Re: [HoE] Really kewl research book

[Ryan Wilson <bursar@lightstream.net>]

Quick man!! ISBN? Please?

	Ryan Wilson bursar@lightstream.netGrogskar@aol.com wrote:
> 
> "Tourist Traps from Hell"
> 
> I don't know if anybody else has this book, or if its still being published,
> but back in '92 Simon and Schuster Fireside publishing put out a book called
> "The NEW Roadside America". If you spot it, grab it quick, cuz this has to be
> one of the best possible collections of HoE inspiration ever. It is a massive
> book fulla' all these slammin' tourist traps, and reasonably detailed
> descriptions of them. Lots of ideas for relics and adventures here. Like the
> fact that Einstein's brain currently resides in Weston Missouri, Or the
> "Oregon Vortex", in Gold Hill Oregon. The laws of physics go nutty here, and
> one dude named John Lister studied it for more than forty years,
> corresponding with Einstein, and then burned all his notes before he died. His
> words were "The world isn't ready yet for what goes on here."
> 
> Like I said, good stuff.
> 
> -Grogskar
> (Not to mention the whole section on Wall Drug South Dakota. Actually, you
> should go there yourself. Probably the ultimate HoE location.)