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Giant Twine Ball Rolls To A New Home

Wednesday, September 27th, 2023

The giant twine ball of the late James Frank Kotera (a.k.a. JFK), all 12 tons of it, was safely trucked to its new home in Lake Nebagamon, Wisconsin, on September 21, 2023.

Bronze Fonz: All-Natural

Wednesday, March 16th, 2022

The movement to rid our home products and snacks of additives and dyes now has a similar statuesque champion: “The Bronz Fonz” in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Happy Birthday Twine Ball Man

Thursday, February 2nd, 2017

JFK – that’s James Frank Kotera, not John F. Kennedy – turned 70 on Groundhog Day, 2017. JFK is the creator and solitary roller of what may be the World’s Largest Ball of Twine.

Gods In The House

Friday, June 24th, 2016

Author Neil Gaiman is a fan of Roadside America, particularly when it comes to his fantasy novel “American Gods.”

Evolution of the Cow Chip Toss: Wisconsin

Thursday, August 29th, 2013

The twin villages of Sauk City and Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin, proud as they are of their annual Wisconsin State Cow Chip Throw and Festival, admit they were not the first to celebrate the bovine natural resource.

R.I.P. Wilbert Behn

Thursday, March 31st, 2011

On March 29, 2011, Wilbert Behn passed away, days shy of his 92nd birthday. He was the self-proclaimed world’s oldest lion tamer and the last living member of RoadsideAmerica.com’s Hall of Immortals.

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