Indiana often calls itself the Crossroads of the Nation. It’s not also perhaps the very nexus of US weirdness. Armed withOddball Indiana, you’ll soon discover the strange underbelly of the Hoosier State, from brain sandwiches to square donuts. Indiana has monuments to Michael Jackson, the comic strip character Joe Palooka, and the World’s Largest Egg. It's where Alka-Seltzer and Wonder Bread were invented, whereA Christmas Storyactually took place, and where the good but angry citizens of Plainfield conspired to dump President Martin Van Buren in a mud puddle. Along with humorous histories and offbeat observations,Oddball Indianaprovides addresses, websites, hours, fees, and driving directions for each of its 350+ entries.
"Travel with a twist." —Bloomsbury Review
"They run the gamut from cheap and tacky to mildly amusing to downright peculiar." —Associated Press
“Reads like a cross between Fodor's and Ripley's Believe It or Not.” —The Journal Gazette
“What’s a vacation without a little off-the-highway adventure?” —Kokomo Tribune
“Reads like a cross between Fodor's and Ripley's Believe It or Not.” —The Journal Gazette
"Travel with a twist." —Bloomsbury Review
Jerome Pohlen is an editor and travel writer whose work has appeared in the Chicago Reader, Readers Digest, and TimeOut Chicago. He is the author of the Oddball series and Albert Einstein and Relativity for Kidsamong others.He lives in Chicago.
A guide to the offbeat, outlandish, and original wonders in Indiana from square donuts to the International Monster Truck Museum & Hall of Fame.
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