It was during a cross-country family road trip in 2008 when Ednor Therriault took the first of many detours that led him to where he is today: Exploring some of Montana’s less-traveled destinations.

While on that road trip, he began writing columns about oddities along the way, which meant he might ask his wife, Shannon, if they could take a detour to the world’s largest catsup bottle in Collinsville, Illinois.

“From that day, she learned to be pretty indulgent to go see these weird things, and she’s kind-of caught the bug, too,” Therriault said.

Therriault’s roadside posts also caught the eye of the publisher of a series of state travel guides that was looking for a Montana-based author, which is how he landed his first book deal.

That book “Montana Curiosities” began Therriault’s jou

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