It has been called one of the world's crookedest rivers. A project was started in 1977 to begin rebuilding one of the nation's "crookedest railroads". Or Not as the crookedest alley in the world. Burlington is the home of Snake Alley, once labelled the crookedest alley in the world. It, Or Not! column, calling it ""The Crookedest Street in the World"". The Kickapoo River, nicknamed "the crookedest river in Wisconsin" was carved out by glacial run-off.