Curiosities
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This comprehensive, authoritative, and highly entertaining volume is your perfect guide to the wildest, wackiest and most outrageous people, places, and things the Grand Canyon State has to offer. In "Arizona Curiosities", you'll meet the man who turns golf balls into flagpoles and guns into peace symbols, encounter a 15-ton duck and a 16-ton frog made out natural rock formations, marvel at a $200 margarita, experience the thrill of tank racing, and a festival that honours failure in all its glory. If you are tired of wandering around museums and other bog-standard tourist traps, then this guide to the unusual side of life will be your invaluable, and unforgettable, companion.
Whether you're a born-and-raised New Mexican, a recent transplant, or just passing through, New Mexico Curiosities will have you laughing out loud as it introduces you to the most fascinating characters in the Spanish State, and takes you places you never could have imagined-some of them right around the corner!
The Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, and the wide-open desert may stand out as prominent Southwest features, but this region is also home to bizarre places, personalities, events, and phenomena. These unique and quirky aspects are humorously displayed in Southwest Curiosities, a cross between a wacky news gazette, an almanac, and a humorous travel guide. Amusing stories and unique black and white photographs make this the perfect read for travelers, residents, and anyone interested in adventure and a good laugh. Southwest Curiosities is part of a GPP homegrown series of state-specific books that describe, with humor and affection-and a healthy dose of attitude-the oddest, quirkiest, and most outlandish places, personalities, events, and phenomena found within the state's borders and in the chronicles of its history. The series provides a fun and accessible read for travelers and non travelers alike-a great armchair book with quirky black and white photographs throughout and maps for each region.