Good odd New England: Cars to kitsch to books bound in skin

		The two-headed calf at Connecticut's Old State House museum of curiosities. Just one of the weird and wonderful things you'll find in New England. (Courtesy Mr. Steward's Curiosity Museum)  Introduction  Conn: Ghost cars, two-headed cow  RI: A shrunken human head  Mass: Midgets, a gruesome book  Vermont: Kitsch and mermaids  N.H.: Rockets and beer churches  Maine: Cursed Buddha, giantess  More on New England

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By Diane Foulds, Globe Correspondent, 03/02/03

With all the attractions New England boasts about, in time you begin to wonder what the travel books aren't telling you. It struck me that a region so steeped in history, humor, and hardship had to have its share of eccentricities.

I knew the local tourist information offices would plead ignorance, so I turned to Joseph Citro, the Vermont author who has made a career of navigating the Yankee subconscious. Together, we set out on an odyssey of discovery. Here are some of the things we found.