Product Description

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 tidbits. Imagine regaling coworkers with unique Rocky Mountain adventures, like spending an evening at a drive-in movie . . . in a queen-sized bed, or visiting a vapor 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?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #252111 in Books
• Published on: 2002-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Review
"(Pohlen's) prose makes reading the Oddball guides a delight" -- Salt Lake Tribune

"For travelers with a taste for the offbeat and the time to indulge it." -- USA Today June 13, 2003

"This in not your parents' travel book, but in the new millennium, all guides will be written like this." -- Chuck Shepherd, News of the Weird

"Travelers…will delight in this behind-the-scenes look at Colorado…Pohlen’s quick wit and fast pace make this a fun read." -- SkyWest Magazine Summer, 2003

"Would be perfect to have in the car as the family explores Colorado" -- Highlands Ranch Herald

"will direct you to places you never imagined" -- Rocky Mountain News

A great gift for . . . those who have moved on and miss Colorado's eccentric side. -- Colorado Country Life

About the Author
Jerome Pohlen is the author of Oddball Illinois, Oddball Wisconsin, and Oddball Indiana. He is a regular travel commentator for 848 on WBEZ, the Chicago affiliate of National Public Radio. He lives in Chicago.

Customer Reviews

The best travel guide - period!
We recently moved to Colorado and purchased about a dozen travel guides to help us get oriented. Oddball Colorado was one we just sort of grabbed in the melee. My wife and I would burst out in spontaneous laughter as we read it. Rather than read it cover to cover, I found myself bouncing around from page to page. Just when I thought I had finished it I would discover another golden nugget I had overlooked. It was a sad day when I realized I had finally finished it!

Now all other travel guides seem inconsequential. Pohlen identifies the natural wonders that really matter (to me!). The cheesy roadside attractions that seemed to capture my father's big station wagon with their tractor beams. Reading the book is like taking a ride with my dad all over again.

Now I've moved onto Oddball Illinois. And I thought nothing could make me want to visit Illinois!

Who woulda thought...
This book is incredible! I have both the Colorado and Illinois ODDBALL books, and they are hilarious. I had no idea the amount of odd stuff that could be in one state. This is a great travel book! And makes a great gift!

You Can Do Better
This book is just so-so. It's not organized by area or route, so it's quite hard to find things near the places you are visiting. Skip it.