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With more than 1000 entries, theres never a dull moment-eccentrically speaking, that is--in America. Offering a provocative look at the quirky people and places on the fringes of mainstream tourism, Eccentric America guides you to some of the countrys most unforgettable experiences. Celebrate events like Moon Amtrak, SPAMarama, and the Redneck Games. Find out why people collect such things as umbrella covers, squished pennies, and bad art-- or why someone would sell everything but chickens in a chicken store. Gawk at the Alien Museum and the Insectarium. Laugh at competitions such as the wife-carrying championships, mashed potato wrestling, and cardboard boat racing. Sleep in a treehouse or in a cave. See a real-life Mother Goose and her diaper-wearing ducks. Meet a pizza clerk with his own memorial restroom and a man whos built a mountain out of hay, putty, and old paint. Featuring 330 all-new eccentricities, the second edition of this award-winning guide also includes Cross-Country Quirks, regional calendars of wacky festivals and events, and an intriguing Heights of Eccentricity map of the United States. An entertaining and funny read, its also a comprehensive guide to a side of American culture you wont want to miss. About the Map, Youve probably heard the expression, All Americans are weird. Now you can see just how weird they really are! America varies considerably when it comes to the eccentric landscape and not all weirdness is created equal. Based on the number of entries per state, you can see the heights to which some rise on the quirkiness scale and the depths to which some states sink when it comes to providing a culture that encourages colorful behavior. Sure, youd expect to see California and Florida at the top of any eccentric pyramid, but you may be surprised to see Washington and Wisconsin ranking right up there among the oddest. Size, population, and regional differences alone cant explain the wide variations, eccentrically speaking, among the 48 states. What do Illinois and Pennsylvania offer that the surrounding states dont? Why is Oregon so mundane, nestled as it is between two such extreme neighbors? What is it about Florida that spawns so many eccentricities compared to the states around it? What stands for quintessentially quirky in Nebraska might not even register on the eccentric scale in California, a quality this map cant measure. It also cant measure the relative expressiveness of a regions quirkiness quotient. In San Francisco, for example, they take their eccentricity very seriously, unlike Los Angeles WHICH behaves more like a wriggling puppy dog, anxious for you to rub its touristic tummy. If you thought you could just drive across America, hopping from state to state in search of eccentric sites, you might prefer an airplane instead of a car. Jumping from California to Texas to Florida in search of the quirkiest spots in America means driving across some states where theres barely an eccentric blip on the plains of conformity. On the other hand, quantity doesnt always mean quality, as a read through Eccentric America will clearly show. When it comes to weirdness, some American somewhere will always measure up.

 

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