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EIGHT FORTY-EIGHT
Cool Spots
Want a quick, quirky roadtrip? Eight Forty-Eight's Gianofer
Fields and author Jerry Pohlen scout for strange and surprising destinations
just a car ride away from the Chicago area.
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Bird's Eye View Museum
325 S. Elkhart
Wakarusa, IN
574.862.2367
originally broadcast 4.26.02 |
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Most of us made one or two Popsicle stick
houses in our youth, only to loose interest in the medium
before we could realize its full potential. Fortunately for
our Cool Spots travelers, one man continues to build with
popsicle sticks and opened a museum to show off his creations.
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| One of the models created by DeVon Rose |
For over 30 years, DeVon Rose toiled away in his basement, fashioning
miniature buildings out of household items like Popsicle sticks
and matchboxes. The fruits of his labor include models of an
Amish farm and a tiny version of his hometown. You can see these
and other items at DeVon Rose's museum. You may even feel a
twinge of regret that you left Popsicle sticks behind all those
years ago.
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"I’ll tell you up front, I’ve never been a big
fan of vacation hot spots. Take the Grand Canyon, or Yellowstone.
Haven’t they been done? When you show your friends a photo
of Mount Rushmore, are you really surprised when they yawn? Face
it, you’re competing with a license plate."
—Jerry Pohlen, author of Oddball Illinois
and Oddball Wisconsin, Oddball Indiana, Oddball Colorado,
and the new Oddball Minnesota.
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