ECCENTRIC AMERICA by Jan Friedman
Bradt Travel Guides, London /Globe-Pequot, USA
ECCENTRIC AMERICA, 2004: With more than 1000 entries, there’s 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 country’s most unforgettable experiences.
Celebrate events like Moon Amtrack, 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 who’s 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, it’s also a comprehensive guide to a side of American culture you won’t want to miss.
Judged ‘Best Travel Book of 2001" by the North American Travel Journalists Association
and "Best Guidebook, 2002" by the Society of American Travel Writers.

Eccentric Britain
Category: United Kingdom
A bizarre figure like an alien stalks a Scottish village - a West Country farmer who has built a medieval siege machine as tall as a church loads a car into it and gleefully fires it high into the sky - on a Surrey road a driver storms past at 60 mph on his sofa, a standard lamp flapping in the wind. In some countries these characters would be called crackpots. In Britain, we respect them and call them eccentrics. Eccentric Britain brings you all these, together with the fascinating follies, bizarre buildings, peculiar pubs, curious ceremonies and mad marquesses that make up this unique country. For the visitor wanting to know where to expect the unexpected, or how to find the strange secrets off the beaten track, Benedict le Vay's Eccentric Britain is ideal. But its also a book to pick up and read, to make you wonder, to make you laugh out loud.
535 Wonderful Things You Can Do
A Guide to Annual Festivals, Fairs &Events in the Mid-Atlantic States, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware &Maryland by Mitch Kaplan Middle Atlantic Press 1999
America Bizarro
A Guide to Freaky Festivals, Groovy Gatherings, Kooky Contests and other Strange Happenings Across the USA by Nelson Taylor St. Martin's Grifin 2000
American Ways
A Guide for Foreigners in the United States by Gary Althen Intercultural Press 1988
America's Strangest Museums
A Traveler's Guide to the Most Unusual and Eccentric Collections by Sandra Gurvis Carol Publishing Group 1996
An American Festival of World Capitals
>From Garlic Queens to Cherry Parades Over 300 "world capitals" of arts, crafts, food, culture, and sport by Laura Bergheim John Wiley &Sons, Inc. 1997
The Darwin Awards : Evolution in Action by Wendy Northcutt, EP Dutton 2000
Dear Elvis : Graffiti from Graceland by Daniel Wright Mustang Publishing 1996
Eccentric Britain : The Bradt Guide by Benedict le Vay Bradt Publications 2000.
The Field Guide to Elvis Shrines by Bill Yenne Renaissance Books 1999
Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Manhattan 3rd Edition by Ian McMahan IDG Books Worldwide 2000
Frommer's Irreverent Guide to San Francisco 3rd Edition
by Liz Barrett IDG Books Worldwide 2000
The Fun Also Rises Travel Guide Nort Travel Guide North America The Most Fun Places to Be At The Right Time The Ultimate Vacation Planner to the 50 Best Events and Destinations in the U.S. and Canada by Alan Davis Greenline Publications 1998
Great American Motorcycle Tours by Gary McKechnie John Muir Publications 2000
The Great San Francisco Trivia & Fact by Janet Bailey Cumberland House 1999
Holding On Dreamers, Visionaries, Eccentrics and Other American Heroes by David Isay and Harvey Wang W.W. Norton &Company 1997
How to Talk American
A Guide to Our Native Tongues by Jim ìthe Mad Monkî Crotty Houghton Mifflin Company 1997.
Idaho Loners; Hermits, Solitaires, and Individualist by Cort Conley Backeddy Books 1994
L.A. Bizarro
The Insiders Guide to the Obscure, the Absurd, and the Perverse in Los Angeles by Anthony R. Lovett and Matt Maranian
Last of the Mountain Men The true story of an Idaho solitary by Sylvan Hart Backeddy Books 1969
Little Museums
Over 1,000 Small (and Not-So-Small) American Showplaces by Lynne Arany and Archie Hobson Henry Holt and Company 1998
The Mad Monks' Guide to California by James Crotty and Micahel Lane (The Monks) Macmillan Travel 2000
The Mad Monks' Guide to New York City by James Crotty and Micahel Lane (The Monks) Macmillan Travel 1997
Main Street Festivals
Traditional and Unique Events on America's Main Streets by Amanda B. West, The National Main Street Center of the National Trust for Historic Preservation John Wiley &Sons, Inc. 1998
Making America
The Society &Culture of the United States edited by Luther Leudtke, University of North Carolina Press 1992
The New Roadside America
The Modern Traveler's Guide to the Wild and Wonderful World of America's Tourist Attractions by Mike Wilkins, Ken Smith and Doug Kirby Simon &Schuster 1986
Nevada : Off the Beaten Path (2nd Ed)
A Guide to Unique Places by Donna Peck The Globe Pequot Press 1997
New York Off the Beaten Path
A Guide to Unique Places by William G. and Kay Scheller The Globe Pequot Press 1994 1997 1999
North Carolina Curiosities, 3rd Edition
Jerry Bledsoe's Guide to Outlandish Things to See and Do in North Carolina Updated by Sara Pitzer The Globe Pequot Press 1984 1990 1999
Northern California Off the Beaten Path
A Guide to Unique Places by Mark Williams The Globe Pequot Press 1989, 1996, 1999
Oddball Illinois
A Guide to Some Really Strange Places by Jerome Pohlen Chicago Review Press 2000
Off the Beaten Aisle
America's Quirky... America's Quirky Spots to Tie the Knot by Lisa Primerano Carol Publishing Group 1998
Offbeat Museums
The Collections and Curators of America's Most Unusual Museums by Saul Rubin Santa Monica Press 1997
Only in Mississippi
A Guide for the... A Guide for the Adventurous Traveller by Lorraine Redd and Jack E. Davis Quail Ridge Press 1993.
On the Back Roads
Discovering Small... Towns of America by Bill Graves Addicus Books, Inc. 1999
The Outrageous Atlas
A Guide to North... A Guide to North America's Strangest Places by Richard D. Rogers and Laurine Rogers A Citadel Press Book 1993
Philly Firsts
The Famous, Infamous and Quirky of the City of Brotherly Love by Janice L. Booker Camino Books, Inc. 1999
The Rhode Island Guide
By Barbara Radlcliffe Rogers and Stillman D. Rogers Fulcrum Publishing 1998
Ridgerunner
Elusive Loner of the wilderness by Richard Ripley Backeddy Books 1986
San Francisco Bizarro
A Guide to... Notorious Sights, Lusty Pursuits and Downright Freakiness in the City by the Bay by Jack Boulware St. Martin's Press 2000
Slanguage
A Cool, Fresh, Phat, and.. Shagadelic Guide to All Kinds of Slang by Mike Ellis Hyperion Books 2000
Compass American Guides
South Dakota by T.D. Griffith Photographs by Paul Horsted Compass American Guides 1994
Southern California
Off the Beaten... A Guide to Unique Places by Kathy Strong The Globe Pequot Press 1989 1995
Texas Curiosities
Quirky Characters,. A Roadside Oddities &Other Offbeat Stuff by John Kelso The Globe Pequot Press 2000
Watch It Made in the U.S.A
A Visitor's... Guide to the Companies That Make Your Favorite Products by Karen Axelrod and Bruce Brumbert John Muir Publications 1997
Way Out in West Virginia
A Must Have... Guide to the Oddities and Wonders of the Mountain State by Jeanne Mozier Quarrier Press 1999
Wet and Wired
A Pop Culture Encyclopedia of the Pacific Northwest by Randy Hodgins &Steve McLellan Taylor Publishing Company 2000

Eccentric Britain
Category: United Kingdom
A bizarre figure like an alien stalks a Scottish village - a West Country farmer who has built a medieval siege machine as tall as a church loads a car into it and gleefully fires it high into the sky - on a Surrey road a driver storms past at 60 mph on his sofa, a standard lamp flapping in the wind. In some countries these characters would be called crackpots. In Britain, we respect them and call them eccentrics. Eccentric Britain brings you all these, together with the fascinating follies, bizarre buildings, peculiar pubs, curious ceremonies and mad marquesses that make up this unique country. For the visitor wanting to know where to expect the unexpected, or how to find the strange secrets off the beaten track, Benedict le Vay's Eccentric Britain is ideal. But its also a book to pick up and read, to make you wonder, to make you laugh out loud.

535 Wonderful Things You Can Do
A Guide to Annual Festivals, Fairs &Events in the Mid-Atlantic States, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware &Maryland by Mitch Kaplan Middle Atlantic Press 1999

America Bizarro
A Guide to Freaky Festivals, Groovy Gatherings, Kooky Contests and other Strange Happenings Across the USA<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312262868/eccentricamer-20> by Nelson Taylor St. Martin's Grifin 2000

American Ways
A Guide for Foreigners in the United States
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0933662688/eccentricamer-20> by Gary Althen Intercultural Press 1988

America's Strangest Museums
A <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0806517468/eccentricamer-20> Traveler's Guide to the Most Unusual and Eccentric Collections by Sandra Gurvis Carol Publishing Group 1996

An American Festival of World Capitals
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471143502/eccentricamer-20> From Garlic Queens to Cherry Parades Over 300 "world capitals" of arts, crafts, food, culture, and sport by Laura Bergheim John Wiley &Sons, Inc. 1997

The Darwin Awards : Evolution in Action <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0525945725/eccentricamer-20> by Wendy Northcutt, EP Dutton 2000

Dear Elvis : Graffiti from Graceland <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0914457756/eccentricamer-20%20target=> by Daniel Wright Mustang Publishing 1996

Eccentric Britain : The Bradt Guide
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1841620114/eccentricamer-20> by Benedict le Vay Bradt Publications 2000.

The Field Guide to Elvis Shrines <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1580630502/eccentricamer-20> by Bill Yenne Renaissance Books 1999

Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Manhattan 3rd Edition
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0028637909/eccentricamer-20> by Ian McMahan IDG Books Worldwide 2000

Frommer's Irreverent Guide to San Francisco 3rd Edition
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0028637887/eccentricamer-20> by Liz Barrett IDG Books Worldwide 2000

The Fun Also Rises Travel Guide North
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0966635205/eccentricamer-20> Travel Guide North America The Most Fun Places to Be At The Right Time The Ultimate Vacation Planner to the 50 Best Events and Destinations in the U.S. and Canada by Alan Davis Greenline Publications 1998

Great American Motorcycle Tours
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1562614401/eccentricamer-20> by Gary McKechnie John Muir Publications 2000

The Great San Francisco Trivia & Fact
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1581820119/eccentricamer-20> by Janet Bailey Cumberland House 1999

Holding On Dreamers, Visionaries, Eccentrics and Other American Heroes
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0393316084/eccentricamer-20> ... by David Isay and Harvey Wang W.W. Norton &Company 1997

How to Talk American
A Guide to Our... <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0395780322/eccentricamer-20> Native Tongues by Jim ìthe Mad Monkî Crotty Houghton Mifflin Company 1997.

Idaho Loners; Hermits, Solitaires, and Individualists
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0960356657/eccentricamer-20> by Cort Conley Backeddy Books 1994

L.A. Bizarro
The Insiders Guide to... <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/031215562X/eccentricamer-20> to the Obscure, the Absurd, and the Perverse in Los Angeles by Anthony R. Lovett and Matt Maranian

Last of the Mountain Men
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0960356665/eccentricamer-20> ... The true story of an Idaho solitary by Sylvan Hart Backeddy Books 1969

Little Museums
Over 1,000 Small<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0805048235/eccentricamer-20> (and Not-So-Small) American Showplaces by Lynne Arany and Archie Hobson Henry Holt and Company 1998

The Mad Monks' Guide to California
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0028616669/eccentricamer-20> by James Crotty and Micahel Lane (The Monks) Macmillan Travel 2000

The Mad Monks' Guide to New York City
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0028627555/eccentricamer-20> ... by James Crotty and Micahel Lane (The Monks) Macmillan Travel 1997

Main Street Festivals
Traditional and... <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471192902/eccentricamer-20> Unique Events on America's Main Streets by Amanda B. West, The National Main Street Center of the National Trust for Historic Preservation John Wiley &Sons, Inc. 1998

Making America
The Society &Culture... <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0807843709/eccentricamer-20> of the United States edited by Luther Leudtke, University of North Carolina Press 1992

The New Roadside America
The Modern... <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0671769316/eccentricamer-20> Traveler's Guide to the Wild and Wonderful World of America's Tourist Attractions by Mike Wilkins, Ken Smith and Doug Kirby Simon &Schuster 1986

Nevada : Off the Beaten Path (2nd Ed)
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0762704608/eccentricamer-20> ...A Guide to Unique Places by Donna Peck The Globe Pequot Press 1997

New York Off the Beaten Path
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0762708506/eccentricamer-20> A Guide to Unique Places by William G. and Kay Scheller The Globe Pequot Press 1994 1997 1999

North Carolina Curiosities, 3rd Edition
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/076270327X/eccentricamer-20> ... Jerry Bledsoe's Guide to Outlandish Things to See and Do in North Carolina Updated by Sara Pitzer The Globe Pequot Press 1984 1990 1999

Northern California Off the Beaten Path
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0762704616/eccentricamer-20> A Guide to Unique Places by Mark Williams The Globe Pequot Press 1989, 1996, 1999

Oddball Illinois
A Guide to Some... <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1556523718/eccentricamer-20> Really Strange Places by Jerome Pohlen Chicago Review Press 2000

Off the Beaten Aisle
America's Quirky... <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0806520035/eccentricamer-20> America's Quirky Spots to Tie the Knot by Lisa Primerano Carol Publishing Group 1998

Offbeat Museums
The Collections and... <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0963994646/eccentricamer-20> Curators of America's Most Unusual Museums by Saul Rubin Santa Monica Press 1997

Only in Mississippi
A Guide for the... <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0937552542/eccentricamer-20> A Guide for the Adventurous Traveller by Lorraine Redd and Jack E. Davis Quail Ridge Press 1993.

On the Back Roads
Discovering Small... <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1886039364/eccentricamer-20> Towns of America by Bill Graves Addicus Books, Inc. 1999

The Outrageous Atlas
A Guide to North... <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0806514450/eccentricamer-20> A Guide to North America's Strangest Places by Richard D. Rogers and Laurine Rogers A Citadel Press Book 1993

Philly Firsts
The Famous, Infamous,... <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0940159449/eccentricamer-20> and Quirky of the City of Brotherly Love by Janice L. Booker Camino Books, Inc. 1999

The Rhode Island Guide
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1555913008/eccentricamer-20> ... by Barbara Radlcliffe Rogers and Stillman D. Rogers Fulcrum Publishing 1998

Ridgerunner
Elusive Loner of the... <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0960356649/eccentricamer-20> wilderness by Richard Ripley Backeddy Books 1986

San Francisco Bizarro
A Guide to... <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312206712/eccentricamer-20> Notorious Sights, Lusty Pursuits and Downright Freakiness in the City by the Bay by Jack Boulware St. Martin's Press 2000

Slanguage
A Cool, Fresh, Phat, and... <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0786885203/eccentricamer-20> Shagadelic Guide to All Kinds of Slang by Mike Ellis Hyperion Books 2000

Compass American Guides
South Dakota <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1878867474/eccentricamer-20> ... by T.D. Griffith Photographs by Paul Horsted Compass American Guides 1994

Southern California
Off the Beaten... <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0762708190/eccentricamer-20> A Guide to Unique Places by Kathy Strong The Globe Pequot Press 1989 1995

Texas Curiosities
Quirky Characters,... <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0762706007/eccentricamer-20> Roadside Oddities &Other Offbeat Stuff by John Kelso The Globe Pequot Press 2000

Watch It Made in the U.S.A
A Visitor's... <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1562613375/eccentricamer-20> Guide to the Companies That Make Your Favorite Products by Karen Axelrod and Bruce Brumbert John Muir Publications 1997

Way Out in West Virginia
A Must Have... <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1891852027/eccentricamer-20> Guide to the Oddities and Wonders of the Mountain State by Jeanne Mozier Quarrier Press 1999

Wet and Wired
A Pop Culture... <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0878331697/eccentricamer-20> Encyclopedia of the Pacific Northwest by Randy Hodgins &Steve McLellan Taylor Publishing Company 2000