A Guide to the South's Quirkiest Roadside Attractions
If you're in Nashville or Austin or Mobile and you have the urge to see something strange, connoisseur of the offbeat Kelly Kazek has you covered. Cruise the South, from Louisville's enormous collection of the world's largest things to Miami's Burger Museum to Odessa's Stonehenge replica. If you're around Hot Springs, Arkansas, you might want to bop into the Alligator Farm and Petting Zoo to see where Babe Ruth's first five-hundred-foot homer came crashing down. And if you're looking to make contact with the unusual, why not visit the UFO Welcome Center in Bowman, South Carolina? Wherever you are in the South, there's something strange or stupendous nearby, and this catalogue of noteworthy curiosities and significant landmarks makes sure you don't miss a thing.
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A Guide to the South's Quirkiest Roadside Attractions
If you're in Nashville or Austin or Mobile and you have the urge to see something strange, connoisseur of the offbeat Kelly Kazek has you covered. Cruise the South, from Louisville's enormous collection of the world's largest things to Miami's Burger Museum to Odessa's Stonehenge replica. If you're around Hot Springs, Arkansas, you might want to bop into the Alligator Farm and Petting Zoo to see where Babe Ruth's first five-hundred-foot homer came crashing down. And if you're looking to make contact with the unusual, why not visit the UFO Welcome Center in Bowman, South Carolina? Wherever you are in the South, there's something strange or stupendous nearby, and this catalogue of noteworthy curiosities and significant landmarks makes sure you don't miss a thing.
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A Guide to the South's Quirkiest Roadside Attractions

A Guide to the South's Quirkiest Roadside Attractions

by Kelly Kazek
A Guide to the South's Quirkiest Roadside Attractions
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A Guide to the South's Quirkiest Roadside Attractions

A Guide to the South's Quirkiest Roadside Attractions

by Kelly Kazek

Overview

If you're in Nashville or Austin or Mobile and you have the urge to see something strange, connoisseur of the offbeat Kelly Kazek has you covered. Cruise the South, from Louisville's enormous collection of the world's largest things to Miami's Burger Museum to Odessa's Stonehenge replica. If you're around Hot Springs, Arkansas, you might want to bop into the Alligator Farm and Petting Zoo to see where Babe Ruth's first five-hundred-foot homer came crashing down. And if you're looking to make contact with the unusual, why not visit the UFO Welcome Center in Bowman, South Carolina? Wherever you are in the South, there's something strange or stupendous nearby, and this catalogue of noteworthy curiosities and significant landmarks makes sure you don't miss a thing.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781439676318
Publisher: The History Press
Publication date: 10/03/2022
Series: History & Guide
Sold by: Bookwire
Format: eBook
Pages: 352
File size: 8 MB

About the Author

Kelly Kazek is an author, journalist, blogger and award-winning humor columnist. She has written two books of humorous essays and ten books on regional history. She lives in Huntsville, Alabama, and travels the South's back roads, seeking out quirky history for her blog at KellyKazek.com and It's a Southern Thing (SouthernThing.com).

Table of Contents

Introduction 9

How to Use This Guide 11

Alabama 13

Arkansas 47

Florida 75

Georgia 103

Kentucky 131

Louisiana 159

Mississippi 175

North Carolina 197

South Carolina 221

Tennessee 237

Texas 265

List of Sites by City 293

Bibliography 333

Index 341

About the Author 351

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