Illinois Curiosities
Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff
Nonfiction, Entertainment, Humour & Comedy, General Humour, History, Americas, United States
| Author: | Richard Moreno | ISBN: | 9780762774975 |
| Publisher: | Globe Pequot Press | Publication: | February 8, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Globe Pequot Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Richard Moreno |
| ISBN: | 9780762774975 |
| Publisher: | Globe Pequot Press |
| Publication: | February 8, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Globe Pequot Press |
| Language: | English |
Whether you’re a born-and-raised Illinoisan, a recent transplant, or just passing through, Illinois Curiosities will have you laughing out loud as Richard Moreno takes you on a rollicking tour of the strangest sides of the Prairie State.
Take a date to the World’s Largest Laundromat, a 13,500-square-foot facility in Berwyn with 153 washers and 148 dryers in nearly constant use.
Enter Chicago’s “sub” culture with a museum visit to the U-505, the only German submarine in the United States.
Visit the site in Carthage where Mormon Church founder Joseph Smith was murdered on June 27, 1844.
Learn about the strange case of H. H. Holmes’ notorious Murder Castle and the sad tale of Burr Oak Cemetery.
Whether you’re a born-and-raised Illinoisan, a recent transplant, or just passing through, Illinois Curiosities will have you laughing out loud as Richard Moreno takes you on a rollicking tour of the strangest sides of the Prairie State.
Take a date to the World’s Largest Laundromat, a 13,500-square-foot facility in Berwyn with 153 washers and 148 dryers in nearly constant use.
Enter Chicago’s “sub” culture with a museum visit to the U-505, the only German submarine in the United States.
Visit the site in Carthage where Mormon Church founder Joseph Smith was murdered on June 27, 1844.
Learn about the strange case of H. H. Holmes’ notorious Murder Castle and the sad tale of Burr Oak Cemetery.
