Oddball Colorado: A Guide to Some Really Strange Places

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A high-altitude alligator farm. A UFO watchtower. A monument to a headless chicken. While other travel guides tell you about tackling Pike's Peak, skiing the back bowls, or rafting down the Arkansas River, this quirky regional resource offers unusual travel destinations and little-known historical titbits. Imagine regaling co-workers with unique Rocky Mountain adventures, like spending an evening at a drive-in movie...in a queen-sized bed, or visiting a vapour cave clad only in a towel. How about seeing a two-headed dragon made of car parts, or watching cliff divers while eating Mexican food

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"For travelers with a taste for the offbeat and the time to indulge it." -- USA Today, June 13, 2003. "Travelers... will delight in this behind-the-scenes look at Colorado... Pohlen's quick wit and fast pace make this a fun read..." -- Sky West Magazine, Summer 2003. "You haven't experienced Colorado until you've viewed skull fragments of a cannibalized victim, or seen the UFO watchtower." -- Rocky Mountain News.

Author Bio

Jerome Pohlen is the author of the Oddball series and a regular travel commentator for 848 on WBEZ, the Chicago affiliate of National Public Radio. He is a recent recipient of the Illinois Associated Press Broadcasters Award for Best Essay. He lives in Chicago.