Attractions

Tune in to see actor Jeff Daniels as a Buckless Yooper. In addition, learn about a professional baseball team’s mascot called Mr. Celery, and the Museum of Funeral Customs that has one focus — death.

Business

Ever drink an okra martini or lather up with a luxury soap named after the lowly boll weevil? Need live crickets – fast? Click here to find out more about these and other businesses that offer unusual products and services!

Dining

Pass the napkins, please. You can get a fried double bologna burger, or try a pig sandwich, green chili slopper or coffee potato ice cream. Wash everything down with a white birch beer from the Hall of Foam.

Oddities

Time out: A Division I college football game actually had a final score of 222-0. Also, somebody had to invent Mother’s Day, and a city called Skullbone got its name from hosting bare-knuckle boxing matches.

Festivals

What’s that smell? Be sure to attend a celebration that features outhouse races, then bring a breath mint to the annual Garlic Festival. In addition, applaud the lucky and deserving winner of the Slug Queen Pageant.

Hey, It’s Mr. Celery!
Every time the Wilmington (Del.) Blue Rocks baseball team in New Castle County, DE., scores a run, an unusual character appears behind home plate to do a celebration dance.

That character is Mr. Celery, who has been with the Class A ballclub since 2000.

“Our food service provider once did a promotion with a celery stalk, and then we put the costume in storage for four years,” says Chris Parise, director of sales and marketing for the Wilmington Blue Rocks. “We were all meeting one day and talking about doing odd promotions at the ballpark that made no sense, and we thought of Mr. Celery.”

Parise says Mr. Celery became an instant hit with fans who wondered why a celery stalk dances after every Blue Rocks run.

“We never really explained the reason behind Mr. Celery because there isn’t one,” Parise says. “It’s just another fun aspect of attending a Wilmington Blue Rocks baseball game.”

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