Motivation
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Who
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What
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artisan
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Al Shepperd
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Stonehenge II, Hunt, Texas. Just as unusual as original.
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artisan
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Albert Christensen
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Hole in the Rock, Moab, Utah. At home inside a mountain.
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artisan
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Baldassare Forestiere
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Forestiere's Underground Gardens, Fresno, California. Down under.
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artisan
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Bernard Langlais
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Skowhegan Indian, Skowhegan, Maine.
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artisan
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Cameron Cross
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Van Gogh Sunflower Painting, Goodland, Kansas. Sunflower Capital of the High Plains.
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artisan
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Claude Bell
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Dinosaurs, Cabazon, California.
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artisan
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Ed Galloway
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Totem Poles, Foyil, Oklahoma.
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artisan
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Ed Leedskalnin
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Coral Castle, Homestead, Florida. Furniture suite carved from solid coral.
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artisan
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Elise and Albert Quigley
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Quigley's Castle, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Ozarks' Strangest Dwelling
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artisan
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Emmet Sullivan
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Christ of the Ozarks, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. 340 tons of concrete.
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artisan
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Ernest Mooney Warther
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Warther's Carving Museum, Dover, Ohio. Ask about the pliers.
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artisan
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Frances Glessner Lee
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Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death by Frances Glessner Lee, Baltimore, Maryland. When dolls go bad.
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artisan
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Francis John Moshinskie
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Tiny Town, Hot Springs, Arkansas. No kits.
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artisan
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Frank Stoeber
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Ball of Twine, Cawker City, Kansas. In its 50th. year and still growing.
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artisan
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Frank Van Zant
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Thunder Mountain Monument, Imlay, Nevada. The Place Rolling Mountain Thunder built.
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artisan
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Gutzon Borglum
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Mount Rushmore National Monument, Keystone, South Dakota.
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artisan
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Hugh Davis
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Blue Whale, Catoosa, Oklahoma. Anniversary Gift.
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artisan
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Ira PH Poon
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Forbidden Gardens, Katy Texas. Everyone should have a terra cotta army.
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artisan
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Jim Reinders
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Carhenge, Alliance, Nebraska. Stonehenge meets Detroit.
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artisan
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John Zweifel
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House of Presidents Wax Museum, Clermont, Florida. World's largest dollhouse.
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artisan
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Korczak Ziolkowski
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Crazy Horse Memorial, Custer, South Dakota. Under construction.
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artisan
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Laurence Gieringer
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Roadside America Miniature Village, Shartlesville, Pennsylvania.
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artisan
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Leonard Knight
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Salvation Mountain, Niland, California. Hello. Make yourself at home.
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artisan
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Samuel Perry Dinsmoor
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Garden of Eden, Lucas, Kansas. Read it, stop, or go on, just as you please.
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collector
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Alan Rothschild
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Rothschild Petersen Patent Model Museum, Cazenovia, New York. Preserve our national historic treasures.
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collector
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Alex Jordan
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House on the Rock, Spring Green, Wisconsin. The ultimate collection of collections plus the infinity room.
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collector
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Barney Smith
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Barney Smith Toilet Seat Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas. Set a spell.
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collector
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Barry Levenson
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Mustard Museum, Mount Horeb, Wisconsin. The bottom line: we know mustard.
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collector
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Bill Shea
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Shea's Gas Station Museum, Springfield, Illinois. Fill 'er up.
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collector
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Bob McCoy
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Museum of Questionable Medical Devices, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Quack central.
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collector
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Cathee Shultz and JD Healy
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Museum of Death, Hollywood, California. Art work by serial killers?
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collector
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Charles Manoog
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American Sanitary Plumbing Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts.
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collector
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Charles Walker
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International Checker Hall of Fame, Petal, Mississippi. Blame King Tut.
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collector
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Electra Havemeyer Webb
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Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, Vermont. Paintings, Folk Art, Historic Houses, Quilts, Decoys, Carriages, Tools, Toys, Dolls, Dollhouses, Native American Artifacts, Miniature Circus Figures and Circus Posters.
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collector
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ER Fenimore Johnson
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Johnson Victrola Museum, Dover, Delaware. His master's voice.
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collector
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Georgia Allen Woodall
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Lunchbox Museum, Columbus, Georgia. Take a trip back in time.
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collector
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Glenn Johansen
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Museum of Dirt, Boston, Massachusetts. One scoop at a time.
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collector
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Henry C Mercer
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Mercer Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Gadgets.
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collector
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J.M. Davis
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J.M. Davis Arms and Historical Museum, Claremore, Oklahoma. 13,000 firearms. 1200 beer steins.
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collector
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James F W May
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May Natural History Museum, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Tropical insects.
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collector
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J.B. Nethercutt
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Nethercutt Museum, Sylmar, California. Functional fine art. Automobiles, mechanical musical instruments, and antique furniture. Merle Norman Cosmetics magnate.
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collector
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Jennie Lee
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Exotic World, Helendale, California. Burlesque Museum.
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collector
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Larry Ross
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Lindbergh Crate Museum, Canaan, Maine. Return trip of the Spirit of St. Louis.
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collector
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LH Buddy Hough
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Tragedy in U.S. History Museum, St. Augustine, Florida. Artifacts from the demise of the rich and famous.
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collector
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Louis Toavs
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Louis Toavs John Deere Tractor Museum, Wolf Point, Montana. From 1916 in chronological order.
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collector
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Margaret Woodbury Strong
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Strong National Museum of Play, Rochester, New York. The National Toy Hall of Fame.
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collector
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Marvin Yagoda
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Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum, Farmington Hills, Michigan. Most magnificent.
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collector
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Michael Bohdan
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Cockroach Hall of Fame, Plano, Texas. Cockroaches that will put a smile on your face.
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collector
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Pat and Louise Mesa
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Frog Fantasies Museum, Eureka Springs, Arkansas
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collector
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Robert Knapp
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Deer Park Winery and Automobile Museum, Escondido, California. World's largest collection of American convertibles manufactured since 1946.
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collector
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Terry Cannon
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Baseball Reliquary, Monrovia, California. Rebels, rascals, and reprobates.
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collector
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Tod Swormstedt
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American Sign Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio. A sign of our times.
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collector
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Tom Bates
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Museum of Beverage Containers and Advertising, Goodlettsville and Millersville, Tennessee.
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collector
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Walden Roush
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West Virginia State Farm Museum, Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Tractors, not insurance.
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collector
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Warren Fuller
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Warren Fuller Breweriana Collection, D'Iberville, Mississippi.
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collector
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William Randolph Hearst
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Hearst Castle, San Simeon, California. Anything from Europe.
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entrepreneur
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Al Schafer
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Pedro's South of the Border, Mexican Restaurant, Dillon, South Carolina. The sombrero tower.
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entrepreneur
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Alex Madonna
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Madonna Inn, San Luis Obispo, California. No two rooms alike.
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entrepreneur
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Bill Moon
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Trucking Hall of Fame, Iowa 80 Truck Stop, Walcott, Iowa. World's largest truck stop.
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entrepreneur
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Bill Waugh
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Casa Bonita, Mexican restaurant, Denver, Colorado. Indoor cliff divers.
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entrepreneur
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Bob Katz
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National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame, Hayward, Wisconsin. The Shrine to Anglers.
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entrepreneur
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David DeLorme
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Revolving and Rotating Globe, DeLorme Headquarters, Yarmouth, Maine. Eartha. 41 feet one 1/2 inches.
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entrepreneur
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David Wilson
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Museum of Jurassic Technology, Culver City, California. A chain of flowers into the mysteries of life.
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entrepreneur
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Dick and Julie Pope
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Cypress Gardens, Winter Haven, Florida. Water ski shows, Southern belles, and living fountain statue.
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entrepreneur
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Don Quinn
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Don Q Fantasuites, Dodgeville, Wisconsin. Themed motel rooms.
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entrepreneur
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Fran Tate
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Pepe's North of the Border, Mexican restaurant. Barrow, Alaska.
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entrepreneur
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Frank Redford
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Wigwam Motel, Rialto, California. Cave City, Kentucky. Holbrook, Arizona.
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entrepreneur
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J. Norman Martin
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Paul Bunyan Birthplace and Statue, Bangor, Maine.
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entrepreneur
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Jeff McKissack
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Orange Show Center for Visionary Art, Houston, Texas. A clown among uniformed mannequins.
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entrepreneur
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Jim Taylor
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Jack Rabbit Trading Post Joseph City, Arizona. Here It Is. World's most famous Stop-N-Go market
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entrepreneur
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John Geske
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Dixie Truck Stop, McLean, Illinois. Route 66 Hall of Fame.
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entrepreneur
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Newton Perry
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Weeki Wachee, Weeki Wachee, Florida. Live mermaids. Where fantasy comes to life.
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entrepreneur
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R.J. Bob Lee
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Big Texan Steak Ranch Restaurant, Amarillo, Texas. Home of the free 72 oz. steak dinner.
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entrepreneur
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Ralph Wilson Sr
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Wilson House of Laminates, Temple, Texas. If it doesn't move, laminate it.
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entrepreneur
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Ron Lee
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Ron Lee's World of Clowns Factory Tour, Henderson, Nevada. Home of Hobo Joe.
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entrepreneur
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Stanley Marsh
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Cadillac Ranch, Amarillo, Texas. Half-buried Cadillacs.
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entrepreneur
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Sunny Yang
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Florida Splendid China, Kissimmee, Florida. Miniature great wall.
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entrepreneur
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Ted Hustead
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Wall Drug, Wall, South Dakota. Free ice water.
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entrepreneur
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Thomas Binkley Prince
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Thing, The, Between Benson and Willcox, Arizona. Tortured statues.
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entrepreneur
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Will Herron
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Thermometer, Baker, California.
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