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Burma-Shave jingles' comeback |
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Auto bingo, that faithful friend |
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Duncan Hines: the original road-foodie |
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Soulmates at The Madonna Inn |
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13 | (6) |
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Hero's roost at Chicago's Nisei Lounge |
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19 | (4) |
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23 | (5) |
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Crazy about those beer nuts |
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28 | (3) |
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Largest catsup bottle still in the red |
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31 | (4) |
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35 | (4) |
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Mendota's Kitch-Inn warmth |
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39 | (5) |
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Last Shakey slice in Cal City |
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44 | (3) |
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Steak 'n Shake ``curbies'' |
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47 | (4) |
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Postcard paradise in Wauconda |
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51 | (10) |
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Radio collection and fruit baskets |
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61 | (4) |
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Harvey's fast food won the West |
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65 | (4) |
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A flea market like no other |
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69 | (3) |
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Hair museum saves strands of history |
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72 | (7) |
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79 | (6) |
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F.L. Wright and St. Joe's Snow Flake Motel |
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85 | (4) |
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Magic town of Colon casts spell |
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89 | (6) |
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An armchair visit to the La-Z-Boy museum |
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95 | (5) |
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Celibate House of David sect lives on |
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100 | (5) |
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Doing Detroit in polka dots |
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105 | (6) |
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Diner serves burgers and sculptures to go |
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111 | (5) |
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A mouthful at the Hot Dog Hall of Fame |
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116 | (3) |
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Retiree keeps on truckin' for Christ |
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119 | (8) |
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Indy's NBA ``Fieldhouse'' |
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127 | (8) |
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Hail to the veeps at Quayle museum |
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135 | (5) |
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Elkhart's freewheeling RV museum |
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140 | (6) |
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Corn fest pops on in Valparaiso |
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146 | (4) |
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Richmond hotel offers jazzy history |
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150 | (7) |
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Chomping on the White Castle legacy |
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157 | (4) |
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Regal spuds: castle winner full of self |
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161 | (4) |
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That's Amore! Dean Martin's hometown |
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165 | (6) |
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Barber sings Dean's praises |
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171 | (2) |
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Kahiki: Polynesia, Ohio-style |
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173 | (5) |
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Drainage & celebrity eyewear at Ohio State |
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178 | (7) |
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Milwaukee's well-traveled books |
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185 | (4) |
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Love, Wisconsin style: cheese vats, mirrors |
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189 | (5) |
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Kenosha's sketches of tradition |
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194 | (6) |
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Get your buns to Hamburger Hall of Fame |
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200 | (6) |
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206 | (6) |
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212 | (6) |
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Year-round Christmas in Appleton bar |
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218 | (5) |
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Horsfall's got it all in Lansing |
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223 | (4) |
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Museum of Questionable Medical Devices |
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227 | (5) |
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A photographer's powerful ideas |
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232 | (6) |
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'Cue-ing up in Cedar Rapids at Al & Irene's |
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238 | (7) |
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Still getting kick(back)s from ``Route 66'' |
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245 | (3) |
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248 | (6) |
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Dell Rhea's Chicken Basket |
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254 | (3) |
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Rocket man at Wilmington's Launching Pad |
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257 | (3) |
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Krafts' roadhouse reverie |
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260 | (4) |
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Truck stop barber clips on Route 66 |
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264 | (3) |
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Cozy Dog Drive-In moves to old highway |
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267 | (3) |
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``Our Lady of the Highway'' blesses I-55 |
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270 | (3) |
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Chicken Little at White Fence Farm |
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273 | (1) |
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274 | (4) |
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Sky View Drive-In theater |
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278 | (4) |
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282 | (4) |
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Tulsa's honky-tonk heaven |
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286 | (6) |
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Nothing's lost at Roy Rogers museum |
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292 | (3) |
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295 | (6) |
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Whistlin' Dixie on long road south |
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301 | (6) |
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Getting to know Marietta's Big Chicken |
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307 | (1) |
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Kentucky dummies have much to say |
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308 | (5) |
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Don Everly's real country inn |
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313 | (5) |
| Index |
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| About the Author |
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