Oddball Illinois
A Guide to 450 Really Strange Places
There is more to Illinois than cornfields, corrupt politicians, and the Cubs! The Land of Lincoln is filled with fascinating people, one-of-a-kind places, and things with unique and bizarre histories. Forget about quaint small town bed-and-breakfasts and crowded Chicago nightclubs—Oddball Illinois, now fully updated and expanded, takes you to the places you really want to go. See:
- Henry’s Rabbit Ranch
- America’s One and Only Hippie Memorial
- World’s First Jungle Gym
- Popeye’s Hometown
- The Leather Archives and Museum
- General Santa Ana’s two wooden legs
- World’s Largest Sock Monkey
- Scarlett O’Hara’s green drapes
- The Friendship Shoe Fence
- And many, many more sites
This book belongs in your glove box—you never know when you’ll be in range of an oddball adventure!
Jerome Pohlen is an editor and educational writer who has written 10 travel guides, including Oddball Wisconsin, Oddball Iowa, Oddball Indiana, and Progressive Nation. His travel writing has appeared in the Chicago Reader, Reader’s Digest, and Time Out Chicago. He has been a regular contributor on travel and culture for Eight Forty-Eight, which airs on WBEZ, Chicago’s NPR affliate.