Vernon, World War, Civil War, Clark Gable, Euclid Ave, Kent State, Dawn-Dusk Cost, Lake View Cemetery, Standard Oil, Cuyahoga Falls, Delaware Ave, Anti-Saloon League, Derby Downs, Eddie Rickenbacker, Free Stamp, George Washington, New Straitsville, North Benton, Ohio Penitentiary, Ohio's Small Town Museum New!
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Free Directions, New York, United States, East Liverpool, Lake Erie, Mount Vernon, World War, Civil War, Clark Gable, Euclid Ave, Kent State, Dawn-Dusk Cost, Lake View Cemetery, Standard Oil, Cuyahoga Falls, Delaware Ave, Anti-Saloon League, Derby Downs, Eddie Rickenbacker, Free Stamp, George Washington, New Straitsville, North Benton, Ohio Penitentiary, Ohio's Small Town Museum New!
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- William McKinley: Twenty-Fifth President of the United States (Encyclopedia of Presidents) by Zachary Kent in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Winesburg, Ohio (Bantam Classic) by Sherwood Anderson on page 9, and Back Matter
- Cleveland Police (OH) (Images of America) by Cleveland Police Historical Society on page 133, and page 134
- The Great Depression (Researching American History) by JoAnne Weisman Deitch on page 180, and page 186
- Star Wars: Rogue Sqadron III - Rebel Strike: Official Strategy Guide by Prima Development on page 149
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